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The McCalmans: The Ettrick Shepherd

The McCalmans: From the Half Moon to the Rising Sun (Greenwich Village GVR 209)

The Ettrick Shepherd
Songs of James Hogg (1770-1835)
The McCalmans

Greenwich Village Records GVR 209 (LP, UK, 1980)

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Produced by The McCalmans;
Recorded by Bill Leader at Leader Sound, Halifax, in May 1980;
Mastered by Tony Bridge at Pye Records;
Sleeve design by Peter Bate

Musicians

Ian McCalman: vocals, guitar, organ, Olde English guitar, harmonica, banjo, bowed psaltery;
Hamish Bayne: vocals, concertina, whistle, mandolin, banjo;
Derek Moffat: vocals, guitar, bodhrán

Tracks

Side 1

  1. McLean’s Welcome (3.30)
  2. Donald McDonald (2.15)
  3. The Witch of Fife (1.50)
  4. Bonnie Prince Charlie (4.30)
  5. King Willie (1.45)
  6. I Ha’e Naebody Now (5.03)

Side 2

  1. The Highlander’s Farewell (3.14)
  2. Sir Morgan O’Doherty’s Farewell to Scotland and the Reply to Sir Morgan O’Doherty’s Farewell to Scotland (2.30)
  3. The Moon Was A-Waning (3.55)
  4. Ladies’ Evening Song (3.00)
  5. Rise! Rise! Lowland and Highland Men (3.10)
  6. Good Night and Joy (2.40)

All tracks James Hogg arr. McCalmans

> Folk Music > Records > Hamish Bayne & Martin Cole: Making Music

Hamish Bayne & Martin Cole: Making Music

Hamish Bayne & Martin Cole: Making Music (Fellside FECD82)

Making Music
Hamish Bayne & Martin Cole

Fellside Recordings FECD82 (CD, UK, 1991)

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Recorded by Peter Haig, Pier House Studio, Edinburgh, and by Paul Adams, Fellside Recordings, Workington;
Produced by Ian McCalman;
Photography by Ian McCalman;
Artwork by Mary Blood

Musicians

Hamish Bayne: vocals [2, 4-5, 7, 9-10, 12, 14], concertina [1-2, 4, 6, 8-10, 12, 14], whistles [3, 5, 7, 11, 13], mandolin [6];
Martin Cole: vocals [4, 9, 14], guitar [1-9, 11-14], fiddle [8, 10];
Ian McCalman: bodhrán [6]

Tracks

  1. Rights of Man / Off to California (3.23)
  2. Freedom Come All Ye (3.26)
  3. Newfoundland (3.04)
  4. Farewell Rose of England (3.50)
  5. Lea Rigg (Roud 8516) (3.50)
  6. Dominic’s Mazurka (2.15)
  7. Helen of Kirnconnel (4.39)
  8. Halting March / The Sloe (3.38)
  9. Gentle Annie (Roud 2656) (4.31)
  10. The Connerys (4.42)
  11. Miss Rowan Davies (2.49)
  12. Fair and Tender Maidens (Roud 451) (2.56)
  13. Off to Shearingham (2.43)
  14. A Fond Adieu (3.45)

All tracks trad. arr. except
Track 2 Hamish Henderson;
Track 3 Shaun Davey;
Tracks 4, 13-14 Martin Cole;
Track 5 Robert Burns;
Track 11 Phil Cunningham

> Folk Music > Records > Various Artists: McCalman Singular

Various Artists: McCalman Singular

McCalman Singular (Greentrax CDTRAX269)

McCalman Singular
Songs by Ian McCalman, sung by friends
Various Artists

Greentrax Recordings CDTRAX269 (CD, UK, December 2004)

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All tracks except 1, 12, 15 recorded and mixed at Kevock Digital, Lasswade;
Track 1 produced by Troy Donockley;
Mastered by Peter Haigh at Pier House Studios, Edinburgh;
Photographs by Ian McCalman except
Mike Whellans’ photograph by Ewen Forsyth,
Jim Malcolm’s photograph by Tony Marsh;
Graphic design by John Slavin at DesignFolk

Musicians

See the individual tracks, plus:
Maartin Allcock: fretless bass, mandolin, bizarre (guitar×bouzouki);
Fiona Forbes: vocals [7, 11];
Andrew Talbot: percussion;
Stephen Quigg: vocals [10]

Tracks

  1. Barbara Dickson: From Greenland (5.34)
  2. Jim Malcolm: Wha’s Like Us (4.03)
  3. Mike Wheelans: Sidmouth Festival Blues (3.50)
  4. Sangsters: Scotland (2.49)
  5. Aly Bain & Phil Cunningham: Instrumental Set (6.02)
  6. Allan Taylor: Wrecked Again (5.45)
  7. Janet McCalman: Highland Tomorrow (3.18)
  8. Dick Gaughan: War Outside (4.04)
  9. Ian McCalman: Strange Dawn (2.46)
  10. Sheena Wellington: The 8-3-0 (2.53)
  11. Ian McCalman: Edinburgh (3.33)
  12. The McCalmans: Seagull Cry (3.14)
  13. Isla St. Clair: Shian Road (4.25)
  14. The McCalmans: WMD (2.07)
  15. Drinkers Drouth: Bound to Go (4.51)
    from Bound to Go (Drouth Records DD02, 1984)

All tracks written by Ian McCalman

> Folk Music > Records > The McCalmans: The Greentrax Years

The McCalmans: The Greentrax Years

The McCalmans: The Greentrax Years (Greentrax CDTRAX350)

The Greentrax Years
The McCalmans

Greentrax Recordings CDTRAX350 (2 CD, UK, January 2010)

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Album compiled and mastered by Peter Haigh, Pier House Studios;
Photographs by Helmut Christensen, Douglas McCalman, Ian McCalman, Pete Heywood, Drew Aitken;
Layout by John Slavin at DesignFolk

Tracks

CD 1

  1. Tullochgorum (2.49)
  2. Isle of Eigg (2.47)
  3. Scots Abroad (3.10)
  4. Farewell tae the Haven (4.02)
  5. Ramblin’ Rover (2.37)
  6. All Over This Town (3.18)
  7. Hawks and Eagles (2.49)
  8. From Greenland (3.53)
  9. Highland Laddie (Roud 4691) / Roll the Woodpile Down (Roud 4443) / A Hundred Years Ago (Roud 926) (2.39)
  10. Corryvreckan Calling (4.54)
  11. Men of the Sea (3.28)
  12. Coming Home (3.35)
  13. Niel Gow’s Apprentice (2.57)
  14. Highlands Tomorrow (4.13)
  15. The Bells of the Town (2.01)
  16. Ladies’ Evening Song (3.00)
  17. Twa Recruitin’ Sergeants (Roud 3356; G/D 1:77) (3.17)
  18. Yankee Boots (4.31)
  19. Lying Truth (3.15)
  20. Far, Far from Wipers I Long to Be (0.50)
  21. Both Sides the Tweed (Roud 8913) (4.12)
  22. Let’s Recycle (2.48)
  23. Scotland’s Story (2.41)

CD 2

  1. Festival Lights (3.25)
  2. Rolling Hills of the Borders (2.57)
  3. Victory Parade (2.44)
  4. Shian Road (3.16)
  5. American Accent (3.37)
  6. Pint o’ Wine (2.53)
  7. Wrecked Again (3.06)
  8. The Yellow on the Broom (Roud 22006) (4.42)
  9. Still Gonna Die (2.14)
  10. Back of ohe Aisler (3.27)
  11. When the Risk of Frost Is Over (3.25)
  12. Scotland (3.46)
  13. The Broom o’ Cowdenknowes (Roud 92; Child 217; G/D 4:838) (3.26)
  14. (Leave Us) Our Glens (3.52)
  15. Leaving Denmark (4.18)
  16. W.M.D. (2.07)
  17. Keepers (4.11)
  18. Don’t Sit on My Jimmy Shands (3.11)
  19. The Moor Road (3.27)
  20. The Highland Road (2.05)
  21. Lochs of the Tay (3.42)
  22. Strange Dawn (2.46)
  23. The Twelve Folk Days of Christmas (1.13)

Tracks 1, 9abc, 17, 20, 36 trad.;
Track 2 Robin Laing;
Tracks 3, 6, 8, 14, 19, 22, 26-27, 30, 34-35, 38-39, 42-43, 45 Ian McCalman;
Track 4 Davy Steele;
Track 5 Andy M. Stewart;
Track 7 Iain Walker;
Tracks 10, 15, 24, 28, 40 Nick Keir;
Track 11 Bill Meek, John Conolly;
Track 12 Steven Clark;
Track 13 Michael Marra;
Track 16 James Hogg;
Track 18 Jez Lowe;
Track 21 words trad., Dick Gaughan, music Dick Gaughan;
Track 23 Craig and Charlie Reid (The Proclaimers);
Track 25 Matt McGinn;
Track 29 Robert Burns;
Track 31 Adam McNaughtan;
Track 32 Shel Silverstein;
Track 33 Derek Moffat;
Track 37 Buff Hardie, George Donald;
Track 41 Richard Thompson;
Track 44 Jim Malcolm;
Track 46 Nick Keir, Ian McCalman

Track 16 is from The Ettrick Shepherd (Greenwich Village GVR 209, 1980);
Tracks 1, 11, 15, 35, 43 are from Peace and Plenty (TRAX002, 1986);
Track 5 is from Listen to the Heat (TRAX019, 1988);
Tracks 2, 4, 7, 27 are from Flames on the Water (TRAX036, 1990);
Track 25 is from Various Artists: Ancestral Manoeuvres (CTRAX023, 1989);
Tracks 9, 17 are from Songs From Scotland (CDTRAX045, 1991);
Track 13 is from Honest Poverty (CDTRAX067, 1993);
Track 24 is from Festival Lights (CDTRAX097, 1995);
Tracks 30, 44 are from High Ground (CDTRAX138, 1997);
Tracks 31, 33, 37, 40 are from Keepers (CDTRAX174, 1999);
Track 41 is from Hard Night’s Day (McCalmans MACS004, 2000);
Track 14 is from Where The Sky Meets The Sea (CDTRAX232, 2002);
Tracks 8, 18, 21, 29, 39 are from Tangled Web (McCalmans MACS005, 2004);
Track 45 is from Various Artists: McCalman Singular (CDTRAX269, 2004);
Tracks 3, 6, 19, 23, 28, 36, 38, 46 are from Scots Abroad (CDTRAX300, 2006);
Tracks 10, 12, 22, 26, 32, 34, 42 are from Coming Home (Live) (CDTRAX336, 2009);
Track 20 is from Various Artists: Far, Far from Ypres (CDTRAX1418, 2018);

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Folk Festival (Transatlantic TRA 324) Various Artists, Folk Festival, 2 LP, Transatlantic TRA(D) 324, 1976

Music & Song of Scotland (Greentrax CDGMP8017) Various Artists, Music & Song of Scotland, CD, Greentrax CDTRAX030, 1989; CD, Greentrax CDGMP8017, 2021

The British Folk Collection (Ronco CDSR 048) Various Artists, The British Folk Collection, CD, Ronco CDSR 048, 1994

Various Artists: If It Wisnae for the Union (Greentrax CDTRAX5005 Various Artists, If It Wisnae for the Union, STUC Centenary album, CD, Greentrax CDTRAX5005, 1995

Bah! Humbug (Greentrax G2CD7007) Various Artists, Bah! Humbug, CD, Greentrax G2CD7007, 2002

Transatlantic Folk Box Set (Sanctuary SMEDT137) Various Artists, Transatlantic Folk Box Set, 3 CD, Sanctuary SMEDT137, 2004

Anthems in Eden (Castle CMXBX1030) Various Artists, Anthems in Eden: An Anthology of British & Irish Folk 1955-1978, 4 CD, Castle Music CMXBX1030, 2006

Midwinter (Free Reed FRQCD30) Various Artists, Midwinter, 4 CD, Free Reed FRQCD 30, 2006

Various Artists: Sandy Bell's Ceilidh (Greentrax CDGMP8010) Various Artists, Sandy Bell's Ceilidh (Celtic Collections Volume 10), CD, Greentrax CDGMP8010, 2006

Far, Far from Ypres (Greentrax CDTRAX1418) Various Artists, Far, Far from Ypres, 2 CD, Greentrax CDTRAX1418, 2008

People and Songs of the Sea (Greentrax CDTRAX338) Various Artists, People and Songs of the Sea, CD, Greentrax CDTRAX338, 2009

Davy Steele: Steele the Show (Greentrax CDTRAX358) Davy Steele, Steele the Show, CD, Greentrax CDTRAX358, 2011

Barbara Dickson: B4 Seventy-Four (Chariot CTVP006CD) Barbara Dickson, B4 Seventy-Four: The Folkclub Tapes, 2 CD, Chariot CTVP006CD, 2013

Various Artists: The Scottish Diaspora (Greentrax CDTRAX380) Various Artists, The Scottish Diaspora, 2 CD, Greentrax CDTRAX380, 2014

Various Artists: A Tribute in Music and Song to John Bellany (Greentrax CDTRAX386) Various Artists, A Tribute in Music and Song to John Bellany, CD, Greentrax CDTRAX386, 2015

Greentrax 30th Anniversary: The Special Projects (Greentrax CDTRAXS8616) Various Artists, Greentrax 30th Anniversary: The Special Projects, 2 CD, Greentrax CDTRAX S8616, 2016

Far, Far from Ypres—The Concert (Greentrax CDTRAX2024) Various Artists, Far, Far from Ypres—The Concert, DVD, Greentrax DVTRAX2024, 2018