The McCalmans
Scottish Songs
1986 - WGR 092 LP
Side One
Johnnie Cope
The Bonnie Maid Of Fife (Nick Keir)
The Mingulay Boat Song
Gin I Were Where The Gadie Rins
Come A Ye Tramps and Hawker Lads
Willies Gane Tae Melville Castle
Side Two
Fare Ye Weel Ye Mormpnd Braes
Coshieville (S. MacGregor)
Bonnie Lass O Gala Water
The Lion Wallace Saw (Lumsden/McCalman)
Fareweel Tae Tarwathie
Smuggler (Ian McCalman)
Credits
Derek Moffat: vocals, guitar, mandolin and bodhran
Nick Keir: vocals, guitar, mandolin, whistles, and tenor banjo
Ian McCalman: vocals, guitar and psaltery (thankfully on only 16 bars)
Recorded at Pier House Studios, Edinburgh.
Engineered by Peter Haigh, 1986.
Photographs by Ian and Sandra McCalman.
Sleeve Design: Associated Creative Services, Turriff.
Thanks to our sources, Liz & Maggie Cruickshank, Norman Buchan, Jimmie
MacBeath, Robin Hall, Jimmie MacGregor and The Edinburgh Music Library.
All Traditional, arranged by The McCalmans — unless otherwise noted
Sleeve Notes
Scotlands best known folk group The McCalmans, sing a selection of their most requested Scottish songs taken from their popular 1986 television series, filmed throughout the Highlands of Scotland.
Surprisingly this is The McCalmans first all-Scottish album of the many they've recorded, but, judging by the tremendous reaction to the Grampian T.V. series that gave birth to the idea, it will not be their last.
The Macs have sung in almost all of the major European folk festivals, recorded 14 albums, 6 T.V. series and played every folk revival country in the world, including Australia, Hong Kong, America, New Zealand, The Falkland Islands , Canada and all of the European countries.
Derek is a Fifer, Ian and Nick are Edinburgh-born, and all share a love of things Scottish, which, hopefully can be felt in their music.