The Tannahill Weavers
Leaving St. Kilda
1996 - Green Linnet GLCD 1176 CD
Track List
Good Drying Set: Good Drying/The MacFarlanes/The Whistlebinkies Reel/Mulhaires Reel/The Christmas Carousal/Miss Monaghan
Hieland Harry/The Wee Highland Laddie/Lieutenant Colonel D.J.S.Murray
The Rigs o' Rye
The Athol Gathering/Donald MacLeod Reel
St. Kilda Set: Leaving St. Kilda/Major W. Knox, M.C./The Highland Brigade at Magersfontein
The Shearin's No For You
The Three Healths
Crann Tara Set: Angus G. MacLeod/Crann Tara/Fiona MacLeod
The Wars o' Germany
Islay Charms Set: Donald MacLeod/Islay Charms/Alena MacAskill/Donnie MacGregor
Last May a Braw Wooer
Fareweel You Silver Darlins
Credits
Roy Gullane: guitar, vocals
Phil Smillie: flute, whistles, vocals
John Martin: fiddle, viola, cello, mandolin, vocals
Les Wilson: bouzouki, guitar, keyboards, vocals
Duncan J. Nicholson: highland bagpipes, Scottish small pipes, whistles
Recorded during May and June 1996 at REL Studios, Edinburgh, Scotland
Produced by the Tannahill Weavers
Engineered by Terry Adams
Post production work done at Pier House Studios, Edinburgh, by Phil Smillie
Cover artwork by Donald Sanders
Sleeve notes by the Tannahill Weavers, compiled and edited by Maggie Smillie
Band photography by Norman Chalmers
Studio photographs by John Martin and Phil Smillie
Sleeve Notes
Doesn't time fly when you're having a good time? It seems like only twenty two years ago that we first set foot in a recording studio to make our first LP. What you, dear listener, have just parted with your hard earned cash for (or perhaps received as a gift - Merry Christmas or Happy Birthday!) is our eleventh recording. Many of you already have the previous ten, and for some this will be the first. Whatever the case may be, if you have half as much fun listening to us as we have playing for you, then I'm afraid we're having twice as much fun as you!
May we wish you hours, months, years of listening pleasure, but remember - time flies like an arrow, but even worse, fruit flies like a banana!
Slainte,
The Tannahills ‘96
We wish to thank a great friend of the band, Jim Walker, for his excellent percussion on tracks 2 and 5. His side drumming on The Highland Brigade at Magersfontein is true testimony as to why he is regarded as one of the world's finest percussionists. Thanks, Jim!
Keeping a band like ourselves going over the years takes great effort on everyone's behalf. We'd like to thank all our friends and families for their support and belief in what we do. As ever, particular thanks to Herschel and Sarah Freeman and family, to Chris Wilkes for flute restoration, to Detlef, Harmke, Rosie and Celia, and to Maggie for her efforts on and off the road.