Watt Nicoll
WATTcha!
1970 - Transatlantic XTRA 1108 LP
Side One
Early In the Morning
Weathermen
Berryfields of Blair
Farewell to Dundee
The Whistling Duke
The Whistling Duke
Old King Cole
Side Two
The Fiddler and the Dancer
Paraffin Lamp Seller
Morning of the Dawn Segue
Pendulum Song
Tribute to Burns
Snatches of Conversation
Wild Mountain Thyme
Credits
Watt Nicoll with Whisky Fizz (Doreen Swan and Eddie Taaffe) and others
Sleeve Notes
Now working with the permanent backing of the Whisky Fizz which consists of the beautiful Doreen Swan and the not so beautiful Eddie Taaffe, I am further assisted in these tracks by some of the many friends made around the folk scene.
Two weeks prior to the recording they gathered together frae aw pairts! Paisley, Glasgow, Dundee, London, Edinburgh and rehearsed through what seemed like a fourteen day party. This friendly atmosphere is evident on side one where the staff and audience of the Ardencaple Hotel, Helensburgh joined in to make this a milestone in live folk entertainment. Often asked why I never perform my more serious compositions I have taken the opportunity of displaying why on side two: — I usually burst into tears — so might you, though it might be for entirely different reasons.
Watt Nicoll
With thanks to the management and staff of Ardencaple Hotel, Rhu, Helensburgh.