The McCalmans • The Smuggler & Burn the Witch
- The Smuggler & Burn the Witch
- 1997 - Castle ESM CD 521 CD (UK)
- Track Lisk
- Smuggler
- If Mother Should Die
- Gardens
- Hornpipe & Reels
- Mount and Go
- The Boatie Rows & The Carls O'Dysart
- The Flowers O'The Forest
- The Barnyards O'Delgaty
- Bar-Room
- No Churchman Am I
- The Silkie Of Sule Skerry
- A Man's A Man For A' That
- Johnnie Cope
- Skye Boat Song
- Tammy Traddlefeet & The Rising (Trad. Arr. McCalman, Moffat, Bayne, MacMillan)
- Fare Ye Well Ye Mormond Braes
- The Lion (Edinburgh Castle) (Trad., J. Lumsden, I. McCalman)
- Jennie Lasswade (I. McCalman)
- Farewell to Nova Scotia
- Aye Waukin O
- Gin I Were Where the Gaudie Rins
- Burn the Witch (I. McCalman)
- Bonnie Lass O'Gala Water
- Jock Stuart
- The March of The Cameron Men
- The Phantom Whistler & Random Jig
- Doon In the Wee Room
- The McCalmans
- Ian McCalman: Vocals, Guitar, English Guitar
- Hamish Bayne: Vocals, Mandolin, Concertina, Whistles
- Derek Moffat: Vocals, Guitar, Mandolin, Bodhran
- Musicians
- Dave Moses: String Bass, Bass Recorder [1-15]
- Ronnie Rae: Double Bass, Bass Guitar [16-27]
- Douggie Alexander: Snare Drum [16-27]
- Credits
- Produced by Ritchie Gold [1-15]
- Produced by Pete Kerr [16-27]
- Recorded at the Chipping Norton Recording Studios, Oxfordshire, April, 1975 [1-15]
- Recorded at Castle Sound, Edinburgh, May-June 1978 [16-27]
- Recording Engineer: Barry Hammond [1-15]
- Recording Engineer: Calum Malcolm [16-27]
- All Trad. Arr. The McCalmans, unless otherwise noted
Sleeve Notes
Formed in Edinburgh in 1964, The McCalmans have been performing and recording traditional and contemporary material throughout the last three decades. This re-issue contains most of the tracks from two of their Transatlantic LPs: Smuggler (1975) and Burn The Witch (1978). Both albums were recorded by the group's original line-up of Ian McCalman, Hamish Bayne and Derek Moffat, whose trademark was the way they used three-part vocal harmonies to bring new life to many traditional Scottish songs.
Laurence Aston
Smuggler and Burn the Witch were the biggest sellers of our early albums and I suppose they stand up pretty well to current folk tastes … not too embarrassing. "Full-frontal singing" with instruments was our style in those days but 1 think the albums still have a certain amount of integrity and, lest we forget, most of the material has been covered by other singers since then — always a good sign. They were exciting days of new gigs, new countries, new songs and old beer. We work just as hard in 1997 as we did then, the only difference is now we remember some of it.
Great days … still are! Keep music live!
Ian McCalman