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Greentrax

CDTRAX132 Track List FHUIR MI POG Margaret Stewart Songs from Lewis in the Outer Hebrides mostly accompanied by piper Allan McDonald. £11.99 Add to Basket	CDTRAX 9001 Track List SCOTTISH TRADITIONS 1 'Bothy Ballads - Music from the North-East' Jimmy MacBeath, John MacDonald, Charlie Murray, Jamie Taylor etc. A great collection of traditional singing and tunes from the archives of the School of Scottish Studies. £11.99 Add to Basket	CDTRAX 9002 Track List SCOTTISH TRADITIONS 2 'Music of the Western Isles' Various Artistes The second in the Tangent series of important Scottish traditional music now available on CD. £11.99 Add to Basket
CDTRAX 9003 Track List SCOTTISH TRADITIONS 3 'Waulking Songs from Barra' Various Artistes A collection of work songs from the Western Isles. £11.99 Add to Basket	CDTRAX 9004 Track List SCOTTISH TRADITIONS 4 'Shetland Fiddle Music' Willy Henderson & Bobby Jamieson, Tom Anderson, Bobby Peterson, Jimmy Johnson with Pat Sutherland, William Hunter and the Gullivoe Traditional Fiddle band. Recordings illustrating the distinctive arts of some of unaccompanied and accompanied fiddlers. £11.99 Add to Basket	CDTRAX 9005 Track List SCOTTISH TRADITIONS 5 'The Muckle Sangs - Classic Scots Ballads' Jeannie Robertson, Lizzie Higgins, Betsy Whyte, Jane Turriff, Jimmie McBeath . This is a classic album featuring some of Scotland's finest traditional singers. £11.99 Add to Basket
CDTRAX 9006 Track List SCOTTISH TRADITIONS 6 'Gaelic Psalms from Lewis' Various Artistes A unique choral singing tradition, described as a moving experience! £11.99 Add to Basket	CDTRAX 9009 Track List SCOTTISH TRADITIONS 9 'The Fiddler and his Art' Hugh Inkster, Pat Shearer, Andrew Poleson, Donald MacDonell, Hector MacAndrew. Fiddle music from five different regions of Scotland, including strathspeys, reels, marches, waltzes & slow airs. £11.99 Add to Basket	CDTRAX 9017 Track List SCOTTISH TRADITIONS 17 'Scottish Traditional Tales' Concentrating on the the story telling tradition, this volume includes Betsy Whyte, Davie Stewart, Andrew Stewart, Bella Higgins, Stanley Robertson, Tom Tulloch, James Henderson and George Peterson. Double CD - £15.99 Add to Basket
CDTRAX 9024 Track List SCOTTISH TRADITIONS 24 'Songs and Ballads from the Perthshire Field. Recordings of the 1950s' Belle Stewart, Sheila Stewart, Wille MacPhee, Bella Higgins, Jock White, Betyy (Dolly) White, Charlotte Higgins, John Higgins, Martha Reid, John MacDonald, John Reid, Willie Townsley, Stewart McPhee, Ruby Kelbie, Tommy Bonthrone. This album is released in the year of the 60th anniversary of the foundation of the School of Scottish Studies at the University of Edinburgh in 1951. Collector Maurice Fleming of Blairgowrie, acted as editor, and the album includes mainly members of the Travelling community. £11.99 Add to Basket	CDTRAX 9052 Track List DAVIE STEWART The famed travelling street singer in all his glory, singing with his unique melodeon accompaniment. £11.99 Add to Basket	CDTRAX 9053 Track List JOHN MacDONALD 'The Singing Molecatcher of Morayshire' The title tells all! With accordion accompaniment. £11.99 Add to Basket
CDTRAX 9054 Track List WILLIE SCOTT 'The Shepherd's Song' The classic album of the great Border singer available again. £11.99 Add to Basket	CDTRAX 9055 Track List BELLE STEWART 'Queen Among the Heather' The head of the legendary Blairgowrie family. £11.99 Add to Basket	CDTRAX335 Track List HECTOR MacANDREW 'Legend of the Scots Fiddle' The late, great Hector MacAndrew was born in 1903 and died in 1980. These recordings, made some 60 years ago in Hector’s home, were never meant for public release, but his playing is brilliant and of an old Scottish style seldom heard nowadays. Hector MacAndrew was possibly the greatest exponent of the Scots fiddle tradition of his generation a he is still the benchmark by which all Scots fiddlers should be measured. £11.99 Add to Basket

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TSCD466 Track List JOHN BURGESS 'King of the Highland Pipers' Probably the best piping album ever produced from the phenomenal award-winner. £11.99 Add to Basket	TSCD469 Track List THE SILVER BOW 'The Fiddle Music of Shetland' Tom Anderson & Aly Bain. Shetland traditional fiddle music from these excellent musicians. Also includes Davie Tulloch and Trevor Hunter. £11.99 Add to Basket
TSCD601 Track List MELODEON GREATS 'A Collection of Melodeon Masterpieces' Remarkable 78 rpm recordings from Peter & Daniel Wyper, James Brown, Fred Cameron, Peter Leatham, Pamby Dick, Jack Williams, W F Cameron and William Hannah £11.99 Add to Basket	TSCD515 Track List SHEILA STEWART 'From the heart of the tradition' The first album from one of Scotland's best singers. £11.99 Add to Basket

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Springthyme

SPRC1022 Track List AN ISLAND HERITAGE Iain McLachlan Lively button accordion and fiddle music from the rich traditions of the Hebrides, with accompaniment by many local musicians. £11.99 Add to Basket	SPRCD1038 Track List SINGIN IS MA LIFE Jane Turriff The long awaited album from one of Scotland's greatest singers, A classic! £11.99 Add to Basket	SPRCD 1039 Track List YE SHINE WHAR YE STAN Jock Duncan One of the finest singers to come out of the North East of Scotland singing here with a wide range of accompaniment. £11.99 Add to Basket
CD AH002 Track List HERE'S A HEALTH TO THE COMPANY Fife Traditional Singing Weekend The Fife Traditional Singing Weekend brings traditional singers together in an informal setting to give song enthusiasts a chance to meet and hear some of the finest exponents of the art. This CD recorded at the 2003 and 2004 events includes: Gordon Easton, Duncan Willimason, Stanley Robertson, Sheila Stewart, Elizabeth Stewart and, from Ireland, Roisin White. £11.99 Add to Basket	CD AH003 Track List FOR FRIENDSHIP AND FOR HARMONY A second volume of songs from the annual Fife Traditional Singing Weekend Recorded in May 2005. This was the third year of the event - a gathering of many of Scotlands finest exponents of the art held at the Fife Animal Park in Collessie, Fife. Singers include Joe Aitken, Norman Kennedy, Sheila Stewart, Louis Killen, Stanley Robertson and Elizabeth Stewart. £11.99 Add to Basket	CD AH004 Track List SOME RANTS O FUN A third volume of songs from the annual Fife Traditional Singing Weekend Recorded in May 2006. The album features twelve different singers, opening with a superb rendition of the famous north east bothy ballad The Barnyard o Delgaty sung by Gordon Easton - seen in full flight in the cover photo. Special overseas guest Anita Best was brought up in one of the fishing outports of Newfoundland and sngs three songs from her local tradition including a Newfoundland version of an ancient traditional ballad The Bonnie Banks of Fordie still known in Scotland. £11.99 Add to Basket
CD AH005 Track List THE LAST OF THE CLYDEDALES Gordon Easton is from the Blackhills of Tyrie near Fraserburgh, where his family has crofted for generations. He learned many of his old songs from his mother and grandmother and is well-known for his fiddle, jew’s harp and ‘moothie’ playing, not to mention his considerable skills as a ‘diddler’. Now, at the age of 84, he has recorded this his first CD. In recent years he has become a fixture on the festival competition scene, sometimes entering as many as five competitions. £11.99 Add to Basket	CD AH006 Track List NICK NACK ON THE WAA A forth volume of songs from the annual Fife Traditional Singing Weekend Recorded in May 2007. Guest singers for the weekend included here are Gordeanna McCulloch from Glasgow who was first inspired to sing the ballads after hearing Jeannie Robertson in the 1960s; Gordon Easton, singer, fiddle player and raconteur from Tyrie in Aberdeenshire; Elizabeth Stewart from Mintlaw, many of whose songs came to her from her family the Fetterangus Stewarts; the world renowned singer and storyteller Duncan Williamson of Ladybank (who sadly passed away in November 2007) and Ron Bissett of Falkland, well-known in Fife for his repertoire of bothy ballads. £11.99 Add to Basket	CDAH007 Track List GRAND TO BE A WORKING MAN A fifth volume of songs from the annual Fife Traditional Singing Weekend The recordings on this CD were all made in May 2008 at Collessie in Fife. Guest singers at the weekend included here are Brian Watson from Prudhoe in Northumberland, renowned for his rich repertoire of Geordie, Tyneside and Northumbrian song; Sara Grey originally from the USA and now living in Perth with her extensive repertoire of ballads and songs - some accompanied on 5-string banjo; Shona Donaldson a fine young singer from Huntly; Ellen Mitchell from Glasgow; Jimmy Hutchison from Newburgh and Alex Clarke with his light hearted songs and rich tales of Dundee. Many other singers took part in the weekend events and the CD captures some of these performances: a welcome return visit by Jock Duncan of Pitlochry; a fine ballad version from Yorkshire based Chris Coe. £11.99 Add to Basket
CDAH008 Track List THERE'S BOUND TO BE A ROW FifeSing6: Old Songs & Bothy Ballads A sixth volume from the annual Fife Traditional Singing Weekend 2009 Bob Lewis from Sussex, Jo Miller from Stirling, Chris Miles from Kirkcaldy and Jimmy Hutchison originally from Skye, Jock Duncan from Pitlochry, Henry Douglas from Hawick and Jim Taylor from Aberdeenshire. £11.99 Add to Basket	CDAH010 Track List HURRAH, BOYS HURRAH Each year the performers at the Fife Traditional Singers Festival are recorded and a CD is produced.. The seventh volume is now available which was recorded at the 2010 event. Guests include Geordie Murison, Sheila Stewart, Chris Coe, Joe Aitken, Phyllis Martin and Jeff Warner. £11.99 Add to Basket	CDA011 Track List THE LITTLE BALL OF YARN Fife Traditional Singers’ Festival continue their series documenting each year’s event. The new volume features: from Scotland John Valentine, Elizabeth Stewart, Pete Shepherd and Jimmy Hutchinson; from England Emily Portman and Brian Dawson and from Ireland Len Graham. £11.99 Add to Basket

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Sleepytown

SLPYCD001 Track List THE BOTHY BALLADS OF N.E. SCOTLAND VOL.1 Centring around what have become known as the 'Big Five'. The singing in this area seems as strong as ever. Featuring Joe Aitken, Jock Duncan, Gordon Easton, Tam Reid and Eric Simpson. £11.99 Add to Basket	SLPYCD006 Track List THE BOTHY BALLADS OF N.E. SCOTLAND VOL. 2 Featuring Joe Aitken, Jock Duncan, Gordon Easton, Tam Reid, Eric Simpson, Frank McNally & Geordie Murson. £11.99 Add to Basket	SLPYCD009 Track List THE BOTHY BALLADS OF N.E. SCOTLAND VOL.3 This time there are some archival recordings alongside the currently active singers: Joe Aitken, Jock Duncan, Jimmy McBeath, John Mac Donald, Frank McNally, John Malcolm, John Mearns, Geordie Murison, Tam Reid, Dave Stewart and John Strachan. £11.99 Add to Basket
SLPYCD012 Track List THE BOTHY BALLADS OF N.E. SCOTLAND VOL.4 Following on the successful formula for this series we have another selection of songs from some of the finest ballad singers. Jock Duncan, John MacDonald, John Malcolm, The Gaugers, Jimmy McBeath, Tam Reid, Fife Yokels, George Morris, Willie Kemp, George Elrick, Charlie Allan and Tom Morrison. On this DC many of the tracks are accompanied, and there are four archive tracks. £11.99 Add to Basket	SLPYCD010 Track List THE GREEN WOODS GAEN Jock Duncan The master himself showing why he has been described as 'a national treasure'. Born in 1925 and raised on the farms of Aberdeenshire, he has been involved with the balladry of Scotland all his life. £11.99 Add to Basket	Legacy10CD Track List THE BEST BOTHY ALBUM EVER! Compilation of Bothy songs from some of the finest singers including: Charlie Allen, Jock Duncan, Robert Lovie, Tam Reid, The Sair Heidies, Helen Sloan, Andrew Mayes, The Fife Yokels, Jim McFarlane, The Camperdown Singers, Jean Sunderland, Davy Marshall, Tom Wright, Morag McDicken, John Smith, Eleanor Birse, George Elrick, John Mearns and Willie Kemp. £11.99 Add to Basket
Legacy02CD Track List THE VERY BEST OF WILL STARR 1945-1951 25 tracks of the legendary button box player. £11.99 Add to Basket	SLPYBUD01 Track List WILL STARR King of the Scottish Accordionists Volume One The legendary Will Starr was born William Starrs in the little mining village of Croy in Stirlingshire in 1922. This is volume one of Will and his Band recorded during the mid 1960s when he was at the peak of his career. £11.99 Add to Basket	SLPYBUD02 Track List WILL STARR King of the Scottish Accordionists Volume Two This is volume two of Will Starr, truly King of the Scottish Accordionists. £11.99 Add to Basket
SDP03 Track List JIMMY SHAND King of the Button Box ‘King of the Button Box’ is a double CD of tracks recorded by our most popular accordionist during his golden period of 1945 to 1956. There are 18 tracks on each CD all originally released by EMI’s prestigious Parlophone label. A splendid opportunity to enhance your collection of recorded performances by the legendary Jimmy Shand. Double CDR - £11.99 Add to Basket	SDP09 Track List JIMMY SHAND King of the Button Box - Volume Two A second double of the master of the Button box with recordings made between 1935 and 1951, this collection includes many of his classic tunes like 'Happy Hours' and 'The Dancing Dustman' Double CDR - £11.99 Add to Basket	YCD03 Track List SOOK AND BLOW 'Melodeon, Harmonica and Concertina Classics from 1910 to 1950' James Andrews, Alec Bisset, Donald Davidson, Pamby Dick, William Hannah, Willie Kemp, George Morris, Ian Powrie, Will Porie, Jimmy Shand, Daniel Wyper, Peter Wyper, The Silver City Harmonica Band. CDR - £11.99 Add to Basket
YCD12 Track List THREE MELODEONS & A PIANO Bill Stuart (melodeon), Lena Garden (melodeon) & Fred Davidson (melodeon) Margaret Smith (piano). Good old-fashioned melodeon playing! Double CD - £11.99 Add to Basket	Elgin01 Track List CHAMPIONS OF CHAMPIONS An album of Bothy songs to Celebrate 21 years of The Macallan - Elgin Rotary Annual Festival of Bothy ballads. £11.99 Add to Basket

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Ossian

OSSCD96 Track List

THE STEWARTS OF BLAIR

Alex, Belle, Cathie and Sheila Stewart.

The famous travelling family who have made a major contribution to the collection of folk music in Scotland. Originally released on Topic.

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OSSCD97 Track List

THE SINGING CAMPBELLS

'Traditions of an Aberdeen Family'

Ian, Lorna, Winnie, Dave, Betty & Bob Cooney

A complete spectrum of folk-songs from the North-East of Scotland including street songs, love songs, and of course the great bothy ballads.

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Kyloe To see the full Kyloe Records Catalogue (click here)

Kyloe100 Track List

TRAVELLER'S TALES Volume One

11 tracks featuring songs and stories and ballads from Stanley Robertson, Duncan Williamson and William Williamson

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Kyloe101 Track List

TRAVELLER'S TALES Volume Two

13 tracks featuring songs and stories and ballads from Gabrielle Ijdo, Stanley Robertson and Duncan Williamson.

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Kyloe102 Track List

BORDERERS

More of Mike Yates excellent recordings this time from the border area of Scotland where he has found abundant fruits which feature here, with no less than eight singers, two fiddle players, an accordion player and a tin whistle player.

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Kyloe104 Track List

THE SWANS ON THE LOCH

George Macpherson

Stories from the Isle of Skye.

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Kyloe107 Track List

HAMISH HENDERSON COLLECTS

Various

Songs ballads and a story from the School of Scottish Studies archive.

£11.99 Add to Basket

Kyloe110 Track List

HAMISH HENDERSON COLLECTS Volume 2

Various

More songs and ballads from the School of Scottish Studies archive.

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Elphinstone Institute

E1CD002 Track List

ELIZABETH STEWART

'Binnorie'

Traveller Traditions of North East Scotland No.1. One of Scotland's Foremost ballad singers who learned her art from her family particularly her aunt Lucy Stewart. Elizabeth is also a gifted piano player of Scottish traditional music. A Superbly produced collection.

Double CD - £16.99 Add to Basket

EICD003 Track List

STANLEY ROBERTSON

Rum Scum Scoosh!

Traveller Traditions of North East Scotland No.2. A new release from Aberdeen University. Stanley Robertson sings songs and tells stories of an Aberdeen childhood. CD2 is Songs and CD2 is stories.

Double CD - £15.99 Add to Basket

EICD004 Track List

STANLEY ROBERTSON

The College Boy
This double CD brings together thirty-four of Stanley Robertson’s best ballads and songs, some well known, many quite rare. Recorded over the last few years, the songs range from tragic classics to humorous songs. Includes a 32 page booklet with full lyrics and notes to the songs.

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Small Labels (or labels from whom we only have one CD)

OFFCD101 Track List

SHEILA STEWART

'as time goes on...'

Mainly stories plus a couple of songs from her travelling tradition.

£11.99 Add to Basket

MG01 Track List

ON AE BONNY DAY

Moira Craig

The debut album of a fine singer who is a cornerstone of many a traditional singing session.

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LTCD1008 Track List

ON YONDER LEA

Ellen Mitchell

A fine album from a fine singer.

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Musical Traditions ((small run CDRs with an A4 booklet)

MTCD308 Track List

DAISY CHAPMAN

'Ythanside'

Singer from Aberdeen with an interesting repertoire.

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MTCD313 Track List

THE BROOM LOOMS BONNY

John Rae

Ballads, songs and stories from Ayrshire.

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MTCD335-6 Track List

IN MEMORY OF LIZZIE HIGGINS

An interesting collects of traditional songs and ballads from Jeannie Robertson's daughter.

Double CDR - £15.99 Add to Basket

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