Format: Vinyl Record LP, Klub Records. UK release from 1978. Scottish folk songs with a socialist message, released in conjunction with the 1978 STUC (Scottish Trades Union Congress). Comes with 4 page lyric sheet. Musicians include: Arthur Johnstone - vocals; John McDermott - banjo, harmonica; Tony Paton - guitar, mandolin, harmonica, vocals; Billy Paton - fiddle, banjo, mandolin, guitar, bouzouki, vocals. 12 tracks. Record label: Klub Records. UK Grade: Vinyl VG+, Jacket VG+ Stock: 1. Item: RM1149klp16 ---L
Format: Vinyl Record LP, Topic Records. UK release from 1974. Songs and ballads of South Lancashire sung by The Oldham Tinkers. Textured jacket. 15 tracks including: The Rochdale Mashers; Seeing Double; The Pennine Rangers; The Two Jews; A Piecer's Tale; Best o't' Bunch; The Lancashire Toreador; A Cob-Coaling Medley; The Four-Loom Weaver; John Willie's Ragtime Band; Platt's; Good Time Coming; I Mean to Wait for Jack; Skiing Owdham Style; A Mon Like Thee. Record label: Topic Records. UK Grade: Vinyl EX, Jacket EX Stock: 1. Item: RM112312ts237 ---O
Format: Vinyl Record LP, Ace-of-Hearts Records. UK release no date. 1960s release of mono recordings made in the 1940s. Irish singer's classic recordings. 13 tracks including: Goodnight (I'm A Strolling Vagabond); Bantry Bay; Little Town In The Old County Down; My Irish Song Of Songs; Mother MacHree; The Mountains O' Mourne; Where The River Shannon Flows; Danny Boy; My Wild Irish Rose; Kathleen Mavourneen; A Little Bit Of Heaven; I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen. Very nice clean copy, a little bit of writing on back jacket. Record label: Ace-of-Hearts Records. UK Grade: Vinyl EX, Jacket VG+ Stock: 1. Item: RM1119acl1097 ---O
Format: Vinyl Record LP, Autogram Records. German release no date. 1st pressing with 1A and 1B in run out grooves. From sleeve notes: The Hollow Rock String Band has been playing old-time string band music in the Durham, North Carolina area since 1966. Its repertory consists of tunes learned from old fiddlers' conventions in North Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia, and adapted to the old-time string band style which has long enlivened country-dances in the upper South. Comes with original inner sheet in German. Jacket has notes in English. 15 tracks including: Kitchen Girl; Clog; Waltz; Dinah; Richmond Cotillion; Hog-Eyed Man; Medley: John Brown's March, Green Fields Of America, Hop Light Ladies; Jawbones; Betty Likens; Cabin Creek; Folding Down The Sheets; Money Musk; Over The Waterfall; Devil On A Stomp; Fiddler's Drunk And The Fun's All Over. Lovely fresh and clean copy. Record label: Autogram Records. Germany Grade: Vinyl EX, Jacket NM Stock: 1. Item: RM1043allp240 ---H
Format: Vinyl Record LP, Gael-Linn Records. Irish release from 1975. Gatefold jacket release of traditional Irish folk music and songs from accordionist Eamon De Buitlear and the group Ceoltoiri Laighean. Musicians include: Sean O Liathain, Diarmuid O Suilleabhain - vocals; Paddy Glackin, John Kelly, James Kelly - fiddle; Peter Phelan - Uillean pipes; Mary Bergin, Michael O Halmhain - flute, whistle; Aileen McCrann - harp; Paddy O'Brien - accordion; Eamon De Buitlear - bodhran, accordion. 12 tracks. Lovely fresh and clean copy. The Irish record label Gael Linn, established in 1956, specialises in traditional Irish folk music and, in particular, the sean-nos style of singing. Sean-nos translates as 'old style' and can also be used to describe dance music as well as singing. The Gael Linn name has now become synonymous with quality folk music. Record label: Gael-Linn Records. Ireland Grade: Vinyl EX, Jacket EX Stock: 1. Item: RM1026cef047 ---B
Format: Vinyl Record LP, Temple Records. UK release from 1980. Celtic fusion music from guitarist Pat Kilbride. Accompaniment is uillean pipes, dulcimer, fiddle, hurdy gurdy etc. 10 tracks including: Anne's Favourite; Kitty's Wedding; Tir Na Nog; Si Beag, Si Mor; The Galbally Farmer; Dominique's Favourite; The Flowing Tide; The Plains of Boyle; October Song; The Boy In the Gap; Lord Randall; The Swedish March. Lovely fresh and clean copy. Jacket has a corner cut out. Record label: Temple Records. UK Grade: Vinyl EX, Jacket EX Stock: 1. Item: RM1024tp004 ---K
Format: Vinyl Record LP, Green-Linnet Records. US release from 1983. Celtic fiddle music from John Cunningham, with uillean pipes, concertina, guitar and keyboard accompaniment. 9 tracks including: Planxty Drew; Logan Water; Sasd is my Fate; Waulkin o the Fauld and others. Lovely fresh and clean copy. Record label: Green-Linnet Records. USA Grade: Vinyl EX, Jacket NM Stock: 1. Item: RM1020sif1047 ---C
Format: Vinyl Record LP, Philips Records. UK release from 1975. The Massed Scottish Fiddler's Rally conducted by John Mason. Accompanists are J. Hunter Faulds and Mona Stewart. Recorded at The Mod in Ayr. A selection of slow airs, marches, reels, strathspeys etc. 10 tracks. Record label: Philips Records. UK Grade: Vinyl EX, Jacket EX Stock: 1. Item: RM10176382108 ---M
Folk Music LP
John Mason - The Scottish Fiddle Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall (REL D 464)
GBP 16.95
Format: Vinyl Record LP, Rel Records. UK release from 1978. Gatefold jacket double LP release. John Mason conducts the Scottish Fiddle Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall, with Mary Sandeman, Pat Carter, Ian Hart, Betty Henderson, Reesa McGinn and Bill Brian. The mass fiddle orchestra of Scotland playing reels, Strathspeys, airs, jigs and Scottish folk songs. 23 tracks. Record label: Rel Records. UK Grade: Vinyl EX, Jacket NM Stock: 1. Item: RM1011reld464 ---M
Format: Vinyl Record LP, Shanachie Records. USA release from 1978. Irish folk music from Mick Moloney from Limerick, Ireland. Mick is joined by Eugene O'Donnell, Joe Mc Kenna, Shelley Posen, Patrick Sky. 14 tracks including: Joseph Baker; Reels: John Dwyer's/The Lasses Of Castlebar; Killin's Fairy Hill; The Limerick Rake; West Limerick Medley; Reels: The Blackthorn Sick/The Poet Carney; The Bantry Girl's Lament; Hornpipes: Alexander's/The Fairies Hornpipe; Reels: Winnie Greene's/The Boston Boys; John Of Dreams; The Kilkenny Races; Reels: Sean Reid's/Toss The Feathers; Jigs: Paddy O'Brien's/The King Of The Pipers; The Irish Maid. Lovely fresh and clean copy. The Irish record label Gael Linn, established in 1956, specialises in traditional Irish folk music. The Gael Linn name has now become synonymous with quality folk music. Jacket has a couple of corners bumped. Record label: Shanachie Records. USA Grade: Vinyl EX, Jacket EX Stock: 1. Item: RM91584001 ---M
Format: Vinyl Record LP, Making-Waves Records. UK release from 1987. Electric rock and folk album by the Albion Band. Ashley Hutchings was a founder member of three of the most noteworthy English psych folk rock bands in England; Fairport Convention, Steeleye Span and The Albion Band. Musicians include: Phil Beer - vocals, guitars, fiddle, mandolin; Martin Bell, synthesisers, fiddle, lead vocal; Trevor Foster - drums; Ashley Hutchings - vocals, electric & acoustic bass guitars; John Shepherd - electric keyboards, with guests. Comes with the original lyric sheet insert. 8 tracks. Lovely fresh and clean copy. Record label: Making-Waves Records. UK Grade: Vinyl EX, Jacket NM Stock: 1. Item: RM815spin130 ---A
Format: Vinyl Record LP, Making-Waves Records. UK release from 1988. Bassist, vocalist and songwriter Ashley Hutchings was a founder member of three of the most noteworthy English psych folk rock bands in England; Fairport Convention, Steeleye Span and The Albion Band. This all star series of concerts was recorded in England and Wales, June 1988. Musicians include: Polly Bolton - vocals; Clive Gregson, vocals; Ashley Hutchings - vocals, bass guitar; John Shepherd - keyboards; Pete Zorn - saxophone, guitar, percussion; Dave Mattacks - drums, percussion; with Kimberley Rew - guitar; Bill Zorn - vocals. 11 tracks. Lovely fresh and clean copy. Record label: Making-Waves Records. UK Grade: Vinyl EX, Jacket NM Stock: 1. Item: RM808spin135 ---H