60 years after noted taper Alan Lomax set foot on Scottish soil, we anniverserialize with this skimming of riches from his archive. Collated by bastard heir Alasdair Roberts, Whar the Pig... runs the gamut from rumbustuous to ruthless, and from acapella to accordion — a full range of the Scottish scale!
Various Artists
Whaur the Pig Gaed on the Spree: Scottish Recordings by Alan Lomax
LP
- Drag City/Twos & Fews
- Released
- 2011-11-08
- Catalog #
- DC488 /T&F#004
| LP | $22.00 |
All Tracks
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Davie Stewart - McGinty's Meal and Ale 4:56
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Jessie Murray - Lord Thomas and Fair Ellen 2:16
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John Steven - The Big Kilmarnock Bonnet 4:33
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Mary Cosgrove - The Collier Lad 3:13
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Jimmy MacBeath - Hey Barra Gadgie 1:14
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J. Shand & S. Chalmers - Bonnie Anne/The Wife She Brewed It/The Mason's Apron 4:50
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Jeannie Robertson - The Deadly Wars Are Blast and Blawn 3:00
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John Strachan - Johnny o Braidislea 1:34
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W. Mathieson - Binnorie/Rosy Ann/The Laird o' Roslin's Daughter 2:00
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Jimmy MacBeath - McCafferty 3:11
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Davie Stewart - The Glendaruel Highlanders 1:33
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Aberdeen schoolchildren - My Mother and Your Mother :52
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J. Robertson - Davy Faa 4:15
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John Strachan - Robin Hood and Little John :41
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Hamish Henderson - The John MacLean March 2:41
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John Burgess - Caber Feidh 2:36
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H. MacAndrew & A. Mearns - Dean Brigg/Banks Hornpipe 3:27
