> Folk Music > Records > Alistair Anderson Plays English Concertina
Alistair Anderson Plays English Concertina
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Alistair Anderson Plays English Concertina Trailer LER 2074 (LP, UK, 1972) |
Recorded and produced by Seumas Ewens;
Production master and Bach Polonaise recorded by Nic Kinsey, Livingston Studios;
Notes by Neil Wayne;
Sleeve photograph by Liz Anderson;
Sleeve design by Janet Kerr
Musicians
Alistair Anderson, English concertina;
Aly Bain, fiddle [2, 6, 12];
Tich Richardson, guitar [2, 9-10, 12];
Dave Richardson, banjo [2],
mandolin [9],
whistle [10];
Tracks
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All tracks trad except
Track 1b Alistair Anderson;
Tracks 2a, 9b trad. coll. McNulty;
Track 2b trad. coll. Bretnacht;
Tracks 4, 8 Johann Sebastian Bach arr. Alistair Anderson;
Track 5 Scott Joplin;
Track 6a Peter Fraser;
Track 7 trad. arr. Billy Pigg, Alistair Anderson;
Track 9a F. Livingstone;
Track 12a James Hill arr. Alistair Anderson, Aly Bain;
Track 12b James Scott Skinner
> Folk Music > Records > Alistair Anderson: Concertina Workshop
Alistair Anderson: Concertina Workshop
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Concertina Workshop Topic Records / Free Reed 12TFRS501 (LP, UK, 1975) |
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Recorded and produced by Alistair Anderson;
Notes by A.L. Lloyd;
Sleeve design by Ken Lees
Musicians
Alistair Anderson, English concertina;
Graham Pirt, vocals [3, 9];
Geoff Harris, guitar [4];
Tich Richardson, guitar;
Dave Richardson, banjo [13],
mandolin [1, 6, 11],
hammered dulcimer [7];
Tracks
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All tracks trad.
> Folk Music > Records > Alistair Anderson: Corby Crag
Alistair Anderson: Corby Crag
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Corby Crag Topic Records 12TS371 (LP, UK, 1978) |
Recorded and produced by Alistair Anderson;
Design by Tony Engle;
Photography by Liz and Alistair Anderson;
Notes by Alistair Anderson
Musicians
Alistair Anderson,
English concertina [1-2, 4-12, 14-15],
Northumbrian small pipes [3, 9, 12-13];
Tich Richardson, guitar [1, 4, 6, 8-9, 11, 14];
Billy Atkinson, mouth-organ [7]
Tracks
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All tracks trad. except
Track 1a, 11c James Hill;
Track 1b, 4c, 6b, 8b, 9b, 11b, 15 Alistair Anderson;
Track 7a Billy Atkinson;
Track 13b James Scott Skinner
> Folk Music > Records > Alistair Anderson: Dookin' for Apples
Alistair Anderson: Dookin' for Apples
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Dookin' for Apples Front Hall FHR-020 (LP, USA, 1979) |
Recorded by Bill Spence;
Produced by Alistair Anderson and Bill Spence;
Photograph by Armen Kachaturian;
Sleeve design by Tony Engle
Musicians
Alistair Anderson, English concertina [1-3, 5-9, 11, 13-14],
Northumbrian small pipes [4, 10, 12];
Fennin's All-Star String Band:
George Wilson, fiddle [3, 5-6, 11, 14],
guitar [3, 8, 14],
string bass [2, 8, 14];
Toby Stover, piano [2, 5-6, 8-9, 11];
Bill Spence, hammered dulcimer [6, 9];
Evan Stover, mandolin [2]
Tracks
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> Folk Music > Records > Alistair Anderson: Steel Skies
Alistair Anderson: Steel Skies
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Steel Skies Topic Records 12TS427 (LP, UK, 1983) |
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Recorded by Terry Gavaghan at Guardian Studios, Druham;
Front cover painting: Eynhallow from Westness, by John Cartmel Crossley;
Sleeve design by Tony Engle
Musicians
Alistair Anderson, English concertina, Northumbrian small pipes;
Tony Corcoran, fiddle (right hand channel);
Robin Dunn, mandolin;
Chuck Fleming, fiddle (left hand channel), viola, mandolin
Tracks
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All tracks written by Alistair Anderson
> Folk Music > Records > Alistair Anderson: Islands
Alistair Anderson: Islands
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Islands White Meadow Records WMR2008CD (CD, UK, 2008) |
Produced by Ian Stephenson;
[1, 3, 5, 7-8, 13] recorded by Julien Batten at Quayside Studios;
[4, 6, 9-11] recorded by Alistair Anderson;
[2, 12] recorded by Andy Seward;
Mixed by Julien Batten, Ian Stephenson and Alistair Anderson,
Mastered by Julien Batten;
Main photographs by Bridget Johnson;
Design by BDI
Musicians
Alistair Anderson, English concertina, Northumbrian small pipes;
The Alistair Anderson Band [1, 3, 8, 13]:
Sophy Ball, Shona Mooney, fiddles;
Rachael McShane, cello;
Rachel Newton, clarsach;
Joey Oliver, whistle, oboe;
Martin Simpson, guitar [2, 12]:
Emma Reid, fiddle [4, 6, 9-11]:
Ian Stephenson, guitar [7]:
Tracks
- Riff Reels (3.24)
- Waltz Montmagny (2.36)
- Hopscotch (3.46)
- The Tipstaff / Steels Jig (3.07)
- Empty Spaces (3.14)
- The Yeavering Hornpipes (3.23)
- The Reverend Joe Hislop of Alnwick / Glad Tidings (3.05)
- Snowblind / The Franklin River Reel (3.27)
- The Air from Gin the Geud Wife Stint (3.25)
- The Cheviot Rant / Dnstanbrough Castle (2.37)
- The Squirrel in the Tree / The Oyster Girl (2.58)
- Winter Sunlight (3.36)
- The Farne Islands:
Introduction, Staple Island, The Churn, The Kettle,
transition, Nameless Rock, Every Seventh Wave, Nameless Rock,
transition, Inner Farne, The Knifestone, Tom Noddy, The Tide Race Reel, Staple Island, Inner Farne (22.58)
Track 1 Alistair Anderson, Annie Whitehead;
Tracks 2-3, 5, 8, 13 Alistair Anderson;
Tracks 4 11 trad. arr. Alistair Anderson, Emma Reid;
Tracks 6, 9 Alistair Anderson arr. Alistair Anderson, Emma Reid;
Track 7 Alistair Anderson arr. Alistair Anderson, Ian Stephenson;
Track 10 Billy Miller arr. Alistair Anderson, Emma Reid;
Track 12 Alistair Anderson arr. Alistair Anderson, Martin Simpson;
Track 13k Alistair Anderson arr. Rachael McShane
> Folk Music > Records > Alistair Anderson & Northlands
Alistair Anderson & Northlands
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Alistair Anderson & Northlands White Meadow Records WMR0031 (CD, UK, 7 January 2017) |
Produced by Ian Stephenson;
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Ian Stephenson at Simpson Street Studios,
Photography by James Appleton;
Design by Jimmy Träskelin
Musicians
Alistair Anderson, English concertina, Northumbrian pipes;
Sophy Ball, fiddle, nyckelharpa;
Sarah Hayes, flute, vocals;
Ian Stephenson, guitar, double bass, piano
Tracks
- Taking on Men (3:25)
- Paddy Whack / Coffee Bridge / Spirit of Whiskey (3:40)
- Fiesta Waltz (4:30)
- Iain MacPhail's Compliments to Chrissie Leatham / Cooper of Stannerton Heugh / One-Horned Sheep (4.01)
- The Snow It Melts the Soonest (Roud 3154) (4:38)
- Redeside Hornpipe / Kyloe Burn (3:33)
- Neil Taylor's / Fourth of February / Strawberries Galore (3:35)
- Last Shift (6:25)
- Reel de Mattawa / Wedding Bells (3:33)
- Cutty's Hornpipe / Firth House (3:25)
- Risty Gulley / Geld Him, Lasses / Apprentice Lads of Alnwick (3:09)
- I Drew My Ship Into the Harbour (Roud 402; G/D 4:792) (3:54)
Track 1 Jez Lowe;
Tracks 2ac, 4bc, 5, 10a, 11abc trad.;
Track 2b Billy Pigg;
Track 3 David Kahn;
Track 4a Iain MacPhail;
Tracks 6ab Will Atkinson;
Track 7a Willie Taylor;
Track 7b Charie Sheritt;
Track 7c Donald Ridley;
Track 8 words Mike Tickell, music Ian Stephenson;
Track 10b Stewart Handy;
Track 12 words trad., music Ian Stephenson
Video
Alistair Anderson & Northlands play the Paddy Whack set:
> Folk Music > Records > Alistair Anderson
Other records with Alistair Anderson
Kathryn Tickell,
Borderlands,
LP, Black Crow CRO 210, 1986
Various Artists,
From Sewingshields to Glendale,
LP, MWM 1033, 1986
Various Artists,
50 Years of Folk Music in Newcastle,
2 CD, private issue, LM-0006966, 2008
Various Artists,
One Night for Norma,
CD, Scarlet SR027CD, 2011
Various Artists,
Destination: The End of an Era for a Leading Folk Music Label,
3 CD, Fellside FECD282, 2018