> Folk Music > Records > Ray and Archie Fisher: Far Over the Forth
Ray and Archie Fisher: Far Over the Forth
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Far Over the Forth Topic Records TOP67 (7" EP, UK, 1961) |
Recorded in 1960 in Hampstead, St. Pancras and Edinburgh.
All tracks were included in 1965 on the compilation LP Bonny Lass Come O'er the Burn (Topic 12T128).
Musicians
Ray Fisher: vocals [1-4];
Archie Fisher: vocals [1, 4],
guitar [1, 3-4]
Tracks
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All tracks trad.
All tracks were reissued in 1965 on the LP Bonny Lass Come O'er the Burn
> Folk Music > Records > The Fisher Family: Traditional & New Songs from Scotland
The Fisher Family: Traditional & New Songs from Scotland
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Traditional & New Songs from Scotland Topic Records 12T137 (LP, UK, 1966) |
Recorded by Bill Leader at the Fisher Family's home in
Monkseaton, Northumbria in 1965;
Notes by Norman Buchan;
Photograph by Joe Boyd
Musicians
Archie, Ray, Cindy, Joyce, Audrey and Priscilla Fisher: vocals;
Archie Fisher: guitar accompaniment
Tracks
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All tracks trad. except
Tracks 1-2, 10 Ewan MacColl;
Track 6 Hugh S. Roberton;
Track 7 Robert Burns;
> Folk Music > Records > Archie Fisher
Archie Fisher
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Archie Fisher Transatlantic Records XTRA 1070 (LP, UK, 1968) |
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Recorded at Craighall Studios, Edinburgh, and Livingstone Studios, Barnet, 1968;
Produced by Bill Leader;
Design and photography: Sovereign Studios, Leeds
Musicians
Archie Fisher: vocals, guitar, dulcimer, concertina, sitar;
John MacKinnon: violin, mandolin;
John Doonan: piccolo, whistle
Tracks
Side 1 | Side 2 |
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All tracks trad. except
Track 3 Ewan MacColl
> Folk Music > Records > Archie Fisher, Barbara Dickson, John MacKinnon: The Fate o' Charlie
The Fate o' Charlie
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The Fate o' Charlie Trailer Records LER3002 (LP, UK, 1969) |
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Recorded in Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire by Bill Leader;
Produced by Bill Leader
Cover picture: The Field of Prestonpans, 21 September 1745,
after Sir W. Allen, Radio Times Hulton Picture Library
See also Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger's album The Jacobite Rebellions. It has the same cover picture and was recorded by Bill Leader too.
Musicians
Archie Fisher: vocals [1-3, 8a, 13],
guitar, concertina, dulcimer, mandolin;
Barbara Dickson: vocals [2, 4, 6, 9, 11, 15],
guitar, bodhrán;
John MacKinnon: vocals [2, 5, 12],
violin, mandolin
Tracks
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Tracks 1, 3, 7-8, 13-14 trad arr. Archie Fisher;
Tracks 2, 10 trad arr. Archie Fisher, Barbara Dickson, John MacKinnon;
Tracks 4, 6, 9, 11, 15 trad arr. Barbara Dickson;
Tracks 5, 12 trad arr. John MacKinnon
> Folk Music > Records > Archie Fisher & Barbara Dickson: Thro' the Recent Years
Archie Fisher & Barbara Dickson: Thro' the Recent Years
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Thro' the Recent Years Decca LK 5041/SKL 5041 (LP, UK, 1970) |
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Produced by Ray Horricks;
Engineered by Robert Sibbald on 4-track in Edinburgh and by
Terry Johnson and David Grinsted on 8-track in London;
Cover photo by Ian McCalman
Musicians
Archie Fisher: vocals [1, 3, 5-8, 11-14], guitar;
Barbara Dickson: vocals [2, 4, 6, 8-14];
Des Haldane,
Rab Noakes: backing vocals, guitar;
Ronnie Reay: bass;
Bill Kemp: drums;
Roger Coulam: organ;
Jack Ellory: flute;
Alex Sutherland: trombone, piano
Tracks
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Track 1 Dave Goulder;
Track 2 Andrew Lothian;
Tracks 3, 5, 9, 11, 14 Archie Fisher;
Track 4 Bob Dylan, Richard Manuel;
Tracks 6, 8, 13 Rab Noakes;
Track 10 Charles Causley, Archie Fisher;
Track 12 John Conolly
> Folk Music > Records > Archie Fisher: Orfeo
Archie Fisher: Orfeo
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Orfeo Decca SKL 5057 (LP, UK, 1970) |
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Recorded in Edinburgh on 4 track, engineer Robert Sibbald,
and in London on 8 track, engineer David Grinsted;
Produced by Ray Horricks;
Photograph: Ian McCalman
Musicians
Archie Fisher: vocals, lead guitar;
Barbara Dickson: backing vocals;
Daryl Ronswick: bass, bass guitar;
Rab Noakes: backing vocals, rhythm guitar;
Bill Kemp: drums;
Alex Sutherland: piano, arrangements, string group conductor;
Tracks
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Tracks 1, 7-8, trad arr. Archie Fisher;
Tracks 2, 6 Archie Fisher, Edward Morgan;
Track 3 words Robert Burns, music Archie Fisher;
Tracks 4-5, 9, 11 Archie Fisher;
Track 10 Archie Fisher, Rab Noakes
> Folk Music > Records > Archie Fisher: The Man With a Rhyme
Archie Fisher: The Man With a Rhyme
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The Man with a Rhyme Folk-Legacy Records FSS-61 (LP, USA, 1976) |
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Recorded and edited by Sandy Paton;
Notes by Archie Fisher;
Photograph by David Gahr
Musicians
Archie Fisher: vocals, guitar;
Wendy Grossman: concertina, banjo, dulcimer;
Kathy Westra: cello;
Lani Herrmann: fiddle;
Annie Mayo Muir: flute;
Lorraine Lee: magic dulcimer [6, 15]
Tracks
Side 1 | Side 2 |
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All tracks trad. except
Tracks 3, 6, 8 Archie Fisher;
Track 14 Stewart MacGregor;
Track 15 Donal O'Sullivan
> Folk Music > Records > Archie Fisher: Will Ye Gang, Love
Archie Fisher: Will Ye Gang, Love
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Will Ye Gang, Love Topic Records 12TS277 (LP, UK, 1976) |
Recorded by Tony Engle at Riverside Studios, Barnes;
Produced by Tony Engle and Tony Russell;
Notes by Arthur Argo;
Sleeve design by Tony Engle;
Photograph by courtesy of Jill Curnick
Musicians
Archie Fisher: vocals, guitar;
Allan Barty: fiddle [1, 3-4, 10, 12, 14],
mandola [5, 7, 9];
John Tams: melodeon [1, 4, 10, 12, 14]
Tracks
Side 1 | Side 2 |
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All tracks trad. except
Track 8 Archie Fisher
> Folk Music > Records > Archie Fisher and Garnet Rogers: Off the Map
Archie Fisher and Garnet Rogers: Off the Map
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Off the Map Snow Goose Songs SGS 1112 (LP, Canada, 1986) |
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Recorded during Archie Fisher's summer tour of Canada and the USA in 1985
by Digitracks Mobile Recording, Scarborough, Ontario;
Arranged and produced by Archie Fisher and Garnet Rogers;
Engineered by Greg Roberts;
Mixed by Garnet Rogers and Greg Roberts at George Axon Studios, Toronto;
Front cover photo: Garnet Rogers;
Back cover photos and inside sleeve: Martin Franklin
Musicians
Archie Fisher: vocals, guitar;
Garnet Rogers: fiddle
Tracks
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All tracks trad. except
Track 1 words Roger Quinn, music Archie Fisher;
Track 3 Dave Goulder;
Track 4 Robert Burns / trad.;
Track 6 Jack Foley;
Track 7 Hugh S. Roberton;
Track 8 words Lady Mary Scott, music Archie Fisher;
Track 10 Archie Fisher;
Track 12 Andy Barnes;
> Folk Music > Records > Archie Fisher: Sunsets I've Galloped Into…
Archie Fisher: Sunsets I've Galloped Into…
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Sunsets I've Galloped Into… Snow Goose Songs SGS 1114 (LP, USA, 1988) | ![]() |
Recorded by Greg Rogers at Grant Avenue Studio, Hamilton, Ontario in September 1987 and February 1988;
Produced by Garnet Rogers;
Executive producer Valerie Rogers;
Mastered at McClear Place,Toronto, Ontario
Musicians
Archie Fisher: vocals [1-14],
acoustic guitar [1-12, 14],
guitar synthesiser [2a];
Garnet Rogers: violin [2a, 5, 12],
electric guitar [7-8],
synthesiser [8],
flute [9];
David Woodland: piano [1, 2b],
fretless bass [3, 7-8, 10, 14]
Tracks
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Tracks 1, 7-8, 10-13 Archie Fisher;
Track 2a Graeme Miles;
Track 2b words Archie Fisher, music Bobby Campbell;
Tracks 3, 9 trad. arr. Archie Fisher;
Track 4 Stewart MacGregor;
Track 5 Terry Hiscock;
Track 6 words Stewart MacGregor, music Archie Fisher;
Track 9 words Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Hougthon (1809-1885);
Track 14 Keiran Hoss
> Folk Music > Records > Archie Fisher: Windward Away
Archie Fisher: Windward Away
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Windward Away Red House Records RHR-CD-124 (CD, USA, 22 July 2008) |
Recorded, mixed and pre-mastered in Hart Street Studios, Edinburgh;
Engineered by Roy Ashby;
Mastered by Airshow Mastering, Boudler, Colorado, USA;
Sketch by Robert Bateman;
Photography by Stephanie Tristam;
Layout by John Slavin
Musicians
Archie Fisher: vocals, acoustic guitar, mandolin; |
Archie Fisher: vocals, acoustic guitar, mandolin; |
Tracks
Windward Away | The Missing Master |
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Track 1 poem Roger Quin, music Archie Fisher; |
Tracks 12-19 were recorded in the 1970's for an album for Tommy Makem and Liam Clacy's Blackbird label which never saw the light of day. The original tapes were subsequently discovered some 27 years later and so Archie included some of these tracks on this CD. |
> Folk Music > Records > Archie Fisher: A Silent Song
Archie Fisher: A Silent Song
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A Silent Song Red House Records RHR-CD-235 (CD, USA, 18 September 2015) |
Produced by Archie Fisher;
Recorded by Matthew Zimmerman at Wild Sound, Minneapolis, Minnesota,
with additional recording by Sean Boyd at Artfarm, Accord, New York;
Mixed by Chris Frymire, assisted by Steve Kaul, at Wild Sound;
Mastered by Chris Frymire at Modern Minstrel Mixxing, Minneapolis;
Front and back cover photographs by Joy C. Bennett;
Interior photograph by Chris Koldewey;
Layout and design by Eric Peltoniemi
Musicians
Archie Fisher: vocals, guitar;
Luna Skye: cello [2, 4];
Linda Richards: vocals [4, 8];
Phillip Mazure: guitar [9];
Isaac Alderson: flute [12];
Joel Sayles: bass [12]
Tracks
- Waltz into Winter (3.29)
- Bonnie Annie Laurie (Roud 8179) (3.18)
- Half the World Away (3.12)
- Lass from the Low Country (Roud 19029) (3.56)
- Lord of the May (2.57)
- Mary Ann (Roud 4438) (3.23)
- No Way to Treat a Friend (3.28)
- A River Like You (3.25)
- Song for a Friend (3.36)
- The Gifts (3.51)
- You Took the Day (3.30)
- The Parting Glass (2.48)
Tracks 1, 3, 9, 11 Archie Fisher;
Track 2 poem by William Douglas, music Alicia Scott (1834);
Track 4 words trad. adapted John Jacob Niles, music John Jacob Niles;
Track 5 words trad., music Archie Fisher;
Track 6 trad.;
Track 7 Kirsty McGee;
Track 8 Ian Davison;
Track 10 Richard Berman;
Track 12 Judy B. Goodenough, middle verse by Archie Fisher
> Folk Music > Records > Archie Fisher
Other records with Archie Fisher
Various Artists,
Edinburgh Folk Festival Vol. 1,
LP, Decca LK 4546, 1963
Various Artists,
Edinburgh Folk Festival Vol. 2,
LP, Decca LK 4563, 1964
Various Artists,
The Hoot'nanny Show Vol. 1,
LP, Waverley ZLP 2025, 1964
Various Artists,
The Hoot'nanny Show Vol. 2,
LP, Waverley ZLP 2032, 1964
Various Artists,
Folk Festival,
LP, Waverley ZLP 2033, 1964
Ray and Archie Fisher, Dolina MacLennan, Enoch Kent, Robin Gray,
Bonny Lass Come O'er the Burn,
LP, Topic 12T128, 1965
Various Artists,
Folk Songs: An Anthology
(Topic Sampler No 2),
LP, Topic TPS145, 1966
Various Artists,
A Prospect of Scotland
(Topic Sampler No 5),
LP, Topic TPS169, 1966
Various Artists,
The Folk Trailer,
LP, Trailer LER 2019, 1970
Barbara Dickson,
From the Beggar's Mantle… Fringed With Gold,
LP, Decca SKL 5116, 1971
Various Artists,
The Electric Muse: The Story of Folk into Rock,
4 LP, Island/Transatlantic Folk 1001, 1975
Various Artists,
Folk Festival,
2 LP, Transatlantic TRA(D) 324, 1976
Various Artists,
The Second Folk View Record,
LP, Folksound FS 107, 1976
Jean Readpath with guests,
Ballad Folk,
LP, BBC REC 293, 1977
Various Artists,
Fylde Acoustic,
LP, Trailer LER 2105, 1977
Various Artists,
Music & Song of Scotland,
CD, Greentrax CDTRAX030, 1989;
CD, Greentrax CDGMP8017, 2021
Various Artists,
Troubadours of British Folk Vol. 1,
CD, Rhino R2 72160, 1995
Various Artists,
Scottish Voices,
CD, Topic TSCD703, 1996
Various Artists,
The Acoustic Folk Box,
4 CD, Topic TSFCD4001, 2002
Various Artists,
Transatlantic Folk Box Set,
3 CD, Sanctuary SMEDT137, 2004
Various Artists,
Anthems in Eden: An Anthology of British & Irish Folk 1955-1978,
4 CD, Castle Music CMXBX1030, 2006
Various Artists,
People and Songs of the Sea,
CD, Greentrax CDTRAX338, 2009
Various Artists,
Three Score and Ten: 70 Years of Topic Records,
7 CD, Topic TOPIC70, 2009
Various Artists,
The Flooers o' the Forest,
2 CD, Greentrax CDTRAX1513, 2013
Various Artists,
Big Bend Killing,
2 CD, Great Smoky Mountains Association, 2017
Various Artists,
Strings That Nimble Leap,
Fylde Guitars and Their Players,
2 CD, Fylde Guitars / Fellside FECD285, 2019