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Hamish Napier: The River

Strathspey Records SPRCD01 (CD, UK, 19 January 2016)

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Musicians

Hamish Napier: whistles, wooden flutes, piano, harmonium, Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer 200A, bean pod shakers, backing vocals;
Sarah Hayes: alto flute;
James Lindsay: double bass;
Martin O’Neill: bodhrán;
Andrea Gobbi: synths and post-production;
Calum MacCrimmon: Canntaireachd vocals;
Oystercatchers, blackbirds, curlews, heron and River Spey: vocals

Tracks

The Mayfly (2.47)
The River (6.32)
The Whirlpool (2.38)
The Dance (4.03)
The Drowning of the Silver Brothers, 1933 (5.36)
Fate of the Kelts / Out to Sea (4.25)
Floating (3.27)
Huy Huy! (2.36)
Iasgairean nan Neamhnaid (The Pearlfishers) (6.34)
Spey Cast (Part A) (3.56)
Spey Cast (Part B) (1.31)

All tracks written by Hamish Napier except
Canntaireachd lyrics by Calum MacCrimmon

> Folk Music > Records > Hamish Napier: The Railway

Hamish Napier: The Railway

The Railway
Hamish Napier

Strathspey Records SPRCD02 (CD, UK, 2 August 2018)

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Produced by Andrea Gobbi and Hamish Napier;
Recorded and mixed by Andrea Gobbi at Carrier Waves Studios and at GloWorm Recording;
Mastered by Iain Hutchison at GloWorm Recording;
Sound samples taken by Andrea Gobbi and Hamish Napier with kind permission of The Strathspey Railway;
Photos with kind permission from the Highland Railways Society, Great North of Scotland Railway Association, Grantown Museum & Heritage Trust and private contributors;
Artwork and design by Somhairle MacDonald

Musicians

Hamish Napier: whistles, flutes, piano, Rhodes, Wurly, Mellotron, backing vocals;
Fraser Stone: drums, percussion;
Ewan Robertson: guitar;
Findlay Napier: lead vocals, guitar [3, 10];
James Lindsay: double bass;
Ross Ainslie: Highland pipes in A, border pipes;
Patsy Reid: fiddles, viola, cello, string arrangements;
The Napiers: vocals;
Gillian Frame, Lucy Napier, vocals [11];
Strathspey Railway: whistle, wheels, brakes, rails, steam and chattering folk on the platform;
Broomhill sheep: vocals [10];
Jimmy’s fireplace: as itself [7]

Tracks

The Speyside Line (4.08)
Double-Header (2.50)
Jocky the Mole (2.50)
The Firebox (2.26)
The Old Ways (2.52)
Up the Hill (4.05)
Helen’s Song (3.55)
The Station (4.57)
Dr. McGugan’s Favourite (2.44)
The World Came in By Rail (3.12)
Cheery Groove (2.48)
Diesel (3.31)
The Railwayman, Pt. 1 (0.56)
The Railwayman, Pt. 2 (1.58)
The Railwayman, Pt. 3 (2.54)

All tracks written by Hamish Napier except
Tracks 3, 10 Findlay Napier

> Folk Music > Records > Hamish Napier: The Woods

Hamish Napier: The Woods

The Woods
Hamish Napier

Strathspey Records SPRCD04 (CD, UK, 21 March 2020)

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Produced by Andrea Gobbi and Hamish Napier and arranged by Steven Byrnes and Hamish Napier;
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Andrea Gobbi at GloWorm Recording and Carrier Waves, Glasgow;
Additional recordings by Barry Reid on location in Hamish’s livingroom, Grantown-on-Spey;
Field recordings by Hamish Napier, Will Boyd-Wallis and Pete Smith;
All photos by David Russell, Highland Wildscapes, except Spey floaters photo (p.19, Walter Dempster) and Lumberjills (p.10, courtesy of Forestry and Land Scotland);
Artwork and design by Somhairle MacDonald

Musicians

Hamish Napier: whistles, wooden flutes, pods, pianos, harmonium, Rhodes, Wurly;
Steve Byrnes: guitars, drum kit, percussion;
James Lindsay: double bass;
Innes Watson: viola, fiddle, string arrangements;
Jarlath Henderson: uilleann pipes;
Ross Ainslie: Scottish small pipes [7], Border pipess [19], Highland pipes [2, 6];
Su-a Lee: cello, musical saw [17];
Calum MacCrimmon: Canntaireachd vocals [20];
Pete Smith: recording of a capercaillie ‘lek’ in the Caledonian Forest [21];
Will Boyd-Wallis: axe [18], loch ice waves and roaring red deer stags in the woods [17];
Northeasterly wind: clarsach [17];
Willie Laing, Malcolm ‘Ginge’ Lee: two man crosscut forestry saw [18];
Swifts, wood pigeon, tawny owl, crestie, chaffinch, woodpecker, River Spey: vocals