> Folk Music > Records > The Foundry Bar Band: The Foundry Bar Band
The Foundry Bar Band
The Foundry Bar Band Springthyme Records SPR/SPRC 1007 (LP/cass., UK, 1981) |
Produced by Peter Shepheard;
Recorded and mixed by Neil at REL in Edinburgh in March 1981;
Sleeve notes by Jim Reid and Peter Shepheard;
Photography taken by Peter Shepheard at The Foundry Bar in Arbroath
Musicians
Jim Reid: moothie, guitar, concertina, vocals;
Bobby Reid: moothie, guitar;
Bobby Dewars: piano accordion;
Terry Beattie: button key accordion;
Geordie Anderson,
Chae Geddes,
Jim Gray: fiddles;
Peter Forbes: flute;
Helen Forbes: tin whistle;
Sandy Beattie: double bass
Tracks
Side 1
- Marches: Willie John McAuley / Benawe Highlanders (3.09)
- Song (Scottish Waltz): Auchmithie (2.11)
- Strip the Willow (Jig Time): Hot Punch / Farewell to the Tay / Bearsden Fiddler / Donald’s Awa tae the War (4.34)
- Scottish Waltz: O Nach Aghmor / Karen Ann (2.57)
- Bothy Ballad: Guise o Tough (Roud 3800; G/D 3:378) (2.45)
- Irish Jig: Out on the Ocean (1.43)
- Eightsome Reel: Roxburgh Castle / Mrs McLeod / Fairy Dance / The Brolum / High Road to Linton (3.17)
Side 2
- Pipe Marches: Mrs H. L. MacDonald of Dunach / Lochaber Gathering / Sweet Maid of Mull (4.47)
- March and Hornpipe: Grant Farquharson of Inveravon / Bella and Roy (2.04)
- Song (Scottish Waltz): Catherine Street (2.33)
- Barn Dance (2/4 Marches): Rhodesian Regiment / Willie Gray / Lewis and Harris Gathering (4.08)
- Song (Scottish Waltz): Tramps and Hawkers (Roud 1874; G/D 3:487) (3.26)
- Gay Gordons (6/8 Marches): Wee Tod / Kenmure’s Up and Awa / Atholl Highlanders / Bonnie Dundee (2.51)
All tracks trad. except
Track 2 poem Norman Buick, music Jim Reid;
Track 4b Bobby Dewars;
Track 5 William Clark;
Tracks 9ab Chae Geddes;
Track 10 Jim Reid
> Folk Music > Records > The Foundry Bar Band: On the Road
On the Road with The Foundry Bar Band
On the Road Springthyme Records SPR/SPRC 1012 (LP/cass., UK, 1983) |
Produced by Peter Shepheard;
Recorded at Craighall Studios and at REL in Edinburgh in November 1983;
Sleeve notes by Jim Reid and Peter Shepheard;
Front sleeve photo: Lochrannoch, Perthshire, The Tony Stone Photolibary;
Rear sleeve photo by Iain Wright;
Design by Peter Shepheard
Musicians
Jim Reid: vocals [2, 5, 8],
moothie, guitar, concertina;
Jim Dewars: guitar;
Bob Reid: vocals [12],
guitar;
Geordie Anderson: fiddle;
Jim Gray: fiddle;
Peter Forbes: pipes;
Bill Tosh: button accordion;
Bobby Dewars: piano accordion;
Helen Forbes: tin whistle;
Sandy Beattie: double bass
Tracks
Side 1
- Barn Dance (2/4 Marches): Jim McBay’s Welcome / Fine Ten Pointer / Fear A’phige (or, The Man With the Pitcher) (3.17)
- Song: Festival o Keith (2.26)
- Irish / Scottish Reels: Roaring Mary / Woman of the House / Calum Beg (2.49)
- Broun’s Reel: Rattlin’ Bog / White Cockade / Soldier’s Joy / Rakes of Mallow / Waves of Torry (2.46)
- Song / Scottish Waltz: The Banks of the Roses (Roud 603; G/D 7:1444) (3.15)
- Strip the Willow (Jigs): Banks of the Allan / Blackthorn Stick / Haste to the Wedding / Stool of Repentance (4.23)
Side 2
- Schottische (2/4 Marches): Donald MacLean’s Farewell to Oban / Sprig of Ivy (3.34)
- Song / Scottish Waltz: I’ll Follow the Ploo (2.41)
- Slow Air and March: Banks of Lochiel / Pibroch o Donald Dhu (or, Lochiel’s March) (2.47)
- Scottish Waltz: Gentle Mother / Bonny Boy Is Young But A-Growin / Treat My Daughter Kindly (3.58)
- La Russe: La Russe / Tullochgorum / Betty Paton / Aikendrum (4.21)
- Farewell Song: Festival at Muchty
All tracks trad. except
Track 1a Pipe Major James B. Robertson;
Track 2 Ian Middleton;
Track 7a Archie MacNeill;
Track 8 Jim Reid;
Track 10c Cyril Curran;
Track 12 Bob Reid
> Folk Music > Records > Jim Reid: I Saw the Wild Geese Flee
Jim Reid: I Saw the Wild Geese Flee
I Saw the Wild Geese Flee Springthyme Records SPR 1015 (LP, UK, 1984) |
Recorded at REL in Edinburgh in September/October 1984;
Produced by Peter Shepheard;
Photography by Jim Reid;
Sleeve notes by Jim Reid and Peter Shepheard;
Original design by Colin Browne / Dean Park Associates
Musicians
Jim Reid: vocals, guitar
Tracks
Side 1
- The Wild Geese (2.57)
- Lassie Wi’ the Yellow Coatie (Roud 2582; G/D 4:870) (2.38)
- The Shearin’s No for You (Roud 4845; G/D 7:1486) (3.41)
- Stobbie Parliament Picnic (Roud 22225) (2.45)
- Upon the Moss o Burreldale (Roud 1876) (1.15)
- Up the Noran Water (Shy Geordie) (Roud 23398) (2.15)
- Bogie’s Bonnie Belle (Roud 2155; G/D 7:1396) (2.50)
- Flower of Northumberland (Roud 25; Child 9; G/D 6:1149) (2.46)
Side 2
- The Foundry Bar (2.53)
- Busk Busk Bonnie Lassie (Roud 832; G/D 5:1053) (3.17)
- The Spark Among the Heather (2.49)
- Rowan Tree (Roud V16412) (3.01)
- Bogheid (2.06)
- Vinney Den (4.25)
- Rohallion (2.33)
Tracks 1, 15 words Violet Jacob, music Jim Reid;
Tracks 2-3, 5, 7-8, 10, 12 trad. arr. Jim Reid;
Tracks 4, 9, 11, 13-14 Jim Reid;
Track 6 poem by Helen Cruickshank, music Jim Reid
> Folk Music > Records > The Foundry Bar Band: Rolling Home
The Foundry Bar Band: Rolling Home
Rolling Home Springthyme Records SPR/SPRC 1026 (LP/cass., UK, 18 November 1988) |
Produced by Peter Shepheard;
Recorded and mixed by Neil at REL in Edinburgh in September 1988;
Sleeve notes by Jim Reid and Peter Shepheard;
Photography taken by Colin Wight and Peter Shepheard at Pitmuies, Agus;
Design by Peter Shepheard
Musicians
Jim Reid: vocals [2],
guitar, moothie, concertina, pipes;
Christine Stewart: vocals [11],
guitar;
Jim Thompson: piano accordion;
Jim Brown,
Harry Scott: button accordion;
Geordie Anderson: vocals [9],
fiddle;
Sandy Beattie: double bass
with special guest
Marshall Rae: drums
Tracks
- Medley (2/4, 6/8 Marches): The Conundrum / Ballochyle (2.43)
- Song: Rolling Home (Roud 4766) (3.33)
- Gay Gordons (4/4 Marches): Murdo’s Wedding / The Yellow Corn (4.34)
- Strip the Willow (Jigs): The Weaver and His Wife / Humours of Glendark / Sweet Biddy Bailey / Shandon Bells (4.15)
- Barn Dance (2/4 Marches): The Braes of Castle Grant / Tam Bain’s Lum (3.17)
- Scottish Waltz: Come By the Hills / Leezie Linday / Piper’s Weird (2.49)
- Dashing White Sergeant (Reels): Dashing White Sergeant / The Girl Left Behind Me / My Love She’s But a Lassie Yet / Caddam Woods (1.43)
- Strip the Willow (Jigs): The Muckin o’ Geordie’s Byre / I Loe Nae a Laddie But Ane / The Bugle Horn / The Express (4.11)
- Song / Waltz: Row Her in Ma Plaidie (Roud 3948) (2.24)
- Gay Gordons (2/4 Marches): The Barren Rocks of Aden / Campbell’s Farewell to Redcastle / Teribus / Dornoch Links (2.20)
- Song: Aince Upon a Time (Roud 3361; G/D 7:1399) (2.03)
- Barn Dance (2/4 Marches): TheSkye Gathering / McLean of Pennycross (3.17)
- Broun’s Reel: Angus MacLeod / Hunter’s Hill / The Rose Tree / Geordie Wark (4.10)
- Song / Two-Step: All for Me Grog (Roud 475; G/D 3:580) (2.18)
- Gay Gordons (4/4 Marches): Scotland the Brave / Rowan Tree / Bonnie Galloway / Flett from Flotta / Scotland the Brave (2.52)
All tracks trad. except
Track 1a Peter McLeod;
Track 1b Pipe Major John McLellan;
Track 3b Addie Harper;
Tracks 4a, 13a Andrew Rankine;
Track 5a Duncan MacDonald;
Track 5b Pipe Major Donald Shaw Ramsay;
Track 6c James Scott Skinner;
Track 7d John Y. Cameron, Adam Rennie;
Track 12b Pipe Major Allan Ferguson;
Track 13b Cameron;
Track 13d G. Bell;
Track 15d Pipe Major Donald MacLeod;
> Folk Music > Records > Jim Reid & John Huband: Freewheeling Now
Jim Reid & John Huband: Freewheeling Now
Freewheeling Now Springthyme Records SPRC 1030 (cass., UK, 1990) |
Produced by Peter Shepheard;
Recorded by Peter Haigh at Pier House, Edinburgh, in July/August 1990;
Sleeve notes by Jim Reid and Peter Shepheard;
Photography by Pete Boardman;
Design by John Haxby
Musicians
Jim Reid: vocals, guitar, mouth organ, concertina;
John Huband: accordion, Roland U-220;
Jim Sutherland: percussion [1, 6, 9, 17];
Gus Millar: snare drum [4, 8, 15],
kettle drum [1, 3, 12, 14]
Tracks
- Hey Donald (Strathmartine Braes) (Roud 6258) (2.00)
- Whar the Dichty Rins (3.03)
- Queer Fowk (2.20)
- Cruachan Ben (3.48)
- O Gin I Were a Baron’s Heir (Roud V20481) (3.50)
- The Great Storm Is Over (3.08)
- Music on His Mind (2.16)
- Back in Scotland (3.36)
- The Balaena (Roud 285) (3.26)
- An t-Eilean Muileach (3.39)
- The Lassie o the Morning (3.53)
- The Moothie Man (2.26)
- Oh Dear Me (The Jute Mill Song) (Roud 2585) (3.07)
- Scattered (4.20)
- There’s No Indispensable Man (2.20)
- The Auld Beech Tree (2.57)
- Freewheeling Now (3.53)
Tracks 1, 13 Mary Brooksbank;
Track 2 James Lowe, Jim Reid;
Tracks 3, 9 trad. arr. Jim Reid;
Track 4 Patrick MacIntyre, Jim Reid;
Tracks 5 William Holder arr. Jim Reid;
Track 6 Bob Franke;
Tracks 7-8, 16-17 Jim Reid;
Track 10 Dufald MacPhail, Jim Reid;
Track 11 Jack Foley;
Track 12 John Huband, Jim Reid;
Track 14 Eliza Duthie, Jim Reid;
Track 15 anon., Jim Reid
> Folk Music > Records > Jim Reid: The Better o’ a Sang
Jim Reid: The Better o’ a Sang
The Better o’ a Sang Greylag Music GLAGCD01 (CD, UK, 1996) |
Produced by Jim Reid;
Recorded by Stuart Duncan at Redbarn Studios, Longforgan by Dundee
Musicians
Jim Reid: vocals, guitar, mouth organs, concertina, bagpipes, electric pipes
with
Scott Carnegie: piano accordion;
Stuart Duncan: bass guitar, keyboard
Tracks
- The Better o’ a Sang (2.27)
- Loch Duich (Roud 21434) / The Stewarts of Blair (3.39)
- We Didn’t Know (2.29)
- Loch Lomond (Roud 6929) (2.26)
- The Bonnie Banks o’ Loch Lomond (Roud 13168) (3.48)
- Faur Ye Weel (2.41)
- The Cuckoo’s Call (3.15)
- The Hills o’ Gallowa (Roud 5989; G/D 3:504) (2.31)
- The Dixie Fu o’ Beans (1.40)
- The Greylag (2.11)
- The Braes o’ Balquhidder (Roud 541; G/D 4:862) (2.17)
- Lochnagar (Roud 2436; G/D 3:508) (3.51)
- The Deein’ Stag (2.06)
- Flechy Eck (1.45)
- The Fiddler (2.04)
- The Linen of Loch Lee (2.46)
- Hallowe’en (2.24)
- Back in Time (2.53)
- It Took You Long Enough (2.32)
Track 1 Mary Brooksbank, Jim Reid;
Track 2a Belle Stewart;
Tracks 2b, 3, 9-10, 13, 18-19 Jim Reid;
Tracks 6, 17 Violet Jacob (1863-1946), Jim Reid;
Track 5, 14 trad. arr. Jim Reid;
Track 4 Neil McFadyen (1873-1946);
Track 7 Lauchlan MacLean Watt (1867-1957), Jim Reid;
Track 8 trad. Thomas Cunningham (1776-1834), arr. Jim Reid;
Track 11 trad. Robert Tannahill (1774-1810), arr. Jim Reid;
Track 12 trad. Lord Byron, arr. Jim Reid;
Track 15 Marion Angus (1866-1946), Jim Reid;
Track 16 John Angus (1906-1968), Jim Reid
> Folk Music > Records > Jim Reid: Emfae Dundee
Jim Reid: Emfae Dundee
Emfae Dundee Greylag Music GLAGCD02 (CD, UK, 2001 / 2010) |
Recorded at Red Barn Studios, Longforgan
Musicians
Jim Reid: vocals, guitar, mouth organs, banjo, concertina, electronic pipes, tin whistle
Tracks
- Em Fae Dundee (2.23)
- Ma Rollin’ Eye (Roud 277; Laws O17; G/D 4:791; Henry H152, H793) (4.25)
- Auld Maid in a Garret (Roud 802; G/D 7:1378; Henry H138) (2.29)
- Grizzel Jaffray (5.32)
- Beware o’ an Aberdonian (Roud 22214) (3.28)
- The Road to Dundee (Roud 2300; G/D 5:971) (2.57)
- The Beefcan Close (Roud 866) (1.51)
- Adieu Dundee (2.57)
- Granny & Robbie (Roud 1579; G/D 3:577) (2.10)
- Auld Ballumbie (4.49)
- The Shipbuilders (2.28)
- Bonnie Susie Cleland (Roud 45; Child 65) (5.20)
- The Dundee Weaver (Roud 7286, 8108) (1.36)
- Ordinary Genius (2.18)
- I’ll Meet You at Braedoonie (1.59)
- The Banks o’ the Tay (1.59)
- We’re No Awa (Roud 22217) (1.40)
Tracks 1, 10, 14 Jim Reid;
Tracks 2-3, 5-9, 12-13, 16-17 trad. arr. Jim Reid;
Track 4 J. Lee, Jim Reid;
Track 11 Mary Brooksbank, Jim Reid;
Track 15 Syd Scroggie
> Folk Music > Records > Jim Reid: Yont the Tay
Jim Reid: Yont the Tay
Yont the Tay Greentrax Recordings CDTRAX272 (CD, UK, April 2005) |
Produced by Dr Fred Freeman;
Recorded by Peter Haigh and Richard Werner at Pier House Studios, Edinburgh in September-November 2004
except track 9 recorded in November/December 2002;
Mixed by Dr Fred Freeman and Peter Haigh at Pier House Studios;
Mastered by Peter Haigh;
Cover photo by Gavin Kane;
Design by John Slavin at DesingFolk
Musicians
Jim Reid: vocals,
moothie [2-4, 9-10, 15],
guitar [4, 15],
banjo [6],
drum [6];
Aaron Jones: cittern [1-2, 5, 7, 12, 14];
Frank McLaughlin: guitar [1-2, 7];
Ross Kennedy: cittern [3],
guitar [8],
harmony vocals [6];
Sandy Brechin: accordion [3, 8, 15];
Ian Anderson: bouzouki [4],
mandolin [4],
harmony vocals [7];
Marc Duff: whistle [5, 11-13],
recorder [14],
bouzouki [12],
bodhrán [5, 13];
Rod Paterson: guitar [9],
harmony vocals [9];
Malcolm Stitt: bouzouki [11, 13]
Tracks
- Daft Donal (Roud 5140) (2.08)
- Up the Noran Water (Shy Geordie) (Roud 23398) (2.31)
- Mormond Braes (Roud 2171; G/D 6:1142) (2.40)
- The Sodger’s Cairn / Battle of the Somme (4.55)
- Tommy Curtiss (2.37)
- Harlaw (Roud 2861; Child 163; G/D 1:112) (2.27)
- The Tinkler’s Weddin (Roud 5408; G/D 3:609) (2.05)
- Cairn o Mount (Roud 3794; G/D 5:1042) (6.05)
- The Freedom Come All Ye (3.52)
- Bonnie Joann (3.56)
- The Band o Shearers (Roud 1524; G/D 3:406) (2.51)
- Baron o Brackley (Roud 4017; Child 203; G/D 2:234) (3.49)
- Sleepytoun (Roud 3775; G/D 3:356) (3.16)
- My Bonnie Moorhen (Roud 2944; G/D 7:1426) (2.49)
- The Wild Geese (3.31)
Tracks 1, 3, 6-8, 11-14 trad. arr. Jim Reid, Fred Freeman;
Track 2 poem by Helen Cruickshank, music Jim Reid;
Track 4a words Mary Symon, music Fred Freeman;
Track 4b William Lawrie / pub. dom. arr. Fred Freeman;
Track 5 poem by James Grewar, music Jim Reid;
Track 9 words Hamish Henderson, music (The Bloody Fields of Flanders) Pipe Major John MacLellan;
Tracks 10, 15 words Violet Jacob, music Jim Reid
> Folk Music > Records > Jim Reid
Other records with Jim Reid
Various Artists, Coorse and Fine: Songs and Ballads of Dundee, LP, Springthyme SPR1017, 1985
Paul Anderson, The Journey Home, CD, Ross CDGR 162, 1997
Various Artists: The Complete Songs of Robert Burns Volume 9, CD, Linn CKD 156, 2001
Various Artists: The Complete Songs of Robert Burns Volume 10, CD, Linn CKD 199, 2002
Various Artists: The Complete Songs of Robert Burns Volume 11, 2 CD, Linn CKD 200, 2002
Various Artists: The Complete Songs of Robert Burns Volume 12, CD, Linn CKD 201, 2002
Hamish Handerson et al.: A' the Bairns o Adam, CD, Greentrax CDTRAX244, 2003
Various Artists: Where the Laverock Sings, CD, Ythan YCD08, 2004
Various Artists: The Complete Songs of Robert Tannahill Volume I, CD, Brechin All CDBAR003, 2006
Paul Anderson: Home+Beauty, CD, Greentrax CDTRAX340, 2009
Various Artists: The Rough Guide to Scottish Folk (Second Edition), 2 CD, World Music RGNET 1235 CD, 2010
Various Artists: Favourite Scottish Songs (Celtic Collections Volume 16), CD, Greentrax CDGMP8016, 2014