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John Burgess: King of Highland Pipers
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King of Highland Pipers Topic Records 12T199 (LP, UK, 1969) |
Recorded at the City of London Studios in 1969;
Produced by A.L. Lloyd;
Notes by Morag MacLeod and A.L. Lloyd
Musicians
John Burgess, Highland pipes
Tracks
Side 1 | Side 2 |
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All tracks trad. except |
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> Folk Music > Records > John Burgess: The Art of the Highland Bagpipe Vol. 1
John Burgess: The Art of the Highland Bagpipe Vol. 1
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The Art of the Highland Bagpipe Vol. 1 Topic Records 12TS291 (LP, UK, 1976) |
Recorded by Nic Kinsey at Livingston Studios, Barnet, February 1976;
Produced by Tony Engle;
Notes by Seumas MacNeill;
Sleeve design by Tony Engle
Musicians
John Burgess, Highland pipes
Tracks
Side 1 | Side 2 |
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All tracks trad. or unknown except |
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> Folk Music > Records > John Burgess: The Art of the Highland Bagpipe Vol. 2
John Burgess: The Art of the Highland Bagpipe Vol. 2
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The Art of the Highland Bagpipe Vol. 2 Topic Records 12TS326 (LP, UK, 1977) |
Recorded by Nic Kinsey at Livingston Studios, Barnet, December 1976;
Produced by Tony Engle;
Notes by Seumas MacNeill;
Sleeve design by Tony Engle
Musicians
John Burgess, Highland pipes
Tracks
Side 1 | Side 2 |
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Tracks 1a, 3a, 7bd P.R. MacLeod;
Track 1b MacDonald;
Track 2a Wilson;
Track 2b MacLean, Lewis;
Track 3b Cockburn;
Track 4a Burgess;
Track 4b MacFarquahar;
Track 5a Scott;
Tracks 5b, 6, 8, 10 trad.;tbr />
Tracks 7ac MacColl;
Track 9 Patrick Og MacCrimmon
> Folk Music > Records > John Burgess: The Art of the Highland Bagpipe Vol. 3
John Burgess: The Art of the Highland Bagpipe Vol. 3
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The Art of the Highland Bagpipe Vol. 3 Topic Records 12TS393 (LP, UK, 1980) |
Recorded at Livingston Studios, London by Nic Kinsey
and at Castlesound Studios, Edinburgh by Calum Malcolm;
Produced by Tony Engle;
Notes by Seumas MacNeill;
Photography by A. Zamrej;
Design by Tony Engle
Musicians
John Burgess, Highland pipes
Tracks
Side 1 | Side 2 |
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Track 1a D. MacFarlane;
Track 1b Ross;
Tracks 2a, 4, 6c, 7-9 trad.;
Track 2b W. Frazer;
Track 3a J.A. Gordon;
Track 3b J. MacColl;
Track 5 MacCrimmon;
Track 6a W. Laurie;
Track 6b John MacClellan;
Track 10a Pipe Major Donald Maclean Lewis;
Track 10b William Barrie
> Folk Music > Records > John Burgess: King of the Highland Pipers
John Burgess: King of the Highland Pipers
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King of the Highland Pipers Topic Records TSCD466 (CD, UK, 1993) |
This collection is a (shortened) compilation of two Topic albums of John Burgess, released in 1969 and 1976.
Musicians
John Burgess, Highland pipes
Tracks
From The Art of the Highland Bagpipe Vol. 1
- Bundle and Go / Over the Water to Charlie / Campbeltown Loch / Joy Go With My Love / Traigh Gruinard / Morag 6/8 marches (4.18)
- Bonnie Argyl slow air (2.26)
- Salute on the Birth of Rory Mor MacLeod pibroch (6.45)
- Colonel Robertson / The 72th Highlanders' Farewell to Edinburgh / Major John MacLennan 6/8 marches (3.18)
- Leaving Ardtornish / The Geese in the Bog slow air & jig (3.10)
- The Swallowtailed Coat / The Mallow Men / Pipe Major George S. Allan / Jockey on the Braes of Abernethy / Wee Alex - Fort William / Paddy Kelly's Stump / The Boys of Bluehill / The Ballachulish Walkabout hornpipes (6.39)
- Lord Alexander Kennedy / Tullach Gorum / Mrs MacPherson of Inveran march, strathspey & reel (4.32)
- Duncan Johnstone / Farewell to Nigg hornpipe & retreat march (3.50)
From King of Highland Pipers
- The Baldoozer / Center's Bonnet / Cork Hill / John McDonald's Jig jigs (3.37)
- Loch Monar air (2.02)
- Inveran / The Ewe wi' the Crookit Horn / The Rejected Suitor march, strathspey & reel (3.26)
- Donald MacLean / Paddy's Leather Breeches jigs (2.45)
- The Desperate Battle of the Birds pibroch (10.40)
- The Old Wife's Dance / The Kitchen Maid / The Irish Washerwoman jigs (2.44)
- The Wandering Piper air (2.10)
- Parker's Welcome to Perthshire / Achany Glen marches (3.28)
- The Duchess of Edinburgh / Thick Lies the Mist on Yonder Hill / Rose Among the Heather / The High Road to Linton march, strathspeys & reel (3.59)
- The Pretty Apron / The Highland Lassie Going to the Fair / The Ladies from Hell / Delvin Side marches (3.35)
All tracks trad. except
Track 4a MacDonald;
Tracks 5a, 10 William Ross;
Tracks 6c, 8a Donald MacLeod;
Track 16a Ferguson / Morrison;
Track 16b MacPherson / Wilson;
Track 18c James MacMillan Tait
> Folk Music > Records > John Burgess
Other records with John Burgess
Various Artists,
Heather and Glen: Folk Songs and Music from Aberdeenshire and the Hebrides,
LP, Tradition TLP 1047, 1961
Various Artists,
1951 Edinburgh People's Festival Ceilidh,
CD, Rounder CD 1786, 2005
Various Artists,
Three Score and Ten: 70 Years of Topic Records,
7 CD, Topic TOPIC70, 2009
Various Artists,
Whaur the Pig Gaed on the Spree,
LP, Drag City DC488, 2011