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

Side 1

1. The Night Visiting Song (Roud 22568; G/D 4:783) (2.58)
2. Far Over the Forth (Roud 3360) (3.48)

Side 2

3. The Twa Corbies (Roud 5; Child 26) (2.09)
4. Kilbogie (Roud 95; G/D 4:851) (3.05)

All tracks trad.

All tracks were reissued in 1965 on the LP Bonny Lass Come O’er the Burn

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

Side 1

1. Come All Ye Fisher Lassies (Roud 12504) (1.51)
   The Family led by Ray
2. Schooldays Over (Roud 16146) (1.27)
   Ray & Archie acc. guitar
3. The Rigs o’ Rye (Roud 985) (3.25)
   Archie acc. guitar
4. Donal Ogue (Young Dan) (Roud 3379) (2.53)
   Joyce acc. guitar
5. For Our Lang Biding Here (Roud 8561) (1.45)
   Archie acc. guitar
6. Joy of My Heart (1.55)
   The Family lead by Ray & Archie acc. guitar

Side 2

7. Hey Ca’ Through (Roud 8692) (1.08)
   Ray, Joyce, Audray and Priscilla
8. What’s Poor Mary Weeping For (Roud 2118; G/D 8:1606) / Bonny Lassie O (Roud 4845; G/D 7:1486) (1.57)
   Ray & Archie acc. guitar
9. I Am a Miller tae My Trade (Roud 888; G/D 7:1489) (2.43)
   Cindy & Joyce
10. I Am a Freeborn Man (2.05)
    Archie acc. guitar
11. The Birken Tree (Roud 5069; G/D 4:802) (2.12)
    Joyce & Cindy
12. Aince Upon a Time (Roud 3361; G/D 7:1399) (1.29)
    Ray & Archie acc. guitar

All tracks trad. except
Tracks 1-2, 10 Ewan MacColl;
Track 6 Hugh S. Roberton;
Track 7 Robert Burns;

Tracks 1 and 4 have more or less the 1971 Steeleye Span line-up supporting Ray Fisher instead of Maddy Prior.

Musicians

Ray Fisher: vocals [1-8], guitar [2-3, 6-7];
Martin Carthy: guitar [1, 4, 8], vocals [4];
Tim Hart: dulcimer [1, 4], vocals [4];
Peter Knight: fiddle [1, 4], mandolin [4];
Ashley Hutchings: electric bass [1, 4];
Colin Ross: fiddle [2], Northumbrian small pipes [3, 7];
Alistair Anderson: concertina [2];
Stefan Sobell: guitar [5];
Liz Sobell: harmonium [5];
Bobby Campbell: fiddle [8]

Tracks

Side 1

1. Johnnie Sangster (Roud 2164; G/D 3:407) (2.55)
2. Mill o’ Tifty’s Annie (Roud 98; Child 233; G/D 5:1018) (7.25)
3. Bonny at Morn (Roud 3064) (4.16)
4. The Forfar Sodger (Roud 2857; G/D 1:69) (3.19)

Side 2

5. The Pride of Glencoe (Roud 515; Laws N39; G/D 5:1044; Henry H655) (6.24)
6. The Silkie of Sul Skerry (Roud 197; Child 113) (4.02)
7. The Shipyard Apprentice (3.56)
8. The Bonny Birdy (Roud 3972; Child 82) (7.09)

All track trad. arr. except
Track 7 words Archie Fisher, Norman Buchan, Bobby Campbell

Recorded by Sandy Paton and Mike Rivers;
Photo and graphics by Sandy Paton;
Notes by Ray Fisher

Folk-Legacy album booklet

Musicians

Ray Fisher: vocals, guitar;
Johnny Cunningham: fiddle [5]

Tracks

Side 1

1. The Pressers (3.37)
2. The Bonnie Wee Lassie That Never Said No (Roud 2903) (1.59)
3. The Red-Haired Man’s Wife (Roud 3046) (3.47)
4. The Kye Have Come Hame (Roud 3166) (3.05)
5. Willie’s Lady (Roud 220; Child 6; G/D 2:346) (8.56)

Side 2

6. Are Ye Sleepin’, Maggie? (Roud 4897) (2.46)
7. Miller tae My Trade (Roud 888; G/D 7:1489) (3.05)
8. Captain Bover (Roud 3147) / The Weary Cutters (Roud 8772) (3.44)
9. Betsy Bell (Roud 5211) (2.04)
10. Over Yonder Banks (3.48)
11. When Fortune Turns the Wheel (Roud 3798; G/D 3:667) (4.36)

All tracks trad. arr. Ray Fisher except
Track 1 Mary Brooksbank;
Track 4 trad. arr. Johnny Handle;
Track 6 Robert Tannahill;
Track 10 Graeme Miles

Recorded at Valley Recordings, Littleton-on-Severn, December 1990 and June 1991.
Recorded by Gef Lucena (Saydisc) and David Wilkins (Valley Recordings)

Musicians

Ray Fisher: voice, guitar [1, 5, 10-13, 15];
Colin Ross: Scottish small pipes [4, 8, 12], fiddle [4, 5, 13];
Martin Carthy: guitar [3, 6-7, 16-17, 19];
John Kirkpatrick: button accordion [2, 9, 18], melodeon [7], Anglo concertina [14]

Tracks

1. Night Visiting Song (Roud 22568; G/D 4:783) (4.28)
2. Wark o’ the Weavers (Roud 374) (5.38)
3. Lady Keith’s Lament (Roud V42891) (4.23)
4. The Gallowa’ Hills (Roud 3358) (4.00)
5. Coulter’s Candy (Roud 19019) (3.07)
6. Willie’s Fatal Visit (Roud 244; Child 255) (5.14)
7. Twa Recruiting Sergeants (Roud 3356; G/D 1:77) (3.54)
8. Floo’ers o’ the Forest (Roud 3812) (4.28)
9. MacGinty’s Meal and Ale (Roud 2518; G/D 3:630) (5.54)
10. Baron o’ Brackley (Roud 4017; Child 203; G/D 2:234) (4.26)
11. Gipsy Laddies (Roud 1; Child 200; G/D 2:278; Henry H124) (5.05)
12. For Our Lang Biding Here (Roud 8561) (2.47)
13. The Jute Mill Song (Roud 2585) (3.13)
14. Hie, Jeannie, Hie (3.19)
15. Johnny My Man (Roud 845; G/D 3:587; Henry H807) (2.56)
16. My Laddie’s Bedside (Roud 5530; G/D 6:1136) (3.14)
17. What Can a Young Lassie? (Roud 1295) (3.21)
18. Nicky Tams (Roud 1875) (4.13)

Recording Out-Take

19. Now Westlin Winds (Roud 6936) (4.32)
    released on the Hokey Pokey anthology All Through the Year

All tracks trad. arr. Ray Fisher except
Track 9 George Bruce Thomson;
Track 13 Mary Brooksbank;
Track 18 G.S. Morris