Produced by Selection Records Limited, Greenford, Middlesex;
All tracks recorded on 22 October 1958 except track 4 recorded on 28 October 1958;
Engineers: Bernard Mattimore and Stanhope Blaikley Recording supervised by Bruce Dunnet and Paul Carter of Folksong Unlimited;
Sleeve notes by Colin Pomroy and Bruce Dunnet

Musicians

Robin Hall: vocals, guitar

Tracks

Side 1

1. The Dundee Weaver (Roud 8108)
2. The Bleacher Lassie o’ Kelvinhaugh (Roud 3325; G/D 5:1041)

Side 2

3. Lodgin’ Wi’ Big Aggie (Roud 38342)
4. Yer’ Ma Wee Gallas Bloke Naemair
5. Coulther’s Candy (Roud 19019)

All tracks trad.

Produced by Jazz Selection, London;
Recorded in London on 28 October 1958;
Engineers: Bernard Mattimore and Stanhope Blaikley;
Supervised by Bruce Dunnet and Paul Carter of Folksong Unlimited;
Sleeve notes by Dominic Behan and Paul Carter

Musicians

Robin Hall: vocals, guitar

Tracks

Side 1

1. Rantin’ Rovin’ Robin (Roud V28828)
2. My Love Is Like a Red Red Rose (Roud 12946)

Side 2

3. My Love Shes But a Lassie Yet (Roud 8979)
4. A Man’s a Man for A’ That (Roud 30953)
5. Scots Wha Hae (Roud V1089)

All tracks Robert Burns

Recorded 26 January 1959 (Side A) and 30 January 1959 (Side B) in London;
Engineer: Bernard Mattimore;
Supervised by Paul Carter and Colin Pomroy;
Notes by Norman Buchan

Musicians

Robin Hall: vocals, guitar;
Jimmie Macgregor: vocals, guitar, mandolin

Tracks

Side 1

1. Three Craws (Roud 4581)
2. If You Will Marry Me (Roud 573)
3. Duke Street Jail / You Canna Shove Your Granny off a Bus / The World Must Be Coming To an End

Side 2

4. Johnnie Lad (Roud 2587; G/D 4:755)
5. The Wee Magic Stane

All tracks trad. except
Track 5 Johnnie McAvey

Recorded at the City of London Studios, February 1960;
Supervised by Colin Pomroy;
Sleeve notes by Robin Hall and Jimmie Macgregor

Musicians

Robin Hall: vocals, guitar;
Jimmie Macgregor: vocals, guitar, mandolin

Tracks

Side 1

1. The 42^nd (Roud 13073)
2. Co-Operative Cookies
3. The Means Test Man
4. Sky High Joe

Side 2

5. The Calton Weaver (Roud 883; G/D 3:603; Henry H745)
6. Hot Asphalt (Roud 2134)
7. Two Heids

All tracks trad. except
Track 4 Thorso Berwick

Musicians

Robin Hall: vocals;
Jimmie Macgregor: vocals, guitar, mandolin;
Shirley Bland: vocals;
Leon Rosselson: vocals, guitar, banjo

Tracks

Side 1

1. Cumbaya
2. MacPherson’s Rant (Roud 2160; G/D 3:697)

Side 2

3. Zamar Noded
4. Doodle Let Me Go (Yellow Girls) (Roud 3221)

Track 1 trad. African;
Tracks 2, 4 trad. arr. Galliards;
Track 3 Naomi Shemer arr. Leon Rosselson

Musicians

Robin Hall: vocals;
Jimmie Macgregor: vocals, guitar, mandolin;
Shirley Bland: vocals;
Leon Rosselson: vocals, guitar, banjo

Tracks

Side 1

1. Black and White

Side 2

2. Bahnuah

Track 1 David Arkin, Earl Robinson;
Track 2 trad. arr. Leon Rosselson

Recorded by Bernard Mattimore in 1960;
Supervised and produced by Paul Carter;
Cover photo by Fred G. Sykes

The album title of course refers to Greig / Keith: Last Leaves of Traditional Ballads and Ballad Airs.

Musicians

Robin Hall: vocals;
Leon Rosselson: guitar, banjo

Tracks

Side 1

1. The Three Gipsy Laddies (Roud 1; Child 200; G/D 2:278; Henry H124)
2. Mary Mild (Roud 79; Child 173; G/D 2:195)
3. The Wee Cooper of Fife (Roud 117; Child 277; G/D 1282)
4. The Cruel Mother (Roud 9; Child 20; G/D 2:193; TYG 73)

Side 2

5. Bawbie Allen (Roud 54; Child 84; G/D 6:1193; Henry H236)
6. Lord Lovel (Roud 48; Child 75; G/D 6:1232)
7. Inverey (Roud 4017; Child 203; G/D 2:234)
8. The Trooper and the Maid (Roud 162; Child 299; G/D 7:1470)

Musicians

Robin Hall: vocals [1-5, 7-14], guitar [1];
Jimmie Macgregor: vocals [1-8, 10-14], guitar [1-10, 12-14], mandolin [7];
Shirley Bland: vocals [3, 6-8, 10-11, 13];
Leon Rosselson: vocals [3, 7-8, 10-11, 13], banjo [3, 9], guitar [8, 10-14]

Tracks

Side 1

1. Tramps and Hawkers (Roud 1874; G/D 3:487)
2. Brochan Lom, Tana Lom, and Bodachan A’Mhirein
3. The Day We Went to Rothesay (Roud 2142)
4. The Craw Killed the Pussie (Roud 9221; G/D 8:1678)
5. The Stoutest Man in the Forty-Twa (Roud 1877; G/D 1:70)
6. Highland Fairy Lullaby
7. My Love, She’s But a Lassie Yet (Roud 8879?)

Side 2

8. Mingulay Boat Song
9. Nicky Tams (Roud 1875)
10. The Piper o’ Dundee
11. The Bonny Earl o’ Moray (Roud 334; Child 181)
12. Mormond Braes (Roud 2171; G/D 6:1142)
13. Coulter’s Candy (Roud 19019)
14. The Rovin’ Ploughboy (Roud 2138; G/D 3:547)

Track 1 Stewart, arr. McBeath;
Track 2 trad. arr. Robin Hall, Jimmie Macgregor;
Track 3, 8, 10-11 trad. arr. Leon Rosselson;
Track 4, 9, 12 trad. arr. Jimmie Macgregor;
Track 5 trad. arr. Leon Rosselson, Jimmie Macgregor;
Track 6 trad. Trans. Lauchlan, MacBead; Robin Hall, Jimmie Macgregor;
Track 7 trad. arr. Leon Rosselson; Robert Burns;
Track 13 adapt. Robin Hall, Leon Rosselson;
Track 14 Henderson, MacDonald

Musicians

Robin Hall: vocals [1-5, 7-11, 13-15], guitar [3, 15];
Jimmie Macgregor: vocals [1-3, 5, 7-15], guitar [1-3, 7-13, 15], mandolin [4];
Shirley Bland: vocals [1-2, 5-9, 11, 14];
Leon Rosselson: vocals [1-2, 5, 7-9, 11, 14], guitar [2, 4, 6-8, 11, 14], banjo [1, 9];
John Jobson: bass [1-3, 7-13, 15]

Tracks

Side 1

1. Dig My Grave (Roud 15633) [Bahamas]
2. Villancico [Spain]
3. Go Tell Aunt Rhody (Roud 3346) [USA]
4. My Love Is Like a Red, Red Rose (Roud 12946) [Scotland]
5. Asikatali [South Africa]
6. A Bold Young Farmer (Roud 60; Laws P25; G/D 6:1170; Henry H683) [England]
7. When I First Came to This Land (Roud 16813) [USA]

Side 2

8. Johnny, I Hardly Knew You (Roud 3137) [Ireland]
9. Lamidbar [Israel]
10. Up Among the Heather (Roud 1506) [Scotland]
11. Ksekina Mia Psarapoula [Greece]
12. A Bucketful of Mountain Dew (Roud 938) [Ireland]
13. The Overgate (Roud 866) [Scotland]
14. Lowlands (Roud 681; Henry H469) [England]
15. Time for Man Go Home [Trinidad]

All tracks trad. except
Track 1-2, 7-8, 11, 14 trad. arr. Leon Rosselson;
Track 3, 10, 13, 15 trad. arr. Robin Hall, Jimmie Macgregor;
Track 4 trad. arr. Robin Hall; Robert Burns;
Track 5 trad. arr. Galliards;
Track 6 trad. arr. Shirley Bland;
Track 9 Argov;
Track 12 trad. arr. Jimmie Macgregor

This album was released in the USA and the UK with different names and on different labels.

Musicians

Robin Hall: solo vocals [3, 15], vocals;
Jimmie Macgregor: solo vocals [5, 11], vocals, guitar, mandolin;
Leon Rosselson: vocals, banjo, accordion;
John Jobson: bass

Tracks

Side 1

1. Johnnie Lad (Roud 2587; G/D 4:755) (2.15)
2. Hares on the Mountain (Roud 329) (2.01)
3. Inverey (Roud 4017; Child 203; G/D 2:234) (3.25)
4. Scottish Medley: The 42^nd (Roud 13073) / My Love She’s But a Lassie Yet (Roud 8879?) /
5. Mormond Braes (Roud 2171; G/D 6:1142) (1.49)
6. Twa Heids Are Better Than Yin (Roud 4848) (2.09)
7. Cuttie’s Waddin’ (Roud 3357; G/D 3:608) (1.09)
8. Ye Banks and Braes (Roud 13889) (2.12)
9. Glasgow Street Song Medley: There Is a Happy Land Down in Duke Street Gaol / You Cannae Shove Your Grannie off a Bus / The World Must Be Coming to an End (2.06)

Side 2

9. Mick Maguire (Roud 4249) (1.59)
10. Davy Faa (Roud 118; Child 279; G/D 2:274) (3.52)
11. The Recruiting Sergeant (Roud V15395) (1.42)
12. The Wild Mountain Thyme (Roud 541; G/D 4:862) (2.53)
13. Gin I Were Where the Gaudie Rins (2.17)
14. The Old Triangle (2.51)
15. Ca’ the Ewes to the Knowes (Roud 857; G/D 5:1014; Henry H175) (2.35)
16. Three Craws (Roud 4581) (0.56)

Track 1 trad. arr. Jordan;
Track 2, 3, 4a, 8a, 10 trad.;
Tracks 4b, 15 trad. / Robert Burns arr. Robin Hall, Jimmie Macgregor;
Tracks 4c, 6, 8b, 9, 13 trad. arr. Robin Hall, Jimmie Macgregor;
Tracks 5, 8c, 16 trad. arr. Jimmie Macgregor;
Track 7 trad. / Robert Burns;
Track 11 trad. arr. McLean;
Track 12 Jimmy McPeake;
Track 14 trad. / Brendan Behan

This album was released in the USA and the UK with different names and on different labels.

Musicians

Robin Hall: vocals [1-3, 5-8, 10-12, 14], percussion [4];
Jimmie Macgregor: vocals [1-8, 10-12, 14], guitar [1-8, 10-11, 12, 14];
Shirley Bland: vocals [1-5, 7-11];
Leon Rosselson: vocals [1-3, 5, 7-8, 10-11], guitar [1, 3-5, 8-9, 11, 13], banjo [2, 7, 10];
Bill Sutcliffe: bass [2, 3, 5, 8, 10];
Brian Brocklehurst: bass [1, 4, 7, 12];
Pete Turner: percussion [4]

Tracks

Side 1

1. Drill Ye Tarriers Drill (Roud 4401) (2.12)
2. New York Girls (Roud 486) (1.45)
3. Johnny Todd (Roud 1102; G/D 8:1583) (1.56)
4. Linstead Market (Roud 16397) (2.32)
5. The Jug of Punch (Roud 1808; Henry H490) (1.55)
6. A Sailor Courted a Farmer’s Daughter (Roud 993; Laws O41; G/D 6:1093; Henry H634) (1.32)
7. The Wild Colonial Boy (Roud 677; Laws L20; Henry H750) (3.50)

Side 2

8. Hinei Ma Tov (1.56)
9. Lowlands of Holland (Roud 484; G/D 6:1116; Henry H180) (2.52)
10. The Quality of Mersey (1.38)
11. Derriere Chez Nous (2.55)
12. The Barnyards o’ Delgaty (Roud 2136; G/D 3:347) (2.33)
13. North Country Maid (Roud 1367; G/D 5:1058) (2.05)
14. Birlinn Ghoraidh Chrobhain (2.36)

All tracks trad.

Acknowledgements

I found a lot of the information on and some pictures of the Galliards’ records at Nic Kelly’s fantastic The Balladeers website as I only have nine of the twelve shown albums. Thanks to Alistair Banfield for the picture of the single Black and White.