Recorded by Tony Engle in Aberdeen in December 1975;
Produced by Tony Engle;
Sleeve design by Arthur Watson;
Notes by Duncan MacLennan;
Front photograph by Ian Meechan

Musicians

Peter Hall: vocals [1-2, 5, 8], English concertina [1, 3-4, 6-7, 9, 11-13], baritone concertina [8];
Tom Spiers: vocals [2, 8, 11], chorus [10], fiddle [1-7, 9, 12-13];
Arthur Watson: vocals [3, 6, 8, 13], chorus [10], whistle [1, 4, 8-9, 11-12], dulcimer [2, 4, 7], bodhrán [7]

Tracks

Side 1

1. Young Jackie (Roud 509; G/D 7:1475) (2.13)
2. The Cruel Brother (Roud 26; Child 11) (4.19)
3. Monymusk Lads (Roud 5568; G/D 3:375) (3.01)
4. The Keys to the Cellar / Go to Berwick, Johnnie (1.59)
5. The Lass o’ the Moorland Hills (Roud 228; G/D 7:1439) (3.58)
6. The Bonny Lass o’ Anglesey (Roud 3931; Child 220) (2.00)
7. Sleep Sound in the Morning / Donald Blue (1.48)

Side 2

8. The Aberdonian (Roud 22214) (2.38)
9. Lochaber No More (Roud 8497) (2.47)
10. The Minister’s Sheep (Roud 2498; G/D 2:309) (3.01)
11. Bogie’s Bonnie Belle (Roud 2155; G/D 7:1396) (4.52)
12. The Ewie wi’ the Crookit Horn / The Jolly Shepherd / Polly Stewart (2.45)
13. The Scranky Black Farmer (Roud 2872; G/D 3:357) (3.36)

All tracks trad.

All tracks recorded or remastered by Tom Spiers except
Track 10 by kind permission of Aberdeen Central ibrary;
Introduction and track notes by Anne Neilson;
Front photograph from the Peter Hall Archive by kind permission of Marion Hall;
Frnt cover design by Arthur Watson;
CD packaging by Ronnie Cairns

Musicians

Peter Hall: vocals [1, 4, 13, 15], melodeon, concertina;
Tom Spiers: vocals [2, 5, 9, 16], fiddle, viola;
Arthur Watson: vocals [3, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14], whistle

Tracks

1. The Banks of Sicily (Roud 10501) (2.28)
2. Johnnie Gallacher (Roud 920; G/D 1:80; Henry H574) (2.22)
3. The Battle of Harlaw (Roud 2861; Child 163; G/D 1:112) (5.06)
4. Pretty Polly (Roud 268; Laws N7; G/D 1:171, 1:172) (3.40)
5. List Bonnie Laddie (Roud 3356; G/D 1:77) (2.42)
6. The Trumpet Sounds (Roud 4596) (3.54)
7. Charles Edward Stuart’s Welcome / Killiecrankie (3.02)
8. Martinmas Time (Roud 2173; G/D 1:161) (4.29)
9. Haughs o’ Cromdale (Roud 5147; G/D 1:113) (2.24)
10. Will Ye Go to Flanders? (Roud 8544) (2.48)
11. Scots Wha Hae (Roud V1089) (2.24)
12. The Forfar Sodger (Roud 2857; G/D 1:69) (2.40)
13. Pills of White Mercury (Roud 2; Laws Q26) (5.07)
14. Ower the Water / Three Good Fellows / Sherriffmuir (4.02)
15. The Baron of Brackley (Roud 4017; Child 203; G/D 2:234) (3.17)
16. The Deadly Wars (Roud 7284) (4.58)

All tracks trad. except track 1

Tracks 1, 8, 8, 10-11, 14, 17 recorded by Stewart Diack at Woodside Studio, Aberdeen;
All other tracks recorded by Tom Spiers;
Mixed by Tom Spiers and Stewart Diack;
Layout and design by Stewart Cordiner

Musicians

Peter Hall: vocals [2, 4, 8, 12,17], concertina [1, 3, 5, 7, 10, 14-15, 17], melodeon [8, 13], keyboard [9];
Tom Spiers: vocals [2-3, 7, 10, 14, 16], fiddle [1, 7,-8, 13, 14, 16], viola [12, 17];
Arthur Watson: vocals [1-2, 6, 9, 11, 15], whistle [4-5, 78, 13-14, 16-17]

Tracks

1. Come All Ye Fisher Lassies (Roud 12504) (2.15)
2. The Herring is the King o’ the Sea (Roud 128; TYG 31) (3.08)
3. Ogilvie’s Boat (3.16)
4. The Grey Selchie of Sule Skerry (Roud 197; Child 113) (4.26)
5. Lovely Nancy / Far From Home (3.36)
6. The Boddamer’s Hinged The Monkey (Roud 5806; G/D 1:26) (1.41)
7. The Diamond Ship (Roud 2172; G/D 1:11) (2.43)
8. The Handsome Cabin Boy (Roud 239; Laws N13; G/D 1:181) (2.23)
9. Will Your Anchor Hold? (2.43)
10. Tatties and Herrin (Roud 16927) (3.21)
11. Haul Away the Bowline (Roud 652; G/D 1:1) (1.38)
12. The Bold Princess Royal (Roud 528; Laws K29; G/D 1:47) (3.12)
13. The Barnacle Waltz / The Steamboat Waltz (2.38)
14. Fareweel tae Tarwathie (Roud 2562; G/D 1:15) (4.23)
15. The Gauger (Roud 2343; G/D 5:1015) (2.18)
16. The Sweet Kumadee (Roud 122; Child 286; G/D 1:37) (4.39)
17. Rolling Home (Roud 4766) (4.19)

All tracks trad. except
Track 1 Ewan MacColl,
Track 3 Thomas and William Stott,
Track 5a James Oswald (18^th century);
Track 9 words Priscilla Jane Owens, music William Kirkpatrick (both 19^th century);
Track 14 George Scroggie

Tracks 1, 8, 8, 10-11, 14, 17 recorded by Stewart Diack at Woodside Studio, Aberdeen;
All other tracks recorded by Tom Spiers;
Mixed by Tom Spiers and Stewart Diack;
Layout and design by Stewart Cordiner

Musicians

Peter Hall (1936-1996): vocals [2, 5, 9, 13], concertina, melodeon, keyboard;
Tom Spiers: vocals [3, 6, 8, 11, 14], fiddle, viola;
Arthur Watson: vocals [1, 4, 7, 10, 12], whistle

Tracks

1. The Monymusk Lads (Roud 5568; G/D 3:375) (2.48)
2. Mains o’ Culsh (Roud 5925; G/D 3:397) (2.26)
3. Bonnie Udny (Roud 3450; G/D 6:1089) (3.31)
4. The Maskin Rung (Roud 5868; G/D 2:323) (3.52)
5. The Gypsy Laddies (Roud 1; Child 200; G/D 2:278; Henry H124) (3.27)
6. Absence (2.56)
7. Mulnabeeny (Roud 5576; G/D 3:441) (2.08)
8. Tae the Beggin (Roud 286; G/D 3:488) (3.27)
9. Fair Ellen (Roud 43; Child 63; G/D 6:1229) (4.23)
10. The Merchant’s Son (Roud 2153; G/D 2:303; TYG 65) (2.50)
11. The Cuckoo’s Nest (Roud 1506) (2.26)
12. The Jolly Beggar (Roud 118; Child 279; G/D 2:274) (3.13)
13. The Bleached Mulch (Roud 5835; G/D 2:286) (4.09)
14. The Present Time is Oors (Roud 6026; G/D 3:550) (1.42)

All tracks trad. except
Track 6 anonymous poem from A St Andrews Treasury of Scottish Verse, edited by Alexander Lawson, 1920

Track 1 from a live performance at Aberdeen Folk Club, probably in the 1970s;
Tracks 2, 4 recorded at a group practice in the 1980s;
Tracks 3, 14 recorded at a group practice in the 1990s;
Track 5 from a live performance at Aberdeen Folk Club in the early 1980s;
Tracks 6, 8, 12 recorded for this CD;
Track 7 recorded at a group session;
Track 9 recording probably from the late 1960s;
Track 10 recorded for the Aberdeen Folk Song Club’s 30^th birthday celegratory tape;
Tracks 11, 13 recorded at a concert performance in 1993

Produced and recorded by Tom Spiers;
Mastered by Ian McCalman;
Song notes by Tom Spiers;
Other notes by Pete Heywood;
Front picture: postcard illustrating a verse from Allan Water

Musicians

Tom Spiers: vocals, fiddle

Tracks

1. Rhynie (Roud 3090; G/D 3:348) (2.14)
2. Pills of White Mercury (Roud 2; Laws Q26) (3.42)
3. The Sailor Deceiced (Roud 152; Laws M1; G/D 1:51) (2.42)
4. I’m a Workin’ Chap (Roud 5591; G/D 3:656) (3.45)
5. Depression (Roud 5950; G/D 3:435) (1.41)
6. Binnorie (Roud 8; Child 10; G/D 2:213) (4.30)
7. Rolling in the Dew (Roud 298; G/D 4:812) (3.28)
8. Ythanside (Roud 3783; G/D 5:951) (2.02)
9. The Wedding of Lachie McGraw (3.18)
10. The Jauntin Car (Roud 13464; Henry H592) (4.33)
11. Aqua Vitae (Roud 3135; G/D 3:583) (2.21)
12. Absence (0.53)
13. He’ll Nae Tak Liver (Roud 23900) (2.03)
14. Bonnie Udny (Roud 3450; G/D 6:1089) (3.38)
15. Allan Water (Roud 4260) (2.31)

All tracks trad. except
Track 9 copyright 1905 by Francis Day & Hunter;
Track 12 anonymous poem from A St Andrews Treasury of Scottish Verse (1920)

Produced by Shepheard, Spiers & Watson;
Recorded and mastered by Tom Spiers;
Introduction by Martin Carthy;
Song notes by the singers;
Booklet layout and transcriptions by Peter Shepheard;
Cover photograph by kind permission of The Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museums Collection;
Group photograph by Colin Ruscoe;
Design by Arthur Watson and Andy Rice / NotJustDesign

Liner notes and song texts

Musicians

Peter Shepheard: vocals [3, 6, 9, 12, 15], chorus vocals [1, 4-5, 7-8, 11, 13], fiddle [], melodeon [1, 3, 5, 7-11, 13-14];
Tom Spiers: vocals [2-3, 5, 8, 11, 13-14], chorus vocals [1, 4, 7, 9, 15], fiddle [1-3, 6-7, 9-10, 12-15];
Arthur Watson: vocals [1, 4, 7, 10, 13], chorus vocals [5, 8, 11, 15], whistle [2-3, 5, 8-9, 12-15]

CD Tracks

1. Jock Hawk’s Adventures (Roud 2331; G/D 2:295) (2.00)
2. The Fair o Balnafinnan (Roud 2894; G/D 4:873) (3.03)
3. The Last o the Clydesdales (Roud 22005) (2.20)
4. The Nutting Girl (Roud 509; G/D 4:1745) (3.48)
5. The Bonny Ship the “Diamond” (Roud 2172; G/D 1:11) (3.50)
6. Calder’s Clear Stream (Roud 3778; G/D 5:947; Henry H476) (3.08)
7. Glenlogie (Bonnie Jean o Bethelnie) (Roud 101; Child 238; G/D 5:973) (2.16)
8. Grat for Gruel (Roud 935) (3.36)
9. Banks of Newfoundland (Roud 1812; Laws K25) (3.26)
10. Atween Stanehive & Laurencekirk (Roud 5589; G/D 3:376) (3.39)
11. Rhynie (Roud 3090; G/D 3:348) (3.53)
12. The Bleacher Lassie o Kelvinhaugh (Roud 3325; G/D 5:1041) (2.26)
13. My Auld Sheen (Roud 154; G/D 6:1198) (3.07)
14. The Dowie Dens o Yarrow (Roud 13; Child 214; G/D 2:215) (4.20)
15. Ye Boys o Callieburn (Roud 4932) (2.20)

All tracks trad.

Produced and recorded by Tom Spiers

Musical Traditions review by Ian Olson

Musicians

Tom Spiers: vocals, fiddle, tenor guitar;
Maggie Spiers, Emma Spiers: vocals

Tracks

1. Aberdonians Fare Ye Weel (Roud 12949; G/D 8:1520) (2.29)
2. Johnnie Sangster (Roud 2164; G/D 3:407) (2.20)
3. Bogie’s Banks and Bogie’s Braes (Roud 6023; G/D 3:547) (3.45)
4. Tifty’s Annie (Roud 98; Child 233; G/D 5:1018) (5.51)
5. The Wee Toon Clerk (Roud 120; Child 281; G/D 2:317; Henry H201) (3.31)
6. Marnan Fair (Roud 5144; G/D 4:885) (4.11)
7. Greenland (Roud 970; G/D 1:10) (2.53)
8. Fine Flowers in the Valley (Roud 9; Child 20; G/D 2:193; TYG 73) (2.50)
9. O But I’m Weary (Roud 5555; G/D 7:1332) (2.37)
10. Magdalen Green (Roud 2893) (3.44)
11. The Flower of Northumberland (Roud 25; Child 9; G/D 6:1149) (5.25)
12. Green Grows the Laurel (Roud 279; G/D 6:1138; Henry H165ab, H624) (3.06)
13. Yowie Wi the Crookit Horn (Roud 2140) (5.09)
14. Time Wears Awa (Roud 21760) (4.00)
15. My Flower, My Companion (Roud 16555) (4.10)

All tracks trad.

Produced by Tom Spiers;
Recorded by Tom Spiers at Millseat Barns, Turriff, Scotland, in July 2012;
Design and cover picture by Tom Spiers

Musicians

Tom Spiers: vocals, fiddle [2, 5, 7-8, 10-11, 13-15], tenor guitar [1, 3, 9];
Maggie Spiers, Emma Spiers: vocals

Tracks

1. A Fair Maid in Her Garden Walking (Roud 264; Laws N42; G/D 5:1038, 6:1201; Henry H471, H818) (3.15)
2. It’s Braw Sailin on the Sea (Roud 5537; G/D 6:1217) (3.30)
3. The Wee Wee Man (Roud 2865; Child 38) (3.24)
4. The Banks o Skene (Roud 5613; G/D 1:164) (4.55)
5. The Braes o Broo (Roud 5572; G/D 3:443) (5.16)
6. I’m a Workin Chap (Roud 5591; G/D 3:656) (4.14)
7. The Dusty Miller (Roud 5959; G/D 3:454) (1.09)
8. The Rovin Ploughboy (Roud 2138; G/D 3:547) (1.58)
9. The Knock and the Bin (Roud 16134; G/D 8:1925) (2.01)
10. The Bonnie Wee Trampin Lass (Roud 5129; G/D 8:1917) (2.34)
11. The Handsome Cabin Boy (Roud 239; Laws N13; G/D 1:181) (2.56)
12. The Stoutest Man in the Forty-Twa (Roud 1877; G/D 1:70) (3.08)
13. Harrumph Tirrum (Roud 6189; G/D 4:773) (2.40)
14. The King’s Shilling (6.53)
15. Tae the Beggin I Will Go (Roud 286; G/D 3:488) (2.48)

All tracks trad. except
Track 14 Ian Sinclair

Produced by Shepheard, Spiers & Watson;
Recorded by Tom Spiers;
Photographs by Lena Shepheard;
Design and transcriptions by Peter Shepheard

Liner notes and song texts

Musicians

Peter Shepheard: vocals [3, 6, 9, 12, 15], chorus vocals [1-2, 5, 7, 10, 13], fiddle [14], melodeon [1-5, 9-13, 15];
Tom Spiers: vocals [2, 5, 8, 11, 14-15], chorus vocals [1, 7-8, 10, 13], fiddle [1-7, 9, 11-15];
Arthur Watson: vocals [1, 4, 7, 10, 13, 15], chorus vocals [2, 5, 8], whistle [2-3, 5, 9, 11-12, 14i-15]

Tracks

1. The Auld Beggarman (Roud 212; Child 279 Appendix; Henry H810) (6.47)
2. Johnnie Gallacher (Roud 920; G/D 1:80; Henry H574) (3.35)
3. Jimmy Drummond (Roud 2506) (2.55)
4. Robin Hood and the Pedlar (Roud 333; Child 132) (3.33)
5. Barbara Allen (Roud 54; Child 84; G/D 6:1193; Henry H236) (5.49)
6. Fan Diemen’s Land (Roud 221; G/D 2:252) (4.22)
7. Rovin Eye / Castlegate (Roud 866) (4.32)
8. The Banks o Airdrie (Roud 27; Child 14; G/D 2:199) (4.31)
9. The Plooman’s Due (Roud 5587; G/D 3:421) (2.58)
10. John Barleycorn (Roud 164; G/D 3:559) (5.37)
11. Earl Richard (Roud 47; Child 68) (4.02)
12. Bonnie George Campbell (Roud 338; Child 210) (3.11)
13. Willie’s Lyke-Wake (Roud 30; Child 25; G/D 4:843) (5.13)
14. The Bonnie Wee Lassie That Never Said No (Roud 2903) (2.56)
15. Night Visiting Song (Roud 22568; G/D 4:783) (5.26)

All tracks trad.

Produced by Tom Spiers;
Recorded live on 2 June 2019 in a Town Hall concert at Portsoy Folk Festival

Musicians

Shepheard, Spiers & Watson:
    Peter Shepheard: vocals, fiddle, melodeon;
    Tom Spiers: vocals, fiddle;
    Arthur Watson: vocals, whistle

The Spiers Family (without the sick Maggie Spiers):
    Tom Spiers: vocals, fiddle, tenor guitar;
    Emma Spiers: vocals

The Gaugers Revisited:
    Tom Spiers: vocals, fiddle;
    Arthur Watson: vocals, whistle;
    Norman Chalmers: concertina

Tracks

CD

1. Shepheard, Spiers & Watson: Rhynie (Roud 3090; G/D 3:348) (2.15)
2. The Gaugers: Ae Bit Son (Roud 7287) (4.01)
3. Shepheard, Spiers & Watson: Banks of Newfoundland (Roud 1812; Laws K25) (3.07)
4. The Spiers Family: The Stoutest Man in the Forty-Twa (Roud 1877; G/D 1:70) (3.03)
5. Shepheard, Spiers & Watson: Robin Hood and the Pedlar (Roud 333; Child 132) (3.04)
6. The Spiers Family: The Braes o Broo (Roud 5572; G/D 3:443) (4.00)
7.  — : Earl Richard (Roud 47; Child 68) (4.10)
8. The Gaugers: The Bonny Lass o’ Anglesey (Roud 3931; Child 220) (2.30)
9. Shepheard, Spiers & Watson: Calder’s Clear Stream (Roud 3778; G/D 5:947; Henry H476) (3.22)
10. The Gaugers: The Lass o’ the Moorland Hills (Roud 228; G/D 7:1439) (5.02)
11. The Spiers Family: Rolling in the Dew (Roud 298; G/D 4:812) (3.21)
12. The Gaugers: Monymusk Lads (Roud 5568; G/D 3:375) (2.18)
13. The Spiers Family: Yowie Wi the Crookit Horn (Roud 2140) (4.42)
14. Shepheard, Spiers & Watson: Night Visiting Song (Roud 179; Child 248) (5.07)
15.  — : The Maskin Rung (Roud 5868; G/D 2:323) (3.48)
16.  — : The Bonny Ship the “Diamond” (Roud 2172; G/D 1:11) (3.17)
17.  — : John Barleycorn (Roud 164; G/D 3:559) (5.12)
18. The Spiers Family: The Bonnie Wee Trampin Lass (Roud 5129; G/D 8:1917) (2.31)
19.  — : Sae Will We Yet (Roud 5611; G/D 3:552) (3.22)
20. Shepheard, Spiers & Watson, The Spiers Family, The Gaugers: Callieburn (Roud 4932) (4.53)

All tracks trad. except
Track 19 Walter Watson

DVD

1. Shepheard, Spiers & Watson: Rhynie (Roud 3090; G/D 3:348) (2.15)
2.  — : Robin Hood and the Pedlar (Roud 333; Child 132) (4.01)
3.  — : Calder’s Clear Stream (Roud 3778; G/D 5:947; Henry H476) (3.22)
4.  — : The Maskin Rung (Roud 5868; G/D 2:323) (3.48)
5.  — : Banks of Newfoundland (Roud 1812; Laws K25) (3.07)
6.  — : The Bonny Ship the “Diamond” (Roud 2172; G/D 1:11) (3.17)
7.  — : John Barleycorn (Roud 164; G/D 3:559) (5.12)
8.  — : Night Visiting Song (Roud 179; Child 248) (5.07)
9. The Spiers Family: Rolling in the Dew (Roud 298; G/D 4:812) (3.21)
10.  — : Earl Richard (Roud 47; Child 68) (4.10)
11.  — : The Stoutest Man in the Forty-Twa (Roud 1877; G/D 1:70) (3.03)
12.  — : The Braes o Broo (Roud 5572; G/D 3:443) (4.00)
13.  — : The Cruel Weaver (Roud 935) (2.20)
14.  — : Yowie Wi the Crookit Horn (Roud 2140) (4.42)
15.  — : Sae Will We Yet (Roud 5611; G/D 3:552) (3.22)
16. The Gaugers: Fareweel tae Tarwathie (Roud 2562; G/D 1:15) (3.39)
17.  — : The Bonny Lass o’ Anglesey (Roud 3931; Child 220) (2.30)
18.  — : Ae Bit Son (Roud 7287) (4.01)
19.  — : Monymusk Lads (Roud 5568; G/D 3:375) (2.18)
20. Shepheard, Spiers & Watson, The Spiers Family, The Gaugers: Callieburn (Roud 4932) (4.53)

All tracks trad. except
Track 15 Walter Watson;
Track 16 George Scroggie