Various Artists
Scotland - Pipes and Drums (CD)

EUCD2542

A glorious and proud compilation of marches, strathspeys, jigs, reels, airs and hornpipes, presented by some of the finest pipe bands in Scotland, England and Nova Scotia, including the 1st Battalion Scots Guards, the Strathclyde Police Pipe Band, Pride of Murray Pipe Band and many others.

Track listing:

1.THE QUEEN’S ROYAL PIPERS: The Flower of Scotland (Williamson) - 3:20
2.CLAN SUTHERLAND PIPE BAND: Dr. Ross’s 50th Welcome to the Argyllshire Gathering (D. Mac Leod) - 4:14
3.GRAMPIAN POLICE PIPE BAND: The Battle of the Somme (Lawrie) / The Festival March (R. Ackroyd) - 2:13
4.THE DAN AIR SCOTTISH PIPE BAND: Troy’s Wedding (C. Magee) / Rocking the Baby (trad., arr. Banks) / The Blackthorn Stick (trad., arr. Banks) / The Curlew (D. MacPherson) - 2:05
5.PRIDE OF MURRAY PIPE BAND: Stop yer Ticklin’ Jock (Lauder/Folley) / I Love a Lassie(Lauder/Grafton) / Roamin’ in the Gloamin’ (Lauder) / Bluebells of Scotland (trad.) - 2:57
6.THE BEESTON PIPE BAND, Nottingham: The Blackbird (trad., arr. C. Connet) / Willie’s Brogues(Angus Lawrie) / Murdoch MacAllister (R. MacNeil) / Thunderhead (G. Larson) / Duncan the Gauger (Evan MacRae) - 3:14
7.THE BEESTON PIPE BAND, Nottingham: Lord Lovat’s Lament (trad.) / The Battle of Waterloo (trad.) / Dr. Cam Stewart (P. Burrows) - 2:10
8.GRAMPIAN POLICE PIPE BAND: Highland Laddie (trad.) / The Brown Haired Maiden (trad.) / The Barren Rocks of Aden (PM A. MacKellar) - 2:12
9.THE BEESTON PIPE BAND, Nottingham: Lord Alexander Kennedy (J. Honeyman) / Maggie Cameron (trad.) / The York Reel (J. A. Barrie) - 4:19
10.CLAN SUTHERLAND PIPE BAND: Pipe Solo (Craig MacIntosh) / Hugh Kennedy (P. R. MacLeod) / The Ewe wi’ the Crooked Horn (trad.) / The Sheepwife (trad.) - 4:03
11.PRIDE OF MURRAY PIPE BAND: Prince Edward Island (A. M. Cairns) / Laird ‘o’ Dunblair(Y. S. Skinner) / Kirstie MacCallman’s Favourite (J. McLellan) / The Poisoned Dwarf(H. McAuley) / Buntata’s Sgadan (Macdonald) / Setting a Course for Lewis (trad.) /Thistledown (unidentified) / The Boys of Ballymote (trad.) / Isabel Blackley (C. Cameron) - 5:25
12.THE QUEEN’S ROYAL PIPERS: The Balmoral Highlanders (Angus MacKay, arr. Banks) /The Duke of Gordon’s Birthday (Marshall, arr. Banks) / Thick Lies the Mist on Yonder Hill(trad. arr. Banks) / Inverinate House (trad. arr. Banks) / Sound of Sleat (D. McKinnon, arr. Banks) / Queen Elizabeth’s March (Ross) - 4:34
13.CLAN SUTHERLAND PIPE BAND: William Sloane’s Air (A. T. Sloane) / Jack’s Jig (R. MacNeil) /Tripping up the Stairs (trad.) / The Swallow’s Tail (trad.) / The Korgie (J. Walsh) / Jimmy Blue (C. Craig) - 4:06
14.THE QUEEN’S ROYAL PIPERS: His Father’s Lament for John Ban MacKenzie (trad, arr. Banks) - 4:55
Bonus tracks:
EUCD1998 Music of Nova Scotia, Forrester’s Cape Breton Scottish Dance Company:
15.Highland Fling / Broadswords - 3:47
The Marquis of Huntley’s Highland Fling (Strathspey, trad.) / The Gravel Walk (Reel, trad.) / Kalabakan (Borneo) (Reel, P/M Angus MacDonald) / Lexy MacAskill (Reel, Dr. John N. MacAskill)
EUCD2338 Pipes & Drums, 1st Battalion Scots Guards:
16.Marches with a Twist! - 4:07
Dawning of the Day (T. Connel, arr. B. Heriot/Ross McCrindle) / At Long Last (J. McHattie, arr. B. Heriot/Ross McCrindle)
EUCD2448 The Police Pipe Bands of Scotland
17.Strathclyde Police Pipe Band: Highland Cathedral (Roever/Korb) - 2:47
EUCD2389 Duncarron
18.Saor Patrol Men o’ Galloway (Charlie ‘Chick’ Allan) - 4:15

Published: 2015

Genre: Irish & Scottish & Brittany
Label: Arc Music