FTX-064 - SCAPA FLOW

Outstanding Orcadian folk musicians recorded by Peter Kennedy, July 1955, incl THE ANDERSON BAND, South Ronaldsay, JOHN FRASER, champion ploughman and fiddler of Birsay, THE GARSON TRIO, JIM LESLIE accordion & PETER PRATT, singer, fiddler & a tin-whistle which he played to the seals. This is an important record of Orcadian folkmusic, which still shows some occasional traces of its Norse origins, though it is now over-laid with the "Lowland Scots" tradition brought over by farm settlers mainly from the Aberdeen area.

1. SCAPA FLOW (comp by John Junner) - The Anderson Band: Alan, Robin and Jim Anderson (accordions), Jim and George Robson (fiddles), Jimmy Lloyd (p.acc.) - 1'09"

2. CALEDONIAN or BRUCE'S MARCH (used for weddings): (a) John Fraser (fiddler, aged 83, Birsay) - 1'07"

3. CALEDONIAN MARCH (b) Jim Leslie (accordion from Rousay) rec Grimsetter - 0'57"

4. CALEDONIAN MARCH (c) The Anderson Band, Orphir, South Ronaldsay - 1'11"

5. THE RENDAL POLKA (comp. by J.Fraser) - John Fraser 83 (fid) - 2'07"

6. GRIMSETTER POLKA - Jim Leslie (melodeon) - 0'45"

7. THE BARONY (Strathspey & Reel) - John Fraser (fid/ talk bef) - 2'07"

8. THE HOUSE ON THE HILL/ THE RED HOUSE - Jim Leslie (mel) - 1'54"

9. (a) THE FOUR POSTS OF THE BED/ (b) SCOTCH REEL/ (c) GRAND MARCH - (a) Mary Omand (fiddle) (b & c) with John Burgess & Tom Thompson (fiddles - with talk bef both items) - 3'26"

10. THE FOURSOME REEL/ RORY O MORE - John Fraser (fid/ talk bef) - 1'49"

11. Country Dance: RORY O MORE (tune:"Blackthorn Stick") - Anderson Band - 1'07"

12. BABBITY BOWSTER (Kissing Dance performed with handkerchief - tune: "The Rose Tree") - John Fraser (fid/ talk bef) - 1'28"

13. THE SHEPHERD'S WIFE (Waltz) - Anderson Band, rec Cara Point - 2'27"

14. TWO MARCHES/ THE COTTAGE (Strathspey & Reel comp J.F.) - John Fraser (fid) - 3'32"

15. THE VICTORIA WALTZ - The Garson Trio, rec Twatt-by-Kirkwall - 3'34"

16. GREENY HILL MARCH (comp. J.Garson) - The Garson Trio: Jim (fiddle) daughter, Iris (p.accordion) and her husband, John Nicholson (guitar) - 1'20"

17. THE DRUNKEN PIPER - Peter Pratt, Tob (whistle - aged 76 - (talk bef) - 3'21"

18. KING WILLIAM'S MARCH Jim Garson (fid) & John Nicholson (gtr) - 2'04"

19. Hornpipes: THE CLIFF/ MISS BROWN'S - Peter Pratt (whistle/ with talk) - 1'39"

20. ARTHUR'S SEAT/ EUGENE STRATTON/ BANK'S HORNPIPE - The Garson Trio - 3'11"

21. TWO QUADRILLE TUNES IN JIG-TIME - Peter Pratt (whistle/ talk bef) - 1'41"

22. NINEPINS (Tunes: "Off she goes" & "Dumphries House") - The Garson Trio - 1'39"

23. Polka Mazurka: PADDY CARTER - Peter Pratt (whistle/ with talk) - 2'15"

24. THE VENUS POLKA - The Garson Trio - 1'30"

25. (a) Country Dance: THE MORNING STAR (b) KITTY MY NAVEL/ (c) MAGGIE (Polka) Peter Pratt (whistle/ talk bef) - 2'18"

26. Highland Schottisches: MONEY MUSK/ THE IRON MAN - The Garson Trio - 1'42"

27. Local tune: ARCHIE O LAMBHOLM/ QUICKSTEP - Peter Pratt (fid) - 1'59"

28. March, Strathspey and Reel: THE HOUSE OF SKENE (comp. J.Davie)/ THE FOUR STRINGER/ McDONALD BLACK (c.Angus Fitchet) The Garson Trio - 4'37"

Recorded by Peter Kennedy in Orkney 1955. Edited by Peter Kennedy and first published on Folktrax Cassettes 1975.

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