FTX-065 - GLENLOGIE

JOHN STRACHAN -1-

Scotland's outstanding singer of Classic & Bothy Ballads, recorded at Fyvie in Aberdeenshire 1951, with 11 Classics including LANG JOHNNIE MORE lasting 13 minutes. Strachan talks about Queen Victoria's manservant, John Brown, and tells two local stories.

1. GLENLOGIE - (talk after) - 2'59"

2. THE ROYAL FORESTER - (talk after) - 2'18"

3. ROBIN HOOD AND LITTLE JOHN - 0'41"

4. THE BONNY LASS O FYVIE - 1'35"

5. THE BEGGARMAN - (talk after) - 3'08"

6. McPHERSON'S LAMENT - (talk after) - 2'24"

7. THETWO SISTERS O' BINORIE - 1'45"

8. JOHNNIE O BREADISLIE - 1'36"

9. CLYDESWATERSIDE - 3'05"

10. THE LAIRD O DRUM - 3'13"

11. LANG JOHNNIE MORE - First part - 7'51"

12. The rest of the ballad - 5'01"

13. Talk about Mc Hardy (incl John Brown & Queen Victoria) - 5'00"

14. Talk about Morrison - 14'23"

15. Talk about Jimmy Mill - 3'37"

Recorded by Alan Lomax 1951. Edited by Peter Kennedy and first published on Folktrax Cassettes 1975.

JOHN STRACHAN (1875-1958) b. Crichie, near Fyvie in Aberdeenshire, was much respected as a farmer, singer and storyteller, particularly for farm-suppers, and also for his Countryside Radio broadcasts from the BBC Studio in Aberdeen - See TOCHER: nos. 36 and 37 (1981-2)

Vol. 2 - FT-066 includes Bothy Ballads. THE TINKER'S WADDIN/ THE PLOOMAN LADDIE/ THE GUISE O TOUGH/ BONNY UDNY/ O GIN I WERE WHERE THE GADIE RINS/ THE HAIRSTS O RETTIE/ MORMOND BRAES/ THE BEGGAR WENCH/ THE BA' O KIRRIEMUIR/ TWA 'N TWA/ THE CUCKOO'S NEST/ JOCK McGRAW/ THE BOGHEAD CREW/ RHYNIE/ LIST, BONNY LASSIE (or TWA RECRUITING SAIRGENTS)/ THE JOLLY MILLER/ ERIN GO BRAGH/ Talk about work and wages on the farms/ Story of Jimmy Marr's Courtship.