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Alastair McDonald
Glencoe And Other Requests
Album UK 1983 on Corban Records label
World
"Sing us the song about..." That's one of the most flattering things that can happen to a performer - a request, because it's assumed we're all up there making it up as we go along. Well, over the past years I've been in the privileged position of having really good songs come my way, and it's been the purpose of this album to put the most requested ones all together. It also permits me to set the record straight regarding my new attitude to the songs themselves. I'm so grateful to Andrew and a chance remark he made to me at a recent folk festival, when he adroitly pointed out how when we're singing, the message so often is, "Listen to the SONG I'm singing". I think he got it right, you know, and I'm just sorry that I and so many of my colleagues (folky AND straight) seem to lose sight of that most significant difference. So here you are then, from dancing centipedes, through historical bloodshed and romance, to wee ladies standing in a bus queue (and don't we know that could be anywhere?), let me present to you the stars of this album - The SONGS you so often ask me to sing - and thank you for the compliment. ALASTAIR MCDONALD, June 1983
Musicians
 | Alastair McDonald voc, bj, g, *1941 GB producer, vocals, guitar, banjo, tambourine, other, mouthorgan, other, jaw harp, album by |
 | Murray Smith drums, percussion, gong, other, fried rice |
 | David Pringle p, key, GB keyboards, other, chord straightening |
 | Clark Sorley , producer, synthesizer, other, sound advice |
 | A. McCulloch , arranged by, music by |
| Douglas Kynoch , words by |
| Jim McLean , words by |
 | Robert Louis Stevenson , 1850-1894 GB words by |
Producers
| Gilfillan design |
| Mel Gillies photography |
Album Tracks
| No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bonny Ship The Diamond | Alastair McDonald | Traditional | 2:51 |
| 2 | Ten Wee Wimmin (Ra Bus Stop) | Alastair McDonald | Traditional | 1:58 |
| 3 | Silver Darlings | Alastair McDonald | Andy Hulskramer, Bob Halfin, Jim McLean | 2:41 |
| 4 | Kismuil | Alastair McDonald | Traditional | 2:29 |
| 5 | Hie Johnny Cope | Alastair McDonald | Traditional | 2:02 |
| 6 | Glencoe | Alastair McDonald | Traditional | 3:57 |
| 7 | Wee Kirkcudbright Centipede | Alastair McDonald | Matt McGinn | 2:38 |
| 8 | Jamie Raeburn | Alastair McDonald | Traditional | 3:22 |
| 9 | Abu Chuile | Alastair McDonald | Traditional | 2:50 |
| 10 | Baron's Heir | Alastair McDonald | Traditional | 3:03 |
| 11 | Requiem/Sing Me A Song | Alastair McDonald | 4:35 |
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