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Scotland's Living Tradition in Song and Music

Here you can download the FREE CD Song Booklets from some of
the Springthyme and Autumn Harvest releases.
Click on the album title for Song Book.
Or click on the album image to go to the CD page.

	Jim Reid: I Saw the Wild Greese Flee SPRCD 1015 Jim Reid's 'Wild Geese' album, first issued in 1984, immediately established him as one of Scotland's finest singers. In 2005 he was voted Scots Singer of the Year in the Scots Trad Music Awards.
	Jock Duncan: Ye Shine Whar Ye Stan! SPRCD 1039 Jock Duncan is one of Scotland's great traditional singers. In December 2006 he was inducted into the Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame during the Scots Trad Music Awards in Fort William.
	Shepheard, Spiers & Watson: They Smiled as we Cam In SPRCD 1042 Recognised as three individuals with a long experience of traditional song, Pete, Tom and Arthur bring together a wealth of repertoire accompanied on melodeon, fiddle and whistle and gleaned directly from the many traditional singers they have known. They were nominated in the Scots Trad Music Awards as Scottish Folk Band of the Year for 2006.
	Sprangeen - Sprangeen SPRCD 1013 The band (of seven women) derived their style and repertoire from a wide range of traditional roots. All have gone on to contribute to the richness of the current Scottish music revival, Patsy Seddon and Mary MacMaster play together as a duet in Sileas and were both founder members of *The Poozies*.
	John Watt & Davey Stewart: Shores of the Forth SPRCD 1002 Fife’s Got Everything according to the song by John and Davey. A slightly exaggerated claim perhaps, but the two Fifers from Dunfermline and St Andrews respectively go a long way to prove it. Comedy songs, serious songs and recitations paint both a contemporary and past picture of this beautiful part of Scotland from two of the finest entertainers to come out of the ancient ‘Kingdom of Fife’.
	Iain McLachlan: An Island Heritage SPRCD 1022 Iain McLachlan's music comes as fresh as the sea breezes wafting over the Uist machair - Highland and Gaelic as his island heritage. Includes his famous composition The Dark Island and many traditional tunes played with other island musicians on fiddle, button accordion, melodeon and goose. A highly praised gem.
	Old Songs & Bothy Ballads 6 There's Bound to Be a Row AH 08 An excellent collection of Old Songs and Bothy Ballads recorded at the Fife Traditional Singing Festival. Singers include Jim Taylor, Bob Lewis, Henry Douglas, Jo Miller, Jimmy Hutchison, Chris Miles and Jock Duncan.
	The Foundry Bar Band: Foundry Bar Band SPRCD 1007 Bothy songs and Scottish country music jas long been a part of life at the Foundry Bar in Arbroath. In 1975 some of the Foundry Bar musicians got together, entered and won the Ceilidh Band competition at the Kinross festival – and so was born ‘The Foundry Bar Band’. This, their first album, was issued in 1981 and it has been a top selling album ever since - first as an LP, then on cassette and now remastered in CD format.
	OSSIAN - OSSIAN SPRCD 1004 Ossian - named after the legendary 3rd century Celtic Bard and folk hero, was formed in 1976, and this was their first album of Scottish/Celtic music - released in 1997 on CD. The band went on to record a series of albums on their own 'Iona' label.
	Jim Reid & John Huband: Freewheeling Now SPRCD 1030 Jim Reid had been leader of Arbroath’s legendary Foundry Bar Band for more than ten years when he recorded this album in 1990 and, with the band, he had already recorded three highly successful albums. The title track Freewheeling Now is one of Jim’s own compositions. Other songs include the Dundee whaling song The Balaena and Mary Brooksbank’s famous Jute Mill Song.
	Shepheard, Spiers & Watson: Over the High Hills SPRCD 1043 The second CD collection from Pete, Tom and Arthur. After their first album issued they were nominated in the Scots Trad Music Awards as Scottish Folk Band of the Year. A wealth of repertoire accompanied on melodeon, fiddle and whistle and gleaned directly from the many traditional singers they have known.
	Savourna Stevenson: Tickled Pink SPRCD 1016 Savourna has long been regarded as one of the leading exponents of the Scottish small harp or clarsach. Since recording this her first album as an LP in 1985 Savourna has recorded more than half a dozen albums. With Aly Bain (fiddle) and Frank Usher (guitar). The CD includes a Bonus track - Savourna and Aly's new, extended, 6 minute version of The Trip We Took Over the Mountains.
	The Foundry Bar Band: Rolling Home SPRCD 1026 THE UNIQUE and unmistakable sound of the Foundry Bar Band. This their third album. Some great sets of tunes from the eight strong band - all that's needed for a fine ceilidh dance: Gay Gordons, Strip the Willow and a few songs from Jim Reid including the title track Rolling Home.
	Old Songs & Bothy Ballads 1 Here's a Health to the Company AH 02 An excellent collection of Old Songs and Bothy Ballads recorded at the Fife Traditional Singing Festival. Singers include Gordon Easton, Stanley Robertson, Geordie Murison, Jim Taylor, Sheila Stewart, Elizabeth Stewart and Shepheard, Spiers & Watson.
	Old Songs & Bothy Ballads 2 Here's a Health to the Company AH 03 An excellent collection of Old Songs and Bothy Ballads recorded at the Fife Traditional Singing Festival. Singers include Jock Duncan, Joe Aitken, Louis Killen, Elizabeth Stewart, Norman Kennedy.
	Old Songs & Bothy Ballads 8 The Little Ball of Yarn AH 11 An excellent collection of Old Songs and Bothy Ballads recorded at the Fife Traditional Singing Festival. Singers include Emily Portman, Len Graham, Brian Dawson, Elizabeth Stewart, Jimmy Hutchison, Pete Shepheard.