Charlie Allan :: The Best of.....

The Best of.....

Charlie Allan
Scottish


Released: 2006
Catalogue Number: ARDO110
Running Time: 80mins.

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Sample track: The Buchan Plooman : Listen


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1) The Buchan Plooman
2) It's Lonely In the Bothy
3) The Moss o' Burrelldale
4) Blue Grey Coo
5) The Roving Ploughboy
6) McGinty's Meal & Ale
7) Bonnie Wee Tramping Lass
8) Bus Shelter Song
9) Sprotts o' Burnieboosie
10) Drumdelgie
11) Hash o' Bennagoak
12) Auld Folks on the Wa'
13) A Pair o' Nicky Tams
14) Bogie's Bonnie Belle
15) Muckin' o' Geordie's Byre
16) Princie & Jean
17) Maggie Cockabendie
18) Bonnie Lass o'Fyvie
19) Sleepytoon
20) Peggy Gordon
21) Mormond Braes
22) Barnyards o' Delgaty
23) The Dying Ploughboy
24) Rent Oot Ma Grun
FIRST HEARING:
Finally making it out on CD the bothy ballad songs by Charlie Allan.
Quite a heavy-weight set of backing musicians which adds to the quality.
The songs are sung cleanly & clearly with very little dialect so everyone should get something out of these renditions.

Lineup

Charlie Allan - Vocals
Pete Clark & Kenny Slavin - Fiddle
Timmie Donald - Drums
Eric Ellington & Marc Ellington - Guitar
Karen Ellington - Guitar & Banjo
Bernie Haverburn & Dave Hepburn - Bass
Anne MacDairmid & Susie Malcolm - Vocals
Jim Malcolm - Guitar & Moothie
Alastair Marshall - Guitar, Whistle & Small pipes
Graham Mitchell - Acccordion
Dave Swarbrick - Fiddle & Mandolin
Richard Thompson - Mandolin
Steve Ransome - Keyboards
Keith Schellenburg - Tambourine