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Alistair Anderson Plays English Concertina

Alistair Anderson Plays English Concertina (Trailer LER 2074)

Alistair Anderson Plays English Concertina
Alistair Anderson

Trailer LER 2074 (LP, UK, 1972)

Recorded and produced by Seumas Ewens;
Production master and Bach Polonaise recorded by Nic Kinsey, Livingston Studios;
Notes by Neil Wayne;
Sleeve photograph by Liz Anderson;
Sleeve design by Janet Kerr

Musicians

Alistair Anderson, English concertina;
Aly Bain, fiddle [2, 6, 12];
Tich Richardson, guitar [2, 9-10, 12];
Dave Richardson, banjo [2], mandolin [9], whistle [10];

Tracks

Side 1Side 2
  1. Noble Squire Dacre / Dookin' for Apples air & reel
  2. The Doon / The New Policeman / The Music in the Glen reels
  3. The Kid on the Mountain slip jig
  4. Minuets 1, 2 and Bourree from the Sonata No. 6 in E-major
  5. The Entertainer
  6. Da Hill o' Finnigirt / Da Black Hat / Da Bonny Isle of Whalasay Shetland reels
  1. Madame Bonaparte set dance
  2. Polonaise from the Suite in B-minor
  3. The City of Savannah / The Poppy Leaf
  4. Another Jig Will Do / To Limerick We Go / Hunt the Hare slip jigs
  5. Dorrington Lads jig
  6. The Hawk / The Left-handed Fiddler reels

All tracks trad except
Track 1b Alistair Anderson;
Tracks 2a, 9b trad. coll. McNulty;
Track 2b trad. coll. Bretnacht;
Tracks 4, 8 Johann Sebastian Bach arr. Alistair Anderson;
Track 5 Scott Joplin;
Track 6a Peter Fraser;
Track 7 trad. arr. Billy Pigg, Alistair Anderson;
Track 9a F. Livingstone;
Track 12a James Hill arr. Alistair Anderson, Aly Bain;
Track 12b James Scott Skinner

> Folk Music > Records > Alistair Anderson: Concertina Workshop

Alistair Anderson: Concertina Workshop

Concertina Workshop (Topic 12TFRS501)

Concertina Workshop
Alistair Anderson

Topic Records / Free Reed 12TFRS501 (LP, UK, 1975)
Free Reed Records FRRR 15 (CD, UK, 2008)

 Concertina Workshop (Free Reed FRRR 15)

Recorded and produced by Alistair Anderson;
Notes by A.L. Lloyd;
Sleeve design by Ken Lees

Musicians

Alistair Anderson, English concertina;
Graham Pirt, vocals [3, 9];
Geoff Harris, guitar [4];
Tich Richardson, guitar;
Dave Richardson, banjo [13], mandolin [1, 6, 11], hammered dulcimer [7];

Tracks

Side 1Side 2
  1. The Dancing Tailor / O'Carolan's Fancy / The Blarney Pilgrim jigs (3.47)
  2. The Barrington Hornpipe / The Cliff Hornpipe hornpipes (1.33)
  3. The Recruited Collier (Roud 3503) (2.46)
  4. Sir Sydney Smith's March march (3.26)
  5. The Flannel Jacket / The Scholar reels (2.09)
  6. Joe Burke's Hornpipe / The Fairy Queen hornpipes (3.05)
  7. Jenny Lind Polka polka (1.50)
  1. The One Horned Sheep / Turnpike Side / The Sunbeam (3.07)
  2. Admiral Cole (2.17)
  3. Derwentwater's Farewell / Jimmy Allen / The Herd on the Hill (3.11)
  4. The King's Favourite / The Tipsy Sailor jigs (2.25)
  5. The Aith Rant / Framm upon Him / Da South End jigs (1.37)
  6. The Fateful Head / The Randy Wives of Greenlaw / John McNeil's Reel reels (3.02)
  7. Kick the World Before You / Come Upstairs With Me / The Malt Man Comes on Monday jigs (2.29)

All tracks trad.

> Folk Music > Records > Alistair Anderson: Corby Crag

Alistair Anderson: Corby Crag

Corby Crag (Topic 12TS371)

Corby Crag
Alistair Anderson

Topic Records 12TS371 (LP, UK, 1978)
Topic Records TSDL371 (digital download, UK, August 2009)

Recorded and produced by Alistair Anderson;
Design by Tony Engle;
Photography by Liz and Alistair Anderson;
Notes by Alistair Anderson

Musicians

Alistair Anderson, English concertina [1-2, 4-12, 14-15], Northumbrian small pipes [3, 9, 12-13];
Tich Richardson, guitar [1, 4, 6, 8-9, 11, 14];
Billy Atkinson, mouth-organ [7]

Tracks

Side 1Side 2
  1. The Hawk Polka / Thrunton Woods (2.35)
  2. The Keelman’s Petition / The Tipp Staff (2.00)
  3. La Fille de Lyon / Cotillion des Marionettes (2.15)
  4. Blake’s Hornpipe / President Garfield’s Hornpipe / Bonnie Broom Hill (4.55)
  5. Felton Lonnin (Roud 3166) (3.34)
  6. Kriden Fair / Tich Richardson’s Favourite / Hey to the Camp / Brosehill (5.26)
  7. Alistair Anderson’s Favourite / Old French (2.50)
  1. The Belfast Hornpipe / The Prize Potato (2.45)
  2. The Trip to Carlisle / Corby Crag (3.05)
  3. Ali Anderson / Henry Atkinson (2.05)
  4. Blayton Flats / Whittingham Games / James Brown (3.44)
  5. Derwentwater’s Bonnie Lord / The Bride’s Favourite (2.30)
  6. Remember Me / The Left Handed Fiddler (2.34)
  7. Geld Him Lasses, Geld Him / Uncle John (3.24)
  8. The Darkening (2.39)

All tracks trad. except
Track 1a, 11c James Hill;
Track 1b, 4c, 6b, 8b, 9b, 11b, 15 Alistair Anderson;
Track 7a Billy Atkinson;
Track 13b James Scott Skinner

> Folk Music > Records > Alistair Anderson: Dookin' for Apples

Alistair Anderson: Dookin' for Apples

Dookin' for Apples (Topic 12TS402)

Dookin' for Apples
Rants, Reels and Airs from Northumberland and Scotland
Alistair Anderson

Front Hall FHR-020 (LP, USA, 1979)
Topic Records 12TS402 (LP, UK, 1979)

Recorded by Bill Spence;
Produced by Alistair Anderson and Bill Spence;
Photograph by Armen Kachaturian;
Sleeve design by Tony Engle

Musicians

Alistair Anderson, English concertina [1-3, 5-9, 11, 13-14], Northumbrian small pipes [4, 10, 12];
Fennin's All-Star String Band:
    George Wilson, fiddle [3, 5-6, 11, 14], guitar [3, 8, 14], string bass [2, 8, 14];
    Toby Stover, piano [2, 5-6, 8-9, 11];
    Bill Spence, hammered dulcimer [6, 9];
    Evan Stover, mandolin [2]

Tracks

Side 1Side 2
  1. Culloden Day (The Inverness Gathering) (3.03)
  2. Kaspar's Rant (or The Juneau Reel) / Sling the Hatchet (3.03)
  3. The New Moon / Curds and Cream (3.03)
  4. Crooked Bawbee / Carrick Hornpipe (3.03)
  5. Wedding Shoes / Number 28 / Highland Reel (3.03)
  6. The West Indian / The Stage Hornpipe / Johnson's Hornpipe (3.03)
  7. The White Meadow (3.03)
  1. The Simonside Reel / Wedderburn's Cave / Dookin' for Apples (3.03)
  2. Mayday / Penicuick Hornpipe (3.03)
  3. Silver Tassle / The Flowers of the Forest (3.03)
  4. Hold On / Miss Fenwick's Reel / Lads of Leith / Up and Run Away (3.03)
  5. Whittle Dean Hornpipe / Pet of the Pipers (3.03)
  6. Bob Johnson's Reel / Miss Soutar of Plains / Great Eastern Reel (3.03)
  7. Jack's Gettin' a Wife / A New Way of Gettin' Bairns / Carding and Spinning / Polly the Lass (3.03)

> Folk Music > Records > Alistair Anderson: Steel Skies

Alistair Anderson: Steel Skies

Steel Skies (Topic 12TS427)

Steel Skies
Alistair Anderson

Topic Records 12TS427 (LP, UK, 1983)
Topic Records TSCD427 (CD, UK, October 26, 2009)

 Steel Skies (Topic TSCD427)

Recorded by Terry Gavaghan at Guardian Studios, Druham;
Front cover painting: Eynhallow from Westness, by John Cartmel Crossley;
Sleeve design by Tony Engle

Musicians

Alistair Anderson, English concertina, Northumbrian small pipes;
Tony Corcoran, fiddle (right hand channel);
Robin Dunn, mandolin;
Chuck Fleming, fiddle (left hand channel), viola, mandolin

Tracks

Side 1Side 2
  1. First Light / Rhymeside 1, 2 / Mountain Stream / Rhymeside 3 / First Light (8.44)
  2. The Road to the North / Clennel Street / The Franklin River (8.42)
  3. Air of Maurice Ogg / Jumping Jack / Air of Maurice Ogg (5.22)
  4. Green Ginger (3.03)
  1. The Ironbridge / Eynhallow (7.18)
  2. In Trim / Mount Hooley / Lemington Bank (3.26)
  3. The Kestrel / High Force / Dog Leaps Stairs / Hot Rivets / The Seven Gate Road (7.20)
  4. When the Frosts are Setting In (1.40)
  5. East Winds / The Millstream / Centenary Pack (7.25)

All tracks written by Alistair Anderson

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Other records with Alistair Anderson

Various Artists, One Night for Norma, CD, Scarlet SR027CD, 2011