> Folk Music > Records > Ray and Archie Fisher: Far Over the Forth
Ray and Archie Fisher: Far Over the Forth
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Far Over the Forth Topic Records TOP67 (7" EP, UK, 1961) |
Recorded in 1960 in Hampstead, St. Pancras and Edinburgh.
All tracks were included in 1965 on the compilation LP Bonny Lass Come O'er the Burn (Topic 12T128).
Musicians
Ray Fisher, vocals [1-4];
Archie Fisher,vocals [1, 4],
guitar [1, 3-4]
Tracks
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All tracks trad.
All tracks were reissued in 1965 on the LP Bonny Lass Come O'er the Burn
> Folk Music > Records > The Fisher Family: Traditional & New Songs from Scotland
The Fisher Family: Traditional & New Songs from Scotland
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Traditional & New Songs from Scotland Topic Records 12T137 (LP, UK, 1966) |
Recorded by Bill Leader at the Fisher Family's home in
Monkseaton, Northumbria in 1965;
Notes by Norman Buchan;
Photograph by Joe Boyd
Musicians
Archie, Ray, Cindy, Joyce, Audrey and Priscilla Fisher, vocals;
Archie Fisher, guitar accompaniment
Tracks
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> Folk Music > Records > Archie Fisher
Archie Fisher
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Archie Fisher Transatlantic Records XTRA 1070 (LP, UK, 1968) |
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Recorded at Craighall Studios, Edinburgh, and Livingstone Studios, Barnet, 1968;
Produced by Bill Leader;
Design and photography: Sovereign Studios, Leeds
Musicians
Archie Fisher, vocals, guitar, dulcimer, concertina, sitar;
John MacKinnon, violin, mandolin;
John Doonan, piccolo, whistle
Tracks
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All tracks trad. except
Track 3 Ewan MacColl
> Folk Music > Records > Archie Fisher, Barbara Dickson, John MacKinnon: The Fate o' Charlie
The Fate o' Charlie
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The Fate o' Charlie Trailer Records LER3002 (LP, UK, 1969) |
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Recorded in Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire by Bill Leader;
Produced by Bill Leader
Cover picture: The Field of Prestonpans, September 21, 1745,
after Sir W. Allen, Radio Times Hulton Picture Library
See also Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger's album The Jacobite Rebellions. It has the same cover picture and was recorded by Bill Leader too.
Musicians
Archie Fisher,
vocals [1-3, 8a, 13],
guitar, concertina, dulcimer, mandolin;
Barbara Dickson,
vocals [2, 4, 6, 9, 11, 15],
guitar, bodhrán;
John MacKinnon,
vocals [2, 5, 12],
violin, mandolin
Tracks
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Tracks 1, 3, 7-8, 13-14 trad arr. Archie Fisher;
Tracks 2, 10 trad arr. Archie Fisher, Barbara Dickson, John MacKinnon;
Tracks 4, 6, 9, 11, 15 trad arr. Barbara Dickson;
Tracks 5, 12 trad arr. John MacKinnon
> Folk Music > Records > Archie Fisher: Orfeo
Archie Fisher: Orfeo
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Orfeo Decca SKL5057 (LP, UK, 1970) |
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Recorded in Edinburgh on 4 track, engineer Robert Sibbald,
and in London on 8 track, engineer David Grinsted;
Produced by Ray Horricks;
Photograph: Ian MacCabnan
Musicians
Archie Fisher, vocals, lead guitar;
Barbara Dickson, backing vocals;
Daryl Ronswick, bass, bass guitar;
Rob Noakes, backing vocals, rhythm guitar;
Bill Kemp, drums;
Alex Sutherland, piano, attangements, string group conductor;
Tracks
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Tracks 1, 7-8, trad arr. Archie Fisher;
Tracks 2, 6 Morgan, Archie Fisher;
Tracks 4-5, 9, 11 Archie Fisher;
Track 3 Robert Burns, Archie Fisher;
Track 10 Archie Fisher, Rob Noakes
> Folk Music > Records > Ray Fisher: The Bonny Birdy
Ray Fisher: The Bonny Birdy
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The Bonny Birdy Trailer LER2038 (LP, UK, 1972) |
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This is more or less the 1971 Steeleye Span line-up with Ray Fisher replacing Maddy Prior.
Musicians
Ray Fisher,
vocals [1-8],
guitar [2-3, 6-7];
Martin Carthy,
guitar [1, 4, 8],
vocals [4];
Tim Hart,
dulcimer [1, 4],
vocals [4];
Peter Knight,
fiddle [1, 4],
mandolin [4];
Ashley Hutchings,
electric bass [1, 4];
Colin Ross,
fiddle [2],
Northumbrian small pipes [3, 7];
Alistair Anderson,
concertina [2];
Stefan Sobell,
guitar [5];
Liz Sobell,
harmonium [5];
Bobby Campbell,
fiddle [8]
Tracks
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All track trad. arr. except
Track 7 words Archie Fisher, Norman Buchan, Bobby Campbell
> Folk Music > Records > Archie Fisher: Will Ye Gang, Love
Archie Fisher: Will Ye Gang, Love
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Will Ye Gang, Love Topic Records 12TS277 (LP, UK, 1976) |
Recorded by Tony Engle at Riverside Studios, Barnes;
Produced by Tony Engle and Tony Russell;
Notes by Arthur Argo;
Sleeve design by Tony Engle;
Photograph by courtesy of Jill Curnick
Musicians
Archie Fisher, vocals, guitar;
Allan Barty, fiddle [1, 3-4, 10, 12, 14],
mandola [5, 7, 9];
John Tams, melodeon [i1, 4, 10, 12, 14]
Tracks
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All tracks trad. except
Track 8 Archie Fisher
> Folk Music > Records > Archie Fisher: The Man With a Rhyme
Archie Fisher: The Man With a Rhyme
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The Man with a Rhyme Folk-Legacy Records FSS-61 (LP, USA, 1976) |
Recorded and edited by Sandy Paton;
Notes by Archie Fisher;
Photograph by David Gahr
Musicians
Archie Fisher, vocals, guitar;
Wendy Grossman, concertina, banjo, dulcimer;
Kathy Westra, cello;
Lani Herrmann, fiddle;
Annie Mayo Muir, flute;
Lorraine Lee, magic dulcimer [6, 15]
Tracks
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All tracks trad. except
Tracks 3, 6, 8 Archie Fisher;
Track 14 Stewart MacGregor;
Track 15 Donal O'Sullivan
> Folk Music > Records > Cilla Fisher & Artie Trezise: Balcanquhal
Cilla Fisher & Artie Trezise: Balcanquhal
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Balcanquhal Trailer LER 2100 (LP, UK, 1976) |
Recorded by Bill Leader and John Gill at Leader Sound;
Sleeve design by Janet Kerr;
Photography by John Trezise
Musicians
Cilla Fisher, vocals,
guitar [7];
Artie Trezise, guitar;
Archie Fisher,
guitar [2, 10];
Allan Barty, fiddle, mandola;
Pete Shepheard, melodeon
Tracks
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Tracks 1-2, 11 trad. arr. Artie Trezise;
Tracks 3-5, 8, 10 trad.;
Track 6 trad. arr. P. Trezise;
Tracks 7, 9 Mary Brooksbank
> Folk Music > Records > Cilla Fisher & Artie Trezise: For Foul Day and Fair
Cilla Fisher & Artie Trezise: For Foul Day and Fair
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For Foul Day and Fair Kettle Records KAC-1 (LP, UK, 1978) |
Musicians
Cilla Fisher, vocals, guitar;
Artie Trezise, guitar
Tracks
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All tracks trad. arr. Artie Trezise except
Tacks 8, 14 Artie Trezise
> Folk Music > Records > Cilla Fisher & Artie Trezise: Cilla & Artie
Cilla Fisher & Artie Trezise: Cilla & Artie
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Cilla & Artie Topic Records 12TS405 (LP, UK, 1979) |
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Recorded at Temple Studio, Midlothian, May-July 1979
except [4, 10] recorded at Perfect Crime, Boston, Mass., April 1979,
[7] recorded at Pan Audio, Edinburgh, April 1979;
Produced by Robin Morton;
Sleeve design by Tony Russell;
Photography by Keith Morris
Musicians
Cilla Fisher, vocals,
guitar [11];
Artie Trezise, vocals [2, 4-7, 10],
guitar [1, 5-6, 8],
lap organ [7];
Phil Cunningham,
accordion [1, 5, 11],
whistle [1],
bass synthesiser [5-6, 11];
Johnny Cunningham, fiddle [1, 6];
Brian McNeill, fiddle [3],
viola [8];
Rick Lee, piano [4, 10],
electric piano [4];
Bob Zentz, autoharp [5];
Jim Houston, mouth organ [6];
Grey Larsen, concertina [7];
Malcolm Douglas, hammered dulcimer [7];
Brian Miller, guitar [8],
mandolin [10];
Alistair Anderson, Northumbrian pipes [11]
Tracks
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All tracks trad. arr. Artie Trezise except
Track 1 Violet Jacob, Jim Reid;
Track 4 Ewan MacColl;
Track 5 Matt Armour;
Track 7 E. Harley;
Track 11 Stan Rogers
> Folk Music > Records > Ray Fisher: Willie's Lady
Ray Fisher: Willie's Lady
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Willie's Lady Folk-Legacy Records FSS-91 (LP, USA, 1982) |
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Recorded by Sandy Paton and Mike Rivers;
Photo and graphics by Sandy Paton;
Notes by Ray Fisher
Musicians
Ray Fisher, vocals, guitar;
Johnny Cunningham, fiddle [5]
Tracks
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All tracks trad. arr. Ray Fisher except
Track 1 Mary Brooksbank;
Track 4 trad. arr. Johnny Handle;
Track 10 Graeme Miles
> Folk Music > Records > Archie Fisher and Garnet Rogers: Off the Map
Archie Fisher and Garnet Rogers: Off the Map
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Off the Map Snow Goose Songs SGS 1112 (LP, UK, 1988) |
Recorded during Archie Fisher's summer tour of Canada and the USA in 1985
by Digitracks Mobile Recording, Scarborough, Ontario;
Arranged and produced by Archie Fisher and Garnet Rogers;
Engineered by Greg Roberts;
Mixed by Garnet Rogers and Greg Roberts at George Axon Studios, Toronto;
Front cover photo: Garnet Rogers;
Back cover photos and inside sleeve: Martin Franklin
Musicians
Archie Fisher, vocals, guitar;
Garnet Rogers, fiddle
Tracks
- Borderland (3.29)
- The Mosstrooper's Lament (3.00)
- The Long and Lonely Winter (2.28)
- The Winter It Is Past (2.23)
- The Laird of Udny (4.24)
- Lassie o' the Morning (4.59)
- Joy of My Heart (3.10)
- Ettrick (2.28)
- Mallie Leigh (2.30)
- The Final Trawl (3.53)
- The Boatie Rows (3.00)
- The Last Leviathan (5.12)
- Rolling Home (7.41)
All tracks trad. except
Track 1 words Roger Quinn, music Archie Fisher;
Track 3 Dave Goulder;
Track 4 Robert Burns / trad.;
Track 6 Jack Foley;
Track 7 Hugh Roberton;
Track 8 words Lady Mary Scott, music Archie Fisher;
Track 10 Archie Fisher;
Track 12 Andy Barnes;
> Folk Music > Records > Ray Fisher: Traditional Songs of Scotland
Ray Fisher: Traditional Songs of Scotland
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Traditional Songs of Scotland Saydisc Records CD-SDL 391 (CD, UK, 1991) |
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Recorded at Valley Recordings, Littleton-on-Severn, December 1990 and June 1991.
Recorded by Gef Lucena (Saydisc) and David Wilkins (Valley Recordings)
Musicians
Ray Fisher, voice, guitar [1, 5, 10-13, 15];
Colin Ross, Scottish small pipes [4, 8, 12], fiddle [4, 5, 13];
Martin Carthy, guitar [3, 6-7, 16-17, 19];
John Kirkpatrick, button accordion [2, 9, 18], melodeon [7], Anglo concertina [14]
Tracks
- Night Visiting Song (4.28)
- Wark o' the Weavers (5.38)
- Lady Keith's Lament (4.23)
- The Gallowa Hills (4.00)
- Coulter's Candy (3.07)
- Willie's Fatal Visit (5.14)
- Twa Recruiting Sergeants (3.54)
- Floo'ers o' the Forest (4.28)
- MacGinty's Meal and Ale (5.54)
- Baron o'Brackley (Roud 4017; Child 203) (4.26)
- Gipsy Laddies (5.05)
- Lang Biding Here (2.47)
- Jute Mill Song (3.13)
- Hie, Jeannie Hie (3.19)
- Johnny My Man (2.56)
- My Laddie's Bedside (3.14)
- What Can a Young Lassie (3.21)
- Nicky Tams (4.13)
Recording out-takes
- Now Westlin Winds
(4.32)
released on the Hokey Pokey anthology All Through the Year
All tracks trad. arr. Ray Fisher except
Track 13 Mary Brooksbank
Acknowledgements
Thanks to John Carper for information and to Alistair Banfield for the Musical Heritage Society cover picture.
> Folk Music > Records > The Fisher Family
Other records with the Fisher Family
Various Artists,
The Iron Muse,
LP, Topic 12T86, 1962
Various Artists,
Edinburgh Folk Festival Vol. 1,
LP, Decca LK 4546, 1963
Various Artists,
Edinburgh Folk Festival Vol. 2,
LP, Decca LK 4563, 1964
Various Artists,
The Hoot'nanny Show Vol. 1,
LP, Waverley ZLP 2025, 1964
Various Artists,
The Hoot'nanny Show Vol. 2,
LP, Waverley ZLP 2032, 1964
Various Artists,
Folk Festival,
LP, Waverley ZLP 2033, 1964
Ray and Archie Fisher, Dolina MacLennan, Enoch Kent, Robin Gray,
Bonny Lass Come O'er the Burn,
LP, Topic 12T128, 1965
Various Artists,
Folk Songs: An Anthology
(Topic Sampler No 2),
LP, Topic TPS145, 1966
Various Artists,
A Prospect of Scotland
(Topic Sampler No 5),
LP, Topic TPS169, 1966
Ewan MacColl, Charles Parker, Peggy Seeger,
On the Edge
(The Radio Ballads Vol. 6),
LP, Argo DA 136, 1970
Various Artists,
The Folk Trailer,
LP, Trailer LER 2019, 1970
Barbara Dickson,
From the Beggar's Mantle… Fringed With Gold,
LP, Decca SKL 5116, 1971
Various Artists,
Electric Muse: The Story of Folk into Rock,
4 LP, Island/Transatlantic Folk 1001, 1975
Various Artists,
Our Folk Music Heritage,
LP, Trailer LETSAM 2087, 1975
Various Artists,
Folk Festival,
2 LP, Transatlantic TRA(D) 324, 1976
Various Artists,
The Second Folk View Record,
LP, Folksound FS 107, 1976
Various Artists,
Fylde Acoustic,
LP, Trailer LER 2105, 1977
Various Artists,
The Good Old Way,
LP, Topic TPSS412, 1980
Various Artists,
The Derby Tup Presents: A Feast of Local and National Folk Music,
cass., BBC Radio Derby DTP-01, 1988
Various Artists,
All Through the Year: A Calendar in Music & Song,
CD, Hokey Pokey HPR 2002.2, 1991
Anne Briggs,
Classic Anne Briggs,
CD, Fellside FECD78, 1995
Various Artists,
Troubadours of British Folk Vol. 1,
CD, Rhino R2 72160, 1995
Various Artists,
Scottish Voices,
CD, Topic TSCD703, 1996
Anne Briggs,
A Collection,
CD, Topic TSCD504, 1999
Ewan MacColl, Charles Parker, Peggy Seeger,
On the Edge
(The Radio Ballads Vol. 6),
CD, Topic TSCD806, 1998
John Kirkpatrick,
Mazurka Berserker,
CD, Fledg'ling FLED 3030, 2001
Various Artists,
A Woman's Voice,
CD, Topic TSCD521, 2001
Various Artists,
The Acoustic Folk Box,
4 CD, Topic TSFCD4001, 2002
Various Artists,
Folk Festival Sidmouth,
2 CD, Gott Disks GOTTBOX 011, 2004
Various Artists,
Transatlantic Folk Box Set,
3 CD, Sanctuary SMEDT137, 2004
Various Artists,
Anthems in Eden: An Anthology of British & Irish Folk 1955-1978,
4 CD, Castle CMXBX1030, 2006
Various Artists,
Three Score and Ten: 70 Years of Topic Records,
7 CD, Topic TOPIC70, 2009





















