> Folk Music > Records > Ray and Archie Fisher: Far Over the Forth

Ray and Archie Fisher: Far Over the Forth

Far Over the Forth Ray and Archie Fisher Topic Records TOP67 (7" EP, UK, 1962)

All tracks were included in about 1965 on the compilation LP Bonny Lass Come O'er the Burn (Topic 12T128).

Musicians

Ray Fisher, vocals;
Archie Fisher,vocals, guitar

Tracks

Side 1	Side 2
The Night Visiting Song Far Over the Forth	The Twa Corbies (2.04) Kilbogie (3.06)

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> Folk Music > Records > The Fisher Family

The Fisher Family

The Fisher Family The Fisher Family Topic Records 12T137 (LP, UK, 1966)

Recorded by Bill Leader 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

Side 1	Side 2
Come All Ye Fisher Lassies The Family lead by Ray Schooldays Over Ray & Archie acc. guitar Te Rogs o' Rye Archie acc. guitar Donal Ogue (Young Dan) Joyce acc. guitar Four Our Lang Biding Here Archie acc. guitar Joy of My Heart The Family lead by Ray & Archie acc. guitar	Hey Ca' Through Ray, Joyce, Audray and Priscilla What's Poor Mary Weeping For, Bonny Lassie O Ray & Archie acc. guitar I Am a Miller tae My Trade Cindy & Joyce I Am a Free-born Man Archie acc. guitar The Birken Tree Joyce & Cindy Aince Upon a Time Ray & Archie acc. guitar

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> Folk Music > Records > Ray Fisher: The Bonny Birdy

Ray Fisher: The Bonny Birdy

The Bonny Birdy Ray Fisher Trailer LER2038 (LP, UK, 1972) Trailer/Leader LERCD2038 (CD-R, UK, October 2000)

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 [7];
Alistair Anderson, concertina [2];
Stefan Sobell, guitar [5];
Liz Sobell, harmonium [5];
Bobby Campbell, fiddle [8]

Tracks

Side 1	Side 2
Johnnie Sangster (2.55) Mill o' Tifty's Annie (7.25) Bonny at Morn (4.16) The Forfar Sodger (3.19)	The Pride of Glencoe (6.24) The Silkie of Sul Skerry (4.02) The Shipyard Apprentice (3.56) The Bonny Birdy (7.09)

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> Folk Music > Records > Ray Fisher: Traditional Songs of Scotland

Ray Fisher: Traditional Songs of Scotland

Traditional Songs of Scotland Ray Fisher Saydisc Records CD-SDL 391 (CD, UK, 1991) Musical Heritage Society 513121Y (CD, USA, 199x)

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

1. Night Visiting Song (4.28)
2. Wark o' the Weavers (5.38)
3. Lady Keith's Lament (4.23)
4. The Gallowa Hills (4.00)
5. Coulter's Candy (3.07)
6. Willie's Fatal Visit (5.14)
7. Twa Recruiting Sergeants (3.54)
8. Floo'ers o' the Forest (4.28)
9. MacGinty's Meal and Ale (5.54)
10. Baron o'Brackley (4.26)
11. Gipsy Laddies (5.05)
12. Lang Biding Here (2.47)
13. Jute Mill Song (3.13)
14. Hie, Jeannie Hie (3.19)
15. Johnny My Man (2.56)
16. My Laddie's Bedside (3.14)
17. What Can a Young Lassie (3.21)
18. Nicky Tams (4.13)

Recording out-takes

19. Now Westlin' Wind (4.32)
    released on the Hokey Pokey anthology All Through the Year

All track trad. arr. Ray Fisher except
Track 13 Mary Brooksbank

Acknowledgements

Thanks to John Carper for the information and to Alistair Banfield for the Musical Heritage Society cover picture.