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

Ray and Archie Fisher: Far Over the Forth

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

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

Ray Fisher: The Bonny Birdy

The Bonny Birdy (Trailer LERCD2038)

The Bonny Birdy
Ray Fisher

Trailer LER2038 (LP, UK, 1972)
Trailer/Leader LERCD2038 (CD, UK, October 2000)

This is more or less the 1971 Steeleye Span line-up with Ray Fisher replacing Maddy Prior.

Musicians

Ray Fisher, Colin Ross, Alistair Anderson, Liz & Stefan Sobell, Tim Hart, Peter Knight, Ashley Hutchings, Bobby Campbell, Martin Carthy

Tracks

Side 1Side 2
  1. Johnnie Sangster (2:55)
  2. Mill O'Tifty's Annie (7:25)
  3. Bonny at Morn (4:16)
  4. The Forfar Sodger (3:19)
  1. The Pride of Glencoe (6:24)
  2. The Silkie of Sul Skerry (4:02)
  3. The Shipyard Apprentice (3:56)
  4. The Bonny Birdy (7:09)

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

Ray Fisher: Traditional Songs of Scotland

Traditional Songs of Scotland (Saydisc CD-SDL 391)

Traditional Songs of Scotland
Ray Fisher

Saydisc Records CD-SDL 391 (CD, UK, 1991)
Musical Heritage Society 513121Y (CD, USA, 199x)

 Traditional Songs of Scotland (Musical Heritage 513121Y)

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];
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)

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.