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A 2 CD set featuring 44 tracks for the price of a single CD.
CD 1 - 'Best of Battlefield Band' , features 19 tracks from the legendary Scottish group over the period 1977-2001. Not only have Battlefield Band been producing great music for 25 years, but they have also been a developing ground for numerous other groups and artists, and this CD showcases the changes over the years.
CD 2 - 'Temple Records - a 25 year legacy', features 25 tracks from various artists, celebrating 25 years of great Scottish and Irish music from the Temple Records catalogue. Robin Morton founded Temple Records to bring the best of Scottish music to a wider audience at a time when even some of the specialist albums demurred at the prospect of albums devoted to a solo instrument. 25 years later this album showcases a wide variety of the great music and musicians that have appeared on Temple Records over the years.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
The big problem with Temple records is the Battlefield Band; and the big problem with the Battlefield Band is Alan Reid's keyboards. Despite the number of good musicians that have passed through their ranks, his plodding, plastic sound prevents them hitting the spot more than occasionally.
And once you've sat through their disc, there's still more of him (and them) on the general sampler. These compilations are rarely satisfying and this is no exception, throwing some completely inappropriate stuff into the overall traditional vibe. There are some good tracks, but obviously chosen more for brevity than quality.
Temple have done a lot of good work in the field of Gaelic music, but this isn't really an adequate reflection of it. It looks like a bargain, but it's not really.
And once you've sat through their disc, there's still more of him (and them) on the general sampler. These compilations are rarely satisfying and this is no exception, throwing some completely inappropriate stuff into the overall traditional vibe. There are some good tracks, but obviously chosen more for brevity than quality.
Temple have done a lot of good work in the field of Gaelic music, but this isn't really an adequate reflection of it. It looks like a bargain, but it's not really.
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Too Short Overview of a Long Career
6 Jun 2003
Format:Audio CD
This two-CD set only contains one real Battlefield Band CD - which contains one number for each of the 19 albums recorded by the Battlefield Band during their 25 year career - not including their latest, Time and Tide. (The other CD contains an overview of traditional Scottish recordings by Temple Records, including various current and past members of Battlefield Band). So this is way too short to cover their output. Still, everyone who likes the group will have favorites on this CD. Although there are differences depending on the particular lineup of the group at the time, it is still surprising that the group could manage such consistent quality throughout all their changes.
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Classic Scottish Folk - Nothing New for Long Time Fans
17 Aug 2005
Format:Audio CD
The Battlefield Band is one of the finest, and perhaps most authentic of the Scottish folk groups that is recording today.
Perhaps the initial reveiwer of this work, X-Man, does not understand that Battlefield Band is NOT an Irish group, and there is a vast, vast difference between Irish folk music and Scottish folk music. Not only are they from two different cultures, but the instruments and playing styles are completely different. To compare Battlefield Band to the Chieftans is like comparing a Porche Carerra and a Boxter - there maybe a superficial resemblance, but under the hood, the engines are completely different.
This collection is weak in a number of areas- favoring the instrumental pieces over the songs, and is missing some of my personal favorites, such as "The Snows of France & Holland," "I Am the Common Man," the haunting cover version of Sting's "We Work the Black Seam," as well as the anthem to Scottish liberty - "Montrose".
All in all, though - a good introduction to the group, but not worth buying if you've already got most of the discography - which can be said for any long-range retrospective album.
Perhaps the initial reveiwer of this work, X-Man, does not understand that Battlefield Band is NOT an Irish group, and there is a vast, vast difference between Irish folk music and Scottish folk music. Not only are they from two different cultures, but the instruments and playing styles are completely different. To compare Battlefield Band to the Chieftans is like comparing a Porche Carerra and a Boxter - there maybe a superficial resemblance, but under the hood, the engines are completely different.
This collection is weak in a number of areas- favoring the instrumental pieces over the songs, and is missing some of my personal favorites, such as "The Snows of France & Holland," "I Am the Common Man," the haunting cover version of Sting's "We Work the Black Seam," as well as the anthem to Scottish liberty - "Montrose".
All in all, though - a good introduction to the group, but not worth buying if you've already got most of the discography - which can be said for any long-range retrospective album.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Too short
24 Jan 2004
Format:Audio CD
A good compilation, but a better one would have been 2 CDs long (at least). Another flaw is the accompanying notes, in which the solo singers and instrumentalists for each track are not identified.
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