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| Song Title | Time | Price | |||
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| Play | 1. The Mines Of Golkonda / Gavotte ar Menez / The Shores Of Lough Gowna / Muneira Quetzelcoatl | 5:15 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 2. The Auchengeich Disaster | 4:31 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 3. Ku'ula-kai / Johnny Allan MacDonald / The Procrastinator / Counting Cowries | 4:35 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 4. Robber Barons | 3:15 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 5. Bernie's Welcome To Butner / King George IV | 4:48 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 6. Uamh An Oir / Zama Zama Boys | 5:04 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 7. Ballarat Jig / Eadar I's Leodhas | 3:28 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 8. Three Brothers | 5:11 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 9. Caroline Winn's / Frankie Drain's | 3:54 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 10. Greenland's Icy Waters | 5:44 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 11. Ruairidh Dubh / Black Campbell's / The Miller's Fair Daughter / The Lowland Amusement / Bulgarian Red | 4:28 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 12. Baile An Or | 3:57 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 13. Plain Gold Ring | 3:53 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 14. The Pretty Apron / The Flirting Brown Maid / Scansen | 3:42 | £0.69 |
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This was bought as a birthday present for my father as he has been a big fan of the Battlefield Band for years. It is particularly pertinent as this is the last album they will ever record since they will disband after the founder member, Alan Reid, departs the group at the end of 2010. I listened to it before I gave it to Dad and I can honestly say it provides a very pleasant listen. It is typically traditional Scottish folk music with a bit of oomph, and if you enjoy this type of music, you will definitely enjoy this album.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I was a latecomer to the Battlefield Bands party, being one of those Scotchmen inherently embarrassed by all things Scotch, but after seeing them play a show in Musselburgh, the arrival of this put a skip, if not a jig, in my step.
Of all things, this 30th anniversary album, has turned out to be a concept album! It started out as a collection of songs and tunes about gold, but was developing into ideas about about wealth and greed. Then. Boom! The world economy begins to collapse. Now I'm not saying the Battlefield Band are to blame, but.....co-incidence?
As always it's a mixture of originals and trad arrs, with some fiery instrumentals, plaintive ballads and social history. Of the latter, 'The Auchengeich Disaster' strikes a chord as I trace my family history through the Lanarkshire oil and coal fields, of the former I have an especial fondness for 'Bernie's Welcome To Butner / King George IV'.
To continue the family theme, 'Greenlands Icy Waters' also struck a chord, with its tale of the whaling, and if you're looking for a guid old blaw on the pipes, then you'll be heading for the medley that starts with 'Ruairidh Dubh (Black Rory)'.
It's a fabulous album, with the whole band at the top of their game. Maybe I'll pass Wee Fat Ecks Scotch test yet!
Of all things, this 30th anniversary album, has turned out to be a concept album! It started out as a collection of songs and tunes about gold, but was developing into ideas about about wealth and greed. Then. Boom! The world economy begins to collapse. Now I'm not saying the Battlefield Band are to blame, but.....co-incidence?
As always it's a mixture of originals and trad arrs, with some fiery instrumentals, plaintive ballads and social history. Of the latter, 'The Auchengeich Disaster' strikes a chord as I trace my family history through the Lanarkshire oil and coal fields, of the former I have an especial fondness for 'Bernie's Welcome To Butner / King George IV'.
To continue the family theme, 'Greenlands Icy Waters' also struck a chord, with its tale of the whaling, and if you're looking for a guid old blaw on the pipes, then you'll be heading for the medley that starts with 'Ruairidh Dubh (Black Rory)'.
It's a fabulous album, with the whole band at the top of their game. Maybe I'll pass Wee Fat Ecks Scotch test yet!
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This Scottish band sings (and plays) about wealth (and greed) through the ages
18 Oct 2009
Format:Audio CD
The four member of the Scottish traditional music group, The Battlefield Band, have been playing jigs and reels and composing new history-based songs for FORTY years now. The members change except for Alan Reid, who plays keyboards, piano and accordion.
Their newest CD has a theme: Money. There are traditional songs about the Robber Barons in Germany, greedy mine owners in Scotland and the story of the Zama Zama Boys, men in South Africa who forsake like and limb to dig in the gold mines in this, the 21st century!
As with their other albums there is a mix of vocals and strictly instrumental medleys. In the latter you really can't tell if the song has anything to do with the album's theme. So though the fifth track is cleverly (and topically) titled "Bernie's Welcome To Butner" (as in corrupt investor Bernie Maidoff being shipped off to Butner Federal Prison) you can't really be sure, since its an instrumental tune.
All in all, this is another fine album by this long-standing band and will appeal to fans of the Boys of the Lough and other Celtic bands.
Steve Ramm
"Anything Phonographic"
Their newest CD has a theme: Money. There are traditional songs about the Robber Barons in Germany, greedy mine owners in Scotland and the story of the Zama Zama Boys, men in South Africa who forsake like and limb to dig in the gold mines in this, the 21st century!
As with their other albums there is a mix of vocals and strictly instrumental medleys. In the latter you really can't tell if the song has anything to do with the album's theme. So though the fifth track is cleverly (and topically) titled "Bernie's Welcome To Butner" (as in corrupt investor Bernie Maidoff being shipped off to Butner Federal Prison) you can't really be sure, since its an instrumental tune.
All in all, this is another fine album by this long-standing band and will appeal to fans of the Boys of the Lough and other Celtic bands.
Steve Ramm
"Anything Phonographic"
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