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Compliation Programme

For the very best in traditional music, join Gary Innes for Take the Floor. We treat you one of your favourite sessions when we feature tracks from many of our leading bands. Gary special guest is The Chief Executive of Fèisean nan Gàidheal and gaelic singer Arthur Cormack.

1 hour, 55 minutes

Last on

Sat 3 Sep 202219:00

Compilation Programme

TITLE: The Startled Rabbits
a) Findlay Hits the Bottle [J Burns]
b) Gordon's Cockroaches [C Dewar]
c) Drew Dalgleish [D Ridley]
d) Jack's Pocket Ashtray [G Edwardson]
e) Graham Jamieson's Comfy Pumphy [I MacPhail]
ARTIST: The Drumsmiths
BBC Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: 2/4 Marches
a) Peter MacLeod Of Ganavan (Willie Lawrie)
b) David Ross ( Archibald MacNeil)
ARTIST: The Burns Brothers Ceilidh Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: Gay Gordons 
a) Iain MacPhails Welcome to Shetland
b) Master Fraser Munro (Graeme Munro)
ARTIST: Clappy Doo Ceilidh Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: Hesitation Waltz 
a) Old St Pauls [F Burns]
ARTIST: MacLeod’s Morinos
BBC Take The Floor Recording


TITLE: Highland Schottische
a) The Rambling Journey Man
b) Honeysuckle
c) Sunshine Hornpipe
d) The Poppy Leaf
ARTIST: Duncan Black Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording


TITLE: Britannia Two Step
a) Dr Ross's 50th Welcome to the Argyle Gathering [Pipe Major Donald MacLeod]
b) Miss Shelly Campbell of West Bay [Jamie MacDonald]
c) The Wee Man from North Connell [Calum McLean]
ARTIST: The Crynoch Ceilidh Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording


TITLE: Osgood MacKenzie of Inverewe
a) The Hidden Gem [Ron Kerr]
b) Kaela’s Peerie Tune [Ronald Jamieson]
c) Andrew Rankin’s Compliments to Lindsay Ross [Andrew Rankine]
d) The Hex-dash Caur [David Page]
ARTIST: Jim Lindsay Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: Major Erskine Of Edinburgh
a) Pat Cushnie’s Strathspey [Ian Holmes]
b) Mrs Margaret Holmes [Ian Holmes]
c) Caerlaverock Castle [Ian Holmes]
d) Mrs Harriet MacLeod of Knockfarrel [Willie Lawrie]
ARTIST: Susan MacFadyen Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: Under Paris Skies
ARTIST: Graeme MacKay Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording


TITLE: The Edinburgh Mixture
a) The 25th K.O.S.B’s Farewell to Meerut
b) The 93rd Sutherland Highlanders Farewell to Edinburgh
ARTIST: Davie Stewart Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording


TITLE: Polka 
a) Lisa's Polka [Dochie McCallum]
ARTIST: Iain Cathcart Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording


TITLE: Eva 3 Step 6/8 Marches
a) 10th Battalion HLI Crossing the Rhine [PM Donald Shaw Ramsay]
b) Angus MacKinnon [PM Donald Shaw Ramsay]
ARTIST: Nicol McLaren and the Glencraig Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: Highland Barn Dance
a) Mrs H L Macdonald of Dunach [Lawrie]
b) South Hall [J McLellan]
ARTIST: Charlie Kirkpatrick Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording


TITLE: Gay Gordons
a) The Bonnie Lass O' Fyvie [Noel McLoughlin]
b) The Uist Tramping Song [Archibald MacDonald and John R. Bannerman]
c) The Tartan
d) Kirkwall Bay [Jim MacLeod]
ARTIST: John Burns Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording


TITLE: Duke of Atholl’s Reel (8 x 32 Jig)
a) Athol Highlanders [Trad]
b) The Coronation [Trad]
c) Jig of Slurs [Trad]
d) Echoes of Oban [Donald MacPherson]
ARTIST: Steven Carcary Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording


TITLE: The King's Shilling
TRK: 3
ARTIST: Siobhan Miller
CD: Shadows Tall
LABEL/CAT NR: Greentrax – CDTRAX352

TITLE: The Dark Island
TRK: 3 / 1
ARTIST: Iain McLachlan
LP: Kings Of The Button Keyed Box
LABEL/CAT NR: LISMOR - LILP5160


TITLE: The Bluebell Polka
TRK: S 1 B 2
ARTIST: Anne and Laura Brand
EP: The Singing Sisters
LABEL/CAT NR: Waverley – ELP 136


TITLE: Bha mi ‘n-raoir san taigh-òsta
TRK: 11
ARTIST: Mary Smith
CD: Sgiath an Airgid
LABEL/CAT NR: Macmeanmna SKYECD27

TITLE: Sprig of Ivy / Jim Macaby’s Welcome
TRK: S1 B2
ARTIST: Alasdair Downie Scottish Dance Band
LP: Scotland Dances
LABEL/CAT NR: Beltona Records SEE121

TITLE: I ho rò 's na hug òro eile
TRK: 6
ARTIST: Margaret Stewart
CD: Fhuair Mi Pog
LABEL/CAT NR: Greentrax CDTRAX132

TITLE: An cluinn thu, leannain?
TRK: S2 B3
ARTIST: William S MacDonald
LP: BBC The Best of TV and Radio: Highlights from the National MOD 1976
LABEL/CAT NR: BBC Records - REC262


TITLE: Box and Fiddle Rag
TRK: S 2 B 6
ARTIST: John Huband and The Tayside Sound
LP: John Huband and The Tayside Sound
LABEL/CAT NR: Ross Records – WGR 029

TITLE: Da Laird O Gulberwick / St. Anne's Reel / Calum Donaldson /Sleep Soond in Da
Morning / The Shetland Fiddler
TRK: 1
ARTIST: Sandy Legget & The Carseloch Ceilidh Band
CD: Ceilidh Capers
LABEL/CAT NR: Carseloch Ceilidh Band - CCBCD2


Broadcast

  • Sat 3 Sep 202219:00