
Iain MacPhail Scottish Dance Band
For the very best in traditional music join Gary Innes for Take the Floor. Iain MacPhail and his Scottish Dance Band join us in session, as Iain celebrates 50 years in broadcasting.
For the very best in traditional music, join Gary Innes for Take the Floor. Iain MacPhail and his Scottish Dance Band treat us to a very special session, as Iain celebrates 50 years in broadcasting. It's Iain that also joins Gary as this weeks guest to chat about his career and love of music. Added to that we treat you to the new album from Breabach and share a 1911 recording of The Bluebell Polka
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Iain MacPhail Scottish Dance Band

Iain MacPhail and his Scottish Dance Band
Iain MacPhail Accordion
Brian Griffin Harmony Accordion
Judith Smith Fiddle
Isobelle Hodgson Piano
Alasdair Macleod Bass
Gordon Smith Drums
TITLE: Duke of Atholl’s Reel
a)The Atholl Highlanders [Trad]
b) Janette MacInnes [MacPhail]
c) The Pony Gallop [W. Forsyth]
d) James and Catherine Coutts Conjugal Ceilidh [MacPhail]
ARTIST: Iain MacPhail and his Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Angus MacLeod
a) Angus MacLeod [A. Rankine]
b) Mis Mary Douglas [Trad]
ARTIST: Iain MacPhail and his Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Glasgow Highlanders
a) Glasgow Highlanders [trad]
b) Campbeltown Kiltie Ball [J. MacLellan]
c) Dorrator Bridge [J. Braidhood]
d) Dunadd [A. G. Kenneth]
ARTIST: Iain MacPhail and his Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Eva Three Step
a) Bonnie Highlanders [D. Bowman]
b) Lili Long Wade’s Welcome [R. Meldrum]
ARTIST: Iain MacPhail and his Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: New Killarney Waltz
a) How Can You Buy Killarney [Grant, Kennedy, Morrison, Steels]
b) Green Glens of Antrim [Trad]
c) Galway Bay [Dr. Arthur Colahan]
ARTIST: Iain MacPhail and his Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Canadian Barn Dance
a) Iain and Claire MacPhail’s Wedding March [MacPhail]
b) Frankie (Johnson) Goes to Hollywood [MacPhail]
ARTIST: Iain MacPhail and his Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Balmoral Grand March
a) Elizabeth Queen of Scots (6/4 time) [MacPhail]
b) The Heights of Dargai (9/8 time) [J. Wallace]
c) Cullen Boy (5/4 time) [I Duncan]
d) P/M J.K. Cairns (3/4 time) [P/M/ A. M. Cairns]
e) Glasgow Week in Hamburg (12/8 time) [J. MacAllistair]
ARTIST: Iain MacPhail and his Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: The Reel of the 51st Highlanders
a) The Drunken Piper [Trad]
b) The Brolum [Dr. Bannatyne]
c) The Kilberry Barn Dance [MacPhail]
d) The Clucking Hen [W. Shaw]
ARTIST: Iain MacPhail and his Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: The Sandra Wallace Sip
a) Sandra Wallace [MacPhail]
b) Piper Play the Light Sip [Trad]
c) Fiddler’s Joy [Trad]
ARTIST: Iain MacPhail and his Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Gaelic Waltz
a) A’ Chreag Ghuanach (Mingulay Boat Song) [Trad]
b) Kisimul’s Galley (South Georgia Whaling Song) [Trad]
c) Cha Till Mis A’Sheoladh (Ballachulish Glen) [MacMillan]
d) Gleann Bhaile Chaoil (Do you hear me, Sweetheart?) [Iain Cameron]
ARTIST: Iain MacPhail and his Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Welcome to the Atholl
a) Brian Griffin’s Jig [MacPhail]
b) George Darling’s Jig – of Alnnick [MacPhail]
c) Judith Smith’s Jig – of Elgin [MacPhail]
d) June Nelson’s Jig [MacPhail]
e) Alistair Wood’s Jig [MacPhail]
ARTIST: Iain MacPhail and his Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Slow Air (Fiddle)
a) Miss Farhat V.N. Din of Edinburgh [MacPhail]
ARTIST: Iain MacPhail and his Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Busy Fingers
a) Katy Shaw’s Reel [MacPhail]
b) Miss Kay Rose [MacPhail]
c) Miss C.M. Barbour [MacPhail]
d) Mrs Mary Printy [MacPhail]
ARTIST: Iain MacPhail and his Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Killicrankie
TRK: 1
ARTIST: The Corries
CD: The Silver Collection
LABEL/CAT NR: Moidart music group ltd -
TITLE: Little Pet
ARTIST: Jas. Brown
78
LABEL/CAT NR: Zonophone - 713
TITLE: Eadar an Da Bhraigh
TRK: 3
ARTIST: Breabach
CD: Fas
LABEL/CAT NR:
TITLE: Shetland Reels: Chadwick's Bog / Come Again You're Welcome / Calum Donaldson
TRK: 1
ARTIST: Ross Couper/Ryan Couper
CD: An Den Dey Made Tae
LABEL/CAT NR: RRC01CD
TITLE: After The Games
Mist Covered Mountians / The Hills of Glenorchy / John Morrison
TRK: 20
ARTIST: Bobby MacLeod
CD: Vintage 78’s
LABEL/CAT NR: Kilmory Records – KRCD101
TITLE: Meg Merrilees
Meg Merrilees / Old Bog Hole / Cameronian Rant
TRK: Side B
ARTIST: Andrew Rankine and his Band
45
LABEL/CAT NR: Parlophone - 4722
TITLE: The Gay Gordons
Linda MacNellie / The Hills of Trynon
TRK: S2 B7
ARTIST: Ian Holmes and his Scottish Dance Band
LP: Ian Holmes and his Scottish Dance Band
LABEL/CAT NR: Lismor
TITLE: 70 is Fun
TRK: 16
ARTIST: Iain MacPhail and his Scottish Dance Band
CD: Newcastle upon Tyne and District's 70th Anniversary
LABEL/CAT NR: Newcastle Upon Tyne District R.S.C.D.S - NTD70CD
TITLE: Lochanside
TRK: 7
ARTIST: Breabach
CD: Fas
LABEL/CAT NR:
TITLE: Barn Dance
Colonel Maclean Of Ardgour / The Clann McColl
TRK: 5
ARTIST: Bill Black Scottish Dance Band
CD: The Dawning
LABEL/CAT NR: Springthyme Records - SPRCD1037
TITLE: Padraig O' Keefe's / The Lost Indian / Roddy McDonald's
TRK: 3
ARTIST: We Banjo 3
CD: Live In Galway
LABEL/CAT NR: We Banjo 3 - WB3CD003
Broadcast
- Sat 22 Oct 202219:00BBC Radio Scotland