27/09/2014
Join Robbie Shepherd for a session from Alan Crookston and his Scottish dance band.
Join Robbie Shepherd for a show packed with the very best in traditional music and song. This weekend's dance music session comes from Alan Crookston and his Scottish Dance Band. Robbie looks back at the career of dance devisor John Drewry. We also share some listener's favourite recordings and the latest sounds from CD.
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TITLE:听听 Kate Dalrymple
ARTIST: Alan Crookston Scottish Dance Band
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TITLE: 听Gay Gordons
a) Sands of Lochbee 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 [John MacDonald ]
b) Captain Norman Orr Ewing 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 [PM W Ross]
ARTIST: Alan Crookston Scottish Dance Band
91热爆 Take The Floor Recording听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
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TITLE: Flying Scotsman
a) Neil Gow鈥檚 Farwell to Whisky 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 [Neil Gow)
b) Alison鈥檚 Reel 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 [Keith Dickson]
c) Mrs Norman Mckegan 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 [Dan R Macdonald]
d) The Whistling Drummer 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 [Alan Crookston]
ARTIST: Alan Crookston Scottish Dance Band
91热爆 Take The Floor Recording听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
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TITLE: Eva Three Step听听听听听听
a) Auld Adam听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 [Trad]
b) Major John Mclennan听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 [G S MacLennan]
ARTIST: Alan Crookston Scottish Dance Band
91热爆 Take The Floor Recording听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 听听听听听听听听听听听
TITLE: Pride of Erin
a) Mary of Dungloe 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 [Padraig MacCumhail]
b) Native Town Drumlish 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 [Declan Nerney]
c) On Raglan Road 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 [Patrick Kavanagh]
d) Sweet Londonderry on the Banks of the Foyle 听听听 [Trad]
ARTIST: Alan Crookston Scottish Dance Band
91热爆 Take The Floor Recording听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
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TITLE: Posties Jig
a) Mrs MacPherson of Cluny听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 [Joseph Lowe]
b) Ness Bothan 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 [Fergie McDonald]
c) Pet o the Pipers听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 [Trad]
d) Banks of The Allen 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 [Trad]
ARTIST: Alan Crookston Scottish Dance Band
91热爆 Take The Floor Recording听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
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TITLE: Canadian Barn Dance
a) Laura McColl of Benderloch听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 [Fergie McDonald]
b) The Centenary Jewel听 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 [Phil Cunningham]
ARTIST: Alan Crookston Scottish Dance Band
91热爆 Take The Floor Recording听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
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TITLE: Mississippi Dip
a) The Great Escape 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 [Elmer Bernstein]
b) Dambusters March 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 [Eric Coates]
c) Men of Harlech 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 [Trad]
ARTIST: Alan Crookston Scottish Dance Band
91热爆 Take The Floor Recording听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
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TITLE: Gaelic Waltz
a) Eilidh 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 [John Bannerman]
b) White Sands of Morar 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 [Alan Crookston]
c) My Mother 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 [Trad]
d) The Mavis Wood 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 [Trad]
ARTIST: Alan Crookston Scottish Dance Band
91热爆 Take The Floor Recording听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
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TITLE: Circassian Circle
a) Original
b) Derek鈥檚 Wonky Keyboard 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 [Michael Philp]
c) Miss Jane of Violet Bank 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 [Max Houliston]
d) George and Eileen Hunter 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 [Alasdair McCuish]
ARTIST: Alan Crookston Scottish Dance Band
91热爆 Take The Floor Recording听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
听听听听听听听听听听听 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
TITLE: TITLE: Band Leaders Choice
a) Sarahs Song 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 [Phil Cunningham]
ARTIST: Alan Crookston Scottish Dance Band
91热爆 Take The Floor Recording听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
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TITLE: Highland Scottische
a) Hebridean Waulking Song 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 [Trad]
b) Mhoulin Dhu 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 [Trad]
c) Fear A Phige
ARTIST: Alan Crookston Scottish Dance Band
91热爆 Take The Floor Recording听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
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TITLE: Orcadian Strip the Willow
a)听 Intro Sweet Caroline 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 [Neil Diamond]
b) Boys From Ballymote 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 [Trad]
c) Liam Stewart of Galston 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 [Alan Crookston]
d) Drunken Fumbling Fingers 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 [Sandy Brechin]
e) Gary鈥檚 Nom Noms 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 [Alan Crookston]
ARTIST: Alan Crookston Scottish Dance Band
91热爆 Take The Floor Recording听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
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TITLE: 听Reels
Darley鈥檚 / Bogan Nua
TRK: 1
ARTIST:听 Sean Leahy and Jeremy Spencer 听听
CD: Entanglement 听听
LABEL/CAT NR: SL033听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
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TITLE: 听Rothesay Bay听听听
TRK: 17听听听听听听听听
ARTIST: 听Robert Wilson
CD: The Very Best of Robert Wilson
LABEL/CAT NR: EMI 鈥� 7243 8 35430 2 1 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
听听听听听听听听听听听
TITLE: Monica鈥檚 Way
Back To Your Roots / Nimble Finger / Archie Duncan / Coldside Jig听
TRK: 4听听听听听听听听听听
ARTIST: 听Susan MacFadyen and Her Scottish Dance Band
CD:听 Book 48 RSCDS
LABEL/CAT NR: RSCDS CD077 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
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TITLE: Jock Hawks Adventures in Glasgow听听听
TRK: 10
ARTIST: 听Fiona Hunter
CD:听 Fiona Hunter
LABEL/CAT NR:听 Rusty Squash Horn Records - RSH004CD听 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
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TITLE:听 The Silver Tassie
Lady Charlotte Campbell / The Duchess of Manchester鈥檚 New Strathspey
/ Lady Lucy Ramsay / Lady Bromes Strathspey
TRK: 2
ARTIST: Keith Smith & Muriel Johnstone 听
CD: Silver Tassie
LABEL/CAT NR: SSCD20 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 听
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TITLE:听 The Quincentenary Jig
The Frasers of Oban / Fiona鈥檚 Dance Diaries / The Stroopie Brae
听/ Dave Ford鈥檚 Jig / Cunningsburgh Lasses
TRK: 7
ARTIST: Gordon Shand Scottish Dance Band 听
CD: Dancing Forth
LABEL/CAT NR: CD001
听
TITLE:听 John of Bon Accord
John of Bon Accord / The Shetland Fiddler / Bill Meikle鈥檚 Reel /
The Mooncoin Reel
TRK: 3
ARTIST: 听Bobby Crowe Scottish Dance Band
CD: Scottish Dance Favourites Vol 3
LABEL/CAT NR:听 RSCDS CD 5
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TITLE:听 Cattle Cross The Cockle Strand听听
TRK: 13
ARTIST: 听Alasdair Gillies 听
CD: Island Heritage 听
LABEL/CAT NR:听 Alba Music 鈥� HRCD101听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
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TITLE: Medley
Untitled Bridal March / The Peelers and The Goat / The Corner House
TRK: 听2听听听听听听听听听
ARTIST:听 Sean Leahy and Jeremy Spencer 听听
CD: Entanglement 听听
LABEL/CAT NR: SL033听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
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TITLE:听 Highland Cathedral
TRK: 1
ARTIST: The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards听
CD:听 Highland Cathedral
LABEL/CAT NR: Scotdisc 鈥� CDITV642 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
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TITLE: The Tri-Mariner
The Wonder Hornpipe / The West-End Hornpipe /
Fay鈥檚 Hornpipe / Harvest 91热爆听
TRK:听 8
ARTIST: 听Susan MacFadyen and Her Scottish Dance Band
CD:听 Book 48 RSCDS
LABEL/CAT NR: RSCDS CD077 听 听 听 听 听 听听Broadcasts
- Sat 27 Sep 2014 19:0691热爆 Radio Scotland
- Sun 28 Sep 2014 13:0591热爆 Radio Scotland except Extra
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