Home Is Where the Van Is explained

Home Is Where the Van Is
Type:studio
Artist:The Battlefield Band
Cover:Home is Where the Van Is.jpg
Released:1980
Genre:Celtic
Length:43:23
Label:Temple
Producer:Robin Morton
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Home Is Where the Van Is, an album by The Battlefield Band, was released in 1980 on the Temple Records label.[1] The album, the band's U.S. debut, "continued the Scottish group's affinity for blending modern instrumentation into the country's folk tradition." Several songs from the album notably featured band member Ged Foley on the Northumbrian smallpipes.[2]

Track listing

  1. "Major Malley's March & Reel/Malcolm Currie" – 2:27
  2. "Bonny Barbry-O" – 3:18
  3. "Look Across the Water/Mrs Garden of Troup/The Keelman Ower Land" – 4:29
  4. "Braw Lads O'Galla Water" – 3:35
  5. "Up & Waur Them A', Willie" – 3:25
  6. "Joseph McDonald's Jig/The Snuff Wife/Thief of Lochaber" – 3:56
  7. "Cockle Geordie/Miss Graham/Miss Thompson" – 4:01
  8. "The Boar and the Fox" – 4:10
  9. "Blackhall Rocks" – 2:53
  10. "The Lads O' the Fair" – 4:05
  11. "The Cowal Gathering/The Iron Man/Dancing Feet/Dick Gossip's Reel" – 4:34
  12. "Mary Cassidy" – 2:30

Personnel

Battlefield Band

vocals, bouzouki, fiddles, cittern, concertina, hurdy-gurdy, viola

Guests

Also appearing on some songs are :

Performances

The band played the album in its entirety at the 2009 Celtic Connections, as part of the festival's Classic Albums series.[4] The performance featured the line-up who recorded the album in 1980 (Alan Reid, Brian McNeill, Duncan MacGillivray & Ged Foley), playing together with the line-up of 2009 (Alan Reid, Mike Katz, Alasdair White & Sean O'Donnell).[5] [6]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: COMD2006 Battlefield Band - Home Is Where The Van Is. Temple Records. 2011-03-30.
  2. Encyclopedia: A Complete Historical Discography of the Northumbrian Smallpipes . nspipes.co.uk . Northumbrian Smallpipes Encyclopaedia . 2011-03-30.
  3. Web site: The Battlefield Band: Home Is Where the Van Is (Temple TP005, 1980) . NigelGatherer.com . 2011-03-30.
  4. Web site: Celtic Connections Exclusive: 2009 festival line-up announced . Jonathan Geddes . 21 Oct 2008 . Evening Times. 2011-03-30.
  5. Web site: Battlefield Band: Special Celtic Connections show and tour . 14 January 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090117074250/http://spiralearth.co.uk/news/story.asp?nid=2194 . dead . 17 January 2009 . Spiral Earth . 2011-03-30 .
  6. Web site: Battlefield Band - Home Is Where The Van Is . templerecords.co.uk . 15 December 2015.

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