Wae's me for Prince Charlie (album) explained

Wae's me for Prince Charlie
Type:	studio
Artist:	The Battlefield Band
Cover:	Wae's me for Prince Charlie.jpg
Released:	1978
Genre:	Celtic
Length:	40:57
Label:	Escalibur
Prev Title:	Battlefield Band
Prev Year:	1977
Next Title:	At the Front
Next Year:	1978

Wae's me for Prince Charlie is Battlefield Band's second (studio) album on the Escalibur label. It was first released on LP in 1978 as Volume II - Wae's me for Prince Charlie.^[1]

Content

The album is a sort of "follow-up" to Volume I - Farewell to Nova Scotia which had been previously released on LP in 1976 as Battlefield Band's debut (studio) album on the Escalibur label.

Track listing

Side A : 19:49

"Pipe Major George Allan" 4.55 (Donald MacLeod)
"Wae's Me for Prince Charlie" (*) 4.05 (William Glen)^[2]
"Lady Madeleine Sinclair / The Spey in Spate / The Duke of Perth" 3.09 (trad. / J.S. Skinner / trad.)
"The Hieland Sodger" (*), (**) & (****) 3.34 (trad.)
"The Streaker/The Wee Man from Skye/The Irish Washer Wife" 4.06

Side B : 21:08

"The Arran Boat / The Canty Auld Man / Drummond Castle" 5.29 (trad.)
"The Lothian Hairst" (**) 3.31 (trad.)
"The Barngann Gil" 2.52 (trad.)
"Mormond Braes" (***) 5.17 (trad.)
"Cherish the Ladìes / The Rambling Pitchfork" 3.59 (trad.)

Personnel

Battlefield Band

Brian McNeill

voice (**), guitar, fiddle, concertina, mandolin, viola

Jamie McMenemy: voice (***), mandolin, banjo, fiddle, Irish flute
John Gahagan

voice (****), Irish flute, whistle, concertina, bones

Alan Reid

voice (*), organ, guitar, piano, accordion

Guest musicians

David John Munro: Uilleann pipes
Ian McDonald: Scottish Highland pipes
Angus McGregor: Northumbrian pipes

Notes and References

http://time-has-told-me.blogspot.fr/search?q=battlefield+band BlogSpot "Time Has Told Me" / Post "Battlefield band ::: Wae's me for Prince Charlie" on Saturday, February 23, 2008
http://chrsouchon.free.fr/bonniepr.htm chrsouchon.free.fr / Page "Wae's me for Prince Charlie"