Battlefield Band
Scottish traditional instrumental and vocal group. They also play their own
compositions.
(The main members are/have been Alan Reid (keyboards, vocals,
harpsichord), John McCusker (fiddle, mandolin, cittern,
tin whistle, penny whistle, keyboards), Mike Katz (bagpipes,
penny whistle, tin whistle, bass guitar), Davey Steele (vocals,
guitar, cittern), Brian McNeill (vocals, fiddle))
(Brian McNeill has recorded solo. He is also a novelist)
(Iain MacDonald has recorded with Ossian)
(John McCusker has recorded with Parcel o'Rogues, solo,
Blazin' Fiddles and Kate Rusby)
(Ged Foley has recorded with Patrick Street and The House Band)
(Dougie Pincock has recorded with Kentigern)
(Jim and Sylvia Barnes recorded with Kentigern and as a duo)
(Jim Barnes died in 2004)
(Davey Steele and Mike Katz have recorded with Ceolbeg)
(Davey Steele has recorded with Drinkers Drouth, Gael Free, Clan Alba, Caledon)
(Davey Steele died in 2001)
(Karine Polwart has recorded with Malinky)
(Alison Kinnaird has recorded solo)
(Alistair Russell has recorded solo)
(Alan Reid has recorded solo)
(Pat Kilbride has recorded solo and with The Kipps Bay Ceilidh Band)
(Duncan MacGillivray has played with The Ghillies)
(There is a Polish heavy metal band called "Battlefield", and German heavy metal band called "Battlefield")
Albums.
| Title. | Year. | Label. | number.
|
|---|
| Battlefield Band | 1976 |
Arfolk | SB 349 |
|
[Reissued as "Volume 2"?] | 1976 |
Arfolk | SB 358 |
|
[Reissue] | 1977 |
Topic | 12TS 313 |
|
[Reissue] | 1994 |
Temple | |
|
[Reissue] | 2007 |
Temple | |
| At The Front | 1978 |
Topic | 12TS 381
|
| [Reissue] | 1994 |
Temple | |
| [Reissue] |
2000 |
Music And Words | |
| Stand Easy | 1979 |
Topic | 12TS 404
|
| Preview (E.P.) | 1980 |
Temple | ETP 10
|
| Home Is Where The Van Is | 1980 |
Temple | TP 005
|
| [Reissue] | 1981 |
Flying Fish | FF 250 |
|
[Reissue] | ? |
Spriggan | SPR 006 |
|
[Reissue] | 1994 |
Temple | |
|
[Reissue] | 2007 |
Temple | |
| The Story So Far | 1982 | Temple |
|
| There's A Buzz | 1982 | Temple |
|
| [Reissue] | 1994 |
Temple | |
| [Reissue] |
2007 | Temple | |
|
Anthem For The Common Man | 1984 | Temple |
|
| [Reissue] | 1994 |
Temple | |
| [Reissue] |
2002 |
Temple | |
| [Reissue] |
2007 |
Temple | |
| On The Rise | 1986 | Temple |
|
| [Reissue] | 1992 |
Temple | |
| [Reissue] | 2007 |
Temple | |
| Music In Trust vol 1 | 1986 | Temple |
|
| [Reissue] | 1995 |
Temple | |
| Celtic Hotel | 1987 | |
|
| [Reissue] | 1994 |
Temple | |
| Music In Trust vol 2 | 1988 | |
|
| [Reissue] | 1993 |
Temple | |
| Home Ground - Live From Scotland | 1989 | |
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| [Reissue] | 1995 |
Temple | |
| [Reissue] |
2007 | Temple | |
|
New Spring | 1991 | |
|
| [Reissue] | 2007 |
Temple | |
| Quiet Days | 1992 | |
|
| [Reissue] | 2007 |
Temple | |
| Threads | 1995 | |
|
| Across The Borders | 1997 |
Temple | COMCD 2065
|
| [Reissue] | 2007 |
Temple | |
| Live Celtic Folk Music | 1998 |
Munich |
|
| Rain, Hail or Shine | 1998 |
Temple |
|
| Leaving Friday Harbour | 1999 | |
|
| [Reissue] | 2007 |
Temple | |
| Happy Daze | 2001 |
Temple | COMD 2085
|
| Time and Tide | 2002 |
Temple | COMD 2090
|
| Out For The Night | 2004 |
Temple | COMD 2094
|
| Road of Tears | 2006 |
Temple |
|
| Dookin' | 2007 |
Temple | |
| Zama Zama: Try
Your Luck | 2009 |
Temple | |
Multi-volume Albums.
| Title
| Year.
| Label.
| number.
|
| Stand Easy & Preview
| 2007 | Temple | ?
|
| Music in Trust Vol 1 and 2 (2CDs) |
2007 | Temple | |
Compilations.
| Title. | year. | Label. | number.
|
|---|
| After Hours - Forward to Scotland's Past | 1987 | Temple |
|
| Opening Moves (*) | 1993 |
Temple | TSCD 468 |
| Threads |
1995 |
Temple | |
| Best of the
Battlefield Band | 2007 |
Temple | |
(* Tracks taken from "Battlefield Band", "At the Front" and "Stand Easy")
Best albums(*).
| Title. | year. |
|---|
| Home is Where the Van Is |
1980 |
| Across The Borders |
1997 |
| Celtic Hotel |
1987 |
|
Opening Moves | 1993 |
(*) Based on critical opinion.
Anthology - Battlefield Band, Alison Kinnaird, Jimmy Hutchidson, Dougie
Pincock, Mike Katz et al.
| Title. | year. | Label. | number.
|
|---|
| The Portaits and the Music | 2007 |
Temple | ? |
Anthology - Battlefield Band, Ewan MacColl, Martin Carthy, June Tabor Brass
Monkey, Martin Simpson, A.L. Lloyd, Walter Pardon, Dick Gaughan, Silly Sisters,
Shirley Collins, John Kirkpatrick, Harry Cox et al.
| Title. | year. | Label. | number.
|
|---|
| Simply Folk: 4 CDs of Essential Folk Songs | 2007 |
Simply | SIMPLYCD039 |
Popular downloads.
| Title. |
|---|
| Blackhall Rocks |
|
The Battle of Falkirk Muir |
| Miss
Drummond of Perth/ Fiddler's Joy |
|
Miss Kate Rusby |
|
The Green and The Blue |
|
The Tamosher |
| The Arran Convict |
|
The Brown Milkmaid/ Dunotter Castle |
|
Jenny Nettles/ The Grays of Tongside |
DVDs.
| Title | year. | Label. |
|---|
| In Concert at the
Brunton Theatre, Musselburgh | 2008 |
Temple |
Album tracks.
After Hours. Issued in 1987. Tracks taken from "On The Rise"
(1986)(3 tracks), "Music In Trust" (1986)(2 tracks), "There's A
Buzz"(1982)(3 tracks), "Anthem For The Common Man" (1984)(4
tracks), "Home Is Where The Van Is" (1980)(4 tracks) Running time 57 minutes
43 seconds. Band line-up on this album not given.
| Title. | Author.
|
|---|
| 1. After Hours/The Green Gates/The Ship In Full
Sail | C McGettigan/Trad/Trad
|
| 2. Frideray | D
Pincock/A Reid
|
| 3. A Chance As Good As Any/Reid's Rant | B
McNeill and A Reid
|
| 4. Anthem | Trad
|
| 5. The Dear Green Place | A
Reid
|
| 6. Look Across The Water/ Mrs Garden of Troup/
The Keelman Ower Land | B McNeill/ Trad/
Trad
|
| 7. The Green Plaid | Trad
|
| 8. Mary Cassidy | A
Reid
|
| 9. I Am The Common Man | J
Corrie/A Reid
|
| 10. The St. Kilda Girl's Lament/The St. Kilda
Wedding March | Trad
|
| 11. The Lads O' The Fair | B
McNeill
|
| 12. The Sauchiehall Street Salsa (aka McHugh's
Other Foot/ The Man With Two Women) | J
Gahagan/ Trad
|
| 13. The Boar and the Fox | Trad
|
| 14. The Battle of Waterloo/ Kilcoy's March/ The
Quaker | Trad
|
| 15. The Snows of France and Holland | B
McNeill
|
| 16. Bad Moon Rising/ The Rising Moon Reel | J
Fogerty/ D Pincock
|
Last updated on 18/12/2010