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  • 2026-03-07 – Colin Dewar Scottish Dance Band

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    Colin Dewar   1st Accordion
    Alasdair Macleod  2nd Accordion
    Gillian Stevenson  Fiddle
    Ian Adamson   Drums
    John Delaney   Bass
    Jim Nicholl   Piano

    TITLE: Gay Gordons  
    a) The Asta Sessions March   [I. Cruickshank]
    b) Robert & Judith Whitehead  [I. Scollay]
    c) Fred McNicol’s March   [G. Pattullo]
    ARTIST: Colin Dewar and his Scottish Dance Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE: A Tribute to West Renfrewshire 
    a) Original     [Ian Muir]
    b) Pat Cuishnie’s Jig    [J Shand]
    c) Jean McKinnon’s Fancy   [J Shand]
    d) June & Bill Grogan’s March  [J Shand]
    ARTIST: Colin Dewar and his Scottish Dance Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE: Canadian Barn Dance
    a) John Carmichaels farewell to Scotland  [A Rankine]
    b) Roineabhal Cottage    [P/M Roddy Macleod MBE]
    ARTIST: Colin Dewar and his Scottish Dance Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE: Miss Lucy Clark
    a) Original    [Ian Robertson]
    b) The Auchtermuchty Reel  [David South]
    c) Alasdair Macleod’s Reel  [David South]
    d) Master Jake Laing   [C. Dewar (Deeay Music)]
    ARTIST: Colin Dewar and his Scottish Dance Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording     

    TITLE: Pride of Erin Waltz
    a) When Irish eyes are smiling
    b) Alive alive O (Cockles & Mussels)
    c) Terence’s farewell to Kathleen
    d) Little old town in old Country Down
    e) Forty shades of green
    ARTIST: Colin Dewar and his Scottish Dance Band
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    TITLE: Boston Two-Step
    a) The Una Simpson Two-Step
    ARTIST: Colin Dewar and his Scottish Dance Band
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    TITLE: Band Leaders Choice No 1 – Fiddle Solo
    b) Ross Memorial Hospital  [P.Cunningham]
    ARTIST: Colin Dewar and his Scottish Dance Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording      

    TITLE: A Hundred Years Since
    Original   [J.Porteous]
    The Silver Spire
    The Blue Head Reel  [I. Hardie]
    Da Mires O’ Fendale  [David A Hall]
    ARTIST: Colin Dewar and his Scottish Dance Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE: Kinclaven Bridge
    a) Miss Dows Fancy     [John Reid]
    b) Sheila & John Strachan’s Strathspey  [David South]
    c) Myra’s Strathspey     [Ian Hardie]
    d) The Wedding of Tina & Tim   [Eric Allan]
    ARTIST: Colin Dewar and his Scottish Dance Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE: Eva Three-Step
    a) The 75th Entry to Tripoli      [Piper Williams]
    b) The 7th/8th KOSB March to The Somme    [P/M R.Halliday]
    ARTIST: Colin Dewar and his Scottish Dance Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE: Gus’s Reel
    a) Gus’s Reel      [Colin Dewar]
    b) Andy Broons Reel     [Aly Bain]
    c) Ann Carmichaels Retirement Reel  [Ciar Milne]
    d) Itchy Fingers     [R Mathieson]
    e) The Devils Staircase    [R Mathieson]
    ARTIST: Colin Dewar and his Scottish Dance Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE: Band Leaders Choice No.2 – Tribute to Jim Johnstone
    a) Roses In Bloom   [Arr Jim Johnstone]
    ARTIST: Colin Dewar and his Scottish Dance Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording      

    TITLE: White Heather Foxtrot Polka
    a) The Tipsy Ballerina  [Ian Robertson]
    ARTIST: Colin Dewar and his Scottish Dance Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE:   Sands of Loch Bee/Lieutenant Colonel D.J.S. Murray
    TRK:  2
    ARTIST: Marian Anderson’s Scottish Dance Band
    CD:  St Bernard’s Waltz
    LABEL/CAT NR:  Highlander Music – 102 

    TITLE:   Somewhere Over The Rainbow
    TRK:  5
    ARTIST:  Maggie Adamson/Brian Nicholson
    CD:  Tammy Norie
    LABEL/CAT NR: Mb Sounds – Mb101

    TITLE:   I’m A Rover
    TRK:  5
    ARTIST:  Siobhan Miller
    CD:  Bloom
    LABEL/CAT NR: Songprint Recordings – SPR006CD

    TITLE:   Land O’ The Leal
    ARTIST:  Jean Redpath
    CD:  The Scottish Diaspora:The Music And The Song

    TITLE:   The Crown Range
    ARTIST: Dana
    CD:  Single
    LABEL/CAT NR: Self released 

    TITLE:   Canan Nan Gaidheal (Language Of The Gael)
    TRK:  14
    ARTIST:  Gaelic Women
    CD:  Gaelic Women – Ar Canan ‘S Ar Ceol
    LABEL/CAT NR:  Greentrax – Cdtrax172 

    TITLE: Margaret’s Farewell 8×32 Reel
    a) Margaret Mitchell’s Reel    [Ian T. Muir]
    b) Miss C.M. Barbour     [Iain MacPhail]
    c) Miss Kay Rose     [Iain MacPhail]
    d) Mrs Mary Printy     [Iain MacPhail]
    ARTIST: The Reel Lassies
    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE:  The Pioneers’ Waltz 
    TRK: 11
    ARTIST:  Anna Massie
    CD:  Two Down

    TITLE:   Luchd na Beurla
    TRK:  5
    ARTIST:  Kim Carnie
    CD:  A Chailleach
    LABEL/CAT NR: Kim Carnie 

    TITLE:   Hector the Hero/ Mrs Thom
    ARTIST:  Rachel Groves
    BBC Young Traditional Musician Recording

    TITLE:   Craigie Hill
    TRK:  1
    ARTIST:  Karine Polwart/Dave Milligan
    CD:  Still As Your Sleeping
    LABEL/CAT NR:  Hudson Records – HUD025CD 

    TITLE:  Hangman’s Live
    TRK:  12
    ARTIST:  Rant
    CD:  Live in Glasgow

    TITLE:   The Cat’s Meow (Live)
    TRK:  5
    ARTIST: Cherish The Ladies
    CD:  An Irish Homecoming
    LABEL/CAT NR:  Via Studios – 2013

  • 2026-02-21 – Da Fustra

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    Alan Small  Lead accordion
    Alan Gifford   Fiddle
    Iain MacPhail  2nd accordion
    Kevin Gifford  Drums
    Kirsten Gifford  Keyboard


    TITLE: Grand March
    a) Edinburgh & District Shetland Association 90th Anniversary [Alan Gifford]
    ARTIST: Da Fustra
    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE: Boston Two Step
    a) The Glen Mavis Two Step [Sandy Nixon]
    ARTIST: Da Fustra
    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE: Dashing White Sergeant
    a) Airlie Bobbies    [Jim Ritchie]
    b) Bill Sutherland    [Adam Rennie]
    c) Miss Campbell of Saddell   [Trad (arr A.Small)]
    ARTIST: Da Fustra
    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE: St Bernard’s Waltz
    a) Morven’s Waltz   [Robin Anderson]
    b) The Auld Meal Mill  [John Mearns]
    ARTIST: Da Fustra
    BBC Take The Floor Recording     

    TITLE: Strip the Willow
    a) The Athlone Jig   [Trad (arr A.Small)]
    b) Alan & Elizabeth Gifford  [Iain T MacPhail]
    c) Jockey’s Dance   [Trad (arr A.Small)]
    d) Neil & Eileen Donald  [Iain T MacPhail]
    ARTIST: Da Fustra
    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE: Mississippi Dip
    a) The Northlands   [Trad (arr A. Small)]
    b) Da Fustra Two Step  [Iain T MacPhail]
    ARTIST: Da Fustra
    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE: Bandleader s Choice 1
    a) Da Slokkit Light [Tom Anderson]
    ARTIST: Da Fustra
    BBC Take The Floor Recording      

    TITLE: Canadian Barn Dance
    a) Dr James Donaldson  [Ronnie Cooper]
    b) The Balkan Hills   [James Gillan]
    ARTIST: Da Fustra
    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE: Pride of Erin Waltz
    a) Life in the Finland Woods   [Carl Jularbo]
    b) The MTB Waltz    [Trad (arr A.Small)]
    ARTIST: Da Fustra
    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE: Bandleader’s Choice 2
    a) Gutrom the Dane  [Willie Hunter]
    b) Trip to Bute  [Andrew Hughson]
    ARTIST: Da Fustra
    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE: Postie’s Jig
    a) The Burnt Tattie    [Trad (arr A.Small)]
    b) Mr & Mrs Mac Rogerson   [Iain T MacPhail]
    c) Miss Moira Sinclair   [Iain T MacPhail]
    d) Norma’s Tune    [Iain T MacPhail]
    ARTIST: Da Fustra
    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE: Eightsome Reel
    a) Billy Thom’s Reel    [Jim Johnstone]
    b) Forbes Raeburn of Huntly   [Graeme Mitchell]
    c) Spootiskerry   [Ian Burns]
    d) Mrs Mary Printy    [Iain T MacPhail]
    e) Shambellie Woods    [Max Houliston]
    f) Green Dykes    [Jim Johnstone]
    g) James Forrester Rankine   [Andrew Rankine]
    h) The Hughsons of Sandwick  [Iain T MacPhail]
    ARTIST: Da Fustra
    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE:   Rowin  Foula Doon
    TRK:  2
    ARTIST:  Hom Bru
    CD:  Rowin  Foula Doon
    LABEL/CAT NR:  Hom Bru  

    TITLE:   Stonehaven March
    ARTIST:  Da Fustra
    Private Recording

    TITLE:   Petronella
    ARTIST:  Da Fustra
    LP:  Da Fustra
    LABEL/CAT NR:  Thule   SLP117

    TITLE:  Jigs: Master David R Cunningham / The Pomander Jig
    TRK:  1
    ARTIST:  Da Fustra
    CD:  Neil Donald Tribute CD

    TITLE:  The Tally Ho Two Step
    ARTIST:  Da Fustra
    CD:  Da Fustra Stikes Again

    TITLE:  The Flowers of Edinburgh
    ARTIST:  Iain MacPhail
    LP:  Welcome to Shetland  

    TITLE:  Pottingers Pineapple Polka 
    TRK:  7
    ARTIST:  Violet Tulloch, Iain MacPhail, Ronald Jamieson
    LP:  The Aald Noost
    LABEL/CAT NR:  Attic Records – ATCD040

    TITLE:  Jigs
    The Pomander Jig / The Lemonville Jig 
    TRK:  1
    ARTIST:  Da Fustra
    CD:  Neil Donald Tribute CD

    TITLE:  The Flowers of Edinburgh
    ARTIST:  Iain MacPhail
    LP:  Welcome to Shetland  

  • 2026-02-14 James Coutts Scottish Dance Band

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    JAMES COUTTS SCOTTISH DANCE BAND
    Lead Accordion – James Coutts
    Fiddle – Gillian Ramsay
    Harmony Accordion – Iain Cathcart
    Piano – Graham Berry
    Drums – Ian Adamson
    Bass – Brian Cruickshank


    TITLE: Grand March
    a) Craigmillar Castle   [Trad]
    b) When The Battle Is O’er  [P/M W. Robb]
    c) The Hawk That Swoops on High  [P/M J. Mackay]
    ARTIST: James Coutts Scottish Dance Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE: Circassian Circle
    a) Original     [Trad]
    b) Louis, The First    [Graeme Mitchell]
    c) Alfie, The Second    [Graeme Mitchell]
    d) Miss Jane of Violet Bank   [Max Houliston]
    e) Bob Aitchison’s Magic Music  [James Coutts]
    ARTIST: James Coutts Scottish Dance Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE: Lomond Waltz
    a) Tilly’s Waltz  [Michael Philip]
    ARTIST: James Coutts Scottish Dance Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE: Canadian Barn Dance
    a) Robert Hutchison’s Farewell to Scotland   [Calum MacLean]
    b) Benderloch Bay      [D. MacLean]
    ARTIST: James Coutts Scottish Dance Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording      

    TITLE: A Tribute To The Borders
    a) The Daggs of Craighouse   [Moira Reekie]
    b) A Jig for Judi    [Graeme Mitchell]
    c) Tribute to West Renfrewshire  [Ian T. Muir]
    d) Ron and Evelyn Wake   [Sandy Nixon]
    ARTIST: James Coutts Scottish Dance Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE: The Gardeners’ Fantasia
    a) Mary and Lloyd Augustus     [Bobby Frew]
    b) Ian Powrie’s Compliments to Angus Fitchet  [Ian Powrie]
    c) The Curling Stone     [John Burns]
    ARTIST: James Coutts Scottish Dance Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE: Fisherman’s Reel
    a) The Anvil    [Ronnie Cooper]
    b) Colgrave Sound  [Bobby Tulloch]
    c) Miss Sonja Scollay  [Ivor Scollay]
    d) The Forgandenny Golfer  [Willie Hunter]
    e) The Ennisfirth Hornpipe  [Drewie Hawick]
    ARTIST: James Coutts Scottish Dance Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE: Bandleader’s Choice 1 – Fiddle Feature
    a) Aald Noost  [Ronald Jamieson]
    ARTIST: James Coutts Scottish Dance Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording      

    TITLE: Weedgie Waltzes
    a) Kelvin Grove
    b) The Lass from Glasgow Town  [Sir Jimmy Shand MBE]
    c) I Wish I Was in Glasgow   [Billy Connolly]
    ARTIST: James Coutts Scottish Dance Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE: Gay Gordons – Tribute to Fergie
    a) The Dark Waters of Loch Shiel  [Fergie MacDonald]
    b) Maggie Moss    [Fergie MacDonald]
    ARTIST: James Coutts Scottish Dance Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE: Bandleader’s Choice 2
    a) Le Fugitive [Medard Ferrero]
    ARTIST: James Coutts Scottish Dance Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording      

    TITLE: The Tyne Bridge
    a) The Tyne Bridge     [James Coutts]
    b) The Royal Border Bridge    [James Coutts]
    c) Mrs Joey Porter’s Jig – of Tarbert   [Iain T. Mac Phail]
    d) Miss Marion Campbell, Kilberry Castle  [Iain T. Mac Phail]
    ARTIST: James Coutts Scottish Dance Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE: Margaret’s Farewell
    a) Margaret Mitchell’s Reel  [Ian T. Muir]
    b) A Reel for Nick   [Frank Thomson]
    c) Billy Craib    [Bobby MacLeod]
    d) The Skittery Felty  [Michael Philip]
    ARTIST: James Coutts Scottish Dance Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE:  Gay Gordons
    a) Duncan Christie Who Else   [G Mitchell]
    b) Ceilidhs at Crowbutts   [G Mitchell]
    c) Rabs Wedding
    d) Reel of Tulloch
    ARTIST: The Haggis Chasers
    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE:   Ae Fond Kiss
    TRK:  10
    ARTIST:  Karine Polwart/Dave Milligan
    CD:  Still As Your Sleeping
    LABEL/CAT NR: Hudson Records – HUD025CD

    TITLE:   Annie Mackelvie
    TRK:  
    ARTIST:  Tom Laurie & The Riverside Ceilidh Band
    CD:  Horses For Courses
    LABEL/CAT NR:  Lismor – LCOM 9035

    TITLE:   The Road To Dundee 
    TRK:  
    ARTIST: Andy Stewart
    CD:  Greatest Hits
    LABEL/CAT NR:  Savana Sounds – SSLCD 103 

    TITLE:  An Eala Bhan
    TRK:  4
    ARTIST:  Skipinnish/Jenna Reid/Rachel Walker
    CD:  Skipinnish
    LABEL/CAT NR: Skipinnish Records

    TITLE:  Loch Tay Boat Song   
    TRK:  
    ARTIST:  The Corries
    CD:  Lads Amang The Heather
    LABEL/CAT NR: GB Records

    TITLE:   She Loves Me (When I Try)
    TRK:  4
    ARTIST:  Mairearad and Anna
    CD: Best Day 
    LABEL/CAT NR: Shouty Records – CD03

    TITLE:   Golden Golden
    TRK:  3
    ARTIST:  Silly Wizard
    CD:  Live Again
    LABEL/CAT NR:  Birnam – BCD619

    TITLE:   Raglan Road
    TRK:  9
    ARTIST: Marie Fielding/Pauline Scanlon
    CD:  An Tra
    LABEL/CAT NR:  Rumford Records – CD02

    TITLE:   Fear A Bhata
    TRK:  15
    ARTIST: Capercaillie
    CD: The Blood Is Strong
    LABEL/CAT NR:  Survival Records – Surcd014

    TITLE:   Maggie
    TRK:    
    ARTIST:  Foster & Allen
    CD:  Their Greatest Hits
    LABEL/CAT NR: Stylus Music – SMD989  

    TITLE:   My Love Is Like A Red Red
    TRK:  11
    ARTIST:  Kenneth McKellar
    CD:  A Scottish Journey
    LABEL/CAT NR:  Lismor Digital – LCOM6037

  • 2026-02-07 Graeme Mackay Scottish Dance Band

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    Graeme Mackay – Lead Accordion
    Matthew Maclennan – 2nd Accordion
    Sarah Hagenbuch – Fiddle
    Liam Stewart – Piano (Digital Piano with Bass)
    Ian Anderson – Snare Drum & Hi Hat

    TITLE: Grand Dance
    a) Uist Tramping Song
    b) Kirkwall Bay
    c) Hiking Song
    d) Wee deoch & Doris
    ARTIST: Graeme MacKay Scottish Dance Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE: Boston Two Step
    a) Dancing Dustman [Felix Burns]
    ARTIST: Graeme MacKay Scottish Dance Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE: Barn Dance
    a) Scrubag in skerray  [Graeme Mackay]
    b) Cane Splitter  [Graeme Mackay]
    ARTIST: Graeme MacKay Scottish Dance Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE: St Bernard’s Waltz
    a) Broken Branches [Jim Mackay]
    ARTIST: Graeme MacKay Scottish Dance Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording      

    TITLE: Good Hearted Glasgow
    a) Good Hearted Glasgow        David Ross
    b) Charlie Hunter
    c) Machine Without Horses
    d) Good Hearted Glasgow       David Ros
    ARTIST: Graeme MacKay Scottish Dance Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE: Reels
    a) 5 Row Nick   [Graeme Mackay]
    b) Jacks Delight 
    c) Mark Strudwick’s retreat.   [Graeme Mitchell]
    d) Randall’s Reel  
    ARTIST: Graeme MacKay Scottish Dance Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE: Square Tango
    a) La Cumparsita,
    ARTIST: Graeme MacKay Scottish Dance Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording
              
    TITLE: Ian’s Reel Selection
    a) Billy Thom’s Reel   Jim Johnstone
    b) Miss Jane of Violet Bank  Max Houliston
    c) Auld Fiddler
    d) Calgary Fiddlers
    ARTIST: Graeme MacKay Scottish Dance Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording      

    TITLE: Highland Scottiche
    a) Calumonimbus    [Martain Skene]
    b) Glasgow University Shinty Club  [Martain Skene]
    ARTIST: Graeme MacKay Scottish Dance Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE: Riverside Jig (Liam’s Jigs)
    a) Iain Anderson of West Craigs [Liam Stewart]
    b) Joe’s Jig    [Liam Stewart]
    c) The South Shields Showman [Liam Stewart]
    d) The Ulstermans Glasses  [Liam Stewart]
    ARTIST: Graeme MacKay Scottish Dance Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE: Modern Waltz
    a) Feddarate Lullaby  [Graeme Mackay]
    b) Slow Sundays  [Graeme Mackay]
    ARTIST: Graeme MacKay Scottish Dance Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE: Band Leaders Choice – March, Strathspey and Reel
    A) Willie Macpherson [John Mackay]
    b) Wild Wull MacDonald [John Mackay]
    c) Roddy Ross of Brora [John Mackay]
    ARTIST: Graeme MacKay Scottish Dance Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording      

    TITLE: Bluebell Polka (Stanely)
    ARTIST: Graeme MacKay Scottish Dance Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording      

    TITLE: Flying Scotsman
    a) SamTash  [Graeme Mackay]
    B) Bogumil’s Arc [Graeme Mackay]
    ARTIST: Graeme MacKay Scottish Dance Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE:   My Heart’s In The Highlands 
    TRK:  1
    ARTIST:  Pur
    CD:  The Lassies Reply
    LABEL/CAT NR: MacDug Music – DUG002

    TITLE:   Grand March
    The Garb of Old Gaul / O’Neils March / The Whalsay March
    TRK:  1
    ARTIST:  Davie Stewart and His Band
    CD:  Live and Kicking
    LABEL/CAT NR:  

    TITLE: The Cambridge Hornpipe
    The Cambridge Hornpipe   Trad
    St Magnus Bay     David Cunningham
    Lord Saltoun      Trad
    Lady Mary Stopford    Trad
    ARTIST: The Olympians Dance Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE: Donald MacLeod’s Reels
    ARTIST: Diamh
    CD: Rough Bounds

    TITLE: Dance Delight
    ARTIST: Graeme MacKenzie & Rory Matheson
    CD: Take 6

    TITLE: Fear a Bhata
    ARTIST: Sian
    CD: Aroon

    TITLE: Rookery Reels
    ARTIST: Alan Kelly
    CD: After the Morning

    TITLE:   Reels
    Top Gear / Callum Nicolson / Da Beachcomber / The Plough and The Stars
    TRK: 18 
    ARTIST:  Alan Nicolson Band
    CD:  The Plough and The Stars
    LABEL/CAT NR:  AMCD02

  • 2026-01-31 Angus Fitchet Scottish Dance Band

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    Angus Fitchet and his Scottish Dance Band
    Angus Fitchet – Fiddle
    Bobby Crowe – Accordion
    Hamish Smith – 2nd Accordion
    Stan Saunders – Bass
    Muriel Johnstone – Piano

    TITLE: Jessie’s Hornpipe
    The Ton    Trad
    Kirks Hornpipe   Trad
    The Storrars Hornpipe 
    ARTIST: Angus Fitchet and his Scottish Dance Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE: Ladies Fancy
    Peggy’s Wedding     Trad
    Drummond Castle     Trad
    James Stephen     Angus Fitchet
    ARTIST: Angus Fitchet and his Scottish Dance Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE: Bonnie Kate of Aberdeen
    Cropie’s Strathspey     Trad
    Auld Lucky      Trad
    Gertie Gibb      James Scott Skinner
    ARTIST: Angus Fitchet and his Scottish Dance Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE: Gay Gordons
    Miss Delisha Chisholm    Trad
    Gay Gordons       James Scott Skinner
    ARTIST: Angus Fitchet and his Scottish Dance Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE: Band Leaders Choice 1
    The Hills of Lorne     Charlie Hunter
    MacKenzie Hay     James Scott Skinner
    Donald Stewart the Piper    James Scott Skinner
    ARTIST: Angus Fitchet and his Scottish Dance Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE: St Bernard’s Waltz
    The Lerwick Waltz     Angus Fitchet
    ARTIST: Angus Fitchet and his Scottish Dance Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE: Roxburgh Castle
    The Original      Trad
    Lucky Scaup      Jimmy Shand
    The Breakdown     Trad
    ARTIST: Angus Fitchet and his Scottish Dance Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE: Band Leaders 2
    The Mary Smith Polka   Angus Fitchet
    ARTIST: Angus Fitchet and his Scottish Dance Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording 

    TITLE: The Last of The Lairds
    The Stool of Repentance   Trad
    Jacksons Jig      Trad
    The Maids on the Green   Trad
    The Frost is all Over      Trad
    ARTIST: Angus Fitchet and his Scottish Dance Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE: The Duke of Perth
    The Original    Trad
    Polwart on The Green   Trad
    Willie Brewed A Peck O’Maut  Trad
    The Parks of Kilburnie   Trad 
    ARTIST: Angus Fitchet and his Scottish Dance Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE: Galloway House
    Aiken Drum     Trad
    Market Chorus    Trad
    Bratach Bana    Trad
    Hebridean Waulking Song   Trad
    ARTIST: The Olympians Dance Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE: Twizell Bridge
    Mrs Methven     Moira Reekie
    The Dougal Craiter    Trad
    Little Pickle     Trad
    Coronation March   Trad
    ARTIST: The Olympians Dance Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE: The Lassie From Stirling
    Sterlini     Nancy Dickson
    The Duke of Edinburgh   Trad
    McPhedran’s Strathspey  Trad   
    ARTIST: The Olympians Dance Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording
               
    TITLE: A Trip to Bavaria
    Remmerts of Herford      Hamish Menzies
    Neil McKinnon of The Cuilt     Doug Maxwell
    Good Humour      Trad
    Mrs Florence Leslie’s Farewell to Edinburgh  Andy Bathgate
    ARTIST: The Olympians Dance Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE: Lamb Skinnet
    Lamb Skinnet     Trad
    Miss Stewart’s Jig of Bombay  William Marshall
    Meldrum House   Trad
    Miss Sally Hunter    Nathaniel Gow
    ARTIST: The Olympians Dance Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE: Canadian Barn Dance
    John Carmichael’s Farewell to Scotland   Andrew Rankine
    Helen Black of Inveran     Jimmy Ritchie
    ARTIST: The Olympians Dance Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE: The Cambridge Hornpipe
    The Cambridge Hornpipe   Trad
    St Magnus Bay     David Cunningham
    Lord Saltoun      Trad
    Lady Mary Stopford    Trad
    ARTIST: The Olympians Dance Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE: Waltz
    Kirkconnel Lea
    Annie Laurie
    Mary of Argyle
    The Queen’s Marys
    Scotland Yet
    ARTIST: The Olympians Dance Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording 

    TITLE: Middling Thank You
    Middling Thank You    Trad
    Moddom Castle     Trad
    McDonald’s Awa tae the War   Trad
    The Top o’ Ben Lomond    Trad
    ARTIST: The Olympians Dance Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE: Gay Gordons
    Menstrie Castle    Andrew Rankine
    Tom McNaught’s March  D Maxwell
    Jimmy Spankie    Alex Doig
    ARTIST: The Olympians Dance Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE: Buchan Eight
    The Gardener    Nancy Dickson
    Come Let us Dance and Sing  Trad
    Forgan Bank    David Findlay
    Traditional Air    Trad
    ARTIST: The Olympians Dance Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE:   A Red, Red Rose
    TRK:  10
    ARTIST:  Andy M Stewart
    CD:  Songs of Robert Burns
    LABEL/CAT NR: BCD625  

    TITLE:  Rest and Be Thankful
    Airlie Bobbies / Bill Sutherland / Miss S Campbell of Saddell / Mis C M Barbour 
    TRK:  S 2 B 5
    ARTIST:  Iain MacPhail and his Scottish Dance Band
    LP: Salute to Scottish Dancing 
    LABEL/CAT NR: Grampian Records – SGW5014 

    TITLE: The St. Bernard’s Waltz (Led by MJ – Accordion / KM – Mandolin)
    a) Uibhist Mo Ghraidh
    b) An Teid Thu Leum A Ribhinn Og
    c) Balaich An Iasgaich
    d) Eilean Beag Donn Chuain
    e) ‘Muile na Mor Bheann   [All Trad. arr. Malcolm Jones]
    ARTIST: The Occasionals
    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE:   Green Grow The Rashes
    TRK:  
    ARTIST:  Jim Malcolm
    CD:  Sparkling Flash

    TITLE:   Gay Gordons Two Step 
    Kirkwall Bay / The Uist Tramping Song and The Old Rustic Bridge
    TRK:  5
    ARTIST:  Tommy Newcomen
    CD:  Mists of Time 
    LABEL/CAT NR: RBCD 1036

    TITLE:   Ae Fond Kiss    
    TRK:  5
    ARTIST:  Andy M Stewart
    CD:  Songs of Robert Burns
    LABEL/CAT NR: BCD625  

    TITLE:   The Flowers of Edinburgh
    Original/Red Wine Reel/Colin Dewar’s Hornpipe/Life In The Fast Lane
    TRK:  13
    ARTIST: Marian Anderson’s Scottish Dance Band
    CD:  St Bernard’s Waltz

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  • 2025-01-17 Liam Stewart Band

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    The Liam Stewart Band
    Liam Stewart   Lead Accordion
    Leonard Brown  Harmony Accordion
    Graham Berry  Piano/Bass
    Gordon Smith   Drums

    TITLE: The Gay Gordons
    a) The Garb of Old Gaul     [Trad.]
    b) Ian Powrie’s Compliments to Sir Thomas Wardle  [Ian Powrie]
    c) Findlay J. MacDonald     [Bobby MacLeod]
    ARTIST: The Liam Stewart Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE: Hooper’s Jigs
    a) Original (Peter’s Peerie Boat) [Tom Anderson ]
    b) Bill Dundon’s Jig   [Keith Malcolm]
    c) Davie Ford’s Jig   [Gordon Patullo]
    d) Alyson MacGregor’s Jig  [Liam Stewart]
    ARTIST: The Liam Stewart Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE: Shetland Waltzes
    a) Sunset Over Foula
    b) Ronas Voe
    c) The Starry Nights of Shetland
    d) Da Isles of Gletness
    e) Johnnie Peterson’s Waltz
    ARTIST: The Liam Stewart Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE: The Alloway Reel
    a) Corn Riggs     [Burns]
    b) Willie Brewed a Peck o Maut  [Burns]
    c) There Was a Lad [Was Born in Kyle] [Burns]
    d) The Land o’ Burns    [Liam Stewart]
    ARTIST: The Liam Stewart Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording      

    TITLE: Britannia Two Step
    a) Becky’s Britannia   [Liam Stewart]
    ARTIST: The Liam Stewart Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE: Lomond Waltz
    a) Mull of the Mountains   [Trad.]
    b) Teann a-nall    [Trad.]
    c) A Ribhin og bheil Cuimhn’ Agad  [Trad.]
    d) Sine Bhan     [Trad.]
    ARTIST: The Liam Stewart Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE: Bandleader’s Choice 1 – White Heather Foxtrot 
    a) The Border Polka   [Lindsay Ross]
    ARTIST: The Liam Stewart Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording      

    TITLE: The Riverside Jig 
    a) Miss Maria Stewart’s Jig  [John Pringle]
    b) Corran House 
    c) Melanie Murphy’s   [Marie Fielding]
    d) Norven House   [Ronnie Cooper]
    ARTIST: The Liam Stewart Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE: Bonnie Gallowa’
    a) Original “Bonnie Gallowa’  [Trad.]
    b) Coulter’s Candy   [Trad. Arr. L. Stewart]
    c) Flower of the Quern  [James Scott Skinner]
    d) The Cradle Song   [James Scott Skinner]
    ARTIST: The Liam Stewart Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE: Circassian Circle
    a) Airlie Bobbies [Jim Ritchie]
    b) Mr & Mrs Bobby Jamieson [Iain MacPhail]
    c) Miss Elizabeth Purcel’s Favourite [Iain MacPhill]
    d) The Peat Fire Flame
    ARTIST: The Liam Stewart Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE: Bandleader’s Choice 2 – Tunes for Finley
    a) “Finley’s Welcome to Scotland” [Liam Stewart]
    ARTIST: The Liam Stewart Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording      

    TITLE: Orcadian Strip the Willow
    a) Le Gigue Legault
    b) Gigue Du Juliette 
    c) The Meteorite  [Michael Philip]
    d) Magnie’s Matchless [Peter Scollay]
    ARTIST: The Liam Stewart Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE:   The Scottish Fiddler
    TRK:  S 2 B 1
    ARTIST:  Bobby Colgan
    LP:   A Nicht at the Bothy  
    LABEL/CAT NR: Ross Records – WRG 054

    TITLE:   Dunoon Barn Dance
    Glen Caladh Castle / Jim McBay’s Welcome
    TRK:  S 1 B 4
    ARTIST:  Angus Fitchet and his All Star Scottish Band
    LP: Fitchet’s Fancy 
    LABEL/CAT NR:  EMI – GLN 1025 

    TITLE:   Margaret-Anne Robertson
    TRK:  S 1 B 2
    ARTIST:  Ian Powrie
    LP:  The Best of the Ian Powrie Band 
    LABEL/CAT NR: Talisman – STAL 5001

    TITLE:   MSR
    Edgefauld House / Forbes Morrison / The Hurricane
    TRK: S 1 B 6 
    ARTIST: Angus Cameron
    LP:  Bow to the Fiddle
    LABEL/CAT NR: Beltona – SBE 180

    TITLE:   Caddam Woods
    TRK:  S 2 B 2
    ARTIST:  Pibroch MacKenzie  
    LP:   A Nicht at the Bothy  
    LABEL/CAT NR: Ross Records – WRG 054

    TITLE:   The Cape Breton Fiddlers welcome to Shetland / Peerie willie / Lorna’s Reel
    TRK:  16
    ARTIST: Willie Hunter & Violet Tulloch
    CD:  Leaving Lerwick Harbour
    LABEL/CAT NR:  Greentrax – CDTRAX105

    TITLE:   Margaret’s Waltz
    TRK:  7
    ARTIST:  Aly Bain  
    CD:  The Best of Aly Bain
    LABEL/CAT NR:  Whirlie Records – Whirlie CD 4

    TITLE:   Tommy’s Tarbukas
    TRK:  3
    ARTIST:  Alasdair Fraser & Paul Machlis
    CD:  The Road North
    LABEL/CAT NR:  Sona Gaia

    TITLE:   Slow Strathspey & Reel
    Dean Brig O’ Edinburgh / Madam Neruda
    TRK:  S 2 B 7
    ARTIST:  Judi Davidson
    LP: Going Places 
    LABEL/CAT NR: Lapwing – LAP107

    TITLE:  The Gentle Light That Wakes Me   
    TRK:  5
    ARTIST:  Duncan Chisholm
    CD: Canaich
    LABEL/CAT NR: Copperfish Records – CPFCD004

    TITLE:   Arthur Gillies / John McLachlan’s / The Rookery
    TRK:  8
    ARTIST:  Archie McAllister  
    CD:  Fiddlers Rock
    LABEL/CAT NR: Skipinnish Records – SKIPCD12

    TITLE:   Lochanside
    TRK:  7
    ARTIST:  Marie Fielding / Tom Orr Band
    CD:  Off The Beaten Track
    LABEL/CAT NR:  CPR002

    TITLE: Rannie MacLellan / The Marquis of Huntly / Paddy’s Trip to Scotland 
    TRK:  1
    ARTIST:  Bryan Gear & Violet Tulloch
    CD:  Kebister Head
    LABEL/CAT NR:   SCROLLCD001

    TITLE:  The Duke of Fife’s Welcome to Deeside / The Marquis of Huntly’s Farewell /
    John MacNeil
    TRK:  1
    ARTIST:  Paul Anderson
    CD:  Granite
    LABEL/CAT NR:   CHAMP CD 04

    TITLE:   Celtic Cousins / The Flaggon / Dancing on the Moon
    TRK:  7
    ARTIST: The Blazin’ Fiddles 
    CD:  The Old Style
    LABEL/CAT NR: Blazin’ Fiddles – BRCD002 

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  • 2026-01-03 Lochaber Live Festival

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  • 2025-15-27 Iain Cathcart Scottish Dance Band

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    Iain Cathcart    Lead Accordion
    Alistair McCulloch   Fiddle
    James Coutts    2nd Accordion
    Graham Berry    Piano
    Brian Cruickshank    Bass
    Fraser MacInnes    Drums

    John Carmichael as special guest  Accordion


    TITLE: Glasgow Marches (6/8, 12/8 & 18/8 Pipe Marches)
    a) Strathclyde Police March On [James M Cameron]
    b) Glasgow Week in Hamburg [Pipe Major J MacAllister]
    c) James M Cameron of Glasgow [Iain T MacPhail]
    ARTIST: Iain Cathcart Scottish Dance Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE: The Govan Barn Dance (2/4 Pipe Marches)
    a) The Atholl Highlanders’ March to Loch Katrine  [W Rose, 1859]
    b) Morag Ramsay      [Pipe Major Peter R MacLeod, Partick]
    ARTIST: Iain Cathcart Scottish Dance Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE: Shettleston & Springburn
    a) Sam the Skull    [Harry Hagen]
    b) Doon in the Wee Room  [Traditional & Daniel McLaughlin]
    c) Edgefauld House   [James Scott Skinner]
    ARTIST: Iain Cathcart Scottish Dance Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording      Dur:  2.50

    TITLE: Glasgow Waltzes
    a) Kelvin Grove    [Thomas Lyle]
    b) The Lass from Glasgow Town [Sir Jimmy Shand]
    c) The Auld Hoose    [Lady Nairne, Carolina Oliphant]
    d) I Belong to Glasgow   [Will Fyffe]
    ARTIST: Iain Cathcart Scottish Dance Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording      

    TITLE: The Glasgow Highlanders [4×32 bar Strathspey]
    a) The Original    [Traditional]
    b) Lady Madelina Sinclair  [Niel Gow]
    c) Captain Horne    [Traditional]
    d) Because he was a Bonnie Lad [Traditional]
    ARTIST: Iain Cathcart Scottish Dance Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE: The Squinty Bridge (4×32 bar Jig)
    a) Cornmill Court   [Ian T Muir]
    b) The Finnieston Crane  [Iain Cathcart]
    c) The Rotunda   [Iain Cathcart]
    d) Miss Elizabeth   [John Burns]
    ARTIST: Iain Cathcart Scottish Dance Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE: Giffnock Polkas
    a) Still Going Strong  [Charlie Kirkpatrick]
    b) The Jenny Lind Polka  [Anton Wallerstein]
    ARTIST: Iain Cathcart Scottish Dance Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE: Glasgow’s Coat of Arms
    a) The Flowers of the Forest  [Traditional]
    b) Dance of the Roag Salmon  [Phil Cunningham]
    c) Brian Bell    [George Bell]
    d) The Leg of a Duck   [3rd & 4th Parts by Pipe Major Donald MacLeod]
    ARTIST: Iain Cathcart Scottish Dance Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording      

    TITLE: The Govan Barn Dance (2/4 Pipe Marches)
    a) The Conundrum     [Pipe Major Peter R MacLeod, Partick]
    b) John Carmichael’s Farewell to Scotland [Andrew Rankine]
    ARTIST: Iain Cathcart Scottish Dance Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording 

    TITLE: Glasgow Gaelic Waltzes
    a) Fagail Ghlaschu (Leaving Glasgow) [Roderick Campbell, North Uist]
    b) The South Georgia Whaling Song  [Donald “Dottie” MacMillan, South Uist]
    c) A Govan Ceilidh    [John Carmichael, Giffnock]
    d) The Highlanders’ Institute   [John Carmichael, Giffnock]
    ARTIST: Iain Cathcart Scottish Dance Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording    

    TITLE: Kelvingrove Twostep (6/8 Pipe Marches)
    a) Miss Sheelah J Nicol of the Glasgow Islay Gaelic Choir [Pipe Major Donald
    MacArthur]
    b) Ballochyle     [Pipe Major Peter R MacLeod, Partick]
    ARTIST: Iain Cathcart Scottish Dance Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE: Good Hearted Glasgow (8×32 bar Jig)
    a) Good Hearted Glasgow   [David Ross]
    b) A Trip to Glasgow    [Traditional]
    c) The Glasgow Gaelic Club   [Traditional]
    d) Lochiel’s Welcome to Glasgow  [Traditional
    ARTIST: Iain Cathcart Scottish Dance Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE: Glasgow Street Songs
    a) La Di Da     [Rikki Fulton]
    b) The Glasgow Underground  [Cliff Hanley & Ian Gourlay]
    c) The Red Yo Yo    [Matt McGinn]
    d) Camlachie    [Cliff Hanley & Ian Gourlay]
    e) In Dear Old Glasgow Toon  [Billy Graham & John F Stevenson]
    f) The Jeely Piece Song   [Adam McNaughtan]
    g) La Di Da – Reprise   [Rikki Fulton]
    ARTIST: Iain Cathcart Scottish Dance Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording      


    TITLE:   Song of the Clyde
    TRK:  
    ARTIST:  Kenneth McKellar
    CD:  Scotland Sings
    LABEL/CAT NR:  Universal International – 9821990

    TITLE:   Annie Mackelvie
    TRK:  
    ARTIST:  The Riverside Ceilidh Band
    CD:  Horses For Courses
    LABEL/CAT NR:  Lismor – LCOM 9035


    TITLE:   The Glasgow Barrowlands
    TRK:  5
    ARTIST:  Eddi Reader
    CD:  The Tree And The Bird And The Fish And The Bell
    LABEL/CAT NR: CBS – 4678802  


    TITLE:   Wee Michael’s March / Poodle Girl / Boys of the Puddle 
    TRK:  11
    ARTIST:  John McCusker
    CD:  Transatlantic Sessions 6 – Volume One
    LABEL/CAT NR:  Whirlie Records – WHIRLIECD035

    TITLE:   Macdonald’s 1st Trip To Glasgow
    TRK:  9
    ARTIST:  Kathleen MacInnes/Sineag MACINTYRE
    CD:  Ceolas Aig Celtic
    LABEL/CAT NR:  Ceolas – Ceolas 2015DVD 

    TITLE:   The Highlandman’s Umbrella
    TRK:  S 2 B 1
    ARTIST:  Andy Stewart
    CD:  The Very Best of Andy Stewart 
    LABEL/CAT NR:  EMI – EMC 3053 

    TITLE:   By The Quayside
    TRK:  7
    ARTIST:  Tide Lines
    CD:  Glasgow Love Story
    LABEL/CAT NR:  Tide Lines Music 

    TITLE:   Pointed Hornpipes
    TRK:  2
    ARTIST:  Inverary & District Pipe Band
    CD:  A Night in That Land

    TITLE:   Park Bar Song
    TRK:  8
    ARTIST:  Gaberlunzie
    CD:  Langass:  Isles FM
    LABEL/CAT NR:  Isles FM – Ifm001
     
    TITLE:   Mother Glasgow
    TRK:  
    ARTIST:  Hue & Cry
    CD:  Bitter Suite
    LABEL/CAT NR: Circa Records

    TITLE:   I Belong to Glasgow
    TRK:  8
    ARTIST:  Glen Daly
    CD:  Songs from The Highlands and Beyond
    LABEL/CAT NR:  Top Town Records

    TITLE:   The Waverley Polka
    TRK:  
    ARTIST:  The Clydesiders
    CD:  Scottish Folk Songs of the West
    LABEL/CAT NR:  Scotdisc – 191018051822

    TITLE:   I Wish I Was In Glasgow
    TRK:  
    ARTIST:  Billy Connolly
    CD:  Musical Tour Of Scotland