Home Is Where the Van Is
| Home Is Where the Van Is | ||||
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| Studio album by The Battlefield Band | ||||
| Released | 1980 | |||
| Genre | Celtic | |||
| Length | 43:23 | |||
| Label | Temple | |||
| Producer | Robin Morton | |||
| The Battlefield Band chronology | ||||
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
Home Is Where the Van Is, an album by The Battlefield Band, was released in 1980 on the Temple Records label.[2] The album, the band's U.S. debut, "continued the Scottish group's affinity for blending modern instrumentation into the country's folk tradition."[1] Several songs from the album notably featured band member Ged Foley on the Northumbrian smallpipes.[3]
Track listing[edit]
- "Major Malley's March & Reel/Malcolm Currie" – 2:27
- "Bonny Barbry-O" – 3:18
- "Look Across the Water/Mrs Garden of Troup/The Keelman Ower Land" – 4:29
- "Braw Lads O'Galla Water" – 3:35
- "Up & Waur Them A', Willie" – 3:25
- "Joseph McDonald's Jig/The Snuff Wife/Thief of Lochaber" – 3:56
- "Cockle Geordie/Miss Graham/Miss Thompson" – 4:01
- "The Boar and the Fox" – 4:10
- "Blackhall Rocks" – 2:53
- "The Lads O' the Fair" – 4:05
- "The Cowal Gathering/The Iron Man/Dancing Feet/Dick Gossip's Reel" – 4:34
- "Mary Cassidy" – 2:30
Personnel[edit]
Battlefield Band[edit]
- Alan Reid: vocals, organ, synthesizer, electric piano
- Brian McNeill: vocals, bouzouki, fiddles, cittern, concertina, hurdy-gurdy, viola
- Duncan MacGillivray: vocals, Highland pipes, whistles, guitar, mouthorgan, bagpipes, harmonica
- Ged Foley: vocals, mandolin, guitar, Northumbrian smallpipes
Guests[edit]
Also appearing on some songs are :
- sound engineer Martin Colledge on tenor banjo/electric guitar (tracks 6, 7, 12) and
- producer Robin Morton on bodhran (track 6).[4]
Performances[edit]
The band played the album in its entirety at the 2009 Celtic Connections, as part of the festival's Classic Albums series.[5] 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).[6][7]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Home is Where the Van Is at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-03-30.
- ^ "COMD2006 Battlefield Band - Home Is Where The Van Is". Temple Records. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
- ^ "A Complete Historical Discography of the Northumbrian Smallpipes". Northumbrian Smallpipes Encyclopaedia. nspipes.co.uk. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
- ^ "The Battlefield Band: Home Is Where the Van Is (Temple TP005, 1980)". NigelGatherer.com. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
- ^ Jonathan Geddes (21 October 2008). "Celtic Connections Exclusive: 2009 festival line-up announced". Evening Times. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
- ^ "Battlefield Band: Special Celtic Connections show and tour". Spiral Earth. 14 January 2009. Archived from the original on 17 January 2009. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
- ^ "Battlefield Band - Home Is Where The Van Is". templerecords.co.uk. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
