From: cockburn@edieng.enet.dec.com (Craig Cockburn)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.celtic,rec.music.folk
Subject: Capercaillie new releases
Date: 19 Nov 92 19:29:24 GMT
Organization: Digital Equipment Co. Ltd., Reading, England


Capercaillie new releases:

On CD, a new album:

Get Out - an 8 track mini album. Playing time 40 mins. Available for #9.99 in
the UK, seen in WH Smiths today for #7.30. Usually album prices are #11-#13
Tracks:
1) Waiting for the Wheel to turn (92 Version - produced by Iain Morrow)
2) Pige Ruadh (live) The Brown Whisky Jar ( Traditional Puirt-a-beul)
3) a) Dean Cadalan Sa\mhach (Sleep softly my darling) 
   b) Servant to the slave (92 version)
4) Silver spear reels (live)
5) Outlaws (live)  also known as "The Poll Tax Song"
	- it's about time this made it onto an album
	probably the best political song since "Flower of Scotland" in my 
	opinion
	"Have you seen it before
	the names of the women and men
	decreed by the sword and the pen
	to be outlaws
	all over again"
6) Coisich a' Ru\in (live)
	The first Gaelic song to enter the UK top 40. 400 years old
	Really lively waulking song
7) Fear a' bha\ta (my boatman) (live version)
	a popular traditional Gaelic song.
	Put out as a single to raise money for those who lost relatives at sea
	"My heart is broken and crushed,
	 and often the tears are streaming from my eyes
	 will you come tonight, will I expect you
	 or will I close the door tonight with a sorrowful sigh?"
8) Dr. MacPhail's trance (92 version) (tradional)	
	(instrumental reels)

There are no words in Gaelic or English with the album. Most of the words
(with translations) are on other Capercaillie albums, or in traditional 
songbooks

An absolutely excellent album - buy it! In fact, buy lots and give the
extras to your friends for Christmas. Even if they aren't Scottish or
speak Gaelic, this is a wonderful album which can be appreciated by anyone.
I am usually disappointed by live albums, but Capercaillie and Runrig are
an exception. They come over better in concert than the studio in my
opinion.


Capercaillie - The blood is strong
Originally released in 1987, now on CD for the first time.
Went platinum in Scotland.
Music from the Grampian television series "The Blood is Strong" about the Gaelic
Scots and their dispersal across the globe

  "From the lone shieling of the misery island
   mountains divide us, and the waste of seas -
   yet still the blood is strong, the heart is Highland
   and we in dreams behold the Hebrides"

Track listing:
  Aignish
  The Hebrides
  Cumha do dh'Uilleam siosal (trad)
  Iona theme
  Oh mo dhuthaich (trad)
  Calum's Road
  Callanish, Picts, Celts
  Fear a' bha\ta (trad)
  Alasdair Mhic Colla (trad)
  Dean cadalach samhach 
  Lordship of the Isles
  Grandfather Mountain
  Arrival reprise
  An Ataireachd Ard (tradional - Canadian)
  Colum cille
  'S fhada leam an oidhiche Ghemhraidh
  Downtown Toronto
  Maidhdean an na h-Airidh (trad)

Featuring harp by Rhona MacKay

A great selection of old and new traditional songs. The tracks are short, and
the album is only 36 minutes. Well worth getting though if you've got any
money left after getting "Get out". Fans of Enya should like this. Most of
the music is quite peaceful, melodic and atmospheric. Great for relaxing to!

Both the above are on the Survival/BMG label. Contact details follow:

Capercaillie Fan club/info:
  Paula Moore, PO Box 5011, London W12 7ZD

Management:
  Chapmanagement, 49 Derby Street, Glasgow, Scotland, G3 7TU
  Fax: 041 337 1577

Records:
Survival Records, P.O. Box 888, Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 2YQ
(about 20 mins drive from me!)

Additional Capercaillie info:
	Winners of the Pan Celtic festival 1985

	"Capercaillie's music is not rock, not folk, not mainstream and
	 certainly not new age. Rhythmically it is an energetic combination
	 of fling and funk, while melodically it is laced with the beautiful,
	 dappled resonances of the North. Like the black woodland grouse with
	 which their share their name, it is music of an extremely rare and
	 elegant breed. After years of living and honing their craft,
	 Capercaillie have harnessed the riches of their heritage to a 
	 modern aesthetic with a fine and special grace"
	 
	 David Sinclair, London, August 1992.

	"the gloriously rich singing of Karen Matheson lifts this band
	above practically any other from Scotland"	Daily Telegraph
	
	"Karen Matheson turns everything she touches to musical gold"
			- The Scotsman

	"in Karen Matheson they boast one of the Celtic world's finest
	 singers"  South Wales Echo

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