He is a working-class Lowland Scot from Edinburgh coming from typical Irish/Highland Scot descent. Brought up with the customary Scottish socialist vision he has always been of the Left in his politics. Quite typical of his generation. I think the quality of his singing and his guitar-playing unmatched in these islands. And he can write a song.
Dick Gaughan has a Website at http://www.dickgaughan.co.uk/main.html where he has a partially complete Discography with his own personal notes about the recording details of the albums. A visit to the site is a necessary pilgrimage for fans.
Greatness. He has that stamp about him now. It comes from his inner confidence as an artist as he ages into maturity. There is a tremendous authority in his singing and guitar-playing. His only weakness is that in his search for new songs he tends to be drawn to weaker political material. But then he is a Scots-Irish troublemaker at heart. Like most people from the Scottish Central Belt.
The standout song of the evening was a capella rendition of `Bogie's Bonnie Belle'. I had always thought that this was a Davie Stewart song but Dick didn't seem to think so. The mix of songs was mainly classical contemporary (eg `Banks of Sicily', `Schooldays Over' etc) with the occasional classic traditional folk song thrown in. The very modern work, apart from `Both Sides of the Tweed', `Song for Ireland', `The Diggers Song' and perhaps a couple of others seemed weaker.
The voice and guitar were absolutely magnificent. This is the best I have ever heard from him. The one song I would like to have heard was `MacCrimmon's Lament' but I wasn't to be so lucky. I can't wait for the next time he comes to Bath.
If anybody has anything to add I am Douglas Clark (d.g.d.clark@dgdclynx.plus.com).
1971 Matt McGinn/Take me back to the Jungle RCA INTS 1240
Dick Gaughan plays guitar and mandolin throughout.
Take me back to the jungle
With fire and with sword
Tony Capaldi
Cead Mile Failte (a hundred thousand welcomes)
The Little Carpenter
The Wurram and the Sparra
Hi Jack
Life is a fountain
Have a banana
The man they could not hang
Tell me what the tea leaves tell me
On the beach at Portobello
Richard Geiger drew the cover although he is uncredited on the sleeve.
1972 Dick Gaughan/No More Forever Trailer LER 2072
with Aly Bain, fiddle
Recorded and produced by Bill Leader.
Rattlin' roarin' Willie; The friar's britches
MacCrimmon's lament; Mistress Jamieson's favourite
Jock o' Hazeldean
Cam ye ower frae France
The bonnie banks o' Fordie
The thatchers o' Glenrae
The fair flower of Northumberland
The teatotaller; Da tushker
The three healths
The John MacLean march
The green linnet
[Out on CD]
1973 The Boys of the Lough/The Boys of the Lough Trailer LER 2086/
Shanachie 79002
Dick Gaughan; Cathal McConnell; Robin Morton; Aly Bain
Recorded and produced by Bill Leader.
The Boys of the Lough; Slanty Gart
In praise of John Magee
Wedding march from Unst; The bride's a bonny thing; Sleep
sound i' da moarnin'
Farewell to whisky
OLd Joe's jig; Last night's joy; The granny in the corner
The old oak tree
Caoineadh Eoghain Rua; The nine points of roguery
Docherty's reel; Flowing tide
Andrew Lammie
Sheebeg and Sheemore; The boy in the gap; McMahon's reel
Jackson and Jane
The shaalds of Foulla; Garster's dream; The brig
I think Dick dropped out of `The Boys of the Lough' because of
the travelling. But his `Andrew Lammie' is a fine memento.
1976 Various/The Second Folk Review Record Folksound FS 107
David Lashbrook reports that Dick contributed two tracks to this album
to raise funds for the magazine `Folk Review'.
Recorded by Bill Leader at Leader Sound Studios, February 1976.
Produced by Fred Woods.
Arthur McBride
The Rashy Moor
1976 Five Hand Reel/Five Hand Reel Rubber RUB 019
Re-released in 1977 as RCA PL 25065
Re-released in 1987 as Black Crow Records CRO 211
Bobby Eaglesham; Dick Gaughan; Tom Hickland; Barry Lyons; Dave Tulloch
Recorded at Impulse Studios, Newcastle upon Tyne.
Engineered by Micky Sweeney.
Produced by Geoff Heslop.
Both sides of the Forth
Death of Argyll
Kempy's hat
The knight and the shepherd's daughter
Sliave Gallion Braes
Wee wee German lairdie
The maid of Listowel
When a man's in love
Frankie's dog
[Five Hand Reel is available in CD CROCD 211 from Black Crow Records,
Midgy Hall, Sharperton, Morpeth, Northumberland NE65 7AS, England]
[The three Five Hand Reel albums with Dick Gaughan are available in
a CD set BGOCD 712 from Beat Goes On Records,
PO Box 22, Bury St. Edmunds,
Suffolk IP28 6XQ, England.]
1977 Dick Gaughan/Coppers and Brass Topic 12 TS 315
Scots and Irish Dance Music on guitar
with Tom Hickland, piano
Recorded and produced by Tony Engle in London.
Jigs: Coppers and Brass; The Gander in the Pratie Hole
Reels: O'Keefe's; The Foxhunter's
Hornpipes: The Flowing Tide; The Fairies' Hornpipe
Reels: The Oak Tree; The Music in the Glen
Planxty: Planxty Johnson
Slip Jig: Gurly's Frolics
Reels: The Spey in Spate; The Hurricane
6/8 Marches: Alan MacPherson of Mosspark; The Jig of Slurs
Reels: The Thrush in the Storm; The Flogging Reel
12/8 Jig and Reels: Ask My Father; Lads of Laoise; The Connaught Heifers
Reels: The Bird in the Bush; The Boy in the Gap; MacMahon's Reel
Jigs: Strike the Gay Harp; Shores of Lough Gowna
Shetland Reels: Jack Broke the Prison Door; Donald Blue; Wha'll Dance wi'
Wattie
[Out on CD/in US on Green Linnet GLCD 3064]
1977 Dick Gaughan/Kist O'Gold Trailer LER 2103
Recorded and produced by Bill Leader.
The Earl of Errol
The Granemore hare
Rigs o' Rye
The gipsy laddies
Lord Randal
Maggie Lauder; Cathaoir an Iarla (The earl's chair)
Banks of green willow
51st Highland Division's Farewell to Sicily
The City of Savannah; Ril gan ainm
Raglan Road
Johnny Miner
The ballad of accounting
1977 Five Hand Reel/For A' That RCA PL 25066
Re-released in 1987 as Black Crow Records CRO 212
Bobby Eaglesham; Dick Gaughan; Tom Hickland; Barry Lyons; Dave Tulloch
Recorded at Impulse Studios, Wallsend.
Engineered by Mickey Sweeney.
Produced by Geoff Heslop.
Mixed at CBS Studios.
Bratach Bana
Pinch Of Snuff
A Man's A Man For A' That
Haugh's O' Cromdale
Ae Fond Kiss
P Stands For Paddy; Paddy Fahey's Reel
The Cruel Brother
Carrickfergus
Lochanside; The Jig Of Slurs; Linda Brechin's; The Marquis Of Tullybardine
[The three Five Hand Reel albums with Dick Gaughan are available in
a CD set BGOCD 712 from Beat Goes On Records,
PO Box 22, Bury St. Edmunds,
Suffolk IP28 6XQ, England.]
1978 Dick Gaughan; Dave Burland; Tony Capstick/Songs of Ewan MacColl
Rubber Records RUB027
Produced by Geoff Heslop
Engineered by Mickey Sweeney
Recorded at Impulse Studios
Ballad Of Accounting (Capstick)
Moving-On Song (Burland)
Jamie Foyers (Gaughan)
Freeborn Man (Capstick)
The Manchester Rambler (Burland)
Schooldays End (Gaughan)
Thirty-Foot Trailer (Gaughan)
The Big Hewer (Capstick)
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (Burland)
Sweet Thames Flow Softly (Burland)
Shoals Of Herring (all)
[Out on CD on Black Crow Records CROCD 215]
1978 Dick Gaughan/Gaughan Topic 12 TS 384
Barry Lyons plays bass guitar on `Crooked Jack'.
Recorded at Riverside Studios.
Produced by Tony Engle.
Bonnie Jeannie o'Bethelnie
Bonnie Lass Amang the Heather
Crooked Jack
The Recruited Collier
The Pound a Week Rise
My Donald
Willie o' Winsbury
Such a Parcel o'Rogues in a Nation
Gillie Mhor
[When this was put out on CD additional tracks were added:
6/8 Marches: Alan MacPherson of Mosspark; The Jig of Slurs
12/8 Jig and Reels: Ask My Father; Lads of Laoise; The Connaught Heifers
Jigs: Strike the Gay Harp; Shores of Lough Gowna
Shetland Reels: Jack Broke the Prison Door; Donald Blue; Wha'll Dance wi'
Wattie
from `Coppers and Brass'
Bonnie Woodha'
The Auchengeich Disaster
from `The Bonnie Pit Laddie', on Topic in April 1975, which David Lashbrook
reports was a double album by the High Level Ranters, an anthology of mining
songs from the North East of England with two tracks each from guests Dick
Gaughan and Harry Boardman with songs from Scotland and Lancashire
respectively. It was recorded, in Newcastle, and produced by Tony Engle.
It is (2-12TS271/2).
Dick sings `Bonnie Woodha'' unaccompanied and on `The Auchengeich Disaster'
is accompanied by Alistair Anderson on concertina.
Sally Greenberg reports that these two tracks are available on
`The Iron Muse --- A Panorama of Industrial Folk Music' (Topic TSCD465),
out on CD in 1993.
Alistair Banfield reports that `Bonnie Jeannie o'Bethelnie' was included
on the Topic compilation `The Good Old Way' of 1980 (Topic 12TPS 412).]
1978 Five Hand Reel/Earl O' Moray RCA PL 25150
Bobby Eaglesham; Dick Gaughan; Tom Hickland; Barry Lyons; Dave Tulloch
Recorded at Rockfield Studios.
Engineered by Mike Pela.
Produced by Simon Nicol.
Mixed at CBS Studios.
My Love is like a Red Red Rose
Sherrifmuir
The Child on the Road
The Bonnie Earl o' Moray
The Trooper and the Maid
The Beef-can close
Jackson and Jane
Freedom Come-All-Ye
[Dick's daughter was taken very ill and he dropped out of `Five Hand Reel',
being replaced by Sam Bracken. `Five Hand Reel' recorded one more album,
`A Bunch of Fives' (Topic 12 TS 406) in 1979 before disbanding.
Andreas Witt reports that a compilation album of Five Hand Reel was
released in 1980
1980 Five Hand Reel/Nothing but the Best RCA PL 25267
The Bonny Earl O'Moray
Bratach Bana
P Stands for Paddy
Both Sides of the Forth
Carrickfergus
My Love Is Like A Red Red Rose
Freedom Come All-Ye
The Knight And The Shepherd's Daughter
Sheriff Muir
Frankie's Dog
I don't know if this was ever released in the UK. Andreas Witt found
6 or 7 copies in a Düsseldorf record shop and bought them all.
He kept only one copy for himself.
Now Ian Taylor reports:
I bought a copy of this secondhand at a record fair in Glasgow about
2003. It appears to be a UK issue judging by the RCA London address on
the sleeve, and "manufactured by RCA England" on the label. However the
sleeve is embossed "Demonstration - Not for Sale", so it's possible it
was never officially released.
I'm pretty sure I also saw it a long time ago in a shop in Glasgow, but
I can't remember if it was on LP or CD.]
[The three Five Hand Reel albums with Dick Gaughan are available in
a CD set BGOCD 712 from Beat Goes On Records,
PO Box 22, Bury St. Edmunds,
Suffolk IP28 6XQ, England.]
1981 Various/Folk Friends 2 FolkFreak Tom Loock writes from Madison, Wisconsin: An album missed was "Folk Friends 2", which is a session album by Dick, Alex Campbell, Andy Irvine, Wizz Jones and many others. It includes among its 21 songs: * The World Turned Upside Down (Rosselson) - Dick, vocal and guitar * The Father's Song (Ewan MacColl) - Dick, vocal and guitar * Thousands Are Sailing To Amerikay (Trad.) - Dick, guitar + Andy Irvine, vocal and bouzouki * Siege Of A Nation (Mikis Theodorakis) - Dick, guitar with Finbar Furey, flute and tin whistle / Davey Arthur, guitar and mandolin / John Faulkner, fiddle / Joerg Suckow, cello / Lydie Auvray, accordion * Lassie Lie Near Me (Trad.) - Dick, vocal and guitar * The John MacLean March - Dick, guitar with Alex Campbell, vocal / Finbar Furey, whistle / John Faulkner, fiddle * The Waterford Waltz - Dick, guitar with Dolores Keane, concert flute / Finbar, bagpipes / Andy Irvine, bouzouki / John Faulkner, fiddle The album was recorded on October 16-28 1980, engineered by Gunter Pauler, at the Windmill of Hannes Wader, a German folksinger, and produced by Carsten Linde, who also issued it on his FolkFreak label; he later re-issued the CD on his Wundertüte label and it is still available. The vinyl double-album was issued in 1981, and the CD re-issued in 1990. Alistair Banfield kindly found me a copy of the 1981 vinyl double-album which is a superb recording. [Out on CD on the Wintertüte label CD TUET 72.150]
1981 Dick Gaughan/Handful of Earth Topic 12 TS 419
with Brian McNeill, Phil Cunningham and Stewart Isbister.
Recorded by Robin Morton at Temple Studios.
Produced by Dick Gaughan.
Erin-go-bragh
Now Westlin Winds
Craigie Hill
World turned upside down
The snows they melt the soonest
Lough Erne; First kiss at parting
Scojun waltz; Randers hopsa
Song for Ireland
Worker's Song
Both sides the Tweed
[Out on CD/in US as Green Linnet GLCD 3062]
1982 Bobby Eagleshan/Weather the Storm Fellside FE033/c Craig Cockburn reports that Dick Gaughan plays on two tracks of this album, which was re-released in 1995.
1982 Dick Gaughan; Andy Irvine/Parallel Lines Folk Freak FF 4007
with Martin Buschmann, Nollaigh Ni Cathasaigh, Judith Jaenicke,
Bob Lenox.
Recorded in August 1981 at Tonstudio St. Blasien.
Engineered by Gunter Pauler.
Produced by Dick Gaughan, Andy Irvine and Carsten Linde.
The Creggan white hare
The Lads o' the Fair; Leith Docks
At Twenty-one
My Back Pages; Afterthoughts
The Dodgers Song
Captain Thunderbolt
Captain Colston
Floo'ers o' the Forest
[Out on CD/in US as Green Linnet SIF 3201]
1983 Dick Gaughan/A Different Kind of Love Song Celtic Music CM 017
with Dave Pegg, Dave Tulloch, Will Lindfors, Bob Lenox, Judy Sweeney,
Alan Tall.
Recorded in June 1983 at Tonstudio St. Blasien, Northeim, West Germany.
Engineered by Gunter Pauler.
Produced by Dick Gaughan and Carsten Linde.
`Revolution' recorded by Robin Morton at Temple Sound Studio.
Produced by Dick Gaughan.
The album cover is by Gertrude Degenhardt.
A Different Kind of Love Song
Revolution
Prisoner 562
Song of Choice
The Father's Song
Think again
As I walked on the road
Stand up for Judas
By the people
Games people play
[Out on CD as Celtic Music CM CD 017/ Folk Freak FF CD 404013]
Alistair Banfield reports that in 1984 a 7" single (CMS 300) was released
by Celtic Music containing Dick singing 'Games people play'
coupled with 'A Different Kind of Love Song'.
[In 1987 an alternate version of the album `A Different Kind of Lovesong'
was released in the DDR. This also included tracks from 'Handful of Earth',
Andreas Witt reports.
1987 Dick Gaughan/A Different Kind of Lovesong Amiga 8 56 236 DDR
A Different Kind of Love Song
Erin-Go-Bragh
Now Westlin Winds
The Snows They Melt The Soonest
The Father's Song
Think Again
As I Walked On The Road
Stand Up For Judas
Song For Ireland
Both Sides The Tweed]
1983 Various/Songs for Peace Rounder Records 4015/Folk Freak
Produced by Carsten Linde and Martin Jeremias
Dick sings a studio version of `Your daughters and your sons'
1984 Various/Out of the Darkness --- Fire on the Mountain 4001
Recorded at Bay Records, Almeda, California
Dick performs a cover of Jim Brown's song `As I walked on the road'.
It must have been recorded in 1983 says Sally Greenberg.
1985 Dick Gaughan; Ken Hyder/Fanfare for Tomorrow Impetus IMP 18506
Recorded at Cold Storage Studio, Brixton on 22/23 March 1985.
Engineered by Tim Hodgkinson.
Produced by Dick Gaughan, Ken Hyder and Tim Hodgkinson.
Sharpeville '85
Liberation
Fanfare for tomorrow
Political Prisoners
Salute to Pitheid & Clachan
News from nowhere
1985 Dick Gaughan/Live in Edinburgh Celtic Music CM 030
Recorded live and mixed in Edinburgh.
Engineered by Roy Ashby.
Produced by Dick Gaughan.
Revolution
Now Westlin' Winds
Which side are you on?
Victor Jara of Chile
Companeros
Workers Song
Your daughters and your sons
Four green fields
Ballad of accounting
Jamie Foyers
Glenlogie
World turned upsidedown
[Out on CD]
1986 Dick Gaughan/True and Bold Songs of the Scottish Miners STUC 2
with Clarke Sorley, Allan Tall, Jim Sutherland, Billy Jackson.
Recorded and mixed at Sirocco Studios, Kilmarnock.
Engineered by Clarke Sorley.
Produced by Dick Gaughan and Clarke Sorley.
Miner's Life is Like a Sailor's
Schooldays end
Farewell to 'Cotia
Auchengeich disaster
Pound a week rise
Collier Laddie
Which side are you on?
Drunk rent collector
Blantyre explosion
One miner's life
Ballad of '84
[Out on CD]
1987 Various/Woody Lives (A tribute to Woody Guthrie) Black Crow CRO217
Features Rod Clements, Dick Gaughan, Ray Jackson,
Bert Jansch, Rory MacLeod, Rab Noakes, Pat Rafferty
Recorded at Cluny Studios, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Engineered by Mickey Sweeney.
Produced by Geoff Heslop.
Hard Travellin'
This Land is Your Land
Vigilante Man*
Pretty Boy Floyd
Deportees
Philadelphia Lawyer*
Do Re Mi*
Pastures of Plenty*
Tom Joad
Will You Miss Me
* features Dick Gaughan
1988 Dick Gaughan/Call it Freedom Celtic Music CM 041
Recorded and mixed at Pier House Studios, Edinburgh.
Engineered by Peter Haigh.
Produced by Dick Gaughan.
Bulmer's Fancy; The Silver Spire
Shipwreck
What You Do With What You've Got
Ludlow Masacre
That's The Way The River Runs
Amandial
Call it Freedom
When I'm Gone
Seven Good Soldiers
Fifty Years From Now; Yardheads
Tom Loock reports that his friend Carsten Linde once showed him an alternate
version of `Call it Freedom' which contained the `Anti-Bob-Dylan-Song'. This
was cut from the released version for legal reasons.
Alistair Banfield reports that in 1987 a 12" single (CMT 041) was released
from the album coupling `Call it Freedom' and `Think again' on side one with
`Bulmer's Fancy/The Silver Spire' and `Shipwreck' on side two.
[Out on CD]
1990 Davy Steele/Summerlee Celtic Music CMCD 046 Dick plays electric guitar on `Quietly Sing You to Sleep' and acoustic guitar on `The Rose O' Summerlee'.
1990 Billy Bragg/The Internationale Elektra/Utility 9 60960-2 Dick duets with Billy on `The Red Flag'.
1991 Brian McNeill/The Back o' the North Wind Greentrax CDTRAX 047 Jeri Corlew reports that Dick plays guitar synthesizer (tracks not specified) Backing vocals on tracks 2 and 10, Track 2 = `Strong Women Rule Us All With Their Tears' (McNeill) Track 10 = `Steel Man' (McNeill) Acoustic Guitar on track 8, `Ewan and the Gold' (McNeill)
1995 Clan Alba/Clan Alba Clan Alba Productions CLANCD001
Dick Gaughan; Mary MacMaster; Brian McNeil; Fred Morrison;
Patsy Seddon; Davy Steele; Mike Travis; Dave Tulloch
Recorded by Mickey Sweeney and Dick Gaughan at Redesdale Studios,
Northumberland.
Mixed at Redesdale Studios by Dick Gaughan and Mickey Sweeney except:
Bye, Bye Big Blue mixed by Dick Gaughan, Mickey Sweeney and Roy Ashby.
Five to Six, Childhood's End, True Thomas, Lark & the Bowman,
Harpset, Growing Wings, Canan nan Gaidheal mixed by Dick Gaughan.
Mastered at Hart St Studios, Edinburgh by Roy Ashby.
Produced by Dick Gaughan for Clan Alba Productions.
CD1
Five to Six (An Drochaid Chliuteach/Crathadh t'aodaich)
Dressed to Kill (Davy Steele)
The instrumental is The Scarlet Coat by Patsy Seddon
Harpset
Hopscotch with Jenny (Dick Gaughan)/Trip to Gorthleck (Mary MacMaster)/
The Girl with the Flowing Arms (Davy Steele)/Travis's Fancy (Patsy Seddon)
Oran Na Cloiche
(The Song of the Stone) Donald MacIntyre
Lark and the Bowman (Davy Steele)
Cam ye Owre Frae France
True Thomas
Fred's Jigs
Alex Macdonald (Norman Macdonald)
CD2
Bye, Bye, Big Blue (Brian McNeill)
Air A'Ghille Tha Mo Run (I Love The Boy)
Clan Alba
Clan Alba March (Clan Alba)/Lexy MacAskill (John MacAskill)/
Latha siubhal beinne dhomh/Hawk Hornpipe (James Hill)
No Gonnae Leave Here (Davy Steele)
Growing Wings (Dick Gaughan)
Canan Nan Gaidheal
(The Language of the Gael) Murdo Macfarlan
Tar The House
Tar The House (Alan MacDonald)/Lament for Ronald MacDonald of Morar The
Traditional
Childhood's End (Dick Gaughan)
1996 Dick Gaughan/Sail On Greentrax CDTRAX 109
with Kathy Stewart, Tich Frier, Bobby Eaglesham, Davy Steele,
Patsy Seddon, Mary MacMaster, Mike Travis, Stuart Smith, Rab Handleigh,
Alan Thomson, John Henderson.
Recorded and mixed at Hart Street Studios, Edinburgh.
Engineered by Roy Ashby.
Produced by Dick Gaughan.
Land of the North Wind (Allan Taylor)
Son of Man (Dick Gaughan)
Ruby Tuesday (Jagger/Richard)
Waist Deep in the Big Muddy (Pete Seeger)
No Cause for Alarm (Dick Gaughan)
51st (Highland) Division's Farewell to Sicily (Hamish Henderson)
No Gods and Precious Few Heroes (Brian MacNeill)
Geronimo's Cadillac (Michael J.Murphy)
1952 Vincent Black Lightning (Richard Thompson)
Sail On (Dick Gaughan)
Freedom Come Aa Ye (Hamish Henderson)
1997 Davy Steele/Chasing Shadows Hypertension HYCD 297171
Alistair Banfield reports that Dick plays guitar on `Scotland yet'.
Recorded 1996. Sadly Davy is no longer with us.
1998 Dick Gaughan/Redwood Cathedral Greentrax CDTRAX 158
with Rab Handleigh, Davie Paton, Steve Green.
Recorded and mastered at Hart St Studios, Edinburgh.
Engineered by Roy Ashby.
Produced by Dick Gaughan.
Muir and the Master Builder (Brian McNeill)
Gone, Gonna Rise Again (Si Kahn)
Reconciliation (Ron Kavana)
Why Old Men Cry (Dick Gaughan)
Thomas Muir of Huntershill (Adam McNaughton)
October Song (Robin Williamson)
Ewen and the Gold (Brian McNeill)
Let it be me (Becaud, Delanoe & Curtis)
All the King's Horses (Dick Gaughan)
Pancho and Lefty (John Townes Van Zandt)
Turn, Turn, Turn (Pete Seeger)
Fine Horseman (Lal Waterson)
2001 Dick Gaughan/Outlaws & Dreamers Greentrax CDTRAX 222
with Brian McNeill: fiddle, concertina.
Recorded, mixed and mastered at Panda Sound, Robin Hood's Bay,
England, July 2001.
Engineered by Oliver Knight.
Produced by Dick Gaughan.
The Yew Tree (Brian McNeill)
Florence in Florence (Dick Gaughan)
Dowie Dens o Yarrow (Trad arr. Gaughan)
Tom Joad (Woody Guthrie)
Outlaws and Dreamers (Dick Gaughan)
When I'm Gone (Phil Ochs)
John Harrison's Hands (McNeil/Gaughan)
What You Do With What You've Got (Si Kahn)
Tom Paine's Bones (Graham Moore)
Strong Women Rule Us All (Brian McNeill)
Wild Roses (Kimmie Rhodes)
2002 Dick Gaughan Prentice Piece Greentrax CDTRAX 236D
A Compilation From The First Three Decades
Tracks list
CD1
1. Sail On 5'15
2. Florence in Florence 2'30
3. The Auchengeich Disaster 2'17
4. Land of the North Wind 3'05
5. The Wind That Shakes The Barley 6'10
6. Games People Play 4'51
7. Strike the Gay Harp / Shores of Lough Gowna 2'39
8. Willie o Winsbury 8'38
9. Both Sides The Tweed 3'39
10. The Father's Song 3'41
11. Muir and the Master Builder 6'51
Total Playing Time 50'09
CD2
1. The Cruel Brother 5'37
2. October Song 5'18
3. Lassie, Lie Near Me 4'38
4. The Pound a Week Rise 2'26
5. Why Old Men Cry 5'53
6. The Yew Tree 5'08
7. 51st (Highland) Division's Farewell to Sicily 11'44
8. Scojun Waltz / Randers Hopsa 4'07
9. Flooers o the Forest 7'36
10. Outlaws and Dreamers 4'19
Total Playing Time 57'18
2006 Dick Gaughan The Definitive Collection Highpoint Recordings HPO 6014
This compilation is taken from Topic and Greentrax albums.
Tracks list
1. Now Westlin Winds (from Topic TSCD 419: Handful of Earth)
2. The Recruited Collier (from Topic TSCD 384: Gaughan)
3. The Freedom Come All Ye (from Greentrax CDTRAX 109: Sail On)
4. Dowie Dens o Yarrow (from Greentrax CDTRAX 222: Outlaws and Dreamers)
5. Reconciliation (from Greentrax CDTRAX 158: Redwood Cathedral)
6. Lough Erne/First Kiss at Parting (from Topic TSCD 419: Handful of Earth)
7. Young Henry Martin (from Topic TSCD 535: Street Cries)
8. Fine Horseman (from Greentrax CDTRAX 158: Redwood Cathedral)
9. Bonnie Woodha' (from Topic TSCD 384: Gaughan)
10. Scarecrow (from Topic TSCD 519: Shining Bright)
11. Coppers and Brass/The Gander at the Pratie Hole (from Topic 12TS315:
Coppers and Brass [no longer available])
12. Both Sides the Tweed (from Topic TSCD 419: Handful of Earth)
Street Cries and Shining Bright are albums
to which Dick contributes tracks.
2006 Dick Gaughan Lucky for Some Greentrax CDTRAX 290
Dick Gaughan with
Mary MacMaster:
Clarsach on 'Different Drum';
Backing Vocal on 'Lucky for Some'
and 'Come Gie's A Sang'.
Brian McNeill:
Cellofiddle on 'Anna Mae' and
Fiddle on 'We Got The Rock'n Roll'.
Stephen Quigg:
Backing vocal on 'Come Gie's A Sang',
'Different Drum' and
'We Got The Rock'n Roll'.
Ian McCalman:
Backing vocal on 'Come Gie's A Sang'
and 'Different Drum'.
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Ian McCalman
and Dick Gaughan at Kevock Digital and the Vegas Suite
Produced by Dick Gaughan
1. Whatever Happened (Gaughan)
2. Lucky for Some (Gaughan)
3. Anna Mae (Jim Page)
4. The Devil and Pastor Jack (Gaughan)
5. The Hunter Dunne (Gaughan)
6. Dancing with Eagles (Gaughan)
7. Bleacher Lassie O Kelvinhaugh (trad arr Gaughan)
8. Come Gie's A Sang (Gaughan)
9. Different Drum (Gaughan)
10. We Got The Rock'n Roll (Gaughan)
2008 Dick Gaughan Live! At The Trades Club Greentrax CDTRAX 322 1. What You Do With What You've Got 2. No Gods 3. The Accrington McBrides/Mulvihill's Hornpipe/The Wexford Assembly 4. Erin Go Bragh 5. Thomas Muir of Huntershill 6. Outlaws and Dreamers 7. Tom Paine's Bones 8. Whatever Happened? 9. Now Westlin Winds 10. The Hunter Dunne 11. Caoin Eoghain Rua/Bunnafolly Jig/Jetstar's Revenge/The Tolbooth 12. Geronimo's Cadillac 13. Both Sides The Tweed
ANTHOLOGIES supplied by Sally Greenberg, David Lashbrook, Bernd Fischer
Andreas Witt, Alistair Banfield and Dick Gaughan.
1974 Various/Kertalg `74 Barclay 90 011
[Pop Celtic Et Folk International]
Dick Gaughan sings `Seven Yellow Gypsies' on this album of live recordings
from the folk festival in Brittany (France).
1975 Various/Our Folk Music Heritage Trailer LET SAM 2087
The Boys of the Lough (with Dick Gaughan) have 1 track `Docherty's Reel/
The Flowing Tide' from the 1973 album `Boys of the Lough'. Dick Gaughan
(with Aly Bain) has 1 track `Rattlin' roarin' Willie/ The friar's britches'
from the album `No More Forever'.
1980 Various/The Good Old Way Topic 12TS 412
Dick sings `Bonnie Jeannie o'Bethelnie' from the `Gaughan' LP.
1983 Various/Scotland World Network/Westdeutscher Rundfunk WDR32 58.394
Edited by Christian Scholze and Jean Trouillet
Dick Gaughan sings `Bonnie Jeannie' (recorded live at the WDR folk festival
in Köln (Germany), 15 July 1983) and `Such a parcel of rogues in a nation'
(recorded live at the WDR-Funkhaus [Broadcasting corporation based in
Köln], 28 November 1982).
[Out on CD]
1985 Various/15. Festival des politischenes Liedes Amiga 8 45 296 DDR
Artists: San Francisco Mime Troupe, Samuel Munguambe, Quilapayan,
Urszula & Budka Suflera, Leoncarlo Settimelli, Kinvara, Dick Gaughan,
Eric Bogle & Wacholder, Silvio Rodriguez & Afro Kuba, Meridian,
Cutumay Camones, Mauricio Tapajos & Marcus Vincius, Oktoberklub.
The live recordings were made in East Berlin between February 9 and 17, 1985.
Dick Gaughan sings `Which side are you on'.
1985 The High Level Ranters/The Bonnie Pit Laddie Topic 12TS 271/2
Dick sings `Bonnie Woodha'' unaccompanied and on `The Auchengeich Disaster'
is accompanied by Alistair Anderson on concertina.
These tracks appeared on `The Iron Muse - A Panorama of Industrial Folk
Music' released by Topic. The album came out on CD in 1993 (TSCD 465).
These tracks were also included on the CD release in 1991 of the
`Gaughan' album (TSCD 384).
1985 Various/A Feast of Scottish Folk Celtic Music Alba 1
Dick performs `Freedom Come all Ye' and sings vocals for
Five Hand Reel on their track `The Knight and the Shepherd's Daughter'.
1992 Various/Folk Heritage MCBX004A
This is a 3 CD Box set released by HMV/Music Club International. The CD
containing the Dick Gaughan song is also labelled as `Folk Heritage II'
(MCCD049) so perhaps it was also issued separately. Dick Gaughan has 1 track
`The World Turned Upside Down' from the album `Handful of Earth'.
1992 Various/Heart of the Gaels Green Linnet GLCD 105
Dick Gaughan has 1 track `Song for Ireland' from the album `Handful of
Earth'.
1993 Various/The Folk Collection Topic TSCD470
Dick Gaughan has 1 track `Now Westlin' Winds' from the album `Handful of
Earth'.
1993 Various/Tanz & Folkfest Rudolstadt '93 RUCD 93-1
Dick Gaughan has one track `Both sides of the Tweed' on the live CD
from the annual folk festival at Rudolstadt (Germany).
1995 Various/The Folk Collection 2 Topic TSCD 481
Dick sings `Song for Ireland'.
1995 Various/Troubadours of British Folk, Vol.3 - An Evolving Tradition
Rhino R2 72162
Dick sings `Erin go bragh'.
1996 Various/STUC Centenary Album - If It Wisnae For The Union Greentrax
Dick Gaughan reports:
I just got a copy of the STUC 100th anniversay CD through the door from
Greentrax. As it has tracks by myself and The Dubliners, here's the
info. The version of Both Sides the Tweed is a new one recorded
specially.
By the way, Luke Kelly was one of my all-time favourite singers and a
tremendous influence on me when I was a youngster.
STUC Centenary Album - If It Wisnae For The Union
1. Luke Kelly & The Dubliners
Battle of the Somme - Freedom Come A Ye
2. Capercaillie - Four Stone Walls
3. Dick Gaughan - Both Sides the Tweed
4. Runrig - Ravenscraig
5. Hamish Imlach - If it Wisnae for the Union
6. Gordeanna McCulloch - Bawbee Birlin
7. Christy Moore - James Connolly
8. Arthur Johnstone - North by North
9. Eric Bogle - The Contract
10. Mara Louw - Gauteng
11. Battlefield Band - I am the Common Man
12. Ewan MacColl - The Blantyre Explosion
13. The McCalmans - Farewell tae the Haven
14. Brian McNeill - Sell Your Labour, Not Your Soul
15. Matt McGinn - Three Nights and a Sunday
16. Judy Small - Mothers, Daughters, Wives
17. Victor Jara - Te Recuerdo, Amanda
18. Ceolbeg - Stand Together
1996 Various/New Electric Muse - The Story of Folk into Rock
Castle/Essential ESB 416
Dick sings `Both Sides The Tweed'.
1996 Various/Scottish Music - The Rough Guide World Network RGNET 1004
Dick sings `Erin-go-Bragh'.
1998 Various/Joyful Noise Green Linnet GLCD 108
Dick sings `Song for Ireland'.
1998 Various/Highlander Music Sampler Highlander Music
A free CD with the December 1998 issue of `Living Tradition'.
Dick sings `Muir and the Master Builder'.
1999 Various/The Folk Collection Topic TSCD 707/8
Dick sings `The Worker's Song' and `Both Sides The Tweed'.
2002 Various/The Acoustic Folk Box Topic TSFCD 4001
This is a 4-CD box set. Dick sings 'Rattlin' Roarin' Willie/The Friar's
Britches' from 'No More Forever' and 'Erin-go-Bragh' from 'Handful of Earth'.
Douglas Clark
(d.g.d.clark@dgdclynx.plus.com)