Heritage: Some Rantin' Rovin' Fun (1980)

Heritage: Some Rantin' Rovin' Fun (1980)

Heritage were a band regarded with some affection within the Scottish folk scene. They were born out of folk clubs and pub sessions in the mid-1970s and centred around Dunfermline in Fife. Founder member Jack Beck had been singing for years, solo and with fellow Fifer Barbara Dickson (1964-66). Other participants of the club scene who became part of the earliest Heritage were Jim Dunn (accordion), Davie Lockhart (fiddle), Mike o' Connor (fiddle), Mike Mustard (fiddle), Lindsay Porteous (jews harp, mouth organ, bodhran), George Haig (banjo) and Mark Milligan (bodhran). This line-up recorded this first Heritage LP, and unfortunately the recording quality is terrible; it was recorded quite primitively in a Fife village hall. I believe it was never meant to have been released, but served as a cassette souvenir for band members. However, it was 'remastered' and published in 1980 on No Bad Records. If you can get past the recording, the music is worthwhile, albeit a little like listening in to the local pub session.

01) The Blackthorn Stick/The Rakes of Kildare/Drowsie Maggie

02) Sleepytoon/The haughs o' Cromdale

03) The Reverend Archie Beaton

04) Cherish the Ladies/The Tenpenny Bit/The Frost is All Over

05) The Band o' Shearers

06) The Reel of Tulloch/The Athol Highlanders

07) Gordon's Favourite/Viellafjord/The Peerie Hoose A'hint the Burn

08) Dunfermline Feein' Mercat

09) Fanny Power

10) Lindsay's Reel/Flogging Reel

11) The Jig o' Slurs/The Hare in the Corn/Hartigan's Fancy

12) Hishie Ba'

13) Julia Delaney/The Foxhunter Jig

Unavailable

Other albums featuring Heritage:

Heritage: When the Dancin' It's A' Done (1981)

Jack Beck: O Lassie, Lassie (1989)