Robin Hall & Jimmie Macgregor
We Belong to Glasgow
1970 — Fontana 6438 033 LP
Side One
The Barras (Jim McLean)
Two Heids
Ally-Bally-Bee
Ma Wee Gallus Bloke
There Is A Happy Land/Ye Canny Shove Yer Granny/I Sent Her For Breid
Side Two
The Govan Billiard Hallsong
I'll No Marry You
Nancy Whisky
Kelvinhaugh
Three Craws
Credits
Robin Hall: vocals
Jimmie MacGregor: vocals, guitar, mandolin
Brian Brocklehurst: Contra bass
Bobby Campbell: Fiddle
Alistair McDonald: Banjo
Sleeve Notes (Excerpts)
Robin and Jimmie started singing in folk clubs when there were no more than four in Britain. There are now thousands. Since their first impromptu duet (in Vienna of all places) they have taken their songs to Israel, Germany, France, Belgium, Holland, New Zealand, Czechoslovakia, Australia, Russia, Hungary and every corner of Britain and Ireland. They have long since lost count of their concert, radio and television appearances, and their repertoire is now numbered in four figures. Greek. Hebrew, English, American and other exotic items flavour the basic mixture of Scottish and Irish songs. Some of their LP's have been very simple, resting on Jimmie's guitar alone for accompaniment, while others have featured some quite sophisticated treatments and backings. On this record, however, they are really back home; geographically, musically, emotionally. Glasgow is their town, and these are their songs. Some of the items on this record have been known to them since childhood, while the more recent compositions are absolutely in character. This is the Glasgow idiom. Take it from Robin and Jimmie.
JIM McLEAN 1970