MOIRA KERR In Glen Nevis V Rare Original Private Scottish Folk LP on Mayker 1977

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Moira Kerr

In Glen Nevis

Very Rare original Private Scottish Folk LP released on Mayker Records in 1977. Sleeve is laminated on the front.

How many times have people written in praise of Scotland? Its countryside has been described as rugged, wild, breathtakingly beautiful, fabulously fertile, a venerable vastness of luxuriant vegetation with magnificent mountains, perfectly peaked and sinuously streaked with silver streams.

A poet's paradise, an historian's haven, an artist's awakening, a climber's calling, a dreamer's dream, a singer's song, a publican's shangri-la, and a tee-totaler's dead loss!! Scotland has many attributes but most of all, like the people, it has genuineness.

There are five, or should I say four and a half of my own compositions on this album - one of them "Wee Laddie" is a joint effort. The lovely melody was written by none other than Jim McLeod with whom I have worked on many occasions and Jim asked me to write a lyric, which I did. Jim has also recorded this popular little song. "Scotland Again": This is another song which has been recorded by both Jim and myself, but as this is an all Scottish album and also as "Scotland Again" is always popular with live audiences, I decided it was worth doing again.

"Scotland I Miss You Tonight" was written very recently, so recently in fact that it was just finished a few days before the recording date. So it almost didn't make it, but I'm glad that it did, as I think it's one of the nicest songs I have ever written.

"The Crofters Ceilidh": While choosing and preparing the songs for the album, I came to the conclusion that there were plenty of ballads and only a few up-tempo tracks So I thought that I would write one incorporating a little humour, and this song was the result. It turned out to be a lively, catchy little tune which sets people's feet tapping and even puts a smile on their faces which can't be bad!

"Glen Nevis" is a particularly favourite place of mine which I always visit several times each year. I never drive through Fort William without taking a run along the Glen Nevis road, and although it sounds a bit old hat and clichéd, it really never fails to uplift, invigorate, and give me that "glad to be alive" feeling. That's the best way I know of expressing it, but perhaps the words of the song convey it a little better.

All the songs on the album are Scottish or about Scotland, with one exception - "Whiskey In The Jar" -which is Irish. Its lively arrangement was given fuel by the band's fiddler, but unfortunately the name of this well known and much appreciated band cannot be published because of contractual rights. However, I will give credit to Jerry Hamerf (acoustic guitar and banjo) who has featured on my last three albums. Jerry plays guitar with such feeling and sensitivity that it never fails to bring a lump to my throat, especially on tracks like "Wild Mountain Thyme". I think you'll hear what I mean, and I sincerely hope that you will enjoy my selection of songs. - 'Moirakerr.com'

TRACKS ARE :-

Side One

1 Glen Nevis
2 Whiskey in the Jar
3 Coulters Candy
4 Wee Laddie
5 The Bonnie Lass 0' Fyvvie
6 Thyme

Side Two

1 Scotland I Miss You To-night
2 Gallowa' Hills
3 Scotland Again
4 Wild Mountain Thyme
5 Crofters Ceilidh
6 Dark Island

• Released on Mayker Records in 197?

• Catalogue Number MAY-K2

• Record is in Near Mint  condition

• Sleeve is in Mint condition

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