Excerpts from the sleeve notes:
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