The McCalmans
Listen To The Heat
1988 - Greentrax TRAX 019 LP
Track List:
I Have Seen The Highlands (Matt McGinn)
Town Of Kiandra
Mount And Go
Sister Josephine (Jake Thackray)
23rd June
The Prisoner Song
The Song Song (Chris Rohmann)
Rambling Rover (Andy M. Stewart)
Rory Murphy
First Christmas (Stan Rogers)
Instrumental: Lakewood, The Thriepmuir Hornpipe, Royal Belfast
The President's Men (Alastair Clark)
Air Fa La La Lo
Sickening Thank You Song (I. McCalman)
Credits
Nick Keir
Derek Moffat
Ian McCalman
Mixed and edited at Pier House Studios, Edinburgh.
Engineered by Peter Haigh and lan Bevendge.
Photographs and graphics by Ian McCalman,
P.A.M.A., Talbot Video and Castle Photographic, Edinburgh.
Thanks to Martin Madden for added electric bass guitar.
Thanks to Dougie and Maureen Blyth of the Kestrel Hotel, Balerno and The Balerno Folk Club.
Traditional, arranged by The McCalmans — unless otherwise noted
Sleeve Notes
This album was recorded at the Kestrel Hotel, Balerno (the home of Balerno Folk Club) on the 23rd June 1988. The village of Balerno lies at the foot of the Pentland Hills, south-west of Edinburgh. There has been a conscious effort during editing, not to be carried away on the wings of "crack", as we are aware that spontaneous humour wears a bit thin after a couple of listenings, but......you can't keep a good audience down and the "attack" of the songs cannot be achieved (by us at least) in studio recordings. We chanced on the hottest evening of summer for the recording and with what amounted to 200 living, breathing storage heaters packed into the club, the atmosphere was steamy, verging on "sauna" — hence the album title, "Listen to the Heat"!
Alternate release
Listen To The Heat: 1988 - Greentrax TRAX 019 CD