Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: notesfiles - hp 1.2 08/01/83; site hp-pcd.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!houxm!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!tektronix!hplabs!hp-pcd!bruce From: bruce@hp-pcd.UUCP (bruce) Newsgroups: net.music.folk Subject: Re: Ossian Inquiry Message-ID: <33000001@hp-pcd.UUCP> Date: Sun, 23-Dec-84 00:51:00 EST Article-I.D.: hp-pcd.33000001 Posted: Sun Dec 23 00:51:00 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 29-Dec-84 03:39:23 EST References: <158@ihu1m.UUCP> Organization: Hewlett-Packard - Corvallis, OR Lines: 31 Nf-ID: #R:ihu1m:-15800:hpcvrb:33000001:000:1116 Nf-From: hpcvrb!bruce Dec 26 21:51:00 1984 I have two Ossian albums that I bought from them when they performed here a while back: "Dove Across The Water" (1982) IR004 "Seal Song" (1981) IR002 They are both on Iona Records. The address on the albums is: Iona Records 9 Eastfield Avenue, Cambuslang Glasgow, Scotland Anyone really interested in obtaining the albums could probably write to this address and ask them who distributes their records in the US. To summarize the music, it employs a wide variety of instruments as well as singing on many songs. The album cover lists the members and their instruments: Billy Jackson: Harp, Uileann Pipes, Whistle, Double Bass, Vocals George Jackson: Cittern, Guitar, Whistle, Flute John Martin: Fiddle, Cello, Whistle, Vocals Tony Cuffe: Vocals, Guitar, Tenor Guitar, Whistle, Tiple Iain MacDonald: Pipes, Vocals, Flute, Whistle, Jew's Harp The vocals are mostly in slightly accented English but a few are Gaelic. The music is most pleasant. Ossian performs mostly traditional titles, but they do their own arrangements. -- Bruce Stephens (hplabs!hp-pcd!bruce)