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From: bruce@hp-pcd.UUCP (bruce)
Newsgroups: net.music.folk
Subject: Re: Ossian Inquiry
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Date: Sun, 23-Dec-84 00:51:00 EST
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Posted: Sun Dec 23 00:51:00 1984
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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)