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We've had to make some alternatives to our way of selling albums because Customs' duty and higher postage charges, due to "you know what", have transformed the sending of CDs into a luxury hobby.

ALL OLD McCALMANS' LP RECORDS, UP TO AND INCLUDING "Ancestral Manoeuvres", HAVE BEEN RE-MASTERED, AND ARE NOW AVAILABLE ON BANDCAMP.

DOWNLOAD SINGLE TRACKS FOR £1.00 OR ALBUMS FOR £7.00. SIMPLY CLICK ON mccalmans.bandcamp.com

ALL REMAINING LPs ARE CURRENTLY BEING REMASTERED AND WILL BE ONLINE AT BANDCAMP SOON.

Sign up as a "follower" on the McCalmans' Bandcamp site for the latest releases. All our Bandcamp stuff has three free plays. Can you stand any more?

THE QUIGGS ARE ALSO ON BANDCAMP WITH ALMOST EVERY ALBUM AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD, PLEASE PRESS: the-quiggs.bandcamp.com

Scottish folk singers, song writers, talkers, travellers, friends. Formed 1964 whilst architecture students. First gig in The Waverley Bar, Edinburgh. Pubs/clubs. Concerts. First album 1967. Multiple TV series. Tours in UK, Denmark, rest of Europe, world. "Best live act" award, "Hall of Fame", 27 albums, recorded 400 songs, retired 2010. Only ever three in the Macs' line-up. Total of five musicians in 46 years."The McCalmans" retired in 2010 but the memory lingers on. Derek Moffat and Nick Keir, huge influences in the band, tragically passed away and are sorely missed. Stephen is still very successful with his concerts and tours, often singing with his wife Pernille (The Quiggs). Ian writes songs and stage productions ("Far Far From Ypres", "No Pasaran", "Singing Sixties" ) and records/produces in his studio. Hamish lives in Orkney and still plays beautifully.

KEVOCK DIGITAL and IAN McCALMAN To buy any Macs' albums, DVD, booklet, etc press this link

Far, Far From Ypres

The Concert DVD To buy, click this link FAR, FAR FROM YPRES UK £15.00 Rest of World £17.00

FIRST MINISTER, Nicola Sturgeon (@NicolaSturgeon) said:
Far, Far from Ypres at the Usher Hall was quite simply stunning - powerful, sad, emotional, honest...but uplifting too. And what an amazing cast - delighted to get the chance to say thank you to some of them.

cover image for The McCalmans - Lost Tracks

Tracks never released on McCalmans' albums

Click on tracks for song texts:

1 Cold Night in this Old Town (Nick Keir) 2 The Diamond (Traditional) 3 The Peat Bog Soldiers (Traditional) 4 Wild Mountain Thyme (Traditional)

5 Wheels of Fortune (Traditional) 6 Lowlands Away (Traditional)

7 Lena the Whale (I.Blake/M. Brooks) 8 Bonnyrigg Banker (Ian McCalman) 9 Come By the Hills (W. Gordon Smith) 10 Working On the New Railroad (Traditional) 11 The Road and the Miles Tae Dundee (Traditional) 12 Willie Brewed a Peck O' Maut (Traditional) 13 The Greenland Whale Fisheries (Traditional) 14 Blow Ye Winds (Traditional) 15 The Hug Song (Fred Small) 16 John Barleycorn (Traditional) 17 Plooman Laddies (Traditional) with Barbara Dickson 18 Caledonia (Dougie Maclean) 19 So the Years Roll On (Ian McCalman)

CD1: 1. Festival Lights 2. Portnahaven 3. All Over This Town 4. Fires of Edinburgh 5. Applecross Bay 6. Slow French Waltz 7. American Accent 8. The Bonny Maid of Fife 9. Middle-Aged Men 10. Envy The Wind 11. It’s a Lie 12. The Siege 13.On This Island 14. Mephistopheles on Minto Street 15. Cold Night In This Old Town 16. Borderland 17. Sorrowlessfield 18. Running Home 19. Here’s To You

CD2: 1. Corryvreckan Calling 2. East Lothian Sky 3. Far Down The Line 4. Nowhere Else To Go 5. The Beatles Played Kirkcaldy/Happy To Dance With You 6. Crooked Smile 7. Song Of The Plough 8. The Heron 9. Ainster Harbour 10. Everybody Lies 11. The Heart 12. Loves The Rising Sun 13. The Field Behind Our House 14. White Horses 15. Norman’s Dram 16. The Daybreak Carol 17. Long Road 18. Take My Time

NEW!

"Unquestionably one of the best folk albums of the year",

Mike Davies, Folkradio.co.uk

"Their best yet by a country mile"

Ian McCalman

Go to Stephen's website to buy: http://www.stephenquigg.com/CD-Seeds-I-didnt-sow.htm

"A very welcome treat...everything the McCalmans did best.....Ian McCalman has done a great job in tracking down gems from all eras....undoubtedly welcomed by The McCalmans' very many fans."

"Nick Keir’s magical "Cold Night In This Old Town", which is a corker..... the hilarious "Bonnyrig Banker", "So The Years Roll On"...... the perfect way to bow out. This album is dedicated to the absent members who have passed – Derek Moffat and Nick Keir. They would have been bursting with pride." Grem Devlin

This album by Stephen and Pernille is a real cracker. There's a lovely combination of old and new and the balance of the two voices is magic. I thoroughly recommend It." Ian McCalman