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The Bellman's Song

from Side By Side By Side 1977 by McCalmans

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I think we do a reasonable attempt at a bell-ringing sound at the beginning of this one, particularly on concertina.
This song is credited to Bill Meek.
I think Derek sings the tune in the chorus brilliantly, but I tend to be too far up on the mix.
For our first two albums each of us would say: "I can't hear me in the mix". For the next 24 albums each of us would say: "there's too much of me in the mix". You live and learn. I think we're all singing well on this one and the instruments earn their keep.

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from Side By Side By Side 1977, released April 2, 2021
Concertina, 12 string, guitar.
Writer Bill Meek

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Formed 1964, Edinburgh, studying Architecture. Ian McCalman, Derek Moffat, Hamish Bayne, for 18years.Then McCalman, Moffat, Nick Keir for 27yrs. Then McCalman, Keir, Stephen Quigg for 9yrs. 27 albums, multiple TV series. World tours. "Best live act" award, "Hall of Fame", "Hamish Henderson award", recorded 400 songs, retired 2010. folk singers, writers, talkers, travellers, Love Scotland. Friends! ... more

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