Ae fond kiss - recordings

Subject: Ae fond kiss - recordings
From: CET
Date: 29 Aug 03 - 03:49 PM

Can anyone recommend a good recording of the Burns song, Ae Fond Kiss?

Thanks

Edmund

Subject: RE: Ae fond kiss - recordings
From: Zany Mouse
Date: 29 Aug 03 - 04:07 PM

I THINK Moira Craig recorded it for Pastimes. I'm sure some of the Maidenhead Catters can confirm.

ZM

Subject: RE: Ae fond kiss - recordings
From: Micca
Date: 29 Aug 03 - 04:21 PM

Yes she did ZM and very good it is, I have the CD !!!

Subject: RE: Ae fond kiss - recordings
From: Stewart
Date: 29 Aug 03 - 04:30 PM

Andy Stewart has done a nice recording of Robert Burns songs, including Ae Fond Kiss.

Songs Of Robert Burns

Cheers, S. in Seattle

Subject: RE: Ae fond kiss - recordings
From: Jim McLean
Date: 29 Aug 03 - 05:02 PM

There must be a Kenneth McKellar recording out there somewhere. He is not classed as a 'folkie' but had the sweetest Scottish tenor voice. His singing of Burns, at his best, is unsurpassable.

Subject: RE: Ae fond kiss - recordings
From: DonMeixner
Date: 29 Aug 03 - 05:12 PM

The Corries do a fine job of it. Seamus Kennedy's version is truly a gem.

Don

Subject: RE: Ae fond kiss - recordings
From: GUEST
Date: 29 Aug 03 - 05:21 PM

Dougie McLean

Subject: RE: Ae fond kiss - recordings
From: Roberto
Date: 29 Aug 03 - 05:41 PM

The best I know is Andy M. Stewart's, Songs of Robert Burns - Sung by Andy M. Stewart, Green Linnet, GLCD 3059, 1991

Subject: RE: Ae fond kiss - recordings
From: Stewie
Date: 29 Aug 03 - 07:35 PM

The Voice Squad 'Holly Wood' Hummingbird Records HB CD 0002.

--Stewie.

Subject: RE: Ae fond kiss - recordings
From: GUEST,Sheila
Date: 29 Aug 03 - 07:55 PM

A nice CD by Bruce Davies, "..wi' lichtsome he'rt..." contains 16 great songs of Scotland, one of which is "Ae Fond Kiss". E-mail: [e-mail]. Rothes Promotions,2860 Summit Drive, Burlingame, CA 94010,USA, RR007CD.

Subject: RE: Ae fond kiss - recordings
From: Amergin
Date: 29 Aug 03 - 07:55 PM

i would say it is a toss up between seamus kennedy's version and andy m. stewart's version...both are very loverly.

Subject: RE: Ae fond kiss - recordings
From: s&r
Date: 29 Aug 03 - 08:02 PM

Brian Osborne's version is beautiful. Hard to find I guess

Subject: RE: Ae fond kiss - recordings
From: Bernard
Date: 29 Aug 03 - 08:36 PM

I've got Brian's album (vinyl) of the same name - the song is on it. Bought it from Brian in person when he played at the club I ran in the mid 80s.

If anyone wants the MP3, I'll rip it for you. I'm sure Brian wouldn't have minded had he still been with us... :o(

Subject: RE: Ae fond kiss - recordings
From: wysiwyg
Date: 29 Aug 03 - 10:18 PM

Seamus, no question. Don't even wanna hear another version... heck, I never even HUM it-- that way it's perfect in my memory every time.

(Just kidding of COURSE I sing it, but no one can sing it like Seamus.)


~S~

Subject: RE: Ae fond kiss - recordings
From: masato sakurai
Date: 29 Aug 03 - 10:51 PM

"Ae Fond Kiss" Search Results at CD Universe [with some sound clips].

Subject: RE: Ae fond kiss - recordings
From: Mark Cohen
Date: 29 Aug 03 - 11:17 PM

I first heard the song on an old Smithsonian collection called "Music of Scotland." Don't know who sang it, as I only have a cassette tape, not the album, but I'd like to know.

Aloha,
Mark

Subject: RE: Ae fond kiss - recordings
From: GUEST,Boab
Date: 30 Aug 03 - 12:11 AM

Jean Redpath

Subject: RE: Ae fond kiss - recordings
From: michaelr
Date: 30 Aug 03 - 12:29 AM

One of my favorite singers, Eddi Reader, just released "Ae Fond Kiss" as the title track of her new album of Burns songs. Eddi is from Glasgow, so she has the authentic sound as well as a gorgeous voice. You can hear a short clip here.

(From her website) "Eddi says she has discovered in Burns something she believes has been overlooked in the approach to his work, and she believes that her interpretations of his poetry will reach more ears than have previously heard him." Being quite well known as a pop singer, she may well be right.



Cheers,
Michael

Subject: RE: Ae fond kiss - recordings
From: Stewie
Date: 30 Aug 03 - 04:56 AM

I didn't suggest it earlier because the record is probably long gone, but the performance that make the hair stand on my neck is Bobby Eaglesham's on Five Hand Reel 'For A' That' album.

--Stewie.

Subject: RE: Ae fond kiss - recordings
From: ard mhacha
Date: 30 Aug 03 - 05:18 AM

Jim McLean is right about Kenneth McKellar`singing of this lovely song, but within the past few weeks I bought Roisin O`Reilly`s new CD and she sings it to perfection, try it and listen,it can be had on Amazon. Ard Mhacha.

Subject: RE: Ae fond kiss - recordings
From: CET
Date: 30 Aug 03 - 09:19 AM

Thank you all so much.\

Cheers

Edmund

Subject: RE: Ae fond kiss - recordings
From: Phil Cooper
Date: 30 Aug 03 - 09:22 AM

I agree with Stewie, Five Hand Reel's version really stands out. Margaret and I recorded a version a few years back as well.

Subject: RE: Ae fond kiss - recordings
From: ard mhacha
Date: 30 Aug 03 - 01:01 PM

Robert Burns wrote "Aye fond kiss" in 1791, during his stay in Edinburgh Burns met Mrs Agnes M`Lehose in December 1787.
Both fell in love but , they had frequent meetings, but marriage was out of the question.
The couple kept in touch by correspondence, they parted in December 1791, never to meet again.
Burns so eloquently captures the heartache of the parting in his poem. Ard Mhacha.

Subject: RE: Ae fond kiss - recordings
From: Mr Happy
Date: 21 Jun 11 - 09:31 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Juvowm_1aWw

Subject: RE: Ae fond kiss - recordings
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 21 Jun 11 - 02:57 PM

Thanks for bringing this song up. I've found two good tunes for it, and I'll use them when playing flute. One tune is right in the DT.

For those of us not from Scotland or the North of England, 'ae' means 'one' and rhymes with 'stay.'

Subject: RE: Ae fond kiss - recordings
From: Jim McLean
Date: 21 Jun 11 - 06:19 PM

Burns wrote Ae Fond Kiss, not Aye, with ae rhyming with stay.

Subject: RE: Ae fond kiss - recordings
From: GUEST,Gerry
Date: 22 Jun 11 - 01:34 AM

There's a very nice recording by Gordon McIntyre and Kate Delaney on Pleasures to Find which, alas, has yet to make the jump from vinyl to CD.