Songbooks: Scottish Folksong Book-Barnes and Noble

Subject: Scottish Folksong Book-Barnes and Noble
From: Mim
Date: 09 Mar 97 - 03:04 PM

Somewhere in these messages someone recommended a book of Scottish folk songs, 3 volumes, for sale at Barnes and Noble. I called my B & N outlet and they don't know of it. Could I have accurate title and author, possibly publisher. Thanks.

Subject: RE: Scottish Folksong Book-Barnes and Noble
From:
Date: 09 Mar 97 - 07:46 PM

Hi Mim!

A nice gentleman named Jeff Walker replied to my inquiry about the history of Celtic songs. Jeff didn't give the exact name of these books, but he said that it's a 3-volume set on Scottish folk songs. They contain words, chords & melodies, with historical notes in the back. Jeff said it's about $15.00 for the set.

I haven't had a chance to call Barnes & Nobles yet. When I do, I will share the info with you. We live in Dallas, TX, so the Barnes & Nobles here is a fairly large store, and I've found their salespeople to be very helpful.

We are Celtic musicians & have quite a few books with historical references -- but always are looking for more! If there is anything that we can help you with, please email me at the above address.

Val

Subject: RE: Scottish Folksong Book-Barnes and Noble
From: mim
Date: 10 Mar 97 - 01:57 AM

Thank you, Val. I would like to know if you find the book, or books. I thought B & N would have the information in their computer but evidently not. The book could have been on their remainder list but still there should be some record of it.

I'm not a musician myself but I'm a very good audience and enjoy Celtic music immensely. Must be in the genes.

Subject: RE: Scottish Folksong Book-Barnes and Noble
From:
Date: 10 Mar 97 - 10:32 AM

Sorry, I forgot to actually post the TITLE of the books! They are at home, so I promise I will get you the titles, publishers, etc. tomorrow. Stand by...

Jeff Walker

Subject: RE: Scottish Folksong Book-Barnes and Noble
From:
Date: 11 Mar 97 - 01:56 AM

OK as promised, here's the info on the folk song books I got from Barnes and Noble:

"Traditional Folk Songs and Ballads of Scotland" (in 3 volumes) by John Loesberg, published by Ossian. They have main offices in Cork, Edinburgh, Loughborough, and Loudon (New Hampshire).

I got mine from Barnes and Noble in about October 1996 for about US$15. I don't know which catalogue it was because I get everything rather late here in Italy.

We have really used these books quite extensively (e.g., Burns Night, preapring for St Patrick's Day gigs). We use them for lyrics (my wife and I), guitar chords (me) and melody lines for flute or penny whistle (my daughter). They also include some (limited) historical notes on many of the songs.

We highly recommend them.

Jeff Walker Aviano, Italy

Subject: RE: Scottish Folksong Book-Barnes and Noble
From: mim
Date: 11 Mar 97 - 10:47 PM

Thank you, Jeff. I appreciate the information. I'll try Barnes and Noble again. If they don't have it I can always write to James Thin Booksellers in Edinburgh. I'll have to check to see if they are on the Internet, too. I'm a fairly new Internet user and I think it's great!

Subject: RE: Scottish Folksong Book-Barnes and Noble
From: Bill Foster
Date: 14 Mar 97 - 08:36 AM

My daughter manages the Barnes & Noble bookstore here on campus; I'll ask her about the books but, since the trade books are handled separately from the academic books, I may not have much luck.

Subject: RE: Scottish Folksong Book-Barnes and Noble
From: mim
Date: 14 Mar 97 - 12:02 PM

Thank you all. The book is unfortunately out of stock and cancelled. Since it was in a remainder catalog I suppose it's out of print as well. I'm asking a used book store to make a search for copies. Thanks again.

Subject: RE: Scottish Folksong Book-Barnes and Noble
From:
Date: 15 Mar 97 - 11:05 PM

I manage a B&N in Boston. Here's a helpful tip. If you can get the publishers name and phone number, provided it's not a bargin book, (a limited print run done with the intention of being out of print quickly) you could call them up and ask if they have any left. This is often the case. Books that are unavailible due to the distributer being out of stock or not reordering because it was a small publisher have the best chance here. However, if the book has recently gone out of print, it is possible that the thing is still hanging around in a publisher warehouse being used as a convient footstool, and they generally are more than happy to sel these copies off to the earliest caller/desperate collecter/desperate folkie/only person they can fool into paying full price plus shipping. Anyway, point is, if you can find the publisher, any local B&N can give you their number and it can't hurt to see if the pub has a spare copy or two hanging around. Good hunting.

Catfeet

Subject: RE: Scottish Folksong Book-Barnes and Noble
From: Jim O'Briant, Gilroy, CA
Date: 04 Apr 97 - 09:33 PM

Ossian Publications has a website:

http://www.synergy.ie/OssianSite/Entry.html

That's what my browser recorded when I bookmarked the site. I don't know whether it's case-sensitive.

The site does list lots of books -- Ossian's entire catalog, I think.

Hope this is helpful ....

Jim O'Briant Gilroy, CA, USA