Ray Fisher recordings

Subject: Ray Fisher recordings
From: Thomas Stern
Date: 09 Mar 09 - 04:06 PM

I am seeking information about any recordings of RAY FISHER peformances which have been issued in festival or "various artist" albums.

We ARE AWARE of her major releases, including:
Ray & Archie Fisher, Edinburgh recordings on DECCA UK and WAVERLY.
Ray & Archie, Fisher Family, Scotts collections etc. on TOPIC
solo recordings on LEADER, FOLK-LEGACY, SAYDISC.

If you have any issues OTHER than the above, please provide
Label, Catalog number, date, Ray's tracks. Detailed contents, and scans of album/notes would be appreciated if you can provide this.

THANKS, Thomas.

Subject: RE: Ray Fisher recordings
From: curmudgeon
Date: 09 Mar 09 - 04:10 PM

Not "performance" per se, but there is "The Iron Muse."

Subject: RE: Ray Fisher recordings
From: BB
Date: 09 Mar 09 - 04:13 PM

Edinburgh Folk Festival '63 LP.

Barbara

Subject: RE: Ray Fisher recordings
From: GUEST
Date: 09 Mar 09 - 05:03 PM

Ray appeared on both Edinburgh Folk Festival Lps - 1 (1963) & 2 (1964), but if you are aware of her Decca UK recordings then presumably you're aware of those?
bigJ

Subject: RE: Ray Fisher recordings
From: Effsee
Date: 09 Mar 09 - 05:13 PM

She has a few tracks on this CD:-

http://www.saydisc.com/cgi-bin/saydisc_build.pl?filename=CD-SDL-0391.txt   
Sorry, can't do the Clicky, just copy & paste and Mr.Google should bring it up!

Subject: RE: Ray Fisher recordings
From: Anglo
Date: 09 Mar 09 - 09:15 PM

I dare say you'll find she has all the tracks on this one, effsee.

Subject: RE: Ray Fisher recordings
From: Effsee
Date: 09 Mar 09 - 11:38 PM

Yup, my tongue was firmly stuck in my cheek!
But I notice the OP already has knowledge of this recording!
Just too enthusiastic to help I guess.

Subject: RE: Ray Fisher recordings
From: Reinhard
Date: 10 Mar 09 - 03:02 PM

Various Artists, All Through the Year—A Calendar in Music & Song, Hokey Pokey HPR 2002.2, 1991: Ray Fisher sings Now Westlin' Winds, a recording outtake from the Saydisc album Traditional Songs of Scotland

John Kirkpatrick, Mazurka Berserker, Fledg'ling FLED 3030, 2001: Ray Fisher sings on The Song of the Weaver

Subject: RE: Ray Fisher recordings
From: Thomas Stern
Date: 10 Mar 09 - 07:55 PM

Thanks Reinhard! Exactly what is needed!
WHERE ARE ALL THE RAY FISHER FANATIC FANS ???

Below is the current list,
Cheers, Thomas,

RAY FISHER RECORDINGS
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1961 CND   anti-Polaris Singers
    Josh Macrae, Bobbie Campbell, Nigel Denver, Gordon Mc Culloch,
    Ray Fisher. Jackie O'Connor and Hamish Imlach

????????? ARE THERE ANY RECORDINGS
????????? ARE ANY ON FOLKWAYS 5444 DING DONG DOLLAR(1962) ????


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RAY & ARCHIE FISHER:   television magazine Here And Now
                      BBC programme 'Hootenanny'

???????? ARE THERE ANY SURVIVING TAPES


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RECORDINGS for the School of Scottish Studies archives, Edinburgh




1962 TOPIC TOP 67 7"-EP)    FAR OVER THE FORTH
       Ray Fisher, vocals;
       Archie Fisher,vocals, guitar
      The Night Visiting Song
      Far Over the Forth
      The Twa Corbies (2.04)
      Kilbogie (3.06)
       All tracks included in Topic 12T128 Bonny Lass Come O'er the Burn

1975 ISLAND/TRANSATLANTIC FOLK 1001 (4-LP box)   ELECTRIC MUSE
       1A7 The Twa Corbies Ray & Archie Fisher
1996 Castle Music ESB CD 416 (3 CD)         NEW ELECTRIC MUSE
      CD1-3 The Twa Corbies Ray & Archie Fisher
1995 RHINO CD 72160 Troubadours of British Folk, Vol.1: Unearthing the Tradition
      4. Kilbogie    Ray Fisher, Archie Fisher 3:06
1999 SHANACHIE 78032 (CD) HOLDING UP HALF THE SKY: Voices of Celtic Women Vol.2
      Far over the Forth (3:50)   Ray Fisher


1962 TOPIC 12T 128      Bonny Lass Come O'er The Burn
      Twa Corbies - Ray Fisher
      Kilbogie - Ray & Archie Fisher
      Night Visiting Song - Ray Archie Fisher
      Far Over the Forth - Ray Fisher


1963 TOPIC   12T 86 The Iron Muse. A Panorama of Industrial Folk Song
1964 ELEKTRA EKL 279
xxxx TOPIC   TSCD465 (CD) The Iron Muse: A Panorama of Industrial Folk Music
       Arranged by A.L. Lloyd
       Recorded in London in 1962
      The Spinner's Wedding (The Spinners Song) - Ray Fisher
      The Dundee Lassie - Ray Fisher



1963 DECCA LK 4546    Edinburgh Folk Festival Vol.1
      A4 Whisky In the Jar            RAY and ARCHIE FISHER
      B3 My Donal'                   RAY FISHER
      B7 My Johnnie Is a Shoemaker    RAY and ARCHIE FISHER      
      B8 Glasgow Street Songs Medley RAY and ARCHIE FISHER
            (Queen Mary, Queen Mary / It's a Life / O'Hara)


1964 DECCA LK 4563    Edinburgh Folk Festival Vol.2
      A2 When I was Noo but Sweet Sixteen RAY FISHER
      B? Kishmul's Galley                  RAY and ARCHIE FISHER
Produced by Nathan Joseph for Transatlantic Records in association with Hugh Mendl
Recorded by Bill Leader
Edited by Gus Dudgeon



1964 WAVERLEY ZLP 2025 THE HOOT'NANNY SHOW Volume 1
      Leith Town Hall, November, 1963
      A2 Leave her Johnny (trad) RAY and ARCHIE FISHER
      A2 Poor Bill                RAY and ARCHiE FISHER
      B5 Backgreen Ballad         RAY and ARCHIE FISHER
      B7 We shall Overcome       ENTIRE GROUP


1964 WAVERLEY ZLP 2032 THE HOOT'NANNY SHOW VOLUME 2
      A2 Johnny I Hardly Knew You RAY and ARCHIE FISHER
      B2 The Blackleg Miner       RAY and ARCHIE FISHER
      B5 Johnny McEldoo          RAY and ARCHIE FISHER



1964 WAVERLEY ZLP 2033                  FOLK FESTIVAL
1967 DOMINION (Canada) LP 1322          FOLK FESTIVAL
1969 WORLD RECORD CLUB ST 890 stereo    FOLK FESTIVAL
      recorded at Usher hall, Edinburgh
      A Let the Bulgine Run
      B The Buildings (McNaughton);
         A Lum Hat Wantin' a Croon;
         Air FaLaLaLo


196x WAVERLY ZLP 2067          FOLK FAVORITES
       Blackleg Miner          RAY and ARCHIE FISHER
       Let The Bulgine Run      RAY and ARCHIE FISHER



1965 TOPIC 12T 137      THE FISHER FAMILY Traditional and New Songs from Scotland
      reissued on CD in Japan
      Come All Ye Fisher Lassies       The Family lead by Ray
      Schooldays Over                   Ray & Archie acc. guitar
      Joy of My Heart                   The Family lead by Ray & Archie acc. guitar
      Hey Ca' Through                   Ray, Joyce, Audrey and Priscilla
      What's Poor Mary Weeping For, Bonny Lassie O   Ray & Archie acc. guitar
      Aince Upon a Time                Ray & Archie acc. guitar




1966 Scottish Television 19.43 min b/w sound
      SCOTTISH SCREEN ARCHIVES: 'FOLK SINGING FILLERS WITH ARCHIE & RAY FISHER'
   National Library of Scotland T0776
Ray Fisher, with Archie Fisher accompanying on acoustic guitar
"Cannily Cannily" (2.22)
"The Carls of Dysart" (4.00)
"The Guagers" (6.30)
"The Spinners Wedding" (8.15)
"Schooldays End (Ewan MacColl)" (10.00)
"ploughman's song (12.51)

A.F. singing his own composition "The Shipyard Apprentice" (15.18)
A.F. singing "Twenty One Years" (17.29)
A.F. singing Ewan McColl's composition "The Travelling People" (19.43)

xxxx TOPIC TPS 169          A Prospect of Scotland. Topic Sampler 5:
      Joy of My Heart - Ray & Archie Fisher
      The Spinner's Wedding - Ray Fisher




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      Basque Festival   ????????????



1967.12 Folk song cellar - programmes 33 (Part 1) and 34 (Part 1) [RADIO]
         BBC TRANSCRIPTION 120050/120051/CN612
The High-Level Ranters.- Ray Fisher.- Derek Sarjeant. (programme 34): The Tinkers.- Jack and Margaret King.- Terry Gould.- Gerry Pugh.
       approx 42 minutes.
In BBC Transcription Service Catalogue (Light Music, page 118)




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Folk on 2
    BBC R2 199398
LIST RECORDINGS: H2041
Broadcaster: BBC R2 199398
Broadcast title: Folk on 2
Contents note: A report on Luke Daniels visit to Philadelphia. Ray Fisher in session. Format: tape 1 VHS Cassette Sound only
Holdings
PRODUCT Copies Material Location
H2041 1 VIDEOTAPE




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Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger Collection
    Revival singers 11
LIST RECORDINGS: C102/210
LIST RECORDINGS: NP9742W
LIST RECORDINGS: 2CDR0002079
LIST RECORDINGS: 1CDR0001653
Collection title: Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger Collection
Recordist: MacColl, Ewan
Recordist: Seeger, Peggy
Collection descripti: Field recordings, off-air recordings, recordings of revival singers, seminars on folk song, etc.
Documentation: label on tape box and Peggy Seeger's note in IMC file
Product copyright: Ewan MacColl, Peggy Seeger and recorded artist
Product title: Revival singers 11
Contents note: Songs sung by Ann Briggs, John Reavey, Stan Kelly, Moira McGhee, Bob Davenport, Enoch Kent, Mike Smythe, Haverim Duo, Lou Killen, Lisa Turner, Colin Ross and Ray Fisher. One of 34 tapes recorded by Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger as an attempt to collect samples of each of the good revival singers of the time (1965-1969).
Country: England
Format: tape 7" reel
Original or copy: original
Access restrictions: none
Copy condition code: a
Dubbing ref. no.: NP9742W
Dubbing ref. no.: 1CDR0001653





BOOK:
The Folk Music Revival in Scotland by Ailie Munro
CD accompanying BOOK
track 9 The moving on song Ray Fisher Edinburgh 1971/AM 3:29
recordings in The School of Scottish Studies




1973 TRAILER LER LER 2038       THE BONNY BIRDY
2000 Trailer/Leader LERCED 2038 CD-r reissue
Ray Fisher, vocals [1-8], guitar [2-3, 6-7];
Martin Carthy, guitar [1, 4, 8], vocals [4];
Tim Hart, dulcimer [1, 4], vocals [4];
Peter Knight, fiddle [1, 4], mandolin [4];
Ashley Hutchings, electric bass [1, 4];
Colin Ross, fiddle [2], Northumbrian small pipes [7];
Alistair Anderson, concertina [2];
Stefan Sobell, guitar [5];
Liz Sobell, harmonium [5];
Bobby Campbell, fiddle [8]

Tracks
Side 1
Johnnie Sangster (2.55)
Mill o' Tifty's Annie (7.25)
Bonny at Morn (4.16)
The Forfar Sodger (3.19)
Side 2
The Pride of Glencoe (6.24)
The Silkie of Sul Skerry (4.02)
The Shipyard Apprentice (3.56)
The Bonny Birdy (7.09)


1970 TRAILER LER 2019                   FOLK TRAILER
      Bonny at morn [R Fisher, C Ross]
1975 TRAILER LETSAM 2087                OUR FOLK MUSIC HERITAGE
      Bonny birdie [R Fisher].





1982 FOLK-LEGACY FSS-91         WILLIE's LADY
200x FOLK-LEGACY CD-91 (CD)
      Side 1:
       The Pressers (Mary Brooksbank);
       The Bonnie Wee Lassie That Never Said No;
       The Red-haired Man's Wife;
       The Kye Have Come Hame;
       Willie's Lady
      Side 2:
       Are Ye Sleepin' Maggie;
       Miller Tae My Trade;
       The Wearie Cutters;
       Betsy Bell;
       Over Yonder Banks (G Miles);
       When Fortune Turns the Wheel
All songs traditional except where indicated
Ray Fisher with Johnny Cunningham (fiddle)
notes by Ray Fisher




1991 OLD BRIDGE DH 001    BY ANY OTHER NAME
Di Henderson, vocals; Chris Newman, guitars, gass, keyboards and other;
Tom McConville, fiddles and vocals;
Ray Fisher, harmonies, Colin Ross, Northumbrian Pipes
Produced by Chris Newman



1991 SAYDISC CD-SDL 391       TRADITIONAL SONGS OF SCOTLAND          CD
199x MUSICAL HERITAGE SOCIETY 513121
Recorded at Valley Recordings, Littleton-on-Severn, December 1990 and June 1991.
Recorded by Gef Lucena (Saydisc) and David Wilkins (Valley Recordings)

Musicians
Ray Fisher, voice, guitar [1, 5, 10-13, 15];
Colin Ross, Scottish small pipes [4, 8, 12], fiddle [4, 5, 13];
Martin Carthy, guitar [3, 6-7, 16-17, 19];
John Kirkpatrick, button accordion [2, 9, 18], melodeon [7], Anglo concertina [14]

Tracks
Night Visiting Song (4.28)
Wark o' the Weavers (5.38)
Lady Keith's Lament (4.23)
The Gallowa Hills (4.00)
Coulter's Candy (3.07)
Willie's Fatal Visit (5.14)
Twa Recruiting Sergeants (3.54)
Floo'ers o' the Forest (4.28)
MacGinty's Meal and Ale (5.54)
Baron o'Brackley (4.26)
Gipsy Laddies (5.05)
Lang Biding Here (2.47)
Jute Mill Song (3.13)
Hie, Jeannie Hie (3.19)
Johnny My Man (2.56)
My Laddie's Bedside (3.14)
What Can a Young Lassie (3.21)
Nicky Tams (4.13)
All track trad. arr. Ray Fisher except Track 13 Mary Brooksbank



CD
1991 HOKEY POKEY HPR2002-2      ALL THROUGH THE YEAR
1993 GREEN LINNET   3069       ALL THROUGH THE YEAR: A Calender in Music & Song   
      12. Now Westlin' Winds 4:32 Ray Fisher
[note: out-take from SAYDISC session]




1999 BO'WEAVIL 10 (2-LP)   ANNE BRIGGS - THE COMPLETE TOPIC RECORDINGS (Ltd.Ed.500)
1999 TOPIC 504 (CD)       ANNE BRIGGS COLLECTION
liner notes by Colin Harper and A.L. Lloyd.
    Doffing Mistress       Ray Fisher backing vocals



CD
2001 FLEDGLING 3030    MAZURKA BERSERKER - John Kirkpatrick
      13. The Song Of The Weaver John Kirkpatrick, Ray Fisher & Martin Carthy




CD
2004 Ythan Music YCD 08   WHERE THE LAVEROCK SINGS
      1 A PAIR O' NICKY TAMS      Ray Fisher with John Kirkpatrick on Melodeon
      14 TWA RECRUITING SERGEANTS Ray Fisher with John Kirkpatrick



CD
2004 GREENTRAX CDTRAX261      SCOTTISH WOMEN (Live on tour)
      2002 tour singers included Sheila Stewart, Sheena Wellington, Ishbel McAskill, Elspeth Cowie, Corrina Hewat, Annie Grace, Karine Polwart, Emily Smith, Mairi MacInnes, Anna Murray, Ray Fisher, Margaret Bennett, Maggie MacInnes and MacKenzie.
      1. Canan Nan Gaidheal                              entire cast
      3. Griogal Cridhe (The Glenlyon Lament )   Margaret Bennett and entire cast
      5. Hey Donald                                     Entire Cast
    14. Mother's Ruin                                  Poem by Ray Fisher
    16. I Am a Miller Tae My Trade / Gaelic Work Songs entire Cast





2CD
2004 GOTT DISCS 011       Folk Festival: A Celebration Of Music Recorded At The                                           Sidmout International Festival
      Disc 2/15. The Butcher Boy   Ray Fisher

Subject: RE: Ray Fisher recordings
From: sheila
Date: 10 Mar 09 - 09:23 PM

I have an EP from (IIRC) 1965, put out in support of the Edinburgh Students Charities Appeal.

ESC 02

Ray and Archie are on the B side, track 1, singing Adam McNaughtan's 'The Buildings'

It cost me all of five shillings!

Subject: RE: Ray Fisher recordings
From: GUEST,johnl guest
Date: 10 Mar 09 - 09:33 PM

and doesn't she have the most amazing and beautiful voice!!!

Subject: RE: Ray Fisher recordings
From: GUEST,Brian Kell
Date: 11 Mar 09 - 05:16 PM

One of my all time favourite singers stayed with us many times in the early 1970's when we helped run Stevenage folk club. Glad to see her be awarded a Gold Badge by EFDSS along with Colin Ross and Louis Killen, every credit.

Subject: RE: Ray Fisher recordings
From: maeve
Date: 08 Dec 09 - 09:28 AM

refresh

Subject: RE: Ray Fisher recordings
From: Thomas Stern
Date: 02 Sep 11 - 10:56 AM

Thanks to Stephanie Smith and Steve Byrne I have been informed that
the SCHOOL OF SCOTTISH STUDIES online catalog is now available.

search School of Scottish Studies

The link will bring you to a SEARCH page - enter RAY FISHER
and a couple of hundred items are displayed. These include songs
and some incredibly informative interviews with Ray, her siblings,
and others. The recordings include material recorded in 1960 up
through the 1980's. MAGNIFICENT!!!

I will be including these in the Ray Fisher discography, which will be posted here as time permits.

An updated version (not including the above) has been posted to the Ballad-List.

If anyone has private recordings of concerts, broadcasts, etc., I would appreciate listings. You should make sure provision is made for the preservation of such recordings.

Best wishes, Thomas.

http://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/

Subject: RE: Ray Fisher recordings
From: maeve
Date: 02 Sep 11 - 11:00 AM

Thank you very much, Thomas, and thanks to Stephanie Smith, Steve Byrne, and the SCHOOL OF SCOTTISH STUDIES.

Subject: RE: Ray Fisher recordings
From: dick greenhaus
Date: 02 Sep 11 - 11:56 AM

camsco can supply
SAYDISC CD-SDL 391 TRADITIONAL SONGS OF SCOTLAND
FOLK-LEGACY FSS-91         WILLIE's LADY
TRAILER LER LER 2038       THE BONNY BIRDY
2000 Trailer/Leader LERCED 2038 CD-r reissue

Subject: RE: Ray Fisher recordings
From: GUEST,Doc Rowe
Date: 03 Sep 11 - 05:31 AM

Thomas, I'll sort out a listing of recordings [and especially videos] that I have of Ray over the years and send them to you. Ray also featured on The MacColl/Seeger/Parker Radio Ballad "On the Edge" as well.

Best. Doc

Subject: RE: Ray Fisher recordings
From: Thomas Stern
Date: 03 Sep 11 - 10:38 AM

Hi Doc,
Thanks for that - I should have remembered On The Edge - one of the reasons to compile these resource documents...
Looking forward to the listings of your recordings and videos.
THANK YOU!!!
Cheers, Thomas.

I hope others will dig into their archives to find other
recordings.

A clarification about the SCHOOL OF SCOTTISH STUDIES material -
the actual recordings are ON LINE, so YOU CAN LISTEN listen to them.

Best wishes, Thomas.

Subject: RE: Ray Fisher recordings
From: GUEST,Max Bolch
Date: 11 Sep 17 - 02:58 PM

If someone's interested in listening to the Fisher/Steeleye Span collaboration again - here's a vinyl rip of 'Forfar Sodger' :)

https://youtu.be/G1bZvQL1zVc

Subject: RE: Ray Fisher recordings
From: GUEST,Malcolm Storey
Date: 11 Sep 17 - 09:24 PM

Pretty certain I have some stuff but will need to check.

Subject: RE: Ray Fisher recordings
From: GUEST,Erich
Date: 12 Sep 17 - 04:42 AM

There are some live performances on you tube sung by Ray and Cilla Fisher.