Archie Fisher Border Ballads BBC R3 1984

Subject: Border Ballads BBC Radio 3 1984 A Fisher et al
From: GMGough
Date: 28 Jan 19 - 12:09 PM

Border Ballads - a series on Radio 3 in November 1984

I've been looking through the BBC Archive of The Radio Times listings:
https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/radio3/1984-11-03

Border Ballads
A series of eight programmes
"as part of [the] Scottish Season"

Broadcast at midnight BBC Radio 3

1984-11-11-03 November 1984
1: The Ballad of Otterbourne Sung by ARCHIE FISHER

1984-11-04 Border Ballads
2: Hughie the Graeme sung by ROD PATERSON

1984-11-10 Border Ballads
3: The Armstrang Ballad sung by ARCHIE FISHER

1984-11-11 Border Ballads
4: Johnny of Breadislee sung by ROD PATERSON


1984-11-17 Border Ballads
5: Thomas the Rhymer sung by ARCHIE FISHER

1984-11-18 Border Ballads
6: The Dowie Dens 0' Yarrow sung by ROD PATERSON

1984-11-24 Border Ballads
7: Tam Lin Sung by ARCHIE FISHER

1984-11-25
Border Ballads
Last of eight programmes Clerk Saunders sung by ROD PATERSON

I've heard a muddy cassette of the solo performance of Tam Lin,
and I wonder if any others from this series were released, repeated,
or just hiding on a dusty cassette somewhere. I'd especially like to
hear the solo performances by Archie Fisher.

Subject: RE: Archie Fisher Border Ballads BBC R3 1984
From: GUEST,JHW
Date: 28 Jan 19 - 05:51 PM

For unknown reason now I have only Archie Fisher's Tam Lin (which is largely the way I do it once a year or less) and this is on reel to reel but as yet I have no programme or gadget to digitise it.
I do Clerk Saunders too once in a while but don't remember hearing it by Rod Paterson. Sure I would if I had.
Scary how long ago this was.

Subject: RE: Archie Fisher Border Ballads BBC R3 1984
From: GUEST,Andymac
Date: 30 Jan 19 - 08:38 AM

Rod Paterson sings Clerk Saunders on the "A' Jock Tamson's Bairns" recording issued by Greentrax (CDTrax 112).
It's a 2 album re-issue filled with absolute gems.

Andymac