Songbook: The Andy M Stewart Collection

Subject: Andy M Stewart Song Book?
From: Kernow John
Date: 12 Jun 02 - 11:42 AM

A couple of weeks ago I sent an order for this book to Strathmore Music, 49 Earlston Road, Stow/Galashiels.
I haven't heard a thing from them. I contacted BT for a phone number but they say the firm isn't listed.
As far as I know my cheque hasn't been cashed. Does anyone know of these publishers? I'd just like to get hold of a copy of the book.
Thanks for any help.
John

Subject: RE: Andy M Stewart Song Book?
From: Watson
Date: 12 Jun 02 - 12:02 PM

If you search for that address on Google, the only hit is for a Spanish directory entry for a film lighting company, but the name Andy Stewart is there, and the phone number is 01578 730398.

Subject: RE: Andy M Stewart Song Book?
From: Joan from Wigan
Date: 12 Jun 02 - 01:48 PM

John, the address you quote is certainly the first part of the address as given on Andy's website for ordering the book. The full address is:

Strathmore Music
49 Earlston Rd
Stow/Galashiels
Selkirkshire
Scotland
TD1 2RL

Andy M Stewart website
Order form for Songbook

Joan

Subject: The Andy M Stewart Collection
From: PNB
Date: 10 Sep 06 - 06:07 PM

Has anyone heard if a reprint of this book is in the works? I would really like to have one, but the ones listed on Ebay and Amazon are a tad on the pricey side. At the price they are selling them for, I would think the publisher would want to reprint. Anyone out there have one they would be willing to part with? At a reasonable price

Subject: RE: The Andy M Stewart Collection
From: JulieF
Date: 11 Sep 06 - 09:55 AM

I managed to get a copy of the songbook for a reasonable price but it took a few months of hanging about on e-bay. Its got about 40 songs in.   Is the collection a later issue with more songs ?

J

Subject: RE: The Andy M Stewart Collection
From: PNB
Date: 04 Oct 06 - 02:44 PM

Not sure which came first. I think the collection came later. I have a copy of the songbook that I am borrowing form a friend. The collection has more songs in it.
Still looking foa a copy of the Collection if anyone wants to part with one!

Subject: RE: The Andy M Stewart Collection
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 04 Oct 06 - 02:58 PM

I have a photocopy of the big one... (ISBN 0-8256-9420-5) That is stored in clear sheets in a binder... It's called "The Andy M Stewart Collection"

I have a photocopy of the short one (ISBN??) that is just bunged into a duotang... It's called "The Andy M Stewart Songbook with words music and guitar chords"

Define "reasonable Price"? :-)

Subject: RE: The Andy M Stewart Collection
From: PNB
Date: 04 Oct 06 - 03:06 PM

Clinton,
I just sent you a private message.

Subject: RE: The Andy M Stewart Collection
From: matthew
Date: 04 Apr 08 - 05:10 AM

Hello,

I am also looking for the Andy M Stewart Collection but it is sold out everywhere, even the expensive second hand version on amazon and ebay are gone. I tried ordering it via my University and public library but they couldn't get it (I live in Germany). I located two shops in Australia which claimed to sell copies but after organizing an Australian who would ship the book to me both shops said they were sorry the book just went out of print. I even tried contacting Andy Stewart and the publishers to ask if there would be a reprint sometime, but I got no response. I have now exhausted all ideas where I could buy a version of the book. If anyone has copy they would be willing to part with please contact me. I would be happy for any medium: book, photocopy or pdf.

With kind regards

Matthew

Subject: RE: The Andy M Stewart Collection
From: Big Mick
Date: 04 Apr 08 - 02:29 PM

Matthew, do not listen to GUEST, you might wish to...... You should have folks send you a PM, and NOT post your email. Spambots will have that so fast, and you will be getting all manner of contact. Just PM matthew if you have one.

Mick

Subject: RE: The Andy M Stewart Collection
From: GUEST,The Mole Catcher's unplugged Apprentice
Date: 05 Apr 08 - 02:21 PM

'... post an email address so people can contact you."

the last thing in the world you do is post personal contact information for all the world to see. Nice try, Guest, You might wish to.... Surprising as it may seem, sometimes, we here at Mudcat were not born yesterday.

cheers

Charlotte (the view from here)

Subject: RE: The Andy M Stewart Collection
From: GUEST,Mel
Date: 05 Apr 08 - 10:25 PM

Please be patient. I recently talked with Andy at a concert. Yes, he and Gerry O'Beirne are finally back on the road. Andy is recovering from some medical problems but now seems on the mend. He was in fine voice.
Some of his recordings (Silly Wizard included) were caught up in the Green Linnet fiasco. I don't know if the songbook was involved.
He is trying to get the songbook back in print as well as recover his master recordings back from GL.

Subject: RE: The Andy M Stewart Collection
From: Peace
Date: 05 Apr 08 - 10:39 PM

Many of his lyrics here.

Subject: RE: The Andy M Stewart Collection
From: ChivalryKate
Date: 08 Apr 08 - 11:24 AM

Hi folks,

Here's the story. Andy had "The Andy M Stewart Collection" songbook printed in Scotland, then shipped most of them to Music Sales for distribution in the US. It didn't sell very well for them, so they dropped it from their catalog and shipped the remainder to me in 2001. They sold via his web site and I kept a waiting list of folk who e-mailed me that they wanted them. Over the years Andy brought me 10 or so at a time when he came over to tour and I've sold them to folks on the list. He only has a few left at this point. We've talked about having more printed, but it's not economically viable, as it would cost a lot to print and bind them, and the digital files are in an old format, etc...

When he was here a few weeks ago, I talked to him about issuing it as a downloadable PDF. He is concerned that someone would buy one copy and suddenly it would be passed around the 'net and no one else would buy it.

I may be overly optimistic, but I think the folk community is slightly more honorable than that. What say you? Would you buy a PDF of it for $20?

-Kate

Subject: RE: The Andy M Stewart Collection
From: Dave Swan
Date: 08 Apr 08 - 12:07 PM

Yes

Subject: RE: The Andy M Stewart Collection
From: M.Ted
Date: 08 Apr 08 - 12:51 PM

PDF songbooks are a pain to deal with because you have to print them.

If you want a clean, readable, and even slightly durable copy, you've got to buy special paper, and you never know how its going to turn out until you've printed it all once, after which you'll likely have to tinker around with it a lot and then print it again--

The ink and paper alone will set you back what a professionally printed folio would cost--forget the time--still better than nothing, but printing in small quantities is getting easier all the time, and surely there is a market for at least a small print run--

Subject: RE: The Andy M Stewart Collection
From: Maryrrf
Date: 09 Apr 08 - 10:10 AM

Would something like publishing on demand be an option for Andy? I was thinking of this: LULU

Subject: RE: The Andy M Stewart Collection
From: matthew
Date: 24 Apr 08 - 08:02 AM

Hi,

thank you for all your responses!

Yes I would buy a PDF version and would most definitively not post it on some P2P site. I also believe the Folk community does not go into large scale (i.e. P2P) sharing of that kind of content but there will be some who does it anyway. However I would still recommend an online version, since on the whole there are more people willing to pay for good music than those who would steal it. Considering that Andy doesn't make any money from the book now it would definitively be a plus :) I believe the trick is to make the online versions cheap enough that people prefer the "feel good" factor of paying the author and getting a bargain at the same time. Since the money can go directly to the author there are no publishing costs and such. The cheaper end price does not have to mean less money for the author.

I also find the Print-on-demand idea a good one. This company was bought by Amazon:
http://www.booksurge.com/
Since I am not a publisher I don't know how much of the cake these firms take for themselves, but again something must be better than nothing.

With kind regards

Matthew

Subject: RE: The Andy M Stewart Collection
From: matthew
Date: 24 Apr 08 - 08:08 AM

I have just had a closer look at the publish on demand and it says this about royalties:

//BEGIN QUOTE

Authors earn a royalty of 35% of the list price on newly manufactured trade paperback books used to fulfill an order through one of our retail distribution channels, including Amazon.com, Abebooks.com and Alibris.com.*

Authors earn a royalty of 10% of the list price for newly manufactured trade paperback books and hardcover books used to fulfill an order through one of our wholesale distribution channels, including Baker & Taylor.

//END QUOTE


Regards

Matthew

Subject: RE: The Andy M Stewart Collection
From: Susanne (skw)
Date: 24 Apr 08 - 05:30 PM

I think the old songbook at least was self-published and was mainly sold at Andy's gigs, so there wouldn't be any extra cost for retailing.

Subject: RE: The Andy M Stewart Collection
From: matthew
Date: 06 Jun 08 - 04:47 AM

An interesting discussion about publishing books online:

http://db.tidbits.com/article/9641

Subject: RE: The Andy M Stewart Collection
From: GUEST,Jennfer
Date: 20 Aug 08 - 09:37 PM

No, No! This thread stopped without a conclusion like where one could get (at the very least) a .pdf of this song book. My daughter and I only just discovered Andy and his music a few years back and we would love to have this book.

Any suggestions?

Jennifer

Subject: RE: The Andy M Stewart Collection
From: GUEST,Kris
Date: 13 Sep 08 - 08:55 AM

Would also like to have a copy. Hope this discussion is reanimated sometime.

Kris

Subject: RE: The Andy M Stewart Collection
From: GUEST,GUEST, Chien
Date: 04 Oct 08 - 10:53 PM

Any news from Kate about the $20 PDF yet?

Subject: RE: The Andy M Stewart Collection
From: GUEST,Cm
Date: 29 Jul 09 - 06:59 PM

Copy of the songbook up for sale on ebay. 7/29/09

Subject: RE: The Andy M Stewart Collection
From: GUEST,guest
Date: 30 Jan 11 - 03:13 PM

I own a publishing company and would happily reprint this book. Does anyone know how to contact Andy to see if he would be interested?

Subject: RE: The Andy M Stewart Collection
From: GUEST,Bazza
Date: 21 Sep 11 - 09:29 PM

Any news on a reprint at this stage?

Subject: RE: The Andy M Stewart Collection
From: GUEST,Bazza
Date: 22 Sep 11 - 12:07 AM

Does anyone have the chords to Where are you tonight I wonder by Andy M Stewart?

Subject: RE: The Andy M Stewart Collection
From: GUEST,Kaoru
Date: 08 Nov 11 - 03:44 PM

Even though this thread is old, I would entirely pay $20 for this book in PDF format. I've been looking everywhere for it.

Subject: RE: The Andy M Stewart Collection
From: GUEST,Maggie
Date: 18 Jan 12 - 02:27 PM

We are really needing to buy the Andy Stewart Collection PDF or book format, but not at the going eBay rate. Anyone here know how I can order the PDF?

Thanks

Subject: RE: The Andy M Stewart Collection
From: GUEST,999
Date: 18 Jan 12 - 02:33 PM

What are you looking for?

Subject: RE: The Andy M Stewart Collection
From: Joe Offer
Date: 18 Jan 12 - 11:51 PM

Boy, the prices at Bookfinder are up there - prices start at $150.

-Joe-

Subject: RE: The Andy M Stewart Collection
From: GUEST
Date: 19 Jun 12 - 07:16 PM

Andy M. Stewart Collection as a HiRes PDF. $150-$225? Good gods! Of course AMS isn't seeing any of the horribly absurd markup. So...this link will work for about a week...help yourself

Subject: RE: The Andy M Stewart Collection
From: GUEST,Steve
Date: 12 Sep 14 - 01:46 PM

Just the 2 years late on this but, does anyone have the PDF please ?

I'm really just trying to get hold of 'Monday Morning' music & lyrics

Appreciate any help. Steve.

Subject: RE: The Andy M Stewart Collection
From: GUEST,Robbie
Date: 04 Nov 15 - 06:12 AM

What's the latest on availability of "Andy M Stewart Collection" in any format . . . I have been looking on and off for years without any luck . . . help!!!
Robbie

Subject: RE: The Andy M Stewart Collection
From: maeve
Date: 04 Nov 15 - 07:33 AM

Andy has been quite ill. The suggestion has been made to those around him that republication of the songbook would be wise, but no word as to the feasibility of that idea.

Lots of us around the world would love to buy the songbook. I'm sorry I can't be more helpful.

Subject: RE: Songbook: The Andy M Stewart Collection
From: Tattie Bogle
Date: 04 Nov 15 - 01:42 PM

Well, it might be worth contacting his sister in New Zealand who set up the fund to help Andy: see Help Andy get mobile
When first posted on Mudcat, there were doubts as to whether this was genuine, but friends who know Andy better assure me it is.
I was lucky enough to buy a copy of the book when Andy performed at Innerleithen Music Festival some years back.
Copyright (1998) is held by Strathmore Music and Film Services in Galashiels, and the book was also printed in Galashiels. ISBN no:0-8256-9420-5

Subject: RE: Songbook: The Andy M Stewart Collection
From: Joe Offer
Date: 05 Nov 15 - 02:14 AM

I emailed Andy's Website, suggesting that the songbook be reissued. His son has been tending the Website. I hope he'll find a way to reissue the book. The cheapest used copy I could find online was $228.
-Joe-

Subject: Andy M Stewart Songbook
From: GUEST,Shelley Kelley Sullivan
Date: 23 Apr 18 - 09:01 AM

I’m looking for a copy of The Andy M. Stewart Songbook.
Andy Stewart, formerly lead vocalist with Scotland’s Traditional Silly Wizard Band.

Subject: RE: Songbook: The Andy M Stewart Collection
From: Tattie Bogle
Date: 24 Apr 18 - 10:23 AM

I see (on Facebook) you've now located a copy, Shelley: might you put up here your source, in case anyone else is on the lookout for a copy? Glad you were able to find it. Trish

Subject: RE: Songbook: The Andy M Stewart Collection
From: Alcluith
Date: 08 Mar 20 - 04:24 AM

I am still looking for a copy of the A M Stewart Collection, if anyone has a copy to sell or knows where to purchase one. I am based in the UK

Alcluith

Subject: RE: Songbook: The Andy M Stewart Collection
From: GUEST,Starship
Date: 08 Mar 20 - 05:16 PM

GUEST,Steve
Date: 12 Sep 14 - 01:46 PM

Six years. Here it is.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SiBqfF-n9Y

Subject: RE: Songbook: The Andy M Stewart Collection
From: cnd
Date: 08 Mar 20 - 09:01 PM

Alcluith: https://www.amazon.com/The-Andy-M-Stewart-Collection/dp/0825694205

https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/the-andy-m-stewart-collection_andy-m-stewart/1646747/item/36312189/#isbn=0825694205&idiq=36312189

https://www.biblio.com/book/andy-m-stewart-collection/d/1286755262?aid=frg&utm_source=google&utm_medium=product&utm_campaign=feed-details

https://www.abebooks.com/9780825694202/Andy-M-Stewart-Collection-0825694205/plp

Several copies available online, simply type in "Andy M Stewart Collection" (with quotes) and you will see several. Shipping may be extra to the UK

Subject: RE: Songbook: The Andy M Stewart Collection
From: Joe Offer
Date: 08 Mar 20 - 11:10 PM

I've been looking for this book for years, but the cheapest one I see listed now is $38. Nope. Not ready to cough up that much. I'd go $20, but that's it.
But here's a Bookfinder link so we can look later for cheaper editions. If you see one in the $20 range and you don't want it, holler.
-Joe-