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The First Swig

First Swig was Hom Bru's debut album released in 1978. The album was recorded by Douglas Bentley in his Viking Vision "studio" which was actually the front shop of his electrical retail premises. The recording was released on cassette only.

Track listing

Side 1:

1. Nine points of roguery
2. Greenland whaling
3. Delta dawn
4. Till the rivers all run dry
5. Gardebylaten

Side 2:

1. Never on a Sunday
2. Fiddler's green
3. Banks of Newfoundland
4. The alamo
5. Scotland the brave

Personnel

Davie Henry (vocals, rhythm guitar, mandolin); Alec Johnson (bass, harmony vocals); Gary Peterson (drums, mandolin); Brian Nicholson (vocals)

Obadeea

Obadeea features a recording of "The Unst Boat Song" which is sung in the old Norn language

Track list

1. Christmas Day/The bonnie Isle of Whalsay (Trad.)/Leather reeches (Trad.)
2. Gardebylatten (Trad.)
3. Lassie lie near me (Trad.)
4. Chicago reel (Trad.)/The scholar (Trad.)/St Anne's reel (B. Scott)
5. Ragtime Jane (J. Elliot) - listen
6. The new song on the turnout (Lyrics trad, tune G. Faux)
7. The brolum (Dr.C.Bannatyne)/Pete da mill (G. Peterson)
8. Janine's shell (G. Faux), Sandy Bell's hornpipe (R. Smith)
9. Unst boat song (Trad.)
10. Garster's dream (Trad.)/Da brig (Stickle)/Da sooth end (W. Hunter)
11. Sandy burn reel (F. Jamieson)
12. Banks of the bann (Trad.)
13. The eighth Black Watch on Passchaendale Ridge (S. Bremner)/John Murray of Lochee (J. Hastings)

Personnel

Pete Miller (vocals, guitar, electric bass); George Faux (fiddle, mandolin, guitar, vocals); Gary Peterson (mandolin, tenor banjo, fiddle); Ivor Pottinger (guitar)

Track list

1. Sylvia / Tulloch's farewell tae da Hagdale
2. Rowin' Foula doon - Da song o' da Papamen
3. Huckleberry hornpipe / Homesteader's rell / Donkey reel
4. Caladonia
5. Niamh's capers / Toss the feathers / The pinch of snuff
6. Shaskeen / Paddy Faheys / Fair Jenny
7. Miss Rowan Davies
8. Smugglers
9. I'll remember you this way
10. Moving cloud

Personnel

Peter Miller (vocals, guitar); Steven Spence (fiddle); Gary Peterson (mandolin, tenor banjo); Davie Henry (vocals, mandolin); Ivor Pottinger (vocals, guitar)

Track list

1. Coopers Reels
2. Da Sang O' Da Delting Lass
3. Suzi's Waltz
4. Scarce O' Tatties Set
5. Da Sang O' Da Fisher Lad
6. Recuerdos De La Alhambra
7. Hornpipes
8. Da Trowie Song
9. Serendipity
10. Hoedown Set
11. High Rockin Swing
12. Da Lass O' Hascosay
13. Bonnie Nancy
14. The Harley Set
15. Simmer Dim

Personnel

Brian Nicholson (vocals, guitar, bass guitar); John Robert Deyell (fiddle); Gary Peterson (mandolin, tenor banjo); Davie Henry (vocals, mandolin); John Hutchison (vocals, guitar)