Home Is Where the Van Is

Home Is Where the Van Is
Studio album by The Battlefield Band
Released	1980
Genre	Celtic
Length	43:23
Label	Temple
Producer	Robin Morton
The Battlefield Band chronology
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Home Is Where the Van Is, an album by The Battlefield Band, was released in 1980 on the Temple Records label.^[2] The album, the band's U.S. debut, "continued the Scottish group's affinity for blending modern instrumentation into the country's folk tradition."^[1] Several songs from the album notably featured band member Ged Foley on the Northumbrian smallpipes.^[3]

Track listing

1. "Major Malley's March & Reel/Malcolm Currie" – 2:27
2. "Bonny Barbry-O" – 3:18
3. "Look Across the Water/Mrs Garden of Troup/The Keelman Ower Land" – 4:29
4. "Braw Lads O'Galla Water" – 3:35
5. "Up & Waur Them A', Willie" – 3:25
6. "Joseph McDonald's Jig/The Snuff Wife/Thief of Lochaber" – 3:56
7. "Cockle Geordie/Miss Graham/Miss Thompson" – 4:01
8. "The Boar and the Fox" – 4:10
9. "Blackhall Rocks" – 2:53
10. "The Lads O' the Fair" – 4:05
11. "The Cowal Gathering/The Iron Man/Dancing Feet/Dick Gossip's Reel" – 4:34
12. "Mary Cassidy" – 2:30

Personnel

Battlefield Band

• Alan Reid: vocals, organ, synthesizer, electric piano
• Brian McNeill: vocals, bouzouki, fiddles, cittern, concertina, hurdy-gurdy, viola
• Duncan MacGillivray: vocals, Highland pipes, whistles, guitar, mouthorgan, bagpipes, harmonica
• Ged Foley: vocals, mandolin, guitar, Northumbrian smallpipes

Guests

Also appearing on some songs are :

• sound engineer Martin Colledge on tenor banjo/electric guitar (tracks 6, 7, 12) and
• producer Robin Morton on bodhran (track 6).^[4]

Performances

The band played the album in its entirety at the 2009 Celtic Connections, as part of the festival's Classic Albums series.^[5] The performance featured the line-up who recorded the album in 1980 (Alan Reid, Brian McNeill, Duncan MacGillivray & Ged Foley), playing together with the line-up of 2009 (Alan Reid, Mike Katz, Alasdair White & Sean O'Donnell).^[6][7]

References

1. Home is Where the Van Is at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-03-30.
2. "COMD2006 Battlefield Band - Home Is Where The Van Is". Temple Records. Retrieved 2011-03-30.
3. "A Complete Historical Discography of the Northumbrian Smallpipes". Northumbrian Smallpipes Encyclopaedia. nspipes.co.uk. Retrieved 2011-03-30.
4. "The Battlefield Band: Home Is Where the Van Is (Temple TP005, 1980)". NigelGatherer.com. Retrieved 2011-03-30.
5. Jonathan Geddes (21 Oct 2008). "Celtic Connections Exclusive: 2009 festival line-up announced". Evening Times. Retrieved 2011-03-30.
6. "Battlefield Band: Special Celtic Connections show and tour". Spiral Earth. 14 January 2009. Retrieved 2011-03-30.
7. "Battlefield Band - Home Is Where The Van Is". templerecords.co.uk. Retrieved 15 December 2015.

External links

• Interview about Home Is Where The Van Is with Archie Fisher, from BBC Radio Scotland