Bagpipe Music - The Early Years

The following very early recordings of bagpipe music have been brought into digital format and are now available for purchase.  You may buy direct from Mr. Tony Langford at t.langford@ucl.ac.uk

Pipe Major Henry Forsyth, Sovereigns Piper: Volume 1 Pipe Major Forsyth was born in 1872 and enlisted in the Scots Guards in 1887.  He served in the South African War of 1899 - 1902 under General Rundel.  He was appointed piper to the Duke of York (later George V) in 1905.  Before his death in 1941 he made recordings for several companies including Edison and Edison Bell. Odeon Record 10.5” 32159 & 321560 1903 & 1904 1. The Cameron men, The Inverness rant, Loch Tayside 2. Scots wha’ hae, The Banks of Allen Water

Favorite Records 1-60001/2/3/4/5 & 6 25th Aug 1906 3. Glendrual Highlanders - 1965 4. Cock o’ the North - 1966 5. Sweet Maid of Glendural - 1967 6. 92nd Gordon Highlanders March - 1968 7. The Barren Rocks of Aden - 1969 8. Gordon  Highlanders Welcome to Edinburgh - 1970 9. Brose & Butter - 1971 10. Highland Laddie - 1972 Odeon Record 44844  July 1907 11. The Keel Row, The High Road, Louden’s Woods & Braes - Lx2115 12. The Cock o’ the North, The Marquis of Huntly’s Christmas Carousing Lx2110 Columbia 1192 (Late chief of Pipers 2nd Scots Guards) Nov 1907 13. The Cock o’ the North  25641 (R-452) 14. Jennies Bawbee Medley March  25640 (R-453) John Bull Record H13 & H14  1909 15. Campbells are coming - Marquis of Huntley - Christmas Carousing 57 16. Highland Laddie - Marquis of Huntley - Reel o’ Tulloch 58

The Complete Collection on CD

Pipe Major William Ross MBE, Volume 1 Pipe Major William Ross MBE, Volume 2 Henry Forsyth, King's Piper, Volume 1 Henry Forsyth, King's Piper, Volume 2 Bagpipes 1898 - 1920 Bagpipes 1899 - 1932 Bagpipes 1925 - 1938