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

CD1 1. The Cock o’ the North Pipe-Major A.L.Reith - Cpl-Piper R.Reith     6th Oct 1898 Berliner 7705 2. March, Strathspey & Reel Pipe-Major A.L.Reith - Cpl-Piper R.Reith 6th Oct 1898 Berliner 7706 3. Cock o’ the North Bagpipes 1908 Zonophone Twin 444 4. Medley March Bagpipes 1908 Zonophone Twin 444

5. Highland Rory (Highland Laddie), Marquis o’ Huntley (Because he was a Bonny Lad), Tail Toddle (De’il among the Tailors) Pipe Major Forsyth & Drums 1911 Zonophone 710 6. 79th’s Fairwell  to Gibraltar Pipe Major Laing of HM Scots Guards 1911 Jumbo A22154 (played on Brian Boru Patent Irish Bagpipe) 7. Flowers of the Forest 8. Mary Morrison Pipe Major J.Stark 1915 Columbia A1692 9. Rakes of Mallow & Wearin’ o’ the Green 10. March Faughaballaugh Pipers & Drummers  1912 Zonophone 1153 11. March - 25th Farewell to Merut Strathspey - Tulloch Gorn Reel - O’Tulloch 12. Flowers of the Forest Sutcliffe Troup 1913 Victor Record 17408 13. The 79th’s Farewell to Gibraltar March 14. Highland Lassie My Love She’s but a Lassie Yet Pipe Major Ross, 2nd Scots Guards. 1914 Regal G6632 15. The Atholl Highlanders’ Farewell to Lock Katrine, Maggie Cameron, and Reel  o’Tulloch 16. Leaving Glen Urquhart, Lady Louden & Duntroon. Pipe Major Ross, 2nd Scots Guards 1914 Regal G6633 17. The 79th’s Farewell to Gibraltar, Miss Drummond of Perth & the Sheepwife. 18. The 93rd’s Farewell to Edinburgh, Madelina Sinclair & Sandy Cameron.   Bagpipe solo by Piper Chas Smith of the 1915 Columbia 2551 Harry Lauder Pipe Band 19. Shean Trews, Irish Jig, and Sailor’s Hornpipe (First 1/3rd missing, track damage) 20. Highland Fling and Sword Dance. Pipe Major Forsyth & Drums 1916 Victor  67845 21. Hundred Pipers - Miss Drummond of   Perth - Sleepy Maggie. 22. Niel Gow - My Wife she Brewed it - Blacksmith of  Killichassie (Niel Gow’s Fairwell to Whiskey, The market place of Inverness & The Smith of Chillichassie) Lovat Bagpipe Band of Harry Lauder 1916 Victor 17920 23. 74th Highlander’s Farewell to Edinboro Money Musk Strathspey De’il Among the Tailors Reel 24. Midlothian Pipe Band, Lord Blantyre Strathspey Alexander Duff Reel Pipe Major D.Smith ass. by Corp White 1917 HMV B980 25. Cock o’ the North 26. Hielan’ laddie, Miss Drummond o’ Perth, Reel  of  Tulloch Pipe Major McIntosh, HM Scots Guards.  1920 Imperial 878 27. The 93rd’s Farewell to Edinburgh; Rose among the Heather; Jenny Dang the Weaver

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