Singer: Alasdair Roberts
Title: Hirta Songs
Label: Stone Tape Recordings ‎– STR-006CD
Type: CD, Album
Country: UK
Date of released: 11 Nov 2013
Category: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
Size MP3 zip: 1458 mb
Size FLAC zip: 1500 mb
Rating: 4.4✭
Format: MP3 ASF DTS APE TTA FLAC AHX AAC FLAC

Tracklist

1	A Fall Of Sleet
2	Farewell To The Fowler
3	Laoidh Fhionnlaigh Oig
4	The White-Handled Knife
5	The Plain Of Spells
6	Tuireadh Nan Hiortach
7	Leaving St Kilda
8	The Drum Time
9	The Well Of Youth
10	Exodus

Companies, etc.

• Glass Mastered At – Sound Performance
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Alasdair Roberts
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Robin Robertson
• Copyright (c) – Stone Tape Recordings

Credits

• Bass [Upright Bass] – Stevie Jones
• Drums, Flute, Voice – Tom Crossley
• Fiddle [Hardanger Fiddle] – Robin Williamson
• Fiddle, Voice – Rafe Fitzpatrick
• Harp – Corrina Hewat
• Mastered By – Mark Beazely*
• Mixed By – Stevie Jones
• Music By – Alasdair Roberts
• Performer [Congregation] – Ewan Walker, Hanna Tuulikki, Howie Reeve, Luke Fowler, Mairi Morrison, Rafe Fitzpatrick, Tom Crossley
• Performer [Congregation], Vocals [Precentor] – Alasdair Roberts
• Recorded By – Charlie Francis , Graeme Young, Luke Fowler
• Voice – Robin Robertson (tracks: 7, 9)
• Voice, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Keyboards, Cello, Drum – Alasdair Roberts
• Words By – Robin Robertson

Notes

All songs are by Alasdair Roberts (music) and Robin Robertson (words) [copyright control], except where noted. The poems 'Leaving St Kilda' and 'The Well of Youth' are by Robin Robertson.

'Leaving St Kilda' is from 'The Wrecking Light' (Picador, 2010) and reproduced by kind permission.

Recorded at Chamber Studios, Edinburgh by Graeme Young, 10th and 11th December 2011 and at home in Glasgow throughout 2012. Congregation recorded by Luke Fowler. Robin Robertson recorded in London. Robin Williamson recorded in Cardiff on 29th December 2011 by Charlie Francis.

All tracks mixed by Stevie Jones at Kinning Park, November 26th-28th 2012.

Mastered by Mark Beazely.

The first 100 pre-orders for this album's LP or CD came with a free Alasdair Roberts bonus live CDr "Live At Leigh Folk Festival".

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 6 66017 26772 2
• Mastering SID Code: IFPI LT23
• Matrix / Runout: SOUND PERFORMANCE 0208 691 2121
• Matrix / Runout: STR-006CD

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
STR-006LP	Alasdair Roberts & Robin Robertson	Alasdair Roberts & Robin Robertson - Hirta Songs ‎(LP, Album)	Stone Tape Recordings	STR-006LP	UK	2013

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