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Chalmers Wood and his Scottish Dance Orchestra

The Glasgow Highlanders

Glasgow Highlanders and Jenny’s Bawbee, Strathspeys

Columbia 1934, Matrix number: WSC92-1 Catalog number: DB 1278

Petronella

Petronella, Chester Castle and The Persian Dance, Strathspeys

Columbia 1934, Matrix number: WSC93-1 Catalog number: DB 1278

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Many thanks to our friend artist Michael McVeigh for sharing the fine painting on our home page that he completed during lockdown.

New Tunes

Six more 1930s recordings by button accordionist Davy Hutchison
Dena Graham tracks
Gaelic Songs from Dena Graham
John Laurie reads Scots verse
Roddy McMillan : Four more Scots songs

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RareTunes was started in 2006 by Stuart Eydmann and the late Derek Hoy who saw the need for such an archive and wished to demonstrate its potential. It remains an independent, not for profit project undertaken without external funding.

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In modern Scots, 'rare' is applied to something special or particularly enjoyable. The Dictionary of the Scots Language quotes Ian Rankin in 'Black and Blue' (1999) writing: "Jings, but it was rare to be home."

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Most of the recordings here are made available under Creative Commons licences, allowing you to copy and share them freely for personal enjoyment or for educational purposes. However, commercial use or reworking and building upon the material requires the owner's agreement and the source should be credited.

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