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John MacColl

1860 – 1943

The Campbells are Coming

Recorded 1894. Do you have a copy that can be shared with rareTunes?

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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.

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Stac Gorm : A new tune from fiddler Lauren MacColl
The Whistlebinkies at Irvine Burns Club

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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.

Most of our recordings are archived in high quality on the Internet Archive but some are hosted as MP3s on our site server. For more information visit the FAQ page.

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