Musical Tour of Scotland

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Musical Tour of Scotland
Studio album by Billy Connolly
Released	1995
Genre	Folk
Length	51:57
Label	Tickety-Boo
Producer(s)	Graham Preskett

Musical Tour of Scotland is a collection of traditional folk songs, including some original tracks, which accompanied Billy Connolly's 1994 television series World Tour of Scotland. It was released in 1995.

Alongside Connolly's own arrangements and performances, he is joined by well-known folk musician Ralph McTell, who also arranged some of the songs.

All but the final song, a cover of Van Morrison's "Irish Heartbeat", are studio recordings. "Irish Heartbeat" is a live recording during Connolly's seven-night stand at Edinburgh's Usher Hall during the "World Tour". He is joined on stage by a Pipe and Drum Band and female backing vocalists.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Banjo Land" (Trad. arr Graham Preskett)
2. "The Islands Theme" (Ralph McTell)
3. "The Waltzing Fool" (Trad. arr Billy Connolly)
4. "Tangle of the Isles Theme" (Trad. arr Graham Preskett)
5. "I Wish I Was in Glasgow" (Trad. arr Billy Connolly)
6. "Flower of Scotland" (Trad. arr Billy Connolly; sung by Ralph McTell)
7. "Campbell's Farewell" (Trad. arr Billy Connolly)
8. "Will Ye Go" (Trad. arr Graham Preskett)
9. "From Here to Claire" (Trad. arr Graham Preskett)
10. "The Island" (Trad. arr Ralph McTell/Martin Allcock)
11. "Waltz of the Waves" (Trad. arr Billy Connolly)
12. "Tangle of the Isles" (Trad. arr Graham Preskett)
13. "Barges" (Trad. arr Ralph McTell)
14. "Flower of Scotland" (Trad. arr Roy Williamson)
15. "Glasgow Theme" (Trad. arr Billy Connolly)
16. "Will Ye Go" (Trad. arr Graham Preskett)
17. "Irish Heartbeat" (Van Morrison cover, performed by Billy Connolly)

[edit] Musical credits

• Billy Connolly - Banjo, Autoharp, Vocals
• Ralph McTell - Guitar, Vocals
• Graham Preskett - Piano, Violin, Arrangements

[edit] Production credits

• Graham Preskett - Musical Production
• Cameron McBride - Recording Engineer

Billy Connolly

Selected Filmography

Indecent Proposal (1993) - Pocahontas (voice only) (1995) - Muppet Treasure Island (1996) - Mrs. Brown (1997) - Still Crazy (1998) - The Debt Collector (1999) - The Boondock Saints (1999) - Beautiful Joe (2000) - The Man Who Sued God (2001) - White Oleander (2002) - The Last Samurai (2003) - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004) - Fido (2006) - Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (voice only) (2006) - Open Season (voice only) (2006)

"World Tours"

World Tour of Scotland (1994) - World Tour of Australia (1996) - World Tour of England, Ireland and Wales (2002) - World Tour of New Zealand (2004)

"Musical Tours"

Musical Tour of Scotland (1995) - Musical Tour of New Zealand (2004)