Alasdair Roberts

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Album Info

Release Date: 2015-01-27

Label: Drag City

℗ & © 2015 Drag City
Recorded and mixed by Sam Smith at Green Door Studio, Glasgow, Scotland between December 2013 and April 2014.
Released with printed lyrics inner sleeve.
A1: The melody is partly extrapolated from that of the traditional song "Biscay-o"
A3: The melody bears some resemblence to that of the traditional song "The Royal Blackbird"
A4: The melody takes as its starting point that of the traditional song "The Rigs of Rye"
A5: The melody is related to that of the traditional song "Willie's Ghost"
B1: The melody is loosely based on that of the traditional song "Heather Down the Moor"
B3: The melody is inspired by that of the traditional song "The Iron Door"
B4: The verse melody is akin to that of the traditional song "I Drew My Ship" and the chorus melody has some basis in that of the traditional song "Fair and Tender Maidens"
B5: The verse melody shares some traits in common with the traditional tune "Farewell to the Creeks" and the chorus melody is indebted to the traditional tune "Mrs MacDonald of Dunecht"

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