1. Borderlands - Archie Fisher, Quin, Roger
2. Ontario Dust
3. Bonnie Border Lass
4. Windward Away
5. Surge of the Sea - Archie Fisher, MacVicar, D.
6. River and the Road
7. Shepherd on the Hill - Archie Fisher, Miles, Graham
8. Every Man's Heart
9. Ride Through the Rainbow
10. Speak Your Name
11. Before Eternity
12. Final Trawl
13. The Winter It Is Past - Archie Fisher, Burns, Robert
14. Silver Coin - Archie Fisher, Hiscock, Terence
15. Star of Belle Isle - Archie Fisher, Traditional
16. Ashfields and Brine
17. Eire Lingers
18. Cuillins of Home - Archie Fisher, Traditional
19. Joy of My Heart - Archie Fisher, Traditional
Album Description
Windward Away is the long-awaited new release from acclaimed Scottish Folk patriarch Archie Fisher, his first new studio recording in 20 years that not only presents his up-to-date material, but also includes 8 bonus tracks intended for a 1980 release that never was issued. A haunting collection of introspective ballads invoking the wild and rough beauty of the Scottish Border country, with songs of sea and land, love and loneliness, Windward Away is Fisher's masterwork from a career stretching back to the early 1960s. The story of the album starts in the mid-1990s, when Archie toured the U.S. The late founder of Red House Records, Bob Feldman, was an immense fan - their meeting resulted in the label's 1995 release of Sunsets I've Galloped Into, Fisher's 1988 recording never distributed in America. Feldman also signed Fisher to Red House for a new recording. Archie went into the studio soon after, but writing and production was slow, seemingly unfinished to Fisher's liking. The protracted birth of Windward Away took a piece of musical archeology to complete the picture. While moving his Edinburgh studio, engineer Neil Ross came across a safety copy of an album Archie recorded for Tommy Makem and Liam Clancy's Blackbird label in the 1970s. Blackbird folded before the 1980 release date and the album subsequently never left storage. Fast forward to 2008 when a package arrives in Fisher's mailbox: a recording and note from Ross asking, "is this the missing master?" Thus the fitting notation of the final 8 tunes as "The Missing Master." Many of these "bonus tracks" were later rerecorded and issued (some only as live performances), yet these original versions take on a wonderfully fresh air being backed by orchestra and string section. To many Archie Fisher fans, they will prove the definitive versions.
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Windward Away
- Audio CD: 0 pages (2008-07-22)
- Publisher: Red House
- Label: Red House
- Studio: Red House
- Average Customer Review:
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- Sales Rank in Music: #12145
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Summary: Highly recommended 2008-10-10
Comment: I am a big fan of Scottish folk legend Archie Fisher, particularly his 1976 masterpiece, "Will Ye Gang, Love". So when I heard that he was releasing his first new album in twenty years, I was both thrilled and a bit nervous. Would he be too over the hill? Hardly. Fisher's voice, a gentle, supple brogue that makes every song sound timeless, is in fine form on these songs. The album also includes eight vintage recordings from the 1970s that were recorded for a record that was later shelved -- a bonus treat for longtime devotees. If you're an Archie Fisher fan from many years back, or if you're new to his work, but appreciate Celtic folk that skilfully encompasses modern influences, then you'll definitely want to check this out. Highly recommended! (DJ Joe Sixpack, Slipcue World Music Guide)
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