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A Highland Gold Medal winner, James MacColl (b. 1928 in Schotts, Scotland) performs a portion of his extensive knowledge of solo Scottish bagpipe music. At the age of twenty-eight, when these recordings were made, he was known as Inchone of the top four or five pipers in Scotland.Inch the album consists of Inchpiobaireachd,Inch which is an art music mostly associated with the Scottish Highlands, and Inchceol aotrom,Inch or small, light music, primarily used for marching or dancing. Liner notes include a biography of James MacColl, a brief history of the bagpipes and the Scottish war pipes, as well as an explanation for each track. Album Tracks 1. Champion of the Seas / Tarter's Hornpipe / Liverpool Hornpipe (Medley) 2. Balmoral Castle / Captain Jack Murray / De'il Among the Tailor's (Medley) 3. Wa'll Be King But Charlie? / Bonnie Charlie's Noo Awa' / Up in the Morning Early / Bonnie Gallaway (Medley) 4. Money Musk / Brahan Castle / Kessoch Ferry / Birks of Albergeldy / Man from Glengarry / Mrs. Guthrie of Tillerfort (Medley) 5. The Hen's March 6. The Connaughtman's Rambles 7. Anniston Castle / Tulloch Gorm / Mrs. McPherson of Inveran / the Little Cascade (Medley) 8. Unnamed / Bobbie Cuthbertson / Liverpool Hornpipe (Medley) 9. The Goat Herd / the Irish Washerwoman (Medley) 10. Lament for the Children 11. Over the Seas to Skye / Fair Young Mary / Dream Angus (Medley) 12. Banjo Breakdown / Unnamed / Glendural Highlands (Medley)
