{"product_id":"1115057","title":"Alan Roberts \u0026 Dougie Maclean - Caledonia [CD]","description":"Brand New From Reputable UK Company With 30 Years Experience In Retail, Please Note Not All Our New Items Are Shrink Wrapped.\u003cbr\u003eAll items shipped within 3 working days of payment.\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that all our DVDs are Region 2.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that not all audio CDs are shrink-wrapped fom the factory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 'Caledonia' album by Alan Roberts and Dougie MacLean was originally recorded in 1977 at Fairview Recording Studio in Willerby, Hull. Produced by Nigel Pegrum and engineered by Roy Neve and Keith Herd it was first released in 1978. The album also features Nigel Pegrum on percussion and Jon Gillaspie on synthesizer.\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003eDougie MacLean (OBE) is a Scottish singer-songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist and record producer. Described by AllMusic as 'one of Scotland's premier singer-songwriters' MacLean has performed under both his own name, and as part of multiple folk bands, since the mid-1970s.\\r\u003cbr\u003eThe title song 'Caledonia' featuring the Delm\\xe9 String Quartet is a modern Scottish folk ballad written by Dougie MacLean and which not only has become the most popular of all MacLean's recordings it has since been covered by a great number of artists and has also become known as Scotland's 'unofficial' national anthem.\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003eMacLean wrote the song in less than 10 minutes on a beach in Brittany, France, feeling homesick for Scotland. He said 'I was in my early 20's and had been busking around with some Irish guys. I was genuinely homesick. I'd always lived in Perthshire. I played it to the guys when I got back to the youth hostel where we were staying and that was the final straw - we all went home the next day.' He adds 'It took about 10 minutes but sometimes that's how songs happen. I'm still amazed at how much it has become part of common culture. There's not a pub singer, busker or pipe band that doesn't play it.'\\r\u003cbr\u003eOriginally mastered by George Peckham this re-issue has been digitally re-mastered by John Rivers in May 2019 at Woodbine Street Studio in Leamington Spa.\u003cp\u003ePlooboy Laddies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohnny Teasie Weasle\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver My Mountain\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Rowan Tree\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMistress Mackinley's Breakfast Surreals\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCaledonia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMormond Braes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTil Tomorrow\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJeniffer's Tunes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSleepy Toon\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chalkys.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55197277127041,"sku":"1115057","price":14.48,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0056\/8043\/1219\/files\/51O3GTPcnzL._SL1500.jpg?v=1768422482","url":"https:\/\/chalkys.com\/products\/1115057","provider":"Chalkys.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}