The Golden Griffon Stringtet
Recordings
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| The Band Call recording is only available on CD and it is the only item available through direct order from The Golden Griffon Stringtet. It is only available while supplies last. Because of copyright restrictions, it will NOT become available on Bandcamp . All other Golden Griffon Stringtet recordings are available on Bandcamp. |
| The Band Call CD tunes are: Knole Park/ Parry Sound/Angleworm Wiggle - 4:50 The Banshee/Coffey's Reel/Concertina Reel - 5:36 The Jig Of Slurs - 4:00 Les Poules Huppees - 3:30 Reel en la Mineur/Opera Reel/Batchelder's Reel - 6:29 Mason's Apron/Tamlin/Dick Gossip's - 5:24 Arthur Darley's/Tobin's Favorite - 3:10 Salmon Tails/Riding On A Load Of Hay/Hanged Man's Reel - 5:49 Father Kelly/Scollay's Reel/Big John McNeil-5:31 Vip Jan - 3:20 Unknown Polka/Jack Mitchell's/Egan'sPolka-4:41 Dining Hall Jig /Felix The Wrestler/The Moon & Seven Stars-4:37 McQuillen's Squeezebox/Tracy's Bow/Dulcimer Reel-4:43 Seneca Square Dance/ Bei Mir Bist Du Schon /Just Because-5:04 The Margravine's Waltz - 3:25 Total playing time 70 minutes. |
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A Fine CollectionOur second recording, from 1995, is only available for purchase on Bandcamp . It features Loretta McKinney on hammered dulcimer and Jim McKinney on fiddle, guitar and bass. |
| The A Fine Collection recording contains: Green Mountain Petronella/Jenny Lind Polka - 3:34 Cowboy's Jig/Rock Valley - 3:27 Showman's Fancy/Sligo Fancy - 4:13 Coilsfield House - 6:05 Shepherd's Wife Waltz - 2:38 Carolan's Draught - 3:50 Miss McLeod's Reel/The Traveler - 4:20 Reel de Jeune Marie/Saut de Lapin/Pays de Haut - 5:44 The Maid Behind The Bar/Paddy On The Railroad - 3:59 The Little Stack Of Barley/Off To California - 4:25 Woodcock Hill - 2:00 Along The Ocean Shore - 5:03 Patience Quadrille fig. 5 - 3:35 Opera Reel - 2:45 Old Gray Cat/Cold Frosty Morn/Whiskey Before Breakfast - 5:01 Total playing time 60 minutes. |
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ChristmasOur third recording, also from 1995, is only available for purchase on Bandcamp . It features Loretta McKinney on hammered dulcimer and Jim McKinney on guitar. |
| The Christmas recording contains: Angels We Have Heard On High - 4:16 Masters In This Hall - 2:08 Away In A Manger /Silent Night - 4:50 Oh Christmas Tree - 2:02 Jingle Bells Medley - 5:55 Marche de Rois - 4:41 Hark The Herald Angels Sing - 2:43 Joy To The World - 3:53 Deck The Halls - 1:52 The First Noel - 3:32 What Child Is This - 4:13 It Came Upon A Midnight Clear - 3:11 Une Flambeau/Lilliburlero - 2:17 Oh Little Town Of Bethlehem - 4:00 Oh Come All Ye Faithful - 2:34 Huron Carol/God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - 3:52 Total playing time 56 minutes. |
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PropinquityOur first recording, produced in 1993, is only available for purchase on Bandcamp . It features Loretta McKinney on hammered dulcimer and Jim McKinney on fiddle and guitar. |
| The Propinquity recording contains: Lord Gordon's Reel - 3:32 Dusty Bob's Jig - 2:14 The Wind That Shakes The Barley - 2:12 John Roche's Favorite - 1:44 Hunt the Cat - 2:21 Ned Of The Hill - 2:54 Crossroads Dance - 4:53 Reel For A Portland Fancy - 2:51 Tamlin - 3:31 Farewell To Balinderry - 2:39 The Humours Of Cappa - 1:56 Knocknabower Polka - 2:35 Lost In A Fog - 3:52 The Teatotaler - 2:05 Total playing time 39:09 minutes. |
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Gems of the 19th CenturyJim and Loretta's most recent recording (2006) is only available for purchase on Bandcamp . It contains a variety of tunes from the 1800s performed on hammered dulcimer and fiddle with guitar accompaniment. Old favorites and forgotten treasures, these are all Gems of the 19th Century. |
| The Gems of the 19th Century recording contains: Pap & Mam - 3:03 The Fireman's Dance - 4:10 Spanish Waltz - 4:42 Climbing Up Them Golden Stairs - 3:27 Haste to the Wedding/When Johnny Comes Marching Home - 4:13 The Girl I Left Behind Me/The Year of Jubilo/ The Yellow Rose of Texas - 5:22 Grandpa Raber's - 2:56 Off She Goes/Steamboat Quickstep - 3:27 Unknown #8 - 2:23 The Margravine's Waltz - 4:19 Soldier's Joy - 3:02 Life On The Ocean Wave/Nelly Bly/Battle Hymn of the Republic - 5:55 Rochester Schottische/Hop Now Schottische - 3:03 Bury Me In The Garden, Mother - 4:46 Tenstrike Quadrille fig. 4 - 2:33 Total playing time 57:22 minutes. |
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Newfangled Barn DanceJim McKinney's solo recording (2013) is only available for purchase on Bandcamp . It contains 25 original, instrumental tunes performed by Jim on fiddle with guitar accompaniment including six of Jim's award winning compositions. |
| The Newfangled Barn Dance recording contains: Perporkin - 2:33 The Black Candle - 2:22 Broken Wing Swing - 3:03 The Callipygian Lassie - 1:14 The Crying Woman - 5:29 The Cultural Misfit - 2:19 The Five Bloods - 3:00 Elwel's Farewell to Welfare - 2:20 Fireplace Polka - 2:19 The Hand of Fu Manchu - 2:51 The Hare's Breath - 3:07 Hop Now Schottische - 2:18 The Impatient Suitor - 2:46 The Ivory Teapot - 2:08 The Corpulent Stevedore - 3:10 The Librarian's Waltz - 2:34 The Lucky Streak - 2:18 Lost In A Fog - 4:00 The Rusty Trunnion - 2:27 The Scalawag's March To The Gallows - 2:50 Yoke The Cow, The Ox Has Died - 2:27 Chiarina - 3:14 The Well Digger's Daughter - 3:27 The Silver Spur - 2:20 Emptyhead - 4:08 Total playing time 70:45 minutes. |
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