Greentrax Recording continues their Scottish Traditions series with issue number seventeen which is a collection of Scottish Traditional Tales. This is a fascinating CD not only because of the various stories which are included but the wonderful story teller with their regional accents add so much to it. Anyone interested in Scottish culture and folktales will love this album. This double CD collection is accompanied by a 68 page booklet of text which provides not only extensive background information on the stories and storytellers but also includes the text of the full stories to assist the listener.

CD 1 1. One-Eye, Two-Eyes, Three-Eyes (Betsy Whyte, Montrose) - 13.09 2. Daughter Doris (Davie Stewart, Kintyre) - 8.26 3. The Three Feathers (Andrew Stewart, Blairgowrie) - 18:16 4. The Humph at the Fit O the Glen and The Humph at the Head of the Glen (Bella Higgins, Blairgowrie) - 5:20 CD 2 1. The Angel of Death (Stanley Robertson, Aberdeen) - 14:52 2. Silly Jack and The Factor (Jeannie Robertson, Aberdeen) - 9:00 3. The Boy and the Brüni (Tom Tulloch, Yell) - 7:42 4. Keeping Out the Sea Man (James Henderson, S. Ronaldsay) - 2.44 5. The Fiddler O' Gord (George Peterson, Papa Stour) - 5:34 6. The Greenbank Pony (Tom Tulloch, Yell) - 2:56

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