Can you recommend some recordings?
Only buy recordings which PROMINENTLY list the player(s) on the outside of the package. The following recordings will provide an excellent starting point for a well appointed library.
Basic Bands | Amazing Grace: All time Bagpipe Favorites | Pipes & Drums of the 48th Highlanders | ProArte, CDD 455 | Solid and well played |
Ultra Bands | Live in Concert in Ireland | The 78th Fraser Highlanders Pipe Band | Lismor, LCOM 9012 | Outstanding First non-Scottish band to win Worlds |
Masterblasters | Victoria Police Pipe Band | Monarch, CDMON 832 | Oz-some Piping from world champs in 1998!! | |
Another Quiet Sunday | Shotts & Dykehead | Temple Records, COMD 2037 | World Champs, nice breadth | |
Live at Carnegie Hall | Simon Fraser University Pipe Band | Lismor, SA98800CD | Won worlds in 1996,1997, 1999 | |
On the Beat | Metropolitan Toronto Police Pipe Band | self | Very good Grade I | |
Down Under | Simon Fraser University Pipe Band | self SFU008CD | This is an amazing performance with great breadth and depth. | |
Dedication | St. Thomas Episcopal Pipe Band | self | This shows what young pipers can do with proper guidance. They've won several prizes in world class competitions. | |
Soloists | A sireadh spors (Looking for fun!) | Dr. Angus MacDonald | Temple, COMD2043 | Strathspeys, Reels, Jigs Musicality Plus from Skye! |
Just for Seamus | Gordon Duncan | Greentrax, CDTRAX 075 | Amazing execution and great fun | |
Time to Spare | John Walsh | Lismor, LCOM 5204 | Very musical P/S of 78th Frasers | |
The Worlds Greatest Pipers, #9 | Pipe Major Bill Livingston | Lismor, LCOM 9045 | P/M of 78th Frasers top notch competition playing | |
The Worlds Greatest Pipers, #10 | James McGillivray | Lismor, LCOM 5216 | Played with 78th Frasers very musical - excellent | |
An Evening of Champions | Bill Livingston, Jim McGillivray, Bob Worrall, Bruce Gandy, Michael Grey | Lismor, LCOM 5200 | Nice mix of players from Ontario all very good | |
The Piping Centre Recital Series | 1996 Volume 1 Jack Lee and Alasdair Gillies | Temple, COMD2064 | Two different styles on one CD, both world champions | |
Pipers of Distinction | Michael Cusack | Monarch, CDMON 807 | Very reserved, but good - I personally wish he'd put out another recording!! | |
The New York Recordings 1967 | Pipe Major Donald MacLeod | Lismore LCOM 8004 | Dated style and pipe, but well worth hearing for the music. | |
Piobaireachd | Piobaireachd | Iain MacFadyen, P/M GNM Stoddard, Hugh MacCallum, Murray Henderson, Roderick MacLeod | Lismor, LCOM 9016 | Nice compilation, Iains pipe is a little different to my ear, but all excellent musically |
Glenfiddich Piping Championship Piobaireachd | McCallum, Gillies, Shedden, Wilson, Cusak | Lismor, LCOM 5267 | Simply incredible. | |
Pipers of Distinction | Andrew Wright | Lismore CDMON 802 | Speechless! |
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