Greentrax Recordings
Greentrax Recordings

1986-2025: Celebrating Scotland's Music for 38 years

Ian Green: 1934-2024

Paul Herron - Different Worlds

 — £6 Stock Clearance CDs — Solo Singers & Songwriters — CD — CDTRAX055

One of the early Greentrax forays into Irish music, Paul Herron’s collection of self-penned songs was one of the few albums taken on by the label as a direct result of a demo through the post. Ian Green was so impressed with Paul’s singer-songwriter abilities that he was immediately signed up to… read more

Ian Hardie - A Breath Of Fresher Airs

 — £6 Stock Clearance CDs — Fiddle — CD — CDTRAX049

Ian Hardie (fiddle) plays his own compositions on this his second album. Ian has played in many bands, including Jock Tamson’s Bairns and The Occasionals ceilidh band. Ian also plays Scottish small pipes and double bass and is accompanied by George McIntosh (piano), Duncan MacGillivray (bagpipes),… read more

Archie Fisher - Sunsets I’ve Galloped Into

 — £6 Stock Clearance CDs — Solo Singers & Songwriters — CD — CDTRAX020

Archie’s return to the recording studio in the mid 1980s was due to what he describes as his most creative songwriting period, which coincided with a series of North American tours in partnership with Garnet Rogers. Garnet produced albums on his own Snowgoose label, the last of which was Sunsets… read more

Niamh Parsons - Loosely Connected

 — Solo Singers & Songwriters — Stream or Download only — CDTRAX052

A quite remarkable Irish female voice, ranking with the best of several talented Irish women singers of that time (1982). Ian Green heard Niamh Parsons at the Edinburgh International Folk Festival and signed her up as soon as she came off the stage. She was that good! At that time Niamh was in the… read more

Ceolbeg - Seeds To The Wind

 — £6 Stock Clearance CDs — Bands — Stream or Download only — CDTRAX048

The fine traditional song and instrumental band Ceolbeg features Gary West (Highland bagpipe, whistles, backing vocals), Davy Steele (lead vocals, guitar, bouzouki), Wendy Stewart (clarsach, concertina, backing vocals) and Peter Boond (founder member on flute, cittern, whistles, backing vocals).… read more

Brian McNeill - The Back O’ The North Wind

 — Ian Green’s Pick Of The Month — Solo Singers & Songwriters — Stream or Download only — CDTRAX047

“This is Brian McNeill’s ground-breaking first solo album for Greentrax of 1991, after leaving The Battlefield Band. The theme is based on the persistence of Scotland’s people to migrate to all parts of the globe and looks in this instance at the lives of Scots in North America, past and… read more

Catherine-Ann MacPhee - Chi Mi’n Geamhradh

 — Gaelic Song — CD — CDTRAX038

I See Winter. This is the second album for Greentrax from the fine Gaelic singer Catherine-Ann MacPhee, originally from South Uist but later living In Canada. It was recorded at Pier House Studios and produced by Jim Sutherland, who recruited musicians Savourna Stevenson (harp), Jack Evans (whistles), Charlie… read more

Eric Bogle - Voices In The Wilderness

 — Solo Singers & Songwriters — Stream or Download only — CDTRAX040

One of Eric Bogle’s early albums after joining the Greentrax label. With a host of excellent musicians, including Andy McGloin (guitars), Brent Miller (electric bass), John Munro (guitars, mandolin), Andre Rytjoch (sax) and Greg Baker (slide guitar, harmonica). The album has a Country-ish feel to… read more

The McCalmans - The Ettrick Shepherd

 — Vocal Groups — Stream or Download only — CDTRAX046

This is a collection of songs by James Hogg, ‘The Ettrick Shepherd’ (1770 to 1835). Previously released by Greenwich Village Records and later purchased by Greentrax Recordings and re-released in 1991, this album has the original McCalmans’ line-up of Ian McCalman (vocals, guitar, organ, Olde… read more

Arthur Scott Robertson - Rehearses His Own Fiddle Compositions

 — Fiddle — Stream or Download only — CDTRAX044

Music In The Scottish Idiom. The late Arthur Scott Robertson was a native of Shetland and held a lifelong interest in the fiddle. He was a prolific composer of tunes and was an admirer of the Austrian violinist Fritz Kreisler. The recordings were made in Arthur’s home and he is accompanied by Neil Scott Robertson on piano. read more