The Medium Wave Band

The Medium Wave Band

The Medium Wave Band, was a Scottish folk rock band that started in the 1970s. The band was founded by Erne Parkin (singer), Les Cockburn (fiddler/mandolinist), Steve Moss (guitarist) and Keyboardist Richard Chernes (of RunRig fame).

After much success, playing gigs all over Scotland, the band was under pressure to go professional. However this pressure ultimately lead to a split. The band reformed in the early eighties, with members Parkin, Cockburn and Moss and new members Billy Milne (Drummer) and bassist Roy Martin. Their first single, "Ballrooms of Romance" was released in 1984 when the band changed its name to Avalon.

Discography (Performing as Avalon)

"Rocky Roads" 1986

Released on the Lismor label, code LIFL 7013

*Overture
*Jack in Irons
*A Travellers Tale
*Greenpeace
*Bruntsfield Link
*Leith Link
*Open Roads
*Ballrooms of Romance
*Blue Highways
*Road to Dingwall
*Another Encore

"Heavy Hearts" 1987

Released on the Lismor label, code LIFL 7015

*Litany
*Anton the Fox
*Heavy Hearts
*On the Field of Broken Dreams
*Candy Row
*Sea Link
*The Knerbs of Bettur Medley
*So Still the Scene
*Silver and Steel
*Just Between Friends
*Sandgate Lass

"Higher Ground" 1992

Released on the Iona Records label, code IRC 017

*The Lion of the North
*Sons of the Sea
*The Last Gasp Medley
*Into the Mists
*A Soldiers Dream
*The Barloch Reels
*Palais de Dance
*Stretch the Bow
*The Wild Cherry Tree
*Ellis Isle

"Second Sight" 1998

Released on MWRecords, code MWBCD2001

*The Alchemist
*Shipwreck
*Salmon Run
*Stepping Stones
*Tom Rakewell (Martin/Borland)
*Missing You (Borland)
*Songs of Stone
*Skylark and the Rose
*The Astor Set (Borland/O'Rourke)
*Gypsy


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