The Promise of the Day

The Promise of the Day is a music album by the band The Corrie Folk Trio & Paddie Bell. It was produced in 1965.

Overview

The title of the album is a line from "The Uist Tramping Song". It was their first album in stereo and "The Uist Tramping Song" gives the three male voices very distinct stereo separation. On this album there are two sea shanties, and only one Jacobite song. For the first time Roy Williamson is given a lead vocal (Verdant Braes O' Screen) but his voice is weak compared to later albums. In the liner lines by W Gordon Smith he is cast in the role of an absent-minded scholar. Paddie Bell sings "Fear A Bhata", with the chorus in Gaelic. Their singing of "Killiecrankie" was recorded on film and broadcast on "The White Heather Club" at about the time that this album was recorded.

Line-up

Roy Williamson (vocals, guitar, bandurria, concertina), Ronnie Browne (vocals,), Bill Smith (vocals Guitar and whistle), Paddie Bell (vocals, banjo). Acoustic guitars, mandolin, bandurra and penny whistle are heard but no credits are given. Guests: [Archie Fisher )) Archie plays banjo on "Roddy McCorly" and "Johnnie Lad", Robin Brock plays acoustic bass. Recorded in stereo. Produced by W Gordon Smith. Running time: about 35 minutes.

Track listing

*1. My Love She's But A Lassie Yet
*2. Shoals O' Herrin' (Ewan MacColl)
*3. The Trooper and the Maid [Child Ballad 299]
*4. Whistling Gypsy [Child Ballad 200]
*5. Queen Mary (vocal by Paddie Bell)
*6. The Leaving of Liverpool
*7. Uist Tramping Song (Bannerman / MacDonald)
*8. Johnnie Lad
*9. Roddy McCorly
*10. Verdant Braes O' Screen
*11. Around Cape Horn
*12. Fear A Bhata (vocal by Paddie Bell)
*13. Killiecrankie
*14. Jock Hawk's Adventures In Glasgow