The Battlefield Band has been a leading progressive group on the Scots folk scene for more than 20 years. Opening Moves was compiled from their early albums for Topic (1977-79), when the band included such musicians as Brian McNeill, Jamie McMenemy and Pat Kilbride.

'Highly recommended.' - Folk Roots

BATTLEFIELD BAND OPENING MOVES TSCD468

1 Silver Spear / Humours of Tulla
2 The Shipyard Apprentice
3 The Cruel Brother
4 Ge Do Theid Mi Do M'Leabaidh
5 The Battle of Harlaw
6 Jenny Nettles / The Grays of Tongside
7 Tae the Beggin'
8 The Tamosher
9 The Blackbird & the Thrush / The Moray Club
10 Lang Johnnie Moir
11 The Brown Milkmaid / Dunnottar Castle / Maid of Glengarrysdale /
Disused Railway
12 The Lady Leroy
13 Miss Drummond of Perth / Fiddler's Joy / Traditional Reel /
The Shetland Fiddler
14 My Last Farewell to Stirling / Cuidich'n Righ
15 I Hae Laid a Herrin' in Salt / My Wife's a Wanton Wee
Thing / The Banks of The Allan
16 The Battle of Falkirk Muir
17 Joe McGann's Fiddle / Center's Bonnet

Brian McNeill fiddle, viola, cittern, mandolin, concertina, bouzouki, banjo, vocals
Alan Reid pedal organ, guitar, electric piano, acoustic piano, synthesisers, organ, vocals
Jamie McMenemy cittern, guitarra, mandolin, whistles, bouzouki, vocals
John Gahagan whistle, concertina
Pat Kilbride guitar, bodhran, cittern, vocals
Duncan MacGillivray Highland pipes, whistle, mouth organ, guitar, vocals
Jenny Clark dulcimer, guitar, cittern, whistle, vocals