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

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

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