The Cheviot Ranters were the most distinguished and authentic of English country dance bands from England’s North-East. Darlings of the late John Peel on his early 1970s’ BBC radio shows, their fine recordings for the Topic label satisfying both the dancer and the armchair listener.
1 Circassian Circle – part 1 Original / Rugley Ford / Hesleyside Reel
2 Redesdale Hornpipe / King of the Fairies / The Lads of Whickham
3 Washington Quick Step – Bugle Horn / Farewell / Jackson’s Morning Brush
4 Northumbrian Waltz – Berwick Fair / Ma Bonnie Lad / Keach in the Creel
5 Morpeth Rant – Banks of Coquet / Rob Roy’s Cave / Kirk’s Hornpipe
6 Cumberland Reel – Quayside Shaver / Geordie’s Jig
7 Corn Rigs tunes – Dunstanburgh Castle / Goodnight and Joy Be Wi’ Ye
8 Waltz tunes – Bonnie Tyneside / Whittingham Green Lane / The Banks of Coquet
9 Drops of Brandy – The Moorbridge Hornpipe / Goswick Kirn / The Old Drove Road
10 Circassian Circle – part 2 The Three Sea Captains / Lannigan’s Ball / Ellingham Hall
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