Very Best of

Very Best of Artist: Kenneth Mckellar
Label: Universal/Spectrum
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 731455209525
EAN: 0731455209525
ASIN: B000026PJL


Release Date: 1997-01-10

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Tracks:

  1. My Love Is Like A Red Red Rose
  2. Sky Boat Song
  3. Cockles And Mussels
  4. Wi A Hundred Pipers
  5. Stranger In Paradise
  6. Villikins And His Dinah
  7. Ye Banks And Braes
  8. Serenade From The Fair Maid Of Perth
  9. Danny Boy
  10. Island Moon
  11. Sweet Lass Of Richmond Hill
  12. There Was A Lad Born In Kyle
  13. Dance To Your Daddy
  14. Twa Corbies
  15. Greensleeves
  16. The Ball Of Kirriemuir
  17. O Waly Waly
  18. The Last Rose Of Summer
  19. Bonnie Labouring Boy
  20. The Rising Of The Lark

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  1. The Decca Years: 1955-1975
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  5. A Scottish Soldier

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Scottish folk singer with operatic voice.......2004-03-25

Kenneth McKellar is something of a paradox, using his operatic tenor voice to sing traditional folk songs although (as his version of Stranger in Paradise shows - this is a duet with an un-credited female singer, possibly Moira Anderson) he was well capable of handling contemporary material.

Another unusual feature of his repertoire is that Kenneth also recorded plenty of English folk songs, represented here by Villikins and his Dinah, Sweet lass of Richmond Hill, Dance to your Daddy, Greensleeves, Last rose of summer and Rising of the lark. Less surprising is the inclusion of the Irish song, Danny boy. Kenneth manages to suppress his natural Scottish accent when singing English songs.

There are plenty of Scottish folk songs here beginning with My love is like a red red rose, for which Robert Burns wrote the words. He also wrote the words to Rantin' ravin' Robin, here re-titled There was a lad was born in Kyle. Another popular Scottish song is Ye banks and braes but by far the most famous traditional Scottish song here is the Skye boat song.

Very little of his music is available as I write this but this compilation provides a reasonable representation. Folk music sung in an operatic tenor takes some getting used to but you certainly won't mistake Kenneth McKellar for anybody else.

5 out of 5 stars Soul music for romantics.......2002-06-26

I bought my first Kenneth McKellar album 'Greensleeves' about twenty years ago and quickly wore it out listening to this incredible singer.
I never thought I'd like this sort of music, but McKellar has such a wonderful voice and the songs are so compelling that it's hard to stop listening.
The traditional Scottish songs about love and loss and about hopeless battles fought long ago really take me away.
Be prepared to do some research to discover the text to some songs - traditional Scottish can be hard to understand - You'll find the effort well worth while.

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