tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335761951292462061.post6266779652996219541..comments2024-03-12T09:50:29.314+00:00Comments on Essays and Diversions: HighlandsRichard Gibbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01474252371842160766noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335761951292462061.post-68820868157555287782024-03-05T11:28:38.359+00:002024-03-05T11:28:38.359+00:00Wasn't there a female vocalist as well - seem ...Wasn't there a female vocalist as well - seem to remember one when they played in the school dinning hall!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335761951292462061.post-53577812625925499482017-11-25T21:36:39.606+00:002017-11-25T21:36:39.606+00:00I was at Perry House back in the day and certainly...I was at Perry House back in the day and certainly had a copy of Dunrobin Calypso, I could hum you a line or two and may even still have the 45 still knocking about somewhere. I remember the black and white photo on the cover. Noel Maslin and Derek Swain were teachers that I haven't thought about for years. <br />The photo of Dunbrobin in the snow brought back memories of sliding down the gully to the right of the castle on a fertiliser sack. Happy days!Graham Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12738850605434618600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335761951292462061.post-66748872766771222312017-10-07T01:18:17.668+01:002017-10-07T01:18:17.668+01:00I was attending Dunrobin at the time the recording...I was attending Dunrobin at the time the recording was made...Paul was a Maths teacher, and Danny our Chemistry teacher who once saved my eyes when a test-tube of hot sulphuric acid exploded in my face...he rushed over and forced my head under a torrent of water from a tap. We were on a mini-bus with Paul Arnold driving as he taught us Dunrobin Calypso...we came up with a slightly different ending which I think was incorporated into the cut disc. If you see this Paul...sorry for putting HP sauce and sugar in your petrol tank....JDJ Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03896048758790578378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335761951292462061.post-56940026150575836232014-11-02T21:57:05.816+00:002014-11-02T21:57:05.816+00:00Paul Lyon.... That was him. Paul Lyon.... That was him. Richard Gibbshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01474252371842160766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335761951292462061.post-73006008843125923392014-11-02T21:50:21.297+00:002014-11-02T21:50:21.297+00:00Thanks for that, Richard. I haven't got a cop...Thanks for that, Richard. I haven't got a copy of the record, unfortunately, only scans that a friend has sent me. The back of the sleeve gives the artists as Paul Arnold, Derek Swain and George Jack, so as you say it must be the re-recording. The tracks are 'Off To Killonan' and 'Dunrobin Calypso', and the record company credited was Strathclyde Recordings. I hope to have a page for the company on my website, 'Seventies Sevens' before too long, though, as you've guessed, details on it will be scanty! Thanks again, and best wishes - Bob Lyons.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335761951292462061.post-46992519919835692472014-11-02T21:31:37.849+00:002014-11-02T21:31:37.849+00:00The copy of the Dunrobiners' single that you m...The copy of the Dunrobiners' single that you may have is probably the remake..... The original Dunrobiners (which included me) went to Wick in the early summer of 1969 and recorded Dunrobin Calypso and a B side in a small independent studio - I am afraid I don't know the name and I never had a copy. I left Dunrobin in July 1969 and went to University in Lancaster. Something went wrong with the single - I never knew what - and it was rerecorded with my two friends and a third, unknown, person. I am sorry but I do not know more. Our "manager" (Noel Maslin) is, I suspect, long since deceased. Our front man (Mark, or Mike, I am sorry but I don't remember his name) went to Australia, I believe, and Derek Swain (Maracas) returned to the north of England and for me at least oblivion..... It would be nice to know more if you unearth it, but I suspect the details are with the ninth legion!Richard Gibbshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01474252371842160766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335761951292462061.post-80516628489350973522014-11-02T18:49:38.061+00:002014-11-02T18:49:38.061+00:00Just a word of appreciation for a most enjoyable a...Just a word of appreciation for a most enjoyable and evocative blog. I stumbled in here while trying to find out if there were any other records on the Strathclyde label, other than the Dunrobiners' single - I run a website about record labels of the 1970s. Can you tell me, was it your own label, or a small independent?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com