Vinyl Fest #10 - Orkney Fiddle Music - The Orkney Strathspey and Reel Society

I really like this LP because of the repetitive nature of the music. It has waltzes, reels and jigs, but when does a reel become a jig?? Well, jigs are triplet-based, whereas a reel is a simple 4/4. Hornpipes have a dotted rhythm, and polkas are based around multiples of 2 beats to the bar. Here is a fuller explanation:
https://www.bitesize.irish/blog/jigs-and-reels/

The Orkney Strathspey and Reel Society is still going today. Here is their website:
https://sites.google.com/site/orkneysr/home
And here is another couple of websites with good information about them, including some players from this 1976 recording:
http://www.wrigleyandthereel.com/orkneystrathspeyandreel.html
http://www.nigelgatherer.com/perf/fiddlers/orkny.html
(You can also find them on Youtube.)

The LP was recorded at Craighall Studios, which was quite famous within the Scottish music world:
http://www.7tt77.co.uk/CRAIGHALL_STUDIOS.htm

There's a great picture of the Old Man of Hoy on the front, and this BBC documentary of the famous 1967 climb is a really great watch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6aYKZwr15k