“Volume 9” in this highly acclaimed series follows the successful formula of the previous CDs, with a minimum of interference to original recordings. The recordings included here were made by N. A. Matheson, M. MacRae and even by Robert U. Brown at Balmoral for Dr Kenneth MacKay of Laggan. . Editors Norman Matheson and Robert Wallace, who have worked tirelessly on the series for a number of years, are grateful to those who have given freely of their material.

The cover photograph consists of a painting of Robert U. Brown by piper and artist Vic Herman and the photo of Robert B. Nicol was taken near his home at Birkhall on Deeside.

Robert Wallace describes the recordings as: “An authentic record of the teachings of two men who dedicated their lives to ceol mor and to promulgating the instructions they received from John MacDonald of Inverness. They are nothing less than an inalienable link with the past and genuine oral tradition.”