Shooglenifty's Whisky Kiss was released on 1st June 1996. In the previous year Shooglenifty had played most of Britain's major music festivals, the Tondor festival in Denmark, and had also visited Hungary, Poland, hong Kong and Malaysia - taking every venue by storm! The reaction to this band since their first release, "Venus in Tweeds", has been phenomena
Ian M. Macleod (mandolin, tenor banjo)
Angus R. Grant (fiddle)
Garry Finlayson (banjo, banjax)
Malcolm Crosbie (accoustic & electric guitar)
Conrad Ivitsky (bass)
James MacKintosh (drums, percussion, piano)
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The album was recorded at Castle
Cava Studios by Stuart Hamilton
and was produced by Jim Sutherland.
The album sleeve was designed by
John Haxby.
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WHAT THE PRESS SAID ABOUT "VENUS IN TWEEDS"
"Seldom come across an album with such immediate impact" - Folk Roots
"...pulled off the notoriously difficult feat of reproducing the tremendous buzz of their live shows in the recording studio..." - Scotland on Sunday
..."seamless, entrancing and satisfying..." - Q Magazine (4 star rating)
"Venus in Tweeds is a wonderfully compelling album." - Ambience, Australia
The album also won the BBC Radio Scotland /Living Tradition award "Album of the Year - 1994"
| Cassette: £8.99 | CD: £12.99 |
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