The Wick Scottish Dance Band

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The Wick Scottish Dance Band was formed around 1950.

Orginal line up: Addie (Fiddle), Billy Dowler (Accordion), Sandy Meiklejohn (Piano), Jimmy Bain (Drums).
1953 Line up: Addie (Fiddle), Eann Nicolson (Accordion), David Smith (Piano), Jimmy Bain (Double Bass), Chris Duncan (Drums).
Later Line up: Addie (Fiddle), Eann Nicolson (Accordion), Isobel Auld (Piano), Hamish Auld (Double Bass), John Gunn (Drums).

Records

Year	Title	Label
1964	Pentland Airs (EP)	Thistle Records
1965	Heather & Shamrock	Grampian Records
	By the Peat Fire Flame	Grampian Records
1970	The Sound of the North	EMI
1970	A Northern Welcome	EMI
1971	Curtain Up	EMI
1972	More Sounds of the North	EMI
1973	A Call from the North	EMI
1973	Show of the North	EMI
73/74	The Best of the Wick Scottish Dance Band	EMI
1976	Away up North	EMI
	Come O'er the Hills	EMI
	The Northern Stars	EMI
1977	The Beauty of the North	EMI

In the 8 years a total of 13 records were released on EMI.