Scotch on the Rocks (original version) band of the Black Watch

[tapetrix]

Great track! Still got the original 7". The Spark label was 99% dedicated to Northern Soul music so this was somewhat an oddity in their catalogue...

[snipersnake777]

besides from Cavalry of the Steppes, this is my favorite tune.

[sd2201]

Ich hörte diese Musik oft als kleiner junge mit meinem Bruder zusammen. Diese war auf einer alten K-Tel Vinyl-Platte aufgenommen. Und heute finde ich die schöne Musik hier bei Youtube. Super und vielen Dank.

I often heard this music together as a small boy with my brother. This was recorded on an old K-Tel vinyl record. And today I find the beautiful music here on Youtube. Great and thank you.

[FalconSupreme]

Great tune, love it !

[matelot95]

my grandad loved this tune.

The 'B' side was called 'Let's Go To Jersey'

[arkon102]

My mother would play this song every morning to get me out of bed, she loved the pipe and drum of the Black Watch.

Sadly I have the honor of playing it at her funeral on Monday as we her children salute her on her final voyage.

[sct353]

It peaked at no. 8 whilst that guy who's now in Eastenders held the top spot. Not all the TOTP shows from 1975 were kept, so I don't know if the performance still exists.

[FRAGIORGIO1]

Great tune that I hadn't heard in years.  Thanks for posting.

[DebAndCal1]

Great song. First heard it in '75 from Toronto's station 99.9. Carl Banas announced it on air.

Still a great old song.

[DeltaPhi79]

Used to have a CD with this on it.

[GAZSCOTLAND41]

Loved this when i was a child...great memories

[waterloo3]

This tune was featured in the 1976 USA tour of our Bicenntenial celebreations. I saw the tour with the pipes & drums and the Royal Marines at Madison sq. Garden in 1976. Over 20,000 people saw those shows then! Needless to say this hooked me on military music, British regimental bands and Scottish ones in particular. Norman Rogerson was the Graham Jones of his day! Very dynamic leader. Stuff he did was just as good as Scots Dragoon Guards. 1979 tour also had 20,000 at Garden!

[franl155]

thanks for this! i have the single somewhere, but it's not much use till i can get a record player! loving this.

[McIntyre67]

I remember this one :) and it's still a fantastic song - would be nice to see the TOTP clip as well.

[franl155]

@McIntyre67 lol can just imagine the herd of teenies they use as audience bopping to this!

[carmel1956]

Nice one, I'd love to see an original of the Black Watch playing this. I remember when it was on Top of the Pops and it was hilarious to watch the girls in the audience waving their tassels in the air!

[WaywardWind1]

I was living in Houston in 1976 when they came on tour. Watching them march was almost as thrilling as listening to them play.

[Marcblur]

We had this album when I was a kid. It's one of the reasons I'm a piper today.

[dh27katy]

Hi, Thank you for putting this on. My dad was in the Black watch and played on the original recording. He also toured America and was on Top of the Pops playing this song in the band. Just one thing I would like to mention, it was actually the Military band AND the pipes and drums that played this together (my dad was Pipes and drums).