Kirkcaldy Exiles London Tartan Army’s latest compilation disc is now ready, combining the best of their previous releases (the Famous Victory and Crushing Defeat albums, the Road album, the Anthems album, and the more mellow Late Lounge CD)

This is non-stop Tartan Army bedlam, 19 of the very finest tracks on one disc designed to be handed over to the local beer shop custodian on tour with a request to “stick that on the CD player, s’il vous plait”

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1. The Fratellis – Chelsea Dagger
2. Tartan Specials – Sex & Drugs & Saussage Rolls
3. The Proclaimers – I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)
4. Scotland World Cup Squad 1982 – We Have A Dream
5. Tartan Specials – Heedrum Ho!
6. Deacon Blue – Real Gone Kid
7. Fish – Credo
8. The Proclaimers – Sunshine On Leith
9. Big Country – In A Big Country
10. Simple Minds – Don’t You (Forget About Me)
11. Frankie Miller – Caledonia
12. Deacon Blue – Dignity
13. Wolfstone – The Battle
14. The Proclaimers – Letter From America
15. Tartan Specials – My Favourite Things
16. Runrig – Loch Lomond (live)
17. Bay City Rollers – Shang-A-Lang
18. Franz Ferdinand – Take Me Out
19. Big Country – Fields Of Fire

33 seconds in to this clip…

The Tartan Specials never fail to disappoint – a group of New York based Scotland fans who’ve made half a bunch of songs over the last few years about the joys of following the national team (including my favourite “Sex & Drugs & Sausage Rolls”)

Tartan Specials – Heedrum Ho

Their latest effort, written about our current Euro 2008 qualification campaign, may have a relatively short shelf life but I can see it still being popular long after we’ve lifted the trophy in the Alps next summer… the line “1-0 Gary Caldwell, get it up ye Trezeguet” had me in stitches the first time I heard it…

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A great wee piece narrated by the enemy of the Tartan Army, Jim Traynor, ripped from the Beeb’s website. I used Skado to capture the audio stream – a superb piece of software that you can get hold of at download.com – it costs 20 dollars but is so simple to use it’s well worth the money to avoid dicking around with freeware. If you want a freeware method of doing this, Audacity is worth a look – I use it to edit audio files (and it’s second to none for that) but I think you can capture streaming audio with it as well.

One Day At Wembley

Specially for all you Rovers fans out there!

Geordie Munro