A small independent from Scotland - but you may have guessed that. Granny's Hieland Hits seems to have managed just a solitary vinyl record, 'Argentina' b/w 'The Wild Rover' by the Culbin Forest Ceilidh Band (HOOTS-1). There's no date on the label, but the subject matter of the song - the Scottish football team's participation in the World Cup in Argentina - pins it down to 1978. The 'A' is Folk Rocky with a Reggaeish beat, while after an acapella start the 'B' gives 'The Wild Rover' a touch of the Status Quos; neither track really lives up to the 'Just Like Granny Used To Make' tag on the label. The only other online reference to Granny's Hieland Hits is to a (compilation?) tape of that name attributed to 'T. Kennedy Tapes', but it was mentioned in 'Music Week' of the 2nd of December 1978 as an 'indie label' that had been listed in Zig Zag magazine.
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