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Jim Pirie

Origin Winnipeg, Manitoba, 🇨🇦

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Biography

Born in Winnipeg, James was an arranger and featured guitarist on “the Tommy Hunter Show”. He was the featured guitar soloist on three ABC television mini-series: “Lonesome Dove”, “Buffalo Girls” and “Streets of Laredo”.

One of the Four Masters, James was the featured guitar soloist on the classical album “Vignettes in Music” for Duke Street Records. He produced, arranged, and played on albums for Gordon Lightfoot, Anne Murray, Hagood Hardy, Frank Mills, Brent Carver and Rita MacNeil and orchestrated Charlottetown Festival’s production of “Emily”. In addition, he scored and conducted the Emmy award winning series, “Portrait of America”.

James Pirie worked on numerous film scores as arranger and orchestrator. He won an Emmy for composing, orchestrating and conducting the ABC tv film “Alaska, Story of a Dream”, and a Clio for Best International Score for the commercial, ‘Discovery Train”.

As a renowned studio musician, James Pirie orchestrated and been the featured guitarist on more than 200 international commercial advertisements.

He was an Emmy-award winner for composing, orchestrating and conducting the ABC tv film “Alaska, Story of a Dream”.

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Stu Davis Presents Jimmie Pirie's Guitarama

Stu Davis Presents Jimmie Pirie's Guitarama (1964)

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I Love You

#1 Side 1 02:17
Aurora

#2 Side 1 02:09
Black Is The Color

#3 Side 1 01:38
Schon Rosmarin

#4 Side 1 01:58
I Wish You Love

#5 Side 1 02:27
Wheels

#1 Side 2 02:08
Estrellita

#2 Side 2 02:38
Beyond The Reef

#3 Side 2 02:46
Adelita

#4 Side 2 01:32
Red Sails In The Sunset

#5 Side 2 03:30

Songs for The Young at Heart

Songs for The Young at Heart (1967)

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The Walrus and the Carpenter

#1 Side 1 03:01
Rocky Road

#2 Side 1 03:26
All the Pretty Little Horses

#3 Side 1 02:37
Aba Dabba Hoo Hoo Ha

#4 Side 1 02:32
Ally Ally Ozen Free

#5 Side 1 02:10
Angus McFergus McTavish Dundee

#6 Side 1 01:46
It's Raining, It's Pouring

#1 Side 2 03:38
Go Tell Roger

#2 Side 2 01:37
Down in the Meadow

#3 Side 2 02:02
Where Are You Going, Little Boy

#4 Side 2 02:31

Soulero: The Music of Today!

Soulero: The Music of Today! (1968)

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Blues Fuse

#1 Disc 1 Side 1 03:21
Feelin' Good

#2 Disc 1 Side 1 02:51
Whatever's Fair

#3 Disc 1 Side 1 02:29
Live For Life

#4 Disc 1 Side 1 03:23
Encore

#5 Disc 1 Side 1 02:50
Soulero

#6 Disc 1 Side 1 02:50
With a Little Help From My Friends

#1 Disc 1 Side 2 03:12
Amor e Paz

#2 Disc 1 Side 2 03:19
Django

#3 Disc 1 Side 2 02:33
Mississippi Delta

#4 Disc 1 Side 2 02:55

Love The World Away

Love The World Away (1981)

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Love the World Away

#1 Side 1 03:12
Gaucho

#2 Side 1 03:25
With You I'm Born Again

#3 Side 1 03:19
Rainbow Warrior

#4 Side 1 03:47
To a Young Lady

#5 Side 1 03:20
Songs of Life

#1 Side 2 03:25
Dance With Me

#2 Side 2 03:19
Guilty

#3 Side 2 03:41
Joshua

#4 Side 2 03:32
Longer

#5 Side 2 02:59

Up Where We Belong

Up Where We Belong (1984)

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Up Where We Belong

#1 Disc 1 Side 1 03:57
You Are the Meaning in My Song

#2 Disc 1 Side 1 02:54
It Might Be You

#3 Disc 1 Side 1 04:08
All Time High

#4 Disc 1 Side 1 03:32
The Way He Makes Me Feel

#5 Disc 1 Side 1 03:36
Once Before I Go

#1 Disc 1 Side 2 03:59
Noelle's Rainbow

#2 Disc 1 Side 2 03:31
Hill Street Blues

#3 Disc 1 Side 2 03:08
I Won't Hold You Back

#4 Disc 1 Side 2 03:15
The Lady in My Life

#5 Disc 1 Side 2 03:07

Discography

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