Krl Information

KRL are based just outside Glasgow in a business park sited at Hillington about half a mile from Glasgow Airport and within easy access of all the major transport routes. It is a company whose name has become synonymous with top quality recordings of some of the finest quality traditional folk acts over the past 23 years. The dynamism that is KRL consists of two joint managing directors, Gus MacDonald and Isobel Waugh, who first met back in 1972. It is solely due to the drive and enthusiasm of these two individuals that KRL commands respect for its fine recordings not only from the record buying public but also from the other recording companies in the market shared with KRL. At the time of their meeting Gus was working with record giant CBS and had been for ten years whilst Isobel was a buyer with the Clydesdale Electrical Group. Around this time the advent of the cassette tape had just taken place and as a result demand for recordings on this format was proving to be high. With an eye on the potential of this new market a small retail outlet "Tempo Tapes" was set up jointly by Gus and Isobel. This venture turned out to be exceptionally successful and subsequently grew to a small chain of retail shops that sold Hi-Fis and various other electrical equipment. As a natural progression from this, the inception of KRL took place in 1978, the first recording being Hector Nicol, one of the legendary Scottish comedians/performers of all time. The year of 1978 was also a milestone for other reasons in Scotland. The national team had qualified for the World Cup Finals in Argentina and Ally McLeod and Co, duly fired up by the media and all and sundry, were all set to go to South America to show the world how football really should be played (at least that was the plan ... it turned out to be an ill fated mission from which all concerned have never really recovered). The team decided to record a song for the campaign and Gus was approached by Andy Cameron (now a well established Scottish entertainment artist) who at ...