A Cheud Ceud (The First Hundred) by Allan MacDonald. This is the third edition of The Moidart Collection since its first publication in 1989. On this occasion a CD of the tunes has been recorded to accompany the book.

"The Collection contains 51 traditional tunes from Scotland, Ireland and Shetland and 48 twentieth century compositions, 31 of which are my own. It is very much a personal collection so does not include tunes which I do not play myself."....Allan MacDonald

Raised in the isolated Gaelic- speaking community of Glenuig, Allan MacDonald started piping when he was nine and went on to pursue a competitive career which included winning the Inverness Clasp on two occasions. He was taught first by Pipe Major John MacKenzie, Campbeltown and then piobaireachd by Bob Nicol, Ballater and Roddy MacDonald, South Uist.
He soon, however, became ambivalent towards the competitive discipline of piping and was at the forefront of efforts to introduce alternative styles of playing light music in the 1970s and 80s. In the more classical genre of Ceol Mor, he set out to explore the extent to which modern styles of piobaireachd playing differ from those of the early 18th century.
This he did by re-uniting piobaireachd with Gaelic language rhythms in song, thereby placing the tunes in their original socio-linguistic context. His work is contained in an M.Litt thesis, completed at the School of Scottish Studies, University of Edinburgh, in 1995.