Fred Hamer collection, CD 88
SCD CDA HAMER 88 Sound Lib. CDA Fred Hamer collection, CD 88 / Fred Hamer - British Library Sound Archive, 1950-1969. - 1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Compact disc.
1. Annnoucement C433/98, C433/100, C433/101 and C433/102 -- 2. C433/98. Extracts from (or, material used in the compilation of) The Tape Recorded Library for the Blind documentary about the folklore collecting of Fred Hamer and David Shaw [on CD 87]: 00:00 David Shaw: Introduction to his field recording and collecting -- 01:28 Retired thatcher, Gravenhurst, Bedfordshire: Talk about thatching a rick -- 04:12 Harry Larkin (age 84): Talk about hurdlemaking -- 06:52 Harry Scott, Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire: The queen of the May -- 09:16 Albert Church, Biddenham, Bedfordshire: Interview about game of sticks and stones -- Harry Green, Tilty, Essex: 11:44 the pear tree [Roud 12861, recited] -- 13:51 Nutting girl [Roud 509] -- Richard Thorne, Little Staughton, Bedfordshire -- 18:02 Old Johnny Bigger [Roud 19111] -- Alf Wildman, Colesden, Bedfordshire -- 19:36 As I went up to Ramsey [Derby ram, Roud 126] -- 21:30 When shall we get married John? [Roud 313] -- 3. C433/100 Side 1 BBC recordings by Peter Kennedy dubbed from discs. Paddy Church, Biddenham, Bedfordshire, 22 October 1952: 00:00 We've been rambling all this night [Roud 305] (BBC 19338) -- 01:47 Remember us poor mayers here [Roud 305] (BBC 19338) -- 02:58 The Wexford murder [Roud 263] (BBC 19338) -- 05:22 Talk about May day in Biddenham [with Albert Church] (BBC 19338) -- 08:40 Edie Church & Mrs Hall: Kimbolton May song [Roud 305] (BBC 19338) -- 10:02 Albert Church: Talk about the craft of thatching (BBC 19339) -- William Scarlett, Littlehampton, West Sussex, 16 May 1953: 14:23 Talk about Dickie Hansley (BBC 19339) -- 14:55 The team of rats [Roud 21093] (BBC 19339) -- 4. C433/100 Side 2 From the BBC radio programme "Country Magazine" (Grammophone Company B9523). Robert Irwin [acc by Wynford Reynold's Sextet]: The oyster girl [Roud 875] -- 5. C433/101 Fred Hamer: Talk about Norville parish church, the maypole at Ickwell [The British Library Sound Archive notes: "Fred Hamer suggests that he made the recording whilst standing outside the church on 'a bitter January, on a Sunday' and goes on to describe 'the bells that you can hear.'. . . He probably intended to produce a version of this talk with a recording of church bells in the background."] -- 6. C433/102. Fred Crossman, Hambridge, Somerset, 10 June 1961: The bold Princess Royal [Roud 528]. Recording made at the unveiling of a memorial to Cecil Sharp at Hambridge vicarage. The singer is the son of Frederick Crossman, from whom Sharp had collected the song in 1904 -- Bill Cassie, Ponteland, Northumberland: 7. -- 00:00 Talk about tape recorders -- 02:14 Talk about a visit to Bangkok -- 04:30 Thai music -- 8: 00:00 Family news -- 01:09 Description of concert in Bangkok.
These copies were made in 2011.
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