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Tracks 6-12, recorded by Peter Kennedy. All tracks recorded in Somerset, Tracks 1-12 all recorded in Minehead: 1. Minehead: Ceremony of the Boat. 0:49. BBC 1083. Rec 1936 -- 2. Minehead Hobby Horse Ceremony. Recorded 30/04/1947. 3:16. BBC 11049 -- 3. Booting. Recorded 01/05/1950. 0:42. BBC 17232 -- 4. Hobby Horse Tune [accordion & drum]. Recorded 01/05/1950. 1:22. BBC 17232 -- 5. Cheers for Hobby Horse. Recorded 01/05/1950. 0:20. BBC 17232 -- Tracks 6-12 all recorded 04/05/1952 by Peter Kennedy -- 6. Webber, Alfred & Webber, Jack [accordion & drum]: Hobby Horse Tunes: If I Were at Minehead, Johnny, Old Joe, The Boat is Tipping Over. 2:37. BBC 18335 -- 7. [Presumably Webber, Alfred or Jack]: Drum Only. 0:45. BBC 18335 -- 8. The Booter Ceremony - Shouts and Drum, followed by accordion. 1:09. BBC 18335 -- 9. Webber, Jack: Explaining Music. 0:27. BBC 18335 -- 10. Webber, Alfred: Explaining Ceremony. 3:54. BBC 18335 -- 11. Webber, Alfred: Explaining Ceremony. 4:04. BBC 18336 -- 12. Webber, Alfred: Explaining Ceremony. 4:07. BBC 18336 -- 13. Godwin, Cornelius: Jim, The Carter's Lad. Recorded 19/12/1938, Ashcott. 3:38. BBC 1672 -- Tracks 14-19: Hooper, Louisa: recorded 07/02/1942, Hambridge, near Langport -- 14. Hares on the Mountain. 2:16. BBC 4014 -- 15. Bohenny. 2:18. BBC 4014 -- 16. Green Broom. 3:09. BBC 4015 -- 17. Lord Rendal. 2:30. BBC 4015 -- 18. False Love (narrated and sung). 3:26. BBC 4039 -- 19. False Love - continued. 2:46. BBC 4039 -- 20. Mr Sweeting: Ox Ploughing [Talk About]. Recorded 03/03/1942, Churchill. 1:53. BBC 9594 -- 21. The Old Armchair (Solo with Chorus). Recorded 30/11/1943, Drayton. 2:49. BBC 6932 -- 22. [Drayton Wassailers]: Wassail Song [chorus]. Recorded 30/11/1943, Drayton. 3:59. BBC 6801 -- 23. Drayton Wassailers: Conversation in dialect. 3:08. Details as for 22) -- Tracks 24-28 recorded 05/01/1949 in the King William [pub], Curry Rivel. All on BBC 9650 -- 24. Wassail Song. 3:33 -- 25. Invitation to Enter. 0:17 -- 26. Mr Weaver [introduced on recording]: Burning the Faggot. 1:04 -- 27. Mr Weaver: History of the Custom. 2:42 -- 28. [pub ambience]. 2:18 -- 29. Small, Jim: What's the Wife of a Man. [On label, 'wife' has been crossed out, and 'life' written above it.] recorded 7/3/1950, Cheddar. 3:06. BBC 14627 -- 30. Small, Jim: mouth organ solo] Shepton Hornpipe. 1:24. Details as above -- Tracks 31-34: The Strolling Wassailers, recorded 20/12/1950, High Ham. All on BBC 15758 -- 31. Behold Once More. 2:41 -- 32. Hosanna. 1:29 -- 33. Hark a Glad Voice. 1:34 -- 34. The Singers Make Bold. 2:01. |