CD archive project : Ireland 53
Material type: MusicPublication details: 2004-6.Description: 1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 inItem type | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Class number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Sound Recordings | VWML | BBC Recordings | Storage | SCD CDA BBC 353 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Reference only | SR04708 |
Compact disc.
Musical instruments: Voice.
Tracks 1-3: BBC 21482 (acc. 790). Cox, Harry, recorded 09/10/53, Sutton, Norfolk, by Kennedy, P: 1. Intro -- 2. Newlyn Town (The Robber) -- 3. Up to the Rigs of London Town -- Tracks 4-14: BBC 21491 (acc. 799 -- 4. Intro -- 5-8: Fussey, James (aged 83) [fiddle], recorded 27/03/53, East Halton, Barton on Humber, Lincolnshire, by Kennedy, P: 5. Country Dance: Pop goes the Weasel -- 6. Grand March: Duke of York's March -- 7. Country Dance: Devil Among the Tailors [talk preceding] -- 8. Carol: While Shepherds Watched (sung with fiddle acc.) - 9-14: Pennock, Billy, recorded 01/04/53, Goathland, North Yorkshire Moors -- 9. The New Rigged Ship [hummed, with talk] -- 10. Corn Rigs [hummed, with talk] -- 11. Barbary Bell [hummed, with talk] -- 12. Black Jack [talk about dance and tune hummed] -- 13. [Unnamed, hummed] -- 14. Brickmakers (description of dance) -- Tracks 15-17: BBC 21842 (acc. 841). Davies, Joseph, recorded Sep 1953, Denbighshire, by Ennis, Seamus: 15. Intro -- 16. Yr Helwr Trwstan (The clumsy fowler) -- 17. Pat Yn Sinci O'r Ffynnon (Pat sinking in the well) -- Tracks 18-22: BBC 21906 (acc. 863). Webb, Harvey, recorded 09/01/54, by Ennis, Seamus. [Scotland]: 18. Intro -- 19. Neil Gow's Compliments Returned to Mr Marshall -- 20. Strathspey and Reel: Lady Mary Ramsay & Drowsy Maggie -- 21. Strathspey and Reel: Jessy Smith & Pretty Peggy -- 22. Scot's Slow Air -- Tracks 23-25: BBC 21909 (acc. 866). Webb, Harvey, recorded 09/01/54, by Ennis, Seamus. [Scotland]: 23. Intro -- 24. O'er the Moor, Puirtith Cauld [two Lowland slow tunes] -- 25. The Dean Brig, The Banks Hornpipe -- Tracks 26-29: BBC 22156 (acc. 909). Baxter, Ben, recorded Nov 55, Southrepps, Norfolk, by Ennis, Seamus -- 26. Intro -- 27. I'll Sing the One O (The Twelve Apostles, verses 1-10) -- 28. I'll Sing the One O (The Twelve Apostles, verses 11 and 12) -- 29. Four folksong fragments : Tis of a Rich Merchant in London Did Dwell. Caroline and Her Young Sailor Boy. O Where Are You Going?. The Factory Girl -- Tracks 30-36: BBC 22158 (acc. 911). Baxter, Ben, recorded Nov 55, Southrepps, Norfolk, by Ennis, Seamus -- 30. Intro -- 31. The Seaman's Alphabet -- 32. All Along and A Lonely O (The Cruel Mother fragment) -- 33. I Wish, I Wish that My Child was Born (Died of Love fragment) -- 34. Van Dieman's Land (ii) -- 35. A Frog He Went A Wooing Go (The Frog and the Mouse) -- 36. Two Jolly Butchers (The Three Butchers) -- Tracks 37-41: BBC 22159 (acc. 912). Recorded Nov 55, Southrepps, Norfolk, by Ennis, Seamus -- 37. Intro -- 38. Bane, Leslie. Black, White, Yellow and Green -- 39. Baxter, Ben. There was an Old Man and He was Poor -- 40. Baxter, Ben. You Gentlemen of England -- 41. Baxter, Ben. The Blackbird (3 fragments) -- Tracks 42-45: BBC 22174 (acc. 914). Lowne, Bill, recorded 17/11/55, Clay, Norfolk, by Ennis, Seamus: 42. Intro -- 43. The Bold Princess Royal -- 44. The Bonny Irish Boy -- 45. The Thrush in Australia (with speech).
An assemblage of discs recorded onto one CD.