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The sounds & songs of Britain / written and produced by Bob Barratt ; narrators: Bernard Horsfall and Nicholas Pennell.

Material type: MusicMusicPublisher number: OU 2099 | One-upPublication details: One-up, [1971].Description: 1 sound disc : 33 1/3 rpm., stereo. ; 12 inSubject(s):
Contents:
Side 1: There'll always be an England -- The Wembley roar -- A life on the ocean wave -- Canterbury Cathedral: Toccata and fugue in D minor -- The white cliffs of Dover -- Hastings: The national town criers' championship -- Sussex by the sea (interpolating bonfire night in Lewes and the veteran car run) -- Winchester Cathedral -- Widdecombe Fair -- The Padstow May song -- Flora Day in Helston -- Cornish Rhapsody -- Wookey Hole caves -- Drink up thy cider -- The Marquess of Bath -- Land of my fathers (Mae hen wlad fy nhadau) -- A converstion in Welsh -- A Welsh steel-works -- All through the night (Ar hyd y nos) -- A Welsh coal-mine -- The Tal-Y-Llyn railway -- We'll keep a welcome -- Danny boy -- The old Lammas Fair -- Water-driven trip-hammer and linen hand-loom -- The mountains of Mourne The Manx national anthem (O land of our birth) -- Side 2: 1. The Edinburgh Tattoo: Scotland the brave -- I belong to Glasgow -- A Spey Valley ski resort -- The Skye boat song -- Lewis boy singing in Gaelic: Moch di luainn -- A Highland gathering -- Northumbrian pipes: The keel row -- Blaydon races -- Monkseaton Morris Men: The rapper sword dance -- Scarborough Fair; canticle -- On Ilkla Moor bah't 'at -- The hunt -- John Peel -- She's a lassie from Lancashire -- Blackpool -- I do like to be beside the seaside -- Silverstone motor races -- Greensleeves -- Stratford-upon-Avon: Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more -- Bells of Holy Trinity church -- The Coventry carol -- Blenheim Palace organ: Toccata from Symphony no. 5 in F minor -- An English country village -- Country gardens -- Newmarket -- Hey yew gotta loight boy? -- Christmas in Cambridge: Once in royal David's city -- The Eton boating song -- Land of hope and glory.
Summary: The record features excerpts from songs, music, seasonal celebrations and documentary sound recordings linked by a narrative.
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Sound Recordings Sound Recordings VWML Gift Storage SAD 4889 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Reference only Donated by Tony Davis. SR08221

Analog disc.

Originally released on EMI Columbia in 1971. This may be a later reissue.

Side 1: There'll always be an England -- The Wembley roar -- A life on the ocean wave -- Canterbury Cathedral: Toccata and fugue in D minor -- The white cliffs of Dover -- Hastings: The national town criers' championship -- Sussex by the sea (interpolating bonfire night in Lewes and the veteran car run) -- Winchester Cathedral -- Widdecombe Fair -- The Padstow May song -- Flora Day in Helston -- Cornish Rhapsody -- Wookey Hole caves -- Drink up thy cider -- The Marquess of Bath -- Land of my fathers (Mae hen wlad fy nhadau) -- A converstion in Welsh -- A Welsh steel-works -- All through the night (Ar hyd y nos) -- A Welsh coal-mine -- The Tal-Y-Llyn railway -- We'll keep a welcome -- Danny boy -- The old Lammas Fair -- Water-driven trip-hammer and linen hand-loom -- The mountains of Mourne The Manx national anthem (O land of our birth) -- Side 2: 1. The Edinburgh Tattoo: Scotland the brave -- I belong to Glasgow -- A Spey Valley ski resort -- The Skye boat song -- Lewis boy singing in Gaelic: Moch di luainn -- A Highland gathering -- Northumbrian pipes: The keel row -- Blaydon races -- Monkseaton Morris Men: The rapper sword dance -- Scarborough Fair; canticle -- On Ilkla Moor bah't 'at -- The hunt -- John Peel -- She's a lassie from Lancashire -- Blackpool -- I do like to be beside the seaside -- Silverstone motor races -- Greensleeves -- Stratford-upon-Avon: Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more -- Bells of Holy Trinity church -- The Coventry carol -- Blenheim Palace organ: Toccata from Symphony no. 5 in F minor -- An English country village -- Country gardens -- Newmarket -- Hey yew gotta loight boy? -- Christmas in Cambridge: Once in royal David's city -- The Eton boating song -- Land of hope and glory.

The record features excerpts from songs, music, seasonal celebrations and documentary sound recordings linked by a narrative.

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