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| Tape | NPS-JFC-C-029-01 | Length m | 58m | Date rec’d | 1962 or 63 | Quality | Mostly good but some uneven bits |
| Title | Northumbrian Gathering – Frank Bough | Contents | Live recording of concert | ||||
| Notes | Concert poss in Morpeth Town Hall? – “didn’t expect to see such a splendid building when the curtain went up” Date possibly 2nd half of 1962 or sometime in 1963 – reference to Balmbra Music Hall revival to celebrate Blaydon Races Centenary, which was in June 1962. Frank Bough was with BBC Newcastle in the early 1960s till Look North started in 1963 | ||||||
| Help | Confirmation of event, date and venue, Identification of tunes | ||||||
| Start-End | Performer | Tunes/Titles | Instruments | Notes | by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-2:24 | MC Frank Bough | intro National Anthem | Names himself | MD | |
| 2:24-13:00 | Border Hills Band (named) | Atholl Highlanders unid Cock o’ the North Atholl Highlanders Marquis of Lorne Harvest Home Redesdale Hornpipe | Mixed ensemble piano accordion fiddle ? drums | “Who come from all over round here” | MD |
| 13:00-23:27 | Billy Pigg (named) | Nae Guid Luck variations Tom’s March High Level Hornpipe ———————— Madame Bonaparte Bill Charlton’s Fancy Sunshine (all named bar Tom’s March) | Northumbrian Smallpipes | MD | |
| 23:47-33:17 | Midgeley & Hawkes (named) | Wherivvor Ye Gan Ye’re Sure Te Find A Geordie I hope Ye’ll Be Kind To Me Daughter (named) Keel Row (named) Cushie Butterfield | Singers with piano accompaniment | MD | |
| 33:17-38:30 | Eileen White & Partner | Harvest Home and possibly one other (very faint) | Clog dancers. Faint fiddle accompaniment. Is her partner the fiddle player? | MD | |
| 38:30- 45:00 | Adam Jackson (named) | Song (named but indistinct) The Lads That Were Reared Among Heather (named) | Unaccompanied singer | MD | |
| 45:00- 52:42 | Traditional Irish Dancers (named – sic); unidentified musicians | The Humours of Brandon; “an Irish hornpipe” Marquis of Lorne unid “old Irish Set Dance – The Three Tunes” – Haste to the Wedding/unid/unid | Dancers with ensemble of piano accordion flute fiddle | MD | |
| 52:42- 57:53 | Bill Simpson (named) with unnamed piano accompanist | Unid/unid/unid; unid (tape ends while in progress) | Fiddle with piano accompaniment | “from over the Border”, “winner of fiddle competitions” | MD |
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