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| Tape | NPS-JFC-C-038-02 | Length m | 31m | Date rec’d | Quality | ||
| Title | End of Gathering with B.P. [BillyPigg]; Monkseaton Rapper; Music Boxes. | Contents | First part is recording of live concert. Classical clip possibly from and LP. | ||||
| Notes | First part is recording of live concert. To judge from his voice the MC is Bill Charlton so this is probably part of a Gathering though unclear whether it’s an earlier part of NPS-JFC-C-038-02 or another one. Noise at the end of the classical clip sounds like a stylus so possibly recorded off an LP rather than radio | ||||||
| Help | Identification of the event. Confirmation of the performers and any background information. Identification of the music box | ||||||
| Start-End | Performer | Tunes/Titles | Instruments | Notes | by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-7:28 | Jock & Joey (named) | Ventriloquist act | Voice | MD | |
| 7:28-13:45 | Tom Prince (named) | Eclipse Polka Bells of St Mary’s (both named) | English Concertina Piano accompaniment | “Tom Prince was a blacksmith by trade and one of the finest English Concertina players of his day.” ICA, Soundcloud. | RSay MD GM |
| 13:45-20:36 | Geordie Mitchell (named) | Up for the Cup Comedy recitation (Football) | Voice | RSay MD | |
| 20:36-28:41 | Music Box | Various tunes including Soldiers’ Chorus from Gounod’s Faust | Music box | A very brief snatch of voice during the music box tunes suggests this is a live recording, possibly of a fairly large disc one such as a polyphon or Britannia rather than a smaller cylinder. Sounds like the same machine as NPS-JFC-C-038-02 so the same comment about a live recording probably applies. | MD |
| 28:41-29:45 | Unidentified singers & Orchestra | End of a classical choral piece | Classical Orchestra & singers | MD | |
| 29:45-end | Silence | ||||
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