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| Tape | NPS-JFC-C-008 | Batch | 2 | Length m | 1h 32m | Date Rec’d | 1968 | |
| Title | Henderson Hall Concert | Contents | Live recording with audience. From content, a concert illustrating folk music given to audience of probable teachers given in the summer of 1968. | |||||
| Quality | ||||||||
| Notes | Possible copyright issues with regard to Alistair Anderson. Tapes being sold were for private use only. | |||||||
| Help | Confirmation of date and audience. Identification of MC. Identification of tunes | |||||||
| Start-End | Performer | Tunes/Titles | Instruments | Notes | by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0:0-2:47 | MC (unidentified) | Speech | MC introduces performers as experts in their own field and “members of the family party” as Alistair Anderson has just qualified as a teacher, Jean Clough teaches music, Basil Clough works in the County Architects office and Forster Charlton pays teachers from the City Education Office. | MD | |
| 3:00-13:30 | Alastair Anderson Forster Charlton | Jackson’s Morning Brush/Hexham Races Trumpet Hornpipe (announced)/Caddam Woods Dark Island (announced)/ Laird O’ Drumblair/De’il among the tailors Random Notes (Announced) /The Spey In Spate (comp James Scott Skinner) | Concertina, sometimes with Fiddle | The Spey In Spate was composed by James Scott Skinner | MD CO |
| 13:50-20:34 | Forster Charlton | Because He Was Salmon Tails Crooked Bawbee Keep Yor Feet Still with variations | Northumbrian Smallpipes | [KYFS not quite the same as version in NPS Second Tunebook] From 13:50, Forster Charlton talks about going to visit Tom Clough. He was almost stone deaf and couldn’t hear when he went wrong on the pipes “but he managed to teach me some simple variations to Keep Yor Feet Still”. These remarks were repeated on other occasions. | MD |
| 21:00-46:30 | Jean & Basil Clough | Lambton Worm Paddy McGinty’s Goat (both announced); Herd on the Hill Whittingham Green LaneCam Ye Not From Newcastle?; songs: Dreams of Northumberland Cullercoats Fish Lass Eriskay Love Lilt (all announced); Water of Tyne (duet) | Singing, accompanied by guitar, Celtic harp, Northumbrian smallpipes | MD | |
| 46:46-1:00:00 | Alastair Anderson & Forster Charlton | Golden Eagle/ Sunshine Hornpipe (both announced); air/jig/reel:- Air: Spailpin a Ruin (Spalpeen, My Love) – trad Irish Father Kelly’s Jig – trad Irish Reel: Also trad Irish. Title?? Lark in the Clear Air Ma Bonny Lad Ye Banks and Braes Nancy (announced) | Concertina, fiddle, Northumbrian smallpipes solo and in combination | MD | |
| 1:00:00-1:13:14 | All performers | Keep Yor Feet Still Cushie Butterfield Blaydon Races | Piano and other instruments accompanying singing | Performers leading audience participation | MD |
| 1:13:14-1:15:10 | MC | MC mentions upcoming attendance in August at Strakonice Festival and offers to sell recordings of the concert as a fundraiser. | Speech | Ref to Strakonice. | MD |
| 1:15:10-1:18:10 | Recorder obviously left running – random inaudible/indistinguishable audience conversations | MD | |||
| 1:18:10-end | Blank tape | MD | |||
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