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| Tape | NPS-JFC-5-027-SIDE-A | Batch | 2 | Length m | 47 | Date Rec’d | Probably broadcast 19 Nov 1985 | |
| Title | Piping Society Concert 1983 BBC Newcastle | Contents | Commercial broadcast of concert | |||||
| Quality | ||||||||
| Notes | stereo. Commercial broadcasts. | |||||||
| Help | Actual date of concert (might not match broadcast) | |||||||
| Start-End | Performer | Tunes/Titles | Instruments | Notes | by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Radio Newcastle headlines, then introduction to “The Music Makers” with Ernie Brown. Ernie names Neil Smith as the MC for the NPS Annual Meeting (sic). MC announces to audience that the concert is being recorded for BBC Radio Newcastle. Content of headlines – e.g. start of Reagan/Gorbachev summit in Geneva – suggests date of broadcast is 19 Nov 1985 rather than 1983. | MD | ||||
| 4:11-7:29 | Richard Butler’s nsp Youth Group (named) | Gentle Maiden (with harmony) | Northumbrian smallpipes | 12 in group + RB, pipes loaned by NPS. Commentator: “succeeded in playing.. reasonably well, in tune” | MD GM |
| 7:29-14:30 | Spindlestone (named) | Hexhamshire Lass (song) Tenpenny Bit Pub of the Year (all announced) | Voice, strings, whistle | MD | |
| 14:30-20:48 | Pat Dunn from Ashington (named) | Highland Widow’s Lament The Ladies Go Dancing at Whitsun (all announced) | Unaccompanied voice | MD | |
| 21:24-34:14 | Joe Hutton (named) | Mrs Wilson’s Fancy The Closing Date Appleblossom Kirconnell Lea Sands of Murness Speed the Plough Vagaland (all announced) | Northumbrian smallpipes | MD | |
| 36:00-41:59 | Richard Butler’s nsp Youth Group (named) | Skye Boat Song Leaving Lismore (all announced) | Northumbrian smallpipes | MD | |
| 41:59-46:42 | Commercial, prob Irish, radio broadcast of classical music | MD | |||
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