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Current Catalogue Entry
| Tape/Side | NPS-JFC-C-022-02 | Length m | 43m | Date rec’d | ? | Quality | Good |
| Title | Ray Fisher-Ross, Tommy Breckons, Basil Clough, Joe Hutton, Billy Pigg Trio Pipe music -various dubbing | Contents | Mixed | ||||
| Notes | |||||||
| Help? | 1. Which parts are or are not dubs of commerical recordings? 2. Find or confirm IDs 3. Unidentified tunes. | ||||||
| Start-End | Performer | Tunes/Titles | Instruments | Notes | by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-4:57 | Tom Clough | Holey Halfpenny Elsie Marley Keel Row | Northumbrian Smallpipes (NSP) | Probably a copy of Clough’s 78rpm HMV commercial record. | MD |
| 4:57 -9:50 | Jean and Basil Clough (Identified by deduction) | Chevy Chase The Cott Rothbury Hills. | Northumbrian Smallpipes (NSP) Harp | Quality good. | MD |
| 09:50-12:29 | Anthony Charlton | Keel Row Felton Lonnin Hexham Races | NSP | This is almost certainly a dub of the 1928 Columbia Records Pipes of Three Nations commercial recording. | MD |
| 12:30-18:58 | Colin Ross? | Redesdale Hornpipe Lads of Alnwick unidentified air Bonny at Morn Salmon Tails Whittingham Green Lane Ward’s Brae. | NSP | ID as Ross only because his name is on tape title and this isn’t like anyone else. Pipes sound sharper in pitch than others on tape. Bonny at morn played with G drone tuning. Quality good, . Pauses in between tunes suggest live recording | MD |
| 18:58-25:36 | Unidentified. Possibly Joe Hutton | Westering Home Harvest Home Water of Tyne Ye Banks and Braes and five others | NSP | Possibly Joe Hutton?? but only because it was probably him playing Westering Home on side A From the background noises and occasional slips, this is a live recording with some other people present. Good quality | MD |
| ?? | Unidentified Not clear who the piper is. Ross?? Breckons?? someone else? | Friendly Visit Pet o’ the Pipers Biddy the Bowl Wife Lamb Skinnet Hexham Races and one other | NSP | Live recording as several corrections and someone coughs in background. Quality good | MD |
| 29:03-42:42 end | Billy Pigg (identification based on style and repertoire.) | Kemnay House set High Level Biddlestone Carrick Hexham Quadrille Exhibition Billy Pigg Random | NSP | Although two of these sets are on Border Minstrel, there’s no gap between the three sets here. Unclear whether this is a dub off another tape or an actual recording Quality good | MD |
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