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Current Catalogue Entry
| Tape/Side | NPS-JFC-C-004-02 | Length m | 45m | Date rec’d | ? | Quality | Good |
| Title | Northumbrian Gathering at the Corn Exchange. | Contents | Live concert | ||||
| Notes | Continued from side A | ||||||
| Help? | More detail? Unidentified tunes and variations. Date? | ||||||
| Start-End | Performer | Tunes/Titles | Instruments | Notes | by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0:00-03:35 | Jimmy White | Comic song to tune of “The Threshing machine” | Voice – unaccompanied singing | Own words? Good quality live recording | MD |
| 04:13-16:05 | Seumas MacNeill John MacFadyen | Three sets including Rowan Tree | Highland Pipes (GHB) | Seumas MacNeill and John MacFadyen were highly respected experts on the GHB Good quality live recording | MD |
| 16:05-25:14 | John Marks (introduced by name) Unidentified accompanist | The Cliffs of Old Tynemouth, Rowan Tree | Voice – singing accompanied by piano | Good quality live recording | MD |
| 25:49-31:45 | Bob? Triffey? | Fiddle | MD | ||
| 32:20-35:00 | Lady Trevelyan of Wallington (introduced by MC) | Brief remarks, gist being How wonderful it is to listen to live music with such an appreciative audience | Spoken Voice | This is Patricia Jennings, president of the Northumbrian Pipers Society from 1947 to 2005. She died in 2013 aged 98. Good quality live recording | MD GM |
| 35:00-45:25 end | Andrew Rankine of Alloa (named & introduced by MC) | 2 unidentified hornpipes Crooked Bawbee Bonny Galloway (both named) Dancing Fingers (named); Smile in Your Sleep unidentified De’il Amang the Tailors | Piano Accordion | Andrew Rankine was a well known Scottish band leader (Bob Christie was a member) Smile in Your Sleep aka Hush Hush Time to be Sleeping is by Jim Mclean. Unidentified tune that follows may be variations – needs checking Act followed by snatch of national anthem Good quality live recording | MD |
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