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| 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. All tunes traditional. | ||||
| Notes | re The recording of Diana Blackett-Ord and ?George Atkinson?: the playback speed is well above the recording speed. The tunes are too fast, and the nominal G, rather than sounding a little above F, is nearer G sharp .(JG) | ||||||
| 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 | Diana Blackett-Ord (Id JG) | Westering Home Londonderry Hornpipe Boys of Bluehill Corn Rigs Harvest Home Water of Tyne Ye Banks and Braes Jackson’s Morning Brush Father O’Flynn. (JG) | 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 This is Diana Blackett-Ord, playing a very similar set to the other recording. NPS-JFC-C-022-01 (Batch 4) (JG). Playback speed too high – see note at top. | MD JG |
| 25.47-29.10 | Unidentified Not clear who the piper is. Ross?? Breckons?? someone else? (MD) George Atkinson? (JG) | Friendly Visit The Navvie on the lIne (JG) Pet o’ the Pipers Biddy the Bowl Wife Lamb Skinnet Hexham Races | NSP | Live recording as several corrections and someone coughs in background. Quality good The reason for suggesting George Atkinson as the player here, is the very close stylistic similarity between the playing of these tunes, and George’s playing of them elsewhere. In particular the detailed articulation of the two hornpipes and of Hexham Races matches closely to Steve Gardham’s recordings of him playing these tunes in the British Library Sound Archive. Playback speed too high – see note at top. | MD JG |
| 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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