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| Tape | NPS-JFC-C-027 | Batch | 2 | Length m | 46 | Date Rec’d | ||
| Title | Alnwick Gathering 1964 First tape with Billy Pigg | Contents | Live Concert | |||||
| Quality | ||||||||
| Notes | All notes by MD | |||||||
| Help | Identification of tunes. Speed correction of comedy 24-27m | |||||||
| Start-End | Performer | Tunes/Titles | Instruments | Notes | by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00-00:54 | National Anthem | ||||
| 00:54-02:35 | MC Bill Charlton | MC announces the 17th Alnwick Gathering, explaining that the first two were in February and October 1949 and there had been one a year ever since | Intro information confirms year as 1964 Later chat gives MC’s name as Bill Charlton – he was present when Billy Pigg composed a tune so Billy decided to call it Bill Charlton’s Fancy. | ||
| 02:35-8:27 | Border Hills band (Announced) | Unid unid Saddle the Pony Bluebell Polka | Accordion fiddle drums | ||
| 08:50-18:20 | Sheila Kirkham (announced | Blow the Winds Southerly Waters of Tyne Cheviot Hills (announced) | Singer with Piano accompaniment | ||
| 18:49-23:54 | Billy Pigg (announced) | Madame Bonaparte unid Bill Charlton’s Fancy | Northumbrian Smallpipes | Bill Charlton was present when Billy Pigg composed a tune so Billy decided to call it Bill Charlton’s Fancy. | |
| 24:29-27:00 | Unidentified comedian | Unclear | Spoken voice, | speeded up recording | |
| 27:00-38:26 | John Doonan trio (announced) | Last Rose of Summer What Will You Do Love (both announced) 3 unid tunes several unid jigs finishing with Father O’Flynn | flute, fiddle and accordion (announced) | ||
| 39:15 to end | Seamus McNeil/John MacFadyen – announced as Joint Principal, College of Piping in Glasgow and President of the Scottish Pipers Association | Dark Island unid unid Green Hills of Tyrone unid unid – tape ends with tune in progress | Highland Pipes | tape ends with tune in progress | |
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