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| Tape | NPS-JFC-C-037-24 | Batch | 2 | Length m | 2h 8m | Date Rec’d | ||
| Title | Forsters Party at 135 1966 | Contents | Mixed – informal party, off radio. | |||||
| Quality | ||||||||
| Notes | Identical with NPS-JFC-C-037-24, which has poorer quality. Probable 4-track recording where tracks 13 and 24 would be played together. Probable copyright issues. | |||||||
| Help | Identify party conversations, transcribe if interesting/relevant. More research on Home Ground may help with date. | |||||||
| Start-End | Performer | Tunes/Titles | Instruments | Notes | by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-26:06 | conversation with music in background | Sounds like a party | Content of party conversations probably retrievable but needs someone attuned to local speech. Unclear if fiddle and whistle in background are off a recording/radio or are live. | MD | |
| 26:20-1:04:40 | Gaelic or Gallic speaking presenter, | Gaelic /Gallic songs and music | Male voice; whistle, flute, fiddle, bodhran, spoons | Probable radio programme. Music sounds Irish so maybe Radio Eireann? | MD |
| 1:04:40-1:19:10 | unid educated female singer | Arrangements of English folk songs | Female voice with harp accompaniment. Style is somewhat classical/operatic | Noises on tape make it unclear whether the female singer was actually part of that week’s Home Ground, a BBC Northwest regional TV programme, or something else. Silence between songs may mean it’s recorded from another medium. | MD GM |
| 1:19:10-1:19:32 | TV announcer referring to next week’s edition of Home Ground with Brian Redhead entitled Bachelor Days | MD | |||
| 1:19:32-end | blank | ||||
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