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| Tape | NPS-JFC-E-021-02 | Length m | 44 | Date rec’d | Quality | Volume is very variable and music is much louder and clearer than speech | |
| Title | PS Concert with Prof [Cassie?] | Contents | Recording of live event, the continuation of NPS-JFC-E-021-02 | ||||
| Notes | NPS-JFC-E-021-02 has same MC and some performers. Recording is switched on and off several times so some announcements and beginnings of performances are missed. There are a few distorted bars of Madame Bonaparte at the start, then the recording of Nae Good Luck misses the first few bars. Morris Dancers are announced at 4:10 but not recorded; first few bars of dance band missed. MD | ||||||
| Help | Confirmation of event, date and venue. Better identification of some performers | ||||||
| Start-End | Performer | Tunes/Titles | Instruments | Notes | by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-4.05 | Billy Pigg | Nae Good Luck variation set; Archie’s Waltz; High Level set | NSP | BP ident from style and repertoire | MD |
| 4.20-6:24 | Unid Dance Band | Unid/White Cockade/unid/Come Ye Not From Newcastle | Fiddles and piano (as a minimum) | MD | |
| 6.24-09.00 | Unid Dance Band | ||||
| 9.01-17:10 | Diana Blackett-Ord (announced) | Blow the Wind Southerly Bonny Tyneside Water of Tyne The Muckin’ o’ Geordie’s Byre Unknown jig Unknown jig – related to Cherish the Ladies. Jackson’s Morning Brush Father O’Flynn Petronella Dashing White Seargant My Love She’s but a Lassie Yet The Rose Tree reprise first tune Delaney’s Donkey. | NSP | JG | |
| 17:45-24:00 | Handbell Ringers | Jingle Bells (named); My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean (named); Drink To Me Only | Handbells | MD | |
| 24:20-28:30 | Forster Charlton and Colin Caisley | Lamshaw’s Fancy Rowan Tree The Happy Farmer Water of Tyne Keel Row | NSP | The announcement is very faint on the tape, but they’re both named. “Forster Charlton” is quite clear, “Colin Caisley” a bit less distinct at the end, but unambiguous. They certainly did play duets together.JG. | MD JG |
| 28:40-37.25 | Tom Prince (announced) | Unid/unid/Buttered Peas/unid; The Last Request (named); unid (named but indistinct) | Concertina | ||
| 37.47-43:54 | Billy Pigg | Unidentified Air Random Billy Pigg’s Hornpipe Wallington Hall Bottle Bank The Locomotive | NSP | It is surely Billy Pigg playing, but the pipes sound like Diana Blackett-Ord’s. JG Agree it has to be BP from style and repertoire MD | JG MD |
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