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| Tape | NPS-JFC-E-021-02-old1 | Length m | Date rec’d | Possibly 1960 NPS Concert? | Quality | Begins with tape at wrong speed | |
| Title | PS Concert with Prof {Cassie?} | Contents | |||||
| Notes | Begins with tape at wrong speed – was the tape tangled? It may be possible to partially remedy this, but information’s certainly been lost. (JG) An NPS concert in 1960 included “those accomplished pipers Billy Pigg and Diana Blackett-Ord”. Was it this one? | ||||||
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| Start-End | Performer | Tunes/Titles | Instruments | Notes | by |
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| 0’30-4’30 | Billy Pigg (probably) | Nae Good Luck with variations. Waltz The High Level Bridge The New High Level Bridge | NSP | These are tunes associated with Billy Pigg, and played in a style like his – I’m fairly confident it’s him. | JG |
| 10.0-18.10 | Diana Blackett-Ord | Blow the Wind Southerly Bonny Tyneside Water of Tyne Muckin’ of Geordie’s Byre Belfast Ham (eight bar bridge) Shandon Bells Jackson’s Morning Brush Father O’Flynn Petronella Dashing White Sergeant My Love She’s but a Lassie Yet The Rose Tree (Unidentified 3) Delaney’s Donkey (Schottiche) | NSP | ‘Delaney’s Donkey’ 17’29” – 18’11” was a hit for Val Doonican c. 1967. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1Ofhh30lwQ The words and melody were by William Hargreaves, who died in 1941. It was copyrighted by Francis Day and Hunter Ltd in 1921. I don’t know if that copyright has lapsed. | JG |
| 19.00-25.30 | Nun Moor Handbell Ringers (If the 1960 concert) | Jingle Bells My Bonny Lies Over the Ocean Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes | Handbells | JG | |
| 25’00- 29’30 | ?? Announcement quiet and indistinct | Lamshaw’s Fancy The Rowan Tree Unidentified jig Water of Tyne The Keel Row | NSP Duet | JG | |
| 29.40-38.20 | Tom Prince | Set of Marches The Last Request (announcement indistinct – air with variation) | Concertina | JG | |
| 39.00-end | Billy Pigg – not announced, but seems very likely from style and tune choice. | Unknown air Random The Hawk Wallington Hall Bottle Bank The Locomotive | NSP | JG | |
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