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| Tape | NPS-JFC-E-022-02 | Length m | 1h30 | Date rec’d | 1965? | Quality | Quality generally good but music comes across much better than speech. |
| Title | PS Concert | Contents | Recording of live event. “seventh annual concert of the Northumbrian Pipers’ Society” | ||||
| Notes | At 5:00 MC (Bill Charlton by voice ident) says that this is the “seventh annual concert of the Northumbrian Pipers’ Society” giving a possible date of 1965 (needs more research to confirm | ||||||
| Help | Date and venue of event Identification/confirmation of performers and MC Identification of some tunes | ||||||
| Start-End | Performer | Tunes/Titles | Instruments | Notes | by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.52-10.57 | Unnamed folk band | Navvie on the Line/unid hornpipe/Roxburgh Castle; Morpeth Rant/unid/Davy, Davy Knick-Knack | Fiddles, piano accordion, guitar, drumkit | MD | |
| 10.57-15.45 | Not announced. George Atkinson. | The Navvy on the Line The Rowley Burn (F. Charlton) The Friendly Visit Hexham Races Lamb Skinnet | NSP | As well as the style being like George Atkinson’s and the set including mostly tunes he recorded elsewhere, the pipes sound very similar to his, which had a distinctive tone. I’m now confident this is him. JG | JG |
| 15.45-18.56 | Not announced. George Atkinson | Remember Me The Irish Washerwoman The De’il Among the Tailors | NSP | JG | |
| 18.56-23.40 | John Doonan (announced) | Unid; Blackthorn Stick/Rakes Of Kildare/Dingle Regatta; | Piccolo | MD | |
| 23.40-28.13 | Rapper Dance (garble) Morris Society (corrected but indistinctly) | Cock o’ the North/One Hundred Pipers/unid/Cock o’ the north/unid/One Hundred Pipers/Irish Washerwoman/Cock o’ The North | Piano accordion | MD | |
| 28.13-40.00 | ?Jean and Basil Clough (ident from instruments and voice) | unid/Castles In the Air/Bonny Cragside; Ca’ The Yows; The Day We Went to Rothesay; Johnny Cope (all songs named | Harp and Northumbrian smallpipes, singing – male and female solo and duet | MD | |
| 40.0-46.35 | Unnamed concertina player | unid (named but indistinct); Random; Sir John Fenwick (with variation)/Lads of Alnwick (all tunes named) | Concertina | ||
| 47.23-53.00 | Tommy Breckons (Announced) | Unidentified The Spinning Wheel Miss Forbes Farewell to Banff with variation The Last of the Twins JB Milne Cameron Highlanders | NSP | JG MD | |
| 53.0-1.04.51 | Irish Dancers (name of School announced but indistinct) with John Doonan? accompanying | Dances named as: Dublin Jig; Six-hand Reel; The Irish Hornpipe. Tunes: Saddle The Pony; unid; Off To California | Fiddles, piano accordion, guitar, drumkit | MD | |
| 1.04.51-1.17.06 | Durham Rapper Morris Society (announced) | Cotswold Morris dances named but faint: unid; Monk’s March; Young Collins; unid | NSP | MD | |
| 1.17.06-1.29.54 | Dennis Weatherly (announced) accompanist possibly his wife but indistinct | Dance To Thi Daddy , Footy Agyen The Wall; The Pot Pies And Puddings Mi Mother Used To Make; Wor Nanny’s A Mazer (all songs named) | Male singer with piano accompaniment | b1912 Ryton. Member of BBC singers, Presenter and operatic singer. Accompanied on piano by wife Eleanor on two “Songs of Northumbria” LPs | MD GM |
| 1.29.54-end | faint whistling sound (like an old kettle in the distance) | MD |
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