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| Tape | NPS-JFC-E-004-02 | Length m | Date rec’d | Quality | |||
| Title | Northumbria No.1; Alnwick Gathering + JFC trying to compose a tune etc. | Contents | |||||
| Notes | Very bitty recording with the snatches of classical music in between other recordings. Unclear if it’s the same or different pieces. First three acts are from the same event as it’s the same MC. Accordion playing from 20:32 is unannounced and may be something different. Given the tape title, item at 23:35 could well be JFC composing a tune but nothing else to identify it (MD) | ||||||
| Help | Identification of the first event and the MC Possible identification of the ?JFC tune | ||||||
| Start-End | Performer | Tunes/Titles | Instruments | Notes | by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-0.59 | snatches of recorded classical music | MD | |||
| 1.00 | Well-spoken female MC | MD | |||
| 1.26-8.01 | Bill Robinson (introduced) with unid piano accompanist | Alang the Roman Wall by Bill Turnbull of Gosforth (all named); Rainy Washing Day to the tune of Nae Guid Luck (named) | Voice with piano accompaniment | MD | |
| 8.02-12.35 | Dennis Sordy and his bones (introduced) “You’ve heard him on the radio, you’ve seen him on television now he is here in the flesh” | Blackthorn Stick Father O’ Flynn Irish Washerwoman Atholl Highlanders | Bones with piano and piano accordion accompaniment | MD | |
| 12.45-19.54 | Derwent Valley and King’s College Morris Men (announced) | Getting Upstairs Lads A Bunchun Brighton Camp | Probably melodeon | MD | |
| 20.20-20.32 | End of classical piece with applause | MD | |||
| 20.32-23.35 | Unid accordionist possibly playing for dancing | Redesdale Hornpipe Boys of Bluehill Harvest Home Redesdale Hornpipe | MD | ||
| 23:35-25:19 | JF Charlton? from label | Several attempts to play through unid tune | Northumbrian pipes | Given the tape title, item at 23:35 could well be JFC composing a tune but nothing else to identify it | MD |
| 25.19-29.04 | Two women and a man – no names | Barely distinguishable conversation | MD | ||
| 29.04-end | Opera | poss same as at start, ? from radio. In progress at end | MD |
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