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| Tape | NPS-JFC-E-019-01 | Length m | 30 | Date rec’d | 1958 (or 68) | Quality | variable |
| Title | Alnwick Gathering with Forster and Colin pipes. | Contents | Live recording with audience | ||||
| Notes | MC is well-spoken female, possibly the same one as on NPS-JFC-E-004-02. At the end she says “That’s all for the Northumbrian Gathering of 1958” [probably – could just about be 1968] No sign of Foster and Colin on pipes as per title | ||||||
| Help | Identification of several tunes, the fiddler and accompanist Confirmation of the year | ||||||
| Start-End | Performer | Tunes/Titles | Instruments | Notes | by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-0.56 | Brief snatch of recorded classical music ?off radio | MD | |||
| 1-12.10 | Unid fiddler and pianist (starting to play as segment starts) | Unid/unid; Portree Bay (garbled) strathspey Mason’s Apron Dean Brig o’ Edinburgh slow strathspey Dean Brig reel Ben’s Hornpipe Dr Macardie slow air Rose Amang the Heather strathspey Fairy Dance (reel). | Fiddle with piano accompaniment | All bar first two announced. | MD |
| 12.10-17.20 | Bryce Anderson (announced) | ?Happy Hours unid Mason’s Apron | Piano accordion | Cheviot Ranters featured Bryce Anderson of Alnwick on accordion. Band formed 1955 “The Cheviot Ranters were arguably the the most distinguished and ‘authentic’ of the English folk dance bands, and grew out of the monthly meetings of the Northumbrian Pipers’ Society.” Topic Records https://www.facebook.com/AlnwickMemories/posts/the-cheviot-ranters-were-a-well-known-and-very-popular-local-dance-band-who-spec/1723465071125661/ | MD GM |
| 17.20-29.21 | The Choir incl unnamed male lead | Two Roses Little Tommy The Tide Rising Blaydon Races. (All announced.) | Unaccompanied voices. Single voice with piano accompaniment for Blaydon Races | MD | |
| 29.21-30.14 | Classical music recording to end | ||||
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