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| Tape | NPS-JFC-F-005-Side-1 | Length m | Date rec’d | July ’68 | Quality | High | |
| Title | 2-11-1962 Northumbriana [indexed by JFC] Side 2 Selections from Pipers’ Functions. | Contents | BBC programme off air | ||||
| Notes | The Corries released Lowlands away in 1968, and Julie Felix released The Hedgehog’s Song, and Billy Pigg died that year. It is almost certain that this tape is a recording of ‘Degrees of Folk’, TV programme, broadcast on 29th July of that year, which featured the same artists. (JG) https://carthyarchive.wordpress.com/1968/07/29/degrees-of-folk/ Recorded at King’s Hall, University of Newcastle upon Tyne with a student audience. Presented by Ronnie Browne and Roy Williamson of The Corries, Besides the copyright issues on recently composed music such as Bill Charlton’s Fancy, the two Julie Felix songs, and the arrangements of the traditional music, the BBC will own rights to the broadcast, so we would need their permission before using any of it. | ||||||
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| Start-End | Performer | Tunes/Titles | Instruments | Notes | by |
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| 0-2.40 | Billy Pigg (Announced) | Bill Charlton’s Fancy. | NSP | Billy Pigg died four months later in November 1968. | JG GM |
| 2.45-8.08 | Martin Carthy and Dave Swarbrick | Sovay “At the age of nineteen I was digging the land, …” | Voice + guitar Fiddle | JG | |
| 8.08-10.39 | Jackie Toaduff | Bluebell polka | Clog dancing, accompanied by accordion and piccolo. And it is fast! (GM) | Jackie Toaduff 1933-2023 was a pitman turned professional dancer. He helped to bring clog dancing back into popularity See https://insteprt.co.uk/dancers/jackie-toaduff-2/, https://www.efdss.org/images/present/Docs/Goldbadge/GoldBadgeJackie-Toaduff.pdf https://www.chantryhoteldronfield.co.uk/jackie-toaduff | JG, GM |
| 10.35 | John Doonan and others (Martin Carthy, Dave Swarbrick?) | Blackthorn Stick, Rakes of Mallow, Flowers of Edinburgh | Piccolo, also fiddle, guitar, etc | JG | |
| 13.26-20.05 | Julie Felix (voice+guitar), unknown (flute). | The Hedgehog’s Song. Hey that’s no Way to Say Goodbye. | voice/guitar and flute | https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/mar/24/julie-felix-obituary | JG |
| 20.08-22’50 | The Corries (?) | Lowlands Away | Voices and whistles | JG | |
| 23.00-end | The Corries etc | Falalalalo | Voices + concertina (was this Alistair Anderson? He might remember.) | Ray Fisher is mentioned as “just walked in”. GM | JG |
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