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Current Catalogue Entry
| Tape/Side | NPS-JFC-C-004-01 | Length m | 45m | Date rec’d | 1962? | Quality | Good |
| Title | Northumbrian Gathering at the Corn Exchange. | Contents | Live Concert | ||||
| Notes | Intro Confirms that it’s the Northumberland Gathering at the Corn Exchange. Possibly 1962, therefore? | ||||||
| Help? | Unidentified tunes. Performer names & relationships. Accompanist. Confirm date. Variation set composer? | ||||||
| Start-End | Performer | Tunes/Titles | Instruments | Notes | by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0:0-3:12 | Unidentified MC | National Anthem Introduction | Intro Confirms that it’s the Northumberland Gathering at the Corn Exchange. Possibly 1962, therefore? Quality good | MD | |
| 3:12-10:55 | Border Hills Band. | Dashing White Sergeant Davy, Davy Knick Knack unidentified tune 3 more unid tunes | Piano Accordion, Drums. | Performers announced by MC, Live Recording. Quality Good | MD |
| 10:55-16:20 | Christina Short. | The Willow Tree, The Bonny Fisher Lad and Adam Buckham | Voice – Singer | from Broomhill (Introduced by name by MC) as “heard on the wireless” Good quality live recording Christina Short is a contributor to a University of Leeds archive recording Item: LAVC/SRE/A103r | MD GM |
| 16:58-21:20 | Tommy Breckons | Unidentified Barrington Hornpipe Lamb Skinnet Nae Guid Luck About the House with var (his own?) | Northumbrian Smallpipes (NSP) | Introduced by name by MC. Variation set not the one in NPS Bk1 nor Clough’s. Live recording of good quality | MD |
| 21:40-30:02 | George Lister | “I’ve just come from the hunting field”. | Comic poem recitation (voice) | Live recording of good quality | MD |
| 30:15-31:56 | MC | Introduces next act | voice announcement | Tells story about Jim Ellwood (who performed a clog dance before the then Prince of Wales at Alnwick Castle in 1906) and his descendants | MD |
| 31:56-38:13 | Johnson Ellwood Margaret and Mary (surname uncertain) Accompanist not introduced – one of above? | Unidentified Welcome to the Town Again. | Clog dancers to piano accordion accompaniment. | Johnson is son of Jim Ellwood. Mary is daughter of Margaret who is Johnson’s brother?? Accompanist not introduced. Good quality Live recording. | MD |
| 38:13-45:32 end | Jimmy White (introduced by MC) | The Muckin’ o’ Geordie’s Byre Canny Shepherd Laddies o’ the Hills (the latter to the tune of Keep Yor Feet Still/Maggie May) | Voice (unaccompanied singing) | Tape finishes before end of song. Good quality live recording | MD |
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