| Ref No | MS 4000/5/3/1/6 |
| Title | Recording of a programme by Alan Lomax for the BBC Home Service called 'The Ballad Hunter looks at Britain: 2'. The second of eight programmes about British folk music in the company of Peter Kennedy, called ' From Devon to Dover: folksongs from the south of England.' |
| Level | File |
| Date | n.d. [1957; 1960] |
| Description | Tracks 1 to 20 are the 'Ballad Hunter in Britain' programme
Tracks 22 to 36 are the 'Mountain Music' programme
Track 1: Duration (min/sec): 0.38 Description of track: Programme announcement
Track 2: Duration (min/sec): 1.07 Description of track:
Track 3: Duration (min/sec): 1.31 Description of track:
Track 4: Duration (min/sec): 2.39 Description of track:
Track 5: Duration (min/sec): 0.51 Description of track: 'The three dukes' sung by children playing
Track 6: Duration (min/sec): 2.49 Description of track:
Track 7: Duration (min/sec): 0.55 Description of track: 'Widecombe Fair' Devon version
Track 8: Duration (min/sec): 1.27 Description of track: Sussex version
Track 9: Duration (min/sec): 0.42 Description of track: Oxfordshire version
Track 10: Duration (min/sec): 2.12 Description of track: The Moonrakers
Track 11: Duration (min/sec): 2.40 Description of track: Fanny Rumble A Somerset song
Track 12: Duration (min/sec): 1.04 Description of track: Fred Perrier Talks about Mummers' plays in Wiltshire
Track 13: Duration (min/sec): 0.48 Description of track: Mummers' tune from Dorset
Track 14: Duration (min/sec): 0.53 Description of track: The Christmas Mummers'play
Track 15: Duration (min/sec): 2.46 Description of track: The Christmas Mummers'play contd.
Track 16: Duration (min/sec): 2.07 Description of track: Workers at Portland Bill at the marble quarry singing 'Parlez-vous'and another French song
Track 17: Duration (min/sec): 1.36 Description of track: Shirley Collins Sings 'Bonnie Cuckoo' from Sussex
Track 18: Duration (min/sec): 1.51 Description of track: George Spicer Sings 'The Barley Mow'
Track 19: Duration (min/sec): 0.46 Description of track: A band from East Grinstead
Track 20: Duration (min/sec): 0.26 Description of track: End of programme announcement
Track 21: Silence
Track 22: Duration (min/sec): 0.20 Description of track: Fiddle music
Track 23: Duration (min/sec): 1.20 Description of track: Song 'Jack of Diamonds'
Track 24: Duration (min/sec): 2.46 Description of track: Song 'The house carpenter's wife'
Track 25: Duration (min/sec): 4.04 Description of track: 'Ballad of Willie Brennan': Ozark version
Track 26: Duration (min/sec): 0.44 Description of track: Song 'On the banks of the Arkansaw'
Track 27: Duration (min/sec): 1.22 Description of track: Playing of the mouth bow in the Ozarks
Track 28: Duration (min/sec): 1.10 Description of track: Banjo tune
Track 29: Duration (min/sec): 1.29 Description of track: Song 'Poor Ellen Smith' and banjo
Track 30: Duration (min/sec): 1.23 Description of track: Guitar music by previous singer
Track 31: Duration (min/sec): 2.24 Description of track: 'Paper and pins' with guitar
Track 32: Duration (min/sec): 1.33 Description of track: Song 'Jimmy Sutton's sheep'
Track 33: Duration (min/sec): 1.23 Description of track: Tune 'Paddy on the turnpike'
Track 34: Duration (min/sec): 3.05 Description of track: Tune 'Train leaving'
Track 35: Duration (min/sec): 1.45 Description of track: Orchestral settings for original 'hillbilly' tunes
Track 36: Duration (min/sec): 2.28 Description of track: a Blue Grass band
Total duration: (min/sec): 57.20 |
| Physical Description | Listening copy: 1 x CD-R serial number NF220T0915874
Original tape:
Size: 7" tape reel
Gauge: 1/4" tape (0.625cm)
Speed: 7.5ips (19cm/s);
EQ Curve used: IEC
Track configuration: Half Track Mono
Dubbing Date: 03/03 |
| Access Status | Open |
| Language | English |