| Ref No | MS 4000/5/3/2/31 |
| Title | Recording of a BBC radio broadcast: 'Gone for a soldier', the eighth of a weekly series of 13 programmes about folklore and music, called 'Songs of the People', presented by A.L.Lloyd, based on BBC Sound Archive recordings. |
| Level | File |
| Date | n.d. [1972] |
| Description | Songs from the folk tradition in different parts of the world about war.
Track 1: Duration (min/sec): 1.13 Description of track:
Track 2: Duration (min/sec): 2.09 Description of track: Bulgarian battle ballad
Track 3: Duration (min/sec): 1.54 Description of track: Donald McKinnon of Barra
Track 4: Duration (min/sec): 2.00 Description of track: Women of Mauritania
Track 5: Duration (min/sec): 2.34 Description of track: Bulgarian ballad about fair Rada
Track 6: Duration (min/sec): 3.08 Description of track: Song 'Pauvre soldat', version from the Channel Islands
Track 7: Duration (min/sec): 1.38 Description of track: Song from Guinea about the hero Samori
Track 8: Duration (min/sec): 2.15 Description of track: Colm Clain Irish version of song 'Soldier soldier won't you marry me?'
Track 9: Duration (min/sec): 2.07 Description of track: Songs of appeasement at a headhunting ceremony
Track 10: Duration (min/sec): 1.50 Description of track: Song by the Nagas of Asan
Track 11: Duration (min/sec): 2.58 Description of track: Jean Matthew Song from Ireland 'The Plains of Waterloo'
Track 12: Duration (min/sec): 2.07 Description of track: Seamus Ennis Song from Ireland 'The ballad of Mrs McGrath'
Track 13: Duration (min/sec): 1.14 Description of track: Skipping rhyme from Edinburgh 'The night was dark'
Track 14: Duration (min/sec): 0.18 Description of track: End of programme announcement
Track 15: Duration (min/sec): 4.20 Description of track: Silence
Total duration: (min/sec): 31.45 |
| Physical Description | Listening copy: 1 x CD-R serial number NF220T0919474
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 Stereo
Dubbing Date: 03/03 |
| Access Status | Open |
| Language | English |