| Ref No | MS 4000/5/3/5/6/23 |
| Title | Recording of a talk by?Charles Parker about Shetland music and folk tales; followed by a man talking about working on the railway and singing railway songs; followed by Frankie Armstrong leading a vocal workshop at the Grey Cock Folk Club. |
| Level | File |
| Date | n.d. [mid 20th cent] |
| Description | Background noise on CD 1. Vocal workshop starts on CD 2.
CD 1 of 2
Track 1: Duration (min/sec): 3.53 Description of track: Aly Johnstone, Barra
Track 2: Duration (min/sec): 3.39 Description of track: Tom Anderson of Lerwick Fiddle tune: 'The hens' march o'er the midden'
Track 3: Duration (min/sec): 4.20 Description of track: Tale by Sean Haughey of Donegal: 'The fairy piper'.
Track 4: Duration (min/sec): 1.52 Description of track: The story of Orpheus and John Stickle of Lerwick sings part of 'King Orfeo'
Track 5: Duration (min/sec): 1.39 Description of track: Oral tradition in Shetland: Arthur Irvine tells story of Johnny selling a cow. Closeness to Norwegian.
Track 6: Duration (min/sec): 0.47 Description of track: The area of Banff and Buchan [?incomplete]
Track 7: Duration (min/sec): 3.30 Description of track: [unknown woman]
'On board the Victory'
Track 8: Duration (min/sec): 3.52 Description of track: 'Tom o'Bedlam'
Track 9: Duration (min/sec): 4.47 Description of track: [unknown man] Creeping Jane
Track 10: Duration (min/sec): 1.12 Description of track: [unknown man] 'Night run'
Track 11: Duration (min/sec): 1.04 Description of track: [unknown man] Man talks about working on the railway
Track 12: Duration (min/sec): 2.18 Description of track: [unknown man] 'Just like your dad'
Track 13: Duration (min/sec): 3.44 Description of track: [unknown man] 'Master of the footplate'
Track 14: Duration (min/sec): 3.10 Description of track: [unknown man] 'A jugful of gin'
Track 15: Duration (min/sec): 3.11 Description of track: [unknown man] 'I'm a navvy' [incomplete]
Total duration: (min/sec): 38.48
CD 2 of 2
Track 1: Duration (min/sec): 1.04 Description of track: Vocal workshop by Frankie Armstrong
Track 2: Duration (min/sec): 2.10
Track 3: Duration (min/sec): 7.35
Track 4: Duration (min/sec): 3.02
Track 5: Duration (min/sec): 8.11
Track 6: Duration (min/sec): 7.22
Track 7: Duration (min/sec): 6.59
Total duration: (min/sec): 38.50 |
| Related Material | See 5/3/5/4 for other performances at the Grey Cock Folk Club.
See MS 4000/5/3/5/7/11-14 for vocal workshop in London; MS 4000/5/3/5/7/15 for a seminar by Frankie Armstrong in Birmingham. |
| Physical Description | Listening copy: 2 x CD-R CD 1 of 2 serial number CA358A0695474
CD 2 of 2 serial number CA358A0789874
Original tape:
Size: 5" tape reel
Gauge: 1/4" tape (0.625cm)
Speed: 3.75ips (9.5cm/s);
EQ Curve used: IEC
Track configuration: Half Track Mono
Dubbing Date: 07/03 |
| Access Status | Open |
| Language | English |