| Ref No | MS 4000/5/4/2/1 |
| Title | Recording of various traditional singers (Joseph Taylor, Harry Cox, Luke Stanley, Gary Wray, Eddy Hayes, John Griffiths, Soldy Hayes, Bob Thomson) singing parts of various songs for a research project on the relationship between speech and sound conducted by the Critics Group. |
| Level | File |
| Date | n.d. [1966] |
| Description | Volume level fluctuations. Background hiss.
Joseph Taylor of Saxley All Saints, Lincolnshire was recorded in 1908. Luke Stanley of Barton on Humber was recorded in 1957. Eddy Hayes was from Wesselton, Co. Kerry.
Many of the songs on CD s 1 to 3 were collected in from East Anglia. Some songs are modern.
Most of the songs are incomplete. On CD 5 only snippets of songs are recorded; there are 79 tracks. They are introduced in a numbered sequence but singers are not given.
CD 1 of 5
Track 1: Tape Start
Track 2: Duration (min/sec): 1.09 Description of track: Joseph Taylor Maria Marten
Track 3: Duration (min/sec): 1.57 Description of track: The sprig of thyme
Track 4: Duration (min/sec): 2.33 Description of track: Lord Bateman
Track 5: Duration (min/sec): 1.11 Description of track: Died for love
Track 6: Duration (min/sec): 0.57 Description of track: Brig Fair
Track 7: Duration (min/sec): 3.31 Description of track: Creeping Jane
Track 8: Duration (min/sec): 3.13 Description of track: Worcester City
Track 9: Duration (min/sec): 3.06 Description of track: The white hare
Track 10: Duration (min/sec): 4.00 Description of track: Bold William Taylor
Track 11: Duration (min/sec): 1.44 Description of track: Rufford Park poachers
Track 12: Duration (min/sec): 1.17 Description of track: Luke Stanley Bonny green ivy
Track 13: Duration (min/sec): 1.29 Description of track: Bonny blue handkerchief
Track 14: Duration (min/sec): 2.06 Description of track: A bold grenadier
Track 15: Duration (min/sec): 5.01 Description of track: The outlandish knight
Track 16: Duration (min/sec): 3.31 Description of track: 'Twas early one morning
Track 17: Duration (min/sec): 2.02 Description of track: Gary Wray An acre of land
Track 18: Duration (min/sec): 1.32 Description of track: Eddy Hayes ?
Track 19: Duration (min/sec): 1.06 Description of track: ? In Gaelic
Track 20: Duration (min/sec): 1.19 Description of track: ? In Gaelic
Total duration (min/sec): 43.10
CD 2 of 5
Track 1: Duration (min/sec): 2.41 Description of track: John Griffiths Navvy boots on
Track 2: Duration (min/sec): 4.40 Description of track: Early, early in the spring
Track 3: Duration (min/sec): 3.40 Description of track: Soldy Hayes Nobleman's wedding
Track 4: Duration (min/sec): 7.30 Description of track: Dark as a dungeon
Track 5: Duration (min/sec): 2.00 Description of track: Unnamed tune
Track 6: Duration (min/sec): 1.31 Description of track: Broken wheelbarrow
Track 7: Duration (min/sec): 1.54 Description of track: Irish rover
Track 8: Duration (min/sec): 0.57 Description of track: ?Van Dieman's land
Track 9: Duration (min/sec): 1.55 Description of track: One night
Track 10: Duration (min/sec): 2.12 Description of track: ? New York girls
Track 11: Duration (min/sec): 4.35 Description of track: Outlandish knight
Track 12: Duration (min/sec): 1.47 Description of track: The white hare
Track 13: Duration (min/sec): 3.42 Description of track: King John and the Abbot of Canterbury
Track 14: Duration (min/sec): 2.55 Description of track: The beggar lad
Track 15: Duration (min/sec): 3.23 Description of track: ? Mussel song
Track 16: Duration (min/sec): 2.49 Description of track: Morris dance tunes
Track 17: Duration (min/sec): 1.06 Description of track: ? The white hare
Track 18: Duration (min/sec): 3.43 Description of track: Broomfield hill
Track 19: Duration (min/sec): 4.18 Description of track: John Barleycorn
Track 20: Duration (min/sec): 2.30 Description of track: Bull baiting song
Total duration: (min/sec): 59.48
CD 3 of 5
Track 1: Duration (min/sec): 0.28 Description of track: Tape start
Track 2: Duration (min/sec): 2.54 Description of track: ? The Kerry recruit
Track 3: Duration (min/sec): 3.22 Description of track: Poaching song
Track 4: Duration (min/sec): 3.15 Description of track: ? The Derby ram
Track 5: Duration (min/sec): 4.08 Description of track: Lord Melbourne
Track 6: Duration (min/sec): 4.05 Description of track: ? The Golden Vanity
Track 7: Duration (min/sec): 2.07 Description of track: The white hare
Track 8: Duration (min/sec): 4.10 Description of track: Glasgow to Peterborough
Track 9: Duration (min/sec): 2.27 Description of track: The wild goose (shanty)
Track 10: Duration (min/sec): 6.02 Description of track: [various recordings: jazz music, the Hielan' men]
Total duration: (min/sec): 32.58
CD 4 of 5
Track 1: Duration (min/sec): 0.07 Description of track: Tape start
Track 2: Duration (min/sec): 0.43 Description of track: ? Fair Annie [ends abruptly]
Track 3: Duration (min/sec): 3.21 Description of track: Bob Thomson Dark as a dungeon
Track 4: Duration (min/sec): 1.42 Description of track: Flash company
Track 5: Duration (min/sec): 0.23 Description of track: ? ?
Track 6: Duration (min/sec): 1.28 Description of track: Unnamed tune
Track 7: Duration (min/sec): 1.04 Description of track: Unnamed tune
Track 8: Duration (min/sec): 0.19 Description of track: Unnamed tune
Track 9: Duration (min/sec): 0.49 Description of track: Unnamed tune
Track 10: Duration (min/sec): 0.59 Description of track: Unnamed tune
Track 11: Duration (min/sec): 1.02 Description of track: Unnamed tune
Track 12: Duration (min/sec): 1.54 Description of track: Unnamed tune
Track 13: Duration (min/sec): 1.02 Description of track: Joseph Taylor I will take you -almost inaudible
Track 14: Duration (min/sec): 4.31 Description of track: Creeping Jane -almost inaudible
Track 15: Duration (min/sec): 1.07 Description of track: William Taylor -almost inaudible
Track 16: Duration (min/sec): 7.10 Description of track: ? -almost inaudible
Track 17: Duration (min/sec): 2.55 Description of track: Harry Cox Maids of Australia
Track 18: Duration (min/sec): 8.12 Description of track: Spotted cow
Total duration: (min/sec): 38.48
CD 5 of 5
Track 1: Duration (min/sec): 0.15 Description of track: Tape start
Track 2: Duration (min/sec): 0.34 Description of track: ? Rich roast beef and mince pies
Track 3: Duration (min/sec): 0.34 Description of track: ? 26: Boar's head song
Track 4: Duration (min/sec): 0.37 Description of track: ? 27: Bring us in good ale
Track 5: Duration (min/sec): 0.30 Description of track: ? 28: When we hear the fife and drum
Track 6: Duration (min/sec): 0.30 Description of track: ? 29: Black is the colour
Track 7: Duration (min/sec): 0.29 Description of track: ? 30: Bold grenadier (or the nightingale)
Track 8: Duration (min/sec): 0.30 Description of track: ? 31: Bold grenadier (or the nightingale)
Track 9: Duration (min/sec): 0.40 Description of track: ? 32: West Virginia
Track 10: Duration (min/sec): 0.17 Description of track: ? 33: The farmer's cursed wife
Track 11: Duration (min/sec): 0.27 Description of track: ? 34: Gypsum Davy
Track 12: Duration (min/sec): 0.26 Description of track: ? 35: A cuckoo song
Track 13: Duration (min/sec): 0.27 Description of track: ? 36: A sprig of thyme
Track 14: Duration (min/sec): 0.46 Description of track: ? 37: version of the Briary bush or the two brothers
Track 15: Duration (min/sec): 0.32 Description of track: ? 38: Lord Randall
Track 16: Duration (min/sec): 0.39 Description of track: ? 39: The bonny labouring boy
Track 17: Duration (min/sec): 0.49 Description of track: ? 40: The crow on the cradle
Track 18: Duration (min/sec): 0.39 Description of track: ? 41: Time for man go home
Track 19: Duration (min/sec): 0.42 Description of track: ? 42: The waters of Tyne
Track 20: Duration (min/sec): 1.04 Description of track: ? 43: The unfortunate rake
Track 21: Duration (min/sec): 0.58 Description of track: ? 44: St James' hospital
Track 22: Duration (min/sec): 0.59 Description of track: Dave van Ront 45: Gambler's blues
Track 23: Duration (min/sec): 1.16 Description of track: Stan Kelly 46: Colder than clay
Track 24: Duration (min/sec): 0.35 Description of track: ? 47: Fishing song (from Singing the Fishing)
Track 25: Duration (min/sec): 0.29 Description of track: Stanley Carter 48: A Book Song
Track 26: Duration (min/sec): 0.39 Description of track: ? 49: The Balynure ballad (choral version)
Track 27: Duration (min/sec): 0.52 Description of track: ? 50: The Gallowa' hills
Track 33: Duration (min/sec): 0.26 Description of track: ? 57: Bonnie lass come o'er the burn
Track 34: Duration (min/sec): 0.31 Description of track: ? 58: Erin go bragh
Track 35: Duration (min/sec): 0.45 Description of track: ? [59]: There's nae luck aboot the hoose
Track 36: Duration (min/sec): 0.20 Description of track: ? 60: The Laird o'Cockpen
Track 37: Duration (min/sec): 0.32 Description of track: ? 61: The tod
Track 38: Duration (min/sec): 1.19 Description of track: ? 62: Medley of Scottish children's street songs
Track 39: Duration (min/sec): 0.49 Description of track: Ewan MacColl 63: Shoals of herring
Track 40: Duration (min/sec): 0.38 Description of track: ? 64: The plooboy lads
Track 41: Duration (min/sec): 0.29 Description of track: ? 65: Scottish song
Track 42: Duration (min/sec): 0.43 Description of track: ? 66: The green bushes
Track 43: Duration (min/sec): 0.24 Description of track: ? 67: Windy old weather (from Singing the fishing)
Track 44: Duration (min/sec): 1.05 Description of track: ? 68: Rowan tree
Track 45: Duration (min/sec): 0.47 Description of track: ? 69: I drew my ship into a harbour
Track 46: Duration (min/sec): 0.38 Description of track: ? [70]: The bold Fenian man
Track 47: Duration (min/sec): 0.33 Description of track: ? 71: John o'Breedesley
Track 48: Duration (min/sec): 0.32 Description of track: ? 72: Bonnie George Campbell
Track 49: Duration (min/sec): 0.34 Description of track: ? 73: Frank Rutter
Track 50: Duration (min/sec): 0.34 Description of track: ? 73 [sic]: The ballad of John Kennedy
Track 51: Duration (min/sec): 0.38 Description of track: ? [75]: Bantry Bay
Track 52: Duration (min/sec): 0.33 Description of track: ? 76: Searching for lambs
Track 53: Duration (min/sec): 0.35 Description of track: ? 77: The tailor and the mouse
Track 54: Duration (min/sec): 0.52 Description of track: ? 78: Poor old horse
Track 55: Duration (min/sec): 0.35 Description of track: ? 79: The false knight on the road
Track 56: Duration (min/sec): 1.07 Description of track: ? 80: The Blantyre explosion
Track 57: Duration (min/sec): 0.43 Description of track: ? 81: William Foxy Fowler
Track 58: Duration (min/sec): 0.48 Description of track: ? 82: The handsome [or female] cabin boy
Track 59: Duration (min/sec): 0.41 Description of track: ? 83: Mary Ann
Track 60: Duration (min/sec): 0.30 Description of track: ? 84: A Berkshire tragedy
Track 61: Duration (min/sec): 1.01 Description of track: ? 85: North Country Fair
Track 62: Duration (min/sec): 2.24 Description of track: Lou Killen 86: The Cropper lads
Track 63: Duration (min/sec): 0.22 Description of track: ? 87: Tae the beggin' I will go
Track 64: Duration (min/sec): 0.54 Description of track: ? 88: Some queer bungle eye
Track 65: Duration (min/sec): 1.12 Description of track: ? 89: Lord Gregory
Track 66: Duration (min/sec): 0.34 Description of track: ? 90: The Donbristle disaster
Track 67: Duration (min/sec): 0.22 Description of track: ? 91: Santiago
Track 68: Duration (min/sec): 0.26 Description of track: ? 92: Go down you murderers
Track 69: Duration (min/sec): 1.03 Description of track: ? 93: Marco Polo
Track 70: Duration (min/sec): 0.41 Description of track: ? 94: A Brummagem bus
Track 71: Duration (min/sec): 0.51 Description of track: ? 95: Bonny Strathyre
Track 72: Duration (min/sec): 0.38 Description of track: ? 96: Maids when you're young (Scottish version)
Track 73: Duration (min/sec): 0.56 Description of track: ? 97: The fairy lullaby
Track 74: Duration (min/sec): 0.28 Description of track: ? 98: Tomorrow I'm going to be married
Track 75: Duration (min/sec): 0.48 Description of track: ? 99: Let her go, farewell she
Track 76: Duration (min/sec): 0.38 Description of track: ? 100: Katy and the saint
Track 77: Duration (min/sec): 0.33 Description of track: ? 101: The tailor's britches
Track 78: Duration (min/sec): 0.46 Description of track: ? 102: Jack was every inch a sailor
Track 79: Duration (min/sec): 7.37 Description of track: ? [103]: Snippets of songs: A long farewell to the old plantation; Were you ever in Quebec?; Johnny was a rover; Two two to carry me; The hill o' Benachie; [talking]; etc.
Total duration: (min/sec): 60.32 |
| Related Material | Transcript of a talk by Ewan MacColl on the subject of Speech and Sound in MS 4000/1/8/9/2/1.
Other Critics Group transcriptions in MS 4000/1/8/9.
Notes by Charles Parker on the Critics Group meetings can be found in MS 4000/1/8/9/3.
Some performances by Critics Group members at the Grey Cock Folk Club in MS 5/3/5/4/ |
| Physical Description | Listening copy: 5 x CD-R. CD 1 of 5 serial number PF219T0305574
CD 2 of 5 serial number PF219T0305074
CD 3 of 5 serial number PF219T0305674
CD 4 of 5 serial number PF219T0305774
CD 5 of 5 serial number CF129K0063274
Original tape:
Size: 7" 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: 01/03 |
| Access Status | Open |
| Language | English |