Record

Ref NoMS 4000/5/4/2/27
TitleRecording of a performance of folk songs by different singers.
LevelFile
Date08 June 1962
DescriptionVarious songs by three different singers. Tracks 9 to 15 by a Scots singer. Track 7 is a song about the 'Colour Bar'.

Track 1: Duration (min/sec): 0.13
Track 2: Duration (min/sec): 0.10
Track 3: Duration (min/sec): 0.12
Track 4: Duration (min/sec): 4.42 Description of track: A singer 'A fella like me should be rustin' in hell'
Track 5: Duration (min/sec): 3.01 Description of track: 'Ma can o' tea'
Track 6: Duration (min/sec): 3.07 Description of track: 'On or alow the grun'
Track 7: Duration (min/sec): 2.10 Description of track: Another singer 'What colour is the good Lord's skin?'
Track 8: Duration (min/sec): 1.51 Description of track: Another singer 'Tam the t of f'
Track 9: Duration (min/sec): 1.59 Description of track: 'Rum'll hae to dae the day'
Track 10: Duration (min/sec): 1.42 Description of track: 'You can see me on Friday'
Track 11: Duration (min/sec): 2.57 Description of track: 'A deid man seldom walks.'
Track 12: Duration (min/sec): 2.09 Description of track: 'Ma faither was born a Hebrew'
Track 13: Duration (min/sec): 2.21 Description of track: 'The Scottish soldier' (parody)
Track 14: Duration (min/sec): 1.54 Description of track: 'Ricki doo dum dae'
Track 15: Duration (min/sec): 2.30 Description of track: 'They'll neither work nor want'
Track 16: Duration (min/sec): 3.20 Description of track: Silence

Total duration: (min/sec): 34.18
Related MaterialNotes 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 DescriptionListening copy: 1 x CD-R serial number NF222S02333274
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: 08/03
Access StatusOpen
LanguageEnglish
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