Record

Ref NoMS 4000/5/1/14/16
TitleSound recording of radio programme 'A' Roving 6'
LevelFile
Date[13 August 1968]
DescriptionWeekly radio programme of interviews, song and music whilst travelling around the British Isles. The programme visits the Isles of Scilly and Aberdeenshire.

Track 1: Duration (min/sec): 0.21 Description of track: Loud tone
Track 2: Duration (min/sec): 2.57 Description of track: Introduction to radio programme recalling last week's programme (see MS 4000/5/1/14/15) and this weeks contents; Delia Murphy singing a folk song
Track 3: Duration (min/sec): 0.53 Description of track: Song; on Isles of Scilly
Track 4: Duration (min/sec): 2.00 Description of track: Bus driver sings extracts of songs and sea shanties
Track 5: Duration (min/sec): 1.54 Description of track: Meets up with boatmen and fishermen singing
Track 6: Duration (min/sec): 1.20 Description of track: Bill Cameron sings
Track 7: Duration (min/sec): 2.18 Description of track: Talk about the dangers of the rocks around the shore of St Mary's, Isles of Scilly
Track 8: Duration (min/sec): 1.32 Description of track: Liverpool school children singing skipping rhymes
Track 9: Duration (min/sec): 1.10 Description of track: Liverpool school children singing skipping rhymes continued; meet the sons of the great Irish fiddler Ted Fury
Track 10: Duration (min/sec): 2.33 Description of track: Sons of Ted Fury sing 'This Town Is Not Your Own'
Track 11: Duration (min/sec): 2.14 Description of track: 'Gypsy' woman Granny Hughes in Blandford, Dorset sings
Track 12: Duration (min/sec): 1.03 Description of track: Song ['O Come All Ye Young Maiden' first line]
Track 13: Duration (min/sec): 0.41 Description of track: Song
Track 14: Duration (min/sec): 1.34 Description of track: Fiddle playing; move to Aberdeen
Track 15: Duration (min/sec): 1.57 Description of track: Talk to Hector McAndrew, Scottish traditional fiddler of Aberdeenshire
Track 16: Duration (min/sec): 1.14 Description of track: Hector McAndrew demonstrates techniques on the fiddle
Track 17: Duration (min/sec): 2.47 Description of track: Talks about William Marshall's tunes and plays
Track 18: Duration (min/sec): 1.50 Description of track: Welsh sea 'One Morning In Cork Harbour' sung by Meredith Evans in Welsh although song actually located in Cove the harbour of Cork, Southern Ireland

Total duration: (min/sec): 30.18
Related MaterialSee MS 4000/5/1/14/13-15;17-18 for other programmes in series
Physical DescriptionListening copy: 1 x CD-R serial number CF129 K006 5574
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: 12/02
Notes: Loud tone Track 1
Access StatusOpen
LanguageEnglish
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