| Ref No | MS 4000/5/1/18/2 |
| Title | Sound recording of 'Brownhills Tinkers' singing |
| Level | File |
| Date | 01 October 1967 |
| Description | Recording by Charles Parker of 'Brownhills Tinkers' singing
Track 1: Duration (min/sec): 3.03 Description of track: Phil Purcell sings 'Black Velvet Band'
Track 2: Duration (min/sec): 1.36 Description of track: Paddy Murphy and Phil Purcell sing 'Castle Bar'
Track 3: Duration (min/sec): 2.24 Description of track: Phil Purcell sings 'In Old Balimore'
Track 4: Duration (min/sec): 2.30 Description of track: Eileen Hanarran sings 'Navvy Boots'
Track 5: Duration (min/sec): 3.14 Description of track: Kathleen Murphy sings 'Who's that pretty girl'
Track 6: Duration (min/sec): 6.04 Description of track: Phil Purcell sings 'William Scadley'; Paddy Murphy tells story
Track 7: Duration (min/sec): 1.19 Description of track: Eileen Hanarran junior sings 'Orphan Song'
Track 8: Duration (min/sec): 1.25 Description of track: [song]
Track 9: Duration (min/sec): 1.15 Description of track: Margaret (Honey) Murphy sings 'Clara Street'
Track 10: Duration (min/sec): 2.06 Description of track: Barbara Bradley sings 'Fair Caramy'
Track 11: Duration (min/sec): 1.26 Description of track: Marie Cash sings 'My Boy Lollipop'
Track 12: Duration (min/sec): 0.43 Description of track: Marie Cash sings 'Hey Hey Good Lookin'
Track 13: Duration (min/sec): 5.53 Description of track: Kathleen Murphy sings 'Claudy Banks'
Track 14: Duration (min/sec): 4.01 Description of track: Kathleen Murphy sings 'No Man in Love'
Track 15: Duration (min/sec): 1.03 Description of track: Phil Purcell sings a jig
Track 16: Duration (min/sec): 1.49 Description of track: Phil Purcell sings 'Far Across the seas from Ireland'
Track 17: Duration (min/sec): 7.28 Description of track: [silent]
Total duration: (min/sec): 47.19 |
| Related Material | See CD recording of the eighth radio ballad 'The Travelling People' originally transmitted on the BBC Home Service in April 1964. Accompanying written production documentation on the radio ballad is at MS 4000/2/97. For West Midlands Gypsy Liaison Group (WMGLG) written material see MS 4000/1/8/19 |
| Physical Description | Listening copy: 1 x CD-R serial number NF220 T090 8474
Original tape:
Size: 5" tape reel
Gauge: 1/4" tape (0.625cm)
Speed: 7.5ips (19cm/s);
EQ Curve used: IEC
Track configuration: Two Track Mono
Dubbing Date: 01/03 |
| Access Status | Open |
| Language | English |