| Ref No | MS 4000/5/3/1/4 |
| Title | Recording of a programme by Alan Lomax for the BBC Home Service called 'The Ballad Hunter looks at Britain: 1'. The first of eight programmes about British folk music in the company of Seamus Ennis and Peter Kennedy, called 'Come listen to my song'. |
| Level | File |
| Date | n.d. [1957] |
| Description | Track 1: Duration (min/sec): 2.18 Description of track:
Track 2: Duration (min/sec): 0.21 Description of track: Intoduction
Track 3: Duration (min/sec): 1.15 Description of track: Seamus Ennis
Track 4: Duration (min/sec): 1.09 Description of track: 'The bonny bunch of roses'
Track 5: Duration (min/sec): 1.41 Description of track: 'The Eire girl'
Track 6: Duration (min/sec): 0.48 Description of track:
Track 7: Duration (min/sec): 0.56 Description of track:
Track 8: Duration (min/sec): 2.22 Description of track: Scots Gaelic songs
Track 9: Duration (min/sec): 2.46 Description of track: The BBC's collection of folksongs The Copper family
Track 10: Duration (min/sec): 1.58 Description of track: Peter Kennedy and the songs of the travelling people
Track 11: Duration (min/sec): 0.38 Description of track: Ewan MacColl [cut short]
Track 12: Duration (min/sec): 1.38 Description of track: Ewan MacColl Sings the 'Lorry Driver's ballad'. Bruce Turner Plays clarinet
Track 13: Duration (min/sec): 1.12 Description of track: British folk music
Track 14: Duration (min/sec): 0.34 Description of track: Traveller's step dance
Track 15: Duration (min/sec): 0.37 Description of track: Shetland fiddle tune
Track 16: Duration (min/sec): 0.50 Description of track: Folk song styles
Track 17: Duration (min/sec): 0.49 Description of track: Hebridean group singing: leader-chorus style, in Gaelic
Track 18: Duration (min/sec): 0.25 Description of track: Mouth music
Track 19: Duration (min/sec): 1.40 Description of track: Irish singing style
Track 20: Duration (min/sec): 1.34 Description of track: English solo singing
Track 21: Duration (min/sec): 1.48 Description of track: Davy Stewart 'Macpherson's Rant'
Track 22: Duration (min/sec): 1.28 Description of track: 'She moved through the fair' sung by an Irish woman
Track 23: Duration (min/sec): 1.07 Description of track: Orkney band group
Track 24: Duration (min/sec): 0.58 Description of track: Skiffle band
Track 25: Duration (min/sec): 1.02 Description of track: Conclusion
Track 26: Duration (min/sec): 0.24 Description of track: Closing announcement
Total duration: (min/sec): 32.18 |
| Physical Description | Listening copy: 1 x CD-R serial number NF220T0945674
Original tape:
Size: 5" tape reel
Gauge: 1/4" tape (0.625cm)
Speed: 7.5ips (19cm/s);
EQ Curve used: IEC
Track configuration: Half Track Mono
Dubbing Date: 03/03 |
| Access Status | Open |
| Language | English |