| Ref No | MS 4000/5/3/2/26 |
| Title | Recording of a BBC radio broadcast, 'All in a day's work': the third of a weekly series of 13 programmes about folklore and music, called 'Songs of the People', presented by A.L.Lloyd, based on BBC Sound Archive recordings. |
| Level | File |
| Date | n.d. [1972] |
| Description | Work songs from the folk tradition in different parts of the world.
Track 1: Duration (min/sec): 0.41 Description of track: Silence
Track 2: Duration (min/sec): 0.59 Description of track: Marble quarry, Cararra, Italy
Track 3: Duration (min/sec): 2.16 Description of track: Africa, food gatherers
Track 4: Duration (min/sec): 1.30 Description of track: Honey gatherers, Borneo
Track 5: Duration (min/sec): 1.24 Description of track: Kate Nicholson Milking song from South Uist
Track 6: Duration (min/sec): 1.31 Description of track: Charm song for milking by herdsmen in Ethiopia
Track 7: Duration (min/sec): 1.50 Description of track: Song by salt workers in Trapani, Sicily
Track 8: Duration (min/sec): 1.29 Description of track: 'Il Salinero' (the salt worker) from Panama
Track 9: Duration (min/sec): 1.37 Description of track: Song from a ploughman in Formosa
Track 10: Duration (min/sec): 2.29 Description of track: Song from a ploughman in Portugal
Track 11: Duration (min/sec): 1.44 Description of track: Song about ploughing in Peru
Track 12: Duration (min/sec): 3.09 Description of track: Hoeing song 'Poor Lazarus' sung by Black convicts in Mississippi
Track 13: Duration (min/sec): 1.32 Description of track: Women singing while harvesting fields in Bulgaria
Track 14: Duration (min/sec): 3.19 Description of track: Frank Steele Farmworkers' song 'The Lothian hairst'
Track 15: Duration (min/sec): 2.15 Description of track: Spinning song from Leon
Track 16: Duration (min/sec): 2.08 Description of track: Nan Macleod and others Waulking song from South Uist
Track 17: Duration (min/sec): 5.51 Description of track: Silence
Total duration: (min/sec): 35.44 |
| Related Material | MS 4000/5/3/5/6/6 for another recording of part of this programme (poor sound quality). |
| Physical Description | Listening copy: 1 x CD-R serial number PF219T0178374
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: 03/03 |
| Access Status | Open |
| Language | English |