| Ref No | MS 4000/5/3/5/6/24 |
| Title | Recording of a performance by the Stewart family of Blairgowrie at the Grey Cock Folk Club. |
| Level | File |
| Date | October 1978 |
| Description | Scottish songs from a travelling family from Blairgowrie who took part in the radio ballad 'The Travelling People', and songs from 'Resident singers'.
CD 1 of 2
Track 1: Duration (min/sec): 1.11 Description of track: ? 'Mingulay boat song'
Track 2: Duration (min/sec): 1.54 Description of track: ? 'Blackleg miner'
Track 3: Duration (min/sec): 3.59 Description of track: ? 'O you are a mucky kid'
Track 4: Duration (min/sec): 3.27 Description of track: ? Poem: 'Little Nell was a collier's daughter'
Track 5: Duration (min/sec): 3.08 Description of track: ? 'The Glasgow - Edinburgh line'
Track 6: Duration (min/sec): 5.08 Description of track: Peggy Seeger 'My fire is burning bright'
Track 7: Duration (min/sec): 17.54 Description of track: Steam train noises
Track 8: Duration (min/sec): 3.54 Description of track: ? 'These are more enlightened days'
Track 9: Duration (min/sec): 1.13 Description of track: ? 'The handsome cabin boy'
Track 10: Duration (min/sec): 0.51 Description of track: ? 'We won't pay a penny on the rent'
Track 11: Duration (min/sec): 0.32 Description of track: Silence
Track 12: Duration (min/sec): 2.07 Description of track: Stewarts of Blairgowrie
'Rollin'
Track 13: Duration (min/sec): 5.34 Description of track: 'Bonnie wee lassie from Gourock'
Track 14: Duration (min/sec): 4.20 Description of track: 'Bonnie house of Airlie'
Track 15: Duration (min/sec): 3.00 Description of track: Mouth music: 'the Renfrewshire militia'
Track 16: Duration (min/sec): 4.19 Description of track: 'A rambling Irishman'
Track 17: Duration (min/sec): 4.59 Description of track: ? Song collected in Dorset: 'The Margaret and the Mary'
Track 18: Duration (min/sec): 3.23 Description of track: ? Song collected in Dorset:'Abroad as I was walking'
Total duration: (min/sec): 70.53
CD 2 of 2
Track 1: Duration (min/sec): 3.47 Description of track: ? 'The bonny black hare'
Track 2: Duration (min/sec): 2.30 Description of track: ? 'One night as I lay on my bed'
Track 3: Duration (min/sec): 6.44 Description of track: Joe Kelly 'The Blackbird'
Track 4: Duration (min/sec): 6.25 Description of track: Jacqueline Contre and Mariadille, singers from France, Kevin Pratt Nonsense song
Track 5: Duration (min/sec): 5.06 Description of track: Colin and Aidan 'The rocky road to Dublin'
Track 6: Duration (min/sec): 5.15 Description of track: The Stewarts 'The night visiting song'
Track 7: Duration (min/sec): 4.21 Description of track: 'The over gate'
Track 8: Duration (min/sec): 5.21 Description of track: 'Bogie's bonnie belle'
Track 9: Duration (min/sec): 3.57 Description of track: Riddles
Track 10: Duration (min/sec): 4.03 Description of track: 'I'm a man you don't meet every day'
Track 11: Duration (min/sec): 3.15 Description of track: 'Bonnie wee Jeannie MacKay'
Track 12: Duration (min/sec): 4.04 Description of track: 'The berry fields of Blair'
Track 13: Duration (min/sec): 6.41 Description of track: 'Bonnie Annie'
Track 14: Duration (min/sec): 4.39 Description of track: 'Blooming Caroline'
Track 15: Duration (min/sec): 0.35 Description of track: Silence
Track 16: Duration (min/sec): 0.34 Description of track: Talking/laughter
Track 17: Duration (min/sec): 1.11 Description of track: Silence
Track 18: Duration (min/sec): 0.54 Description of track: Applause
Total duration: (min/sec): 69.22 |
| Related Material | See MS 4000/5/3/5/4/15,16,107 for other performances by the Stewart family at the Grey Cock Folk Club. |
| Physical Description | Listening copy: 2 x CD-R CD 1 of 2 serial number PF219T0316374
CD 2 of 2 serial number PF219T0316074
Original tape:
Size: 5" tape reel
Gauge: 1/4" tape (0.625cm)
Speed: 3.75ips (9.5cm/s);
EQ Curve used: IEC
Track configuration: Half Track Mono
Dubbing Date: 07/03 |
| Access Status | Open |
| Language | English |