Record

Ref NoMS 4000/6/1/10/52/C
TitleCD Rom listening copy
LevelItem
DateJanuary 1959
DescriptionBBC opening credits; Charles Parker talks about Hootenanny; Denis Gifford sings 'Maggie May'; Ewan MacColl sings 'Johnny Lad'; Michael Wicks of Chislehurst talks about the folk revival; Peggy Seeger plays 'Sally in the Garden', on the banjo; Arthur Philips from Epsom in Surrey talks about how he became interested in folk music and playing folk music; Fitzroy Coleman calls the guitar chords for a song; Fitzroy Coleman plays the guitar; Beulah Hoare from Trinidad and her sister-in-law June Hoare from Ireland talk about the Hootenanny; Robin Hall sings 'My Bonnie Laddie'; Tony Watts of Richmond and Peggy Seeger talk about folk song and ballad; Charles Parker, Tony Watts, and Peggy Seeger talk about the folk tradition and how songs should be accompanied; Peggy Seeger plays 'The Cherry Tree Carol', with banjo; Charles Parker asks Henry James whether he thinks there is a new tradition in folk music combining English and American tunes, the emergence of skiffle; Seamus Ennis leads 'Football Crazy';Cornelius Chaney talks about folk songs, 'I deplore the guitar...it's not an English instrument', prefers unaccompanied harmony singing; Ronald Osborne from Fulham talks about folk music; Ewan MacColl sings 'Johnny Lad; BBC closing announcement.

Total: 33.46 mins

Dubber's reference number: PLA KF565D1042580
Extent1
1
1
Format5inch reel to reel tape
Tape box (reel to reel)
Cd-rom
Access StatusOpen
LanguageEnglish
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