| Description | Expanded version of MS 4000/6/1/21/2 Singing English (reel 2).
Singing English part 2: a discussion between Ewan MacColl, Charles Parker, and Peggy Seeger on the technique of the actuality radio ballad. There are featured illustrations taken from some of the programmes they have worked on together. This sequence is followed by some interviews with lace workers.
Track 1: Sequence and studio manager - Parker 0.44 mins
Track 2: TR90 tape machine - Seeger 1.09 mins
Track 3: Professional language 0.11 mins
Track 4: Technical language - MacColl 0.40 mins
Track 5: Dominating elements of material - Parker 0.38 mins
Track 6: Satisfaction in songs - MacColl 1.03 mins
Track 7: Techniques and criticisms 0.38 mins
Track 8: Instrumentation in folk idiom - Seeger 1.30 mins
Track 9: Apprehension in tradition - Parker 0.32 mins
Track 10: Folk tradition and history - MacColl 1.47 mins
Track 11: The new folk idiom - Seeger 1.26 mins
Track 12: Dynamic folk music and instruments - 0.54 mins
Track 13: Acculturation and the banjo - MacColl 1.04 mins
Track 14: Instrument technique - Seeger 1.18 mins
Track 15: The added texture of accompaniment - Parker 1.36 mins
Track 16: Urban and community sounds - MacColl 1.35 mins
Track 17: The sequence in 'Singing the Fishing' 1.08 mins
Track 18: Jazz versions and instruments - Seeger 1.02 mins
Track 19: Depression sequence from 'Singing the Fishing' 2.15 mins
Track 20: Depression sequence from 'Singing the Fishing 2' 2.10 mins
Track 21: Unity of work elements - Parker 1.30 mins
Track 22: Overall final form and entertainment - MacColl 1.46 mins
Track 23: Engine drivers and mythical figures - Parker 2.10 mins
Track 24: Sound effects on 'Humans of Work' - MacColl 1.32 mins
Track 25: Introduction to 'The Big Hewer' - Parker 0.14 mins
Track 26: Section from 'The Big Hewer' 1.57 mins
Track 27: Credits - BBC Announcer 0.23 mins
Track 28: Silence 0.44 mins
Track 29: Lace and production 0.52 mins
Track 30: Talking about lace - Mrs. Morgan 0.40 mins
Track 31: Work conditions and the working day 1.25 mins
Track 32: Talking about paying train fares, and families 0.54 mins
Track 33: Hard times 1.02 mins
Track 34: Half loaf of bread 0.21 mins
Track 35: Butcher's offer 1.04 mins
Track 36: Number of children - Mrs. Green 0.38 mins
Track 37: Working hours 1.05 mins
Track 38: Entertainment and good times 1.44 mins
Track 39: Travel 1.49 mins
Track 40: Youth and lace working 0.57 mins
Track 41: Young workers at the warehouse 1.33 mins
Track 42: Silence 0.24 mins
Total: 47.27 mins
Dubber's reference number: PLA KF565D0261680 |