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| Tape/Side | NPS-JFC-A-001-02-24 | Length m | 43m | Date rec’d | Quality | ||
| Title | Alnwick Gathering (1970, stereo?) | Contents | |||||
| Help? | Help needed – see notes below. Is this all one event? Gap at 10:30?? | ||||||
| Start-End | Performer | Tunes/Titles | Instruments | Notes | by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 000- 4:53 | Alex Davidson | Comedy Patter | Spoken Voice | Comedian. Recorded at 2x line speed??? | MD |
| 4:53-10:30 | Adrian Irons and two friends | Bones and spoons piano accordion accompaniment | Performer Named by MC Good quality live recording | MD | |
| 14:09- 23:24 | Ron?? Dukes and Mike? Robson? | Traditional Folksongs: There’s Sure to Be A Row, Short Jacket and White Trousers, Gentlemen of High Renown | Unaccompanied singers | Introduced by name by MC but speech quality/volume not that good so names need checking. Quality better for the songs than the speaking in between. Average quality live recording | MD |
| 23:24-33:42 | Joe Hutton and Tommy Breckons (named by MC) | Northumbrian Smallpipes | Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms Nae Guid Luck About the House Oh Dear What Can the Matter Be? Come O’er The Stream Charlie (?); Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes Unidentified Sir Sidney Smith’s March | Accompanied by more or less arrythmic thumping – not clear if dancing or audience participation, prob the latter as also some quiet singing during Drink to Me | MD |
| 33:42-42:37 end | Alan Johnson from [Yaresburgh – sounds like, but can’t find on map] | Fiddle with Piano accompaniment | Bonnie Lass of Bon Accord; Flower of the Quern Two unidentified | Named by MC (apologies from Charlie Howard). No name for accompanist. | MD |
| Help needed on above two acts Confirm it’s the same event as before Identification of where Alan Johnson is from Confirmation of Come O’er the Stream Charlie and identification of unid pipe tune Identification of two unid fiddle tunes | MD | ||||
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