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Sound Recording, West Yorkshire

Archive Item: LAVC/SRE/A069

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Type of record: Archive

Title: Sound Recording, West Yorkshire

Level: Item

Classmark: LAVC/SRE/A069

Creator(s): Bergal, Nancy Ann

Site Location(s): Subject - Armley, leeds, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom( 53.797, -1.57465 )

Date(s): 24 January 1980

Size and medium: 1 audiocassette.; Duration: 84' 17".

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/414119

Collection group(s): Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture

Description

John Curtin, recorded in his home in the Armley area of Leeds. Talks about the Second Folk Revival; Topic Records, 1950s; the BBC and A. L. Lloyd and Alan Lomax; nineteenth century song collectors; living museum versus contemporary revival; inclusive approach of the Revival (incorporating modern influences); electric folk/folk rock distinctions - Pentangle, Fairport Convention; functions of folk clubs; singing style, tunes, playing style (to make something sound traditional); repertoire, presentation, gesture, audience (passive/active) mood. [Tr. 2]


Learning new songs - text/tune considerations; practicing; recitations [recites 'Tom O'Shanter' - parody of (part)]; repertoire; sings 'The Recruited Collier', 'Lancashire Lads'and 'First and Fairest'. [Tr. 1]


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Physical and technical conditions

Low recording level. Distortion on the song recordings.

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