Sound Recordings, North East England
Details
Type of record: Archive
Title: Sound Recordings, North East England
Classmark: LAVC/SRE/A255r
Creator(s): Bird, Elizabeth
Site Location(s): Subject - Ashington, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom( 55.1772, -1.56412 ); Subject - Morpeth, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom( 55.1688, -1.68893 ); Subject - Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom( 54.9733, -1.61396 )
Date(s): 1973-1974
Size and medium: 1 x 12.7cm open reel spool; Duration: 69' 49".
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/414304
Collection group(s): Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Description
John Pearson and Belle Pearson, recorded 5 December 1973, talk about North East jazz bands: carnivals going through towns, including Ashington and Morpeth; age range of bands; band colours, mascots; the Byker Comrades; competitions; medal prizes; bands in Byker, Newcastle upon Tyne, colours, juvenile bands, uniforms; compare modern American-style majorette baton-twisting; competition rules (length of hair); numbers of Drum Major girls and boys; junior and senior bands; BP as a drum majorette; decline of bands during World War Two; revival; carnivals and Carnival Week described; local community spirit; hawkers' horses and wagons; band organisation - committees; local shopkeepers' donations for competition cups; band size; submarines (kazoos); band practises; fundraising events; repertoire; recreation as children; BP's band career with Byker Imperials - joined another as a Drum Major; band line up, with banner, described; uniforms; family involvement; drums; keeping in step.
BP sings songs sung/known by the Byker Comrades; competition wins and celebrations; results published in the Daily Chronicle; support from local community; origins of bands; formation of Kenton Magpies and running of the Harlequins; decline in band numbers; modern marching bands and differences with older bands. [Tr. 3]
Dudley and Fordley Legionnairesb and practice [recorded inside, possibly in Dudley, Tyne and Wear]. Medley of tunes played on drums and kazoos. Recorded 10 January 1974. [Tr. 4]
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Physical and technical conditions
9.5cm/sec. Very low recording level. Adjusted on AC copy.
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