Sound Recording, Suffolk
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Type of record: Archive
Title: Sound Recording, Suffolk
Classmark: LAVC/SRE/A333r
Creator(s): Dunn, Ginette
Site Location(s): Subject - Snape, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom( 52.171, 1.50047 )
Date(s): 25 June 1974
Size and medium: 1 x 12.7cm open reel spool; Duration: 61' 00".
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/414384
Collection group(s): Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Description
Bob Hart, recorded in Snape [?in the collector's home], sings 'Young Sailor Cut Down in his Prime'; comments on the chorus and audience participation, thoughts he has when singing; comments on a commercial record he has contributed to; singing at Leiston Folk Club; other people singing his songs and changes to the text of 'Young Sailor Cut Down in his Prime'; collector asks about 'Paradise Street'; BH sings 'Farmer's Boy' and 'His Day's Work was Done'; song sheets; sings fragment of 'Giles' Trip to London'; buying song sheets as a schoolboy; learning tunes by ear; sings 'Won't You Buy My Pretty Flowers'; talk of other singers, Harry Cox and George Spicer; reference to the 'Daily Telegraph' review of the record featuring BH.
Sings 'The Female Cabin Boy'; daily domestic routine; talks about 'The Lincolnshire Poacher' and 'Australia'; sings 'Gypsy's Warning'; sings 'On a Summer's Night', sung to put audiences at ease; singing at the Crown pub in Snape (lists publicans); singing at folk clubs and payment; LP royalties; pension; singing at folk clubs and other venues in Suffolk; reference to the record 'Flash Company' - BH sings part of the title song. Conclusion of session which starts on tapes LAVC/SRE/A331r and LAVC/SRE/A332r.
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Physical and technical conditions
9.5cm/sec. Recording level adjusted on AC copy. Distortion during singing remains.
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