Sound Recording, Suffolk
Details
Type of record: Archive
Title: Sound Recording, Suffolk
Classmark: LAVC/SRE/A374r
Creator(s): Dunn, Ginette
Site Location(s): Subject - Little Glemham, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom( 52.1667, 1.43333 )
Date(s): 1974
Size and medium: 1 x 12.7cm open reel spool; Duration: 63' 44".
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/414425
Collection group(s): Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Description
James Knights, recorded at home in Little Glemham on the 11 September 1974; talks about being recorded by Topic Records; family singing; learning songs from the 'News of the World'; father singing; singing at work; singing in York concert hall; favourite (sentimental) songs; liking for the singer Harry Lauder; comments on other singers - Bill Barton from Wicken (?Cambridgeshire); singing at Blaxhall; comments on Cyril Poacher and his own singing style; also Bob Scarce, Percy Webb and Bob Hart; sings 'Broken Wings'; songs sung in certain pubs; thoughts on singing and payment; travelling to sing in other pubs; repertoire. Conclusion of session which starts on tape LAVC/SRE/A373r.
James Knights, recorded at home on 4 October 1974, talks about learning songs; sister sending to London for music and words; his ability to pick up songs and remember them; buying songs; records, cylinders; pub music; sing, say, or pay; singing competition at Woodbridge; offer from circus owner to perform; singing in concerts, at church services; lists places where he has sung; enjoyment of singing/playing the banjo; singing in Pickering , Scarborough (North Yorkshire), Driffield (East Riding of Yorkshire) and villages in the Yorkshire Wolds; recites words of 'I Went to Your Wedding', and then sings the song; singing now - loss of interest, voice quality, lack of practice; comments on popular songs; lists songs known to him, including 'The Wild Colonial Boy', 'Poacher's Song' and 'The Ship that Never Returned'. [Tr. 2]
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9.5cm/sec. High recording level. Adjusted on AC copy.
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