Sound Recordings, Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Berkshire
Details
Type of record: Archive
Title: Sound Recordings, Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Berkshire
Classmark: LAVC/SRE/A494r
Creator(s): Baldwin, John R
Site Location(s): Subject - Berkshire, England, United Kingdom( 51.5, -1.25 ); Subject - Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom( 51.7796, -2.18311 ); Subject - Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom( 51.8333, -1.25 ); Subject - Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom( 51.25, -1.91667 )
Date(s): 1966-1969
Size and medium: 1 x 12.7cm open reel spool; Duration: 63' 36".
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/414545
Collection group(s): Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Description
Compilation of folk songs, selected from fieldwork recordings LAVC/SRE/A476r - A493r. The majority of the (male and female) singers were recorded in their own homes, singing unaccompanied. A small number of the songs were recorded in pubs, and two were recorded at Bulmershe Teacher Training College in Reading. In some cases musical accompaniment is provided on the piano, guitar or ukulele.
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Access and usage
Reproduction
Access
A written application to the Head of Special Collections, University of Leeds, is required. This should identify clearly the research for which access to the sound recording(s) and/or any transcription(s) of both texts and music is requested. Access is permitted only within the Special Collections searchroom at the University of Leeds. No copy recordings or transcriptions whatsoever shall be made. Permission will normally be given for bona fide research purposes only and not for commercial use of any kind.
A written application for publication, performance or re-recording/transcription of the item(s) (or parts thereof) should be made to the Head of Special Collections, University of Leeds. Applications will be considered on a one-to-one basis, in consultation with the collector, his family and/or descendants, and where possible with the family and/or descendants of the informant(s) recorded on this tape/in the transcription(s). Permission will normally be given for bona fide research purposes only and not for commercial use of any kind.
Copyright shall remain at all times with the Fargher-Noble Trust on behalf of the collector, the informant(s) and their families/descendants. Where it is no longer possible for the University of Leeds to make contact with the collector, informant(s) or their families/descendants, the Head of Special Collections will consult and liaise with the Trustees of the Fargher-Noble Trust (SC 026604).
Copyright: Fargher-Noble Trust
Physical and technical conditions
9.5cm/sec. Sticky tape squeal affects the majority of these sound recordings, causing severe distortion/masking of the singers' voices. The dry condition of this tape has meant only part of the contents has been copied onto AC227.
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