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Sound Recordings, Somerset, Devon and Cornwall
Patten, Bob
1970-1971
Compilation of field recordings of traditional songs from the West Country(accompanied and unaccompanied, complete and fragments), a monologue and a children's calendar custom rhyme. The songs include...
Sound Recording, New Zealand
Dunn, Ginette
[1973]
Male Maori informant, recorded in Gisborne, New Zealand; talks about black magic, song composition, laments, song collection, memorisation, inheritance of song, Maori ancestors and Maori god, teaching...
Sound Recordings, Bedfordshire
Webber, M R
[1965-1966]
Unaccompanied male/female singers, singing solos and duets. Includes May songs (May 1st garlanding, May 29th Royal Oak Day), and children's singing games recorded in the playground of a Luton Junior S...
Sound Recording, Greater Manchester
Edwards, Janet E
[1967]
The collector introduces and sings four songs associated with May Day celebrations in Salford. These include a Molly Dancers' song, which the collector states as having been sung in the city in the 19...
Sound Recordings, Cheshire
Harrop, Peter K
31 October 1978
Antrobus Soul-Cakers perform their soul-caking play outside the Holly Bush pub, Little Leigh. Incomplete recording - starts with fragment of the Doctor's speech, and continues with Dairy Doubt. [Tr. 1...
Sound Recordings, Cheshire
Harrop, Peter K
3 November 1978
Antrobus Soul-Cakers perform their soul-caking play in Antrobus Parish Hall. [Tr. 4] Antrobus Soul-Cakers perform their soul-caking play in the Windmill pub, Tabley. Incomplete recording - starts wi...
Sound Recordings, Cheshire
Harrop, Peter K
4 November 1978
Antrobus Soul-Cakers perform their soul-caking play in the Spinner and Bergamot pub, Comberbach. [Gap/drop-out during Beelzebub's speech.] [Tr. 8] Antrobus Soul-Cakers perform their soul-caking play...
Sound Recordings, Cheshire
Harrop, Peter K
31 October 1979
Antrobus Soul-Cakers perform their soul-caking play outside the Holly Bush pub, Little Leigh; [collector announcement]. [Tr. 1] Antrobus Soul-Cakers perform their soul-caking play in the Maypole pub...
Sound Recordings, Cheshire
Harrop, Peter K
31 October 1979
Antrobus Soul-Cakers perform their soul-caking play in the Hazel Pear pub, Acton Bridge, followed by an interview in the pub with Ian MacCormack (Beelzebub); talk of the players' speech/accent, learni...
Sound Recordings, Cheshire
Harrop, Peter K
2 November 1979
Antrobus Soul-Cakers perform their soul-caking play in the White Lion pub [Folk Club], Northwich. [Tr. 4] Antrobus Soul-Cakers perform their soul-caking play in [?the Birch and Bottle pub, Higher Wh...
Sound Recordings, Oxfordshire
Pierce, Andrew; Harrop, Peter K
24 December 1978
Bampton Mummers, recorded in Bampton, performing their Christmas play in the Elephant and Castle pub [Tr. 1], the Eagle pub [collector announces the name of the pub and the time of recording, and comm...
Sound Recording, North Yorkshire
Harrop, Peter K
26 December 1977
[Collector announcement]; Ripon Sword Dancers, recorded in the streets of Ripon, perform the Ripon Sword-Dance Play. Includes singing at the start and finish; and comments by the performers whilst wal...