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Tracks 1-5: BBC 6372 (acc. 124). Paul Sweeney [fiddle], recorded 28/08/43: 1. Intro -- 2. Heather Breeze -- 3. The Wind that Shakes the Barley -- 4. The Turnpike Gate -- 5. The Cuckoo's Nest -- Tracks 6-8: BBC 6371 (acc. 123). R. L. O'Mealy [pipes], recorded 28/08/43: 6. Intro -- 7. Mountain of Pomeroy -- 8. Maid of Mourneshore -- Tracks 9-13: BBC 6370 (acc. 122). R. L. O'Mealy [pipes], recorded 28/08/43: 9. Intro -- 10. Smash the Windows -- 11. Donegal Reel -- 12. Drops of Brandy -- 13. The Sligo Lasses -- Tracks 14-17: BBC 9545 (acc. 147): 14. Intro -- 15. The Half Door. Recorded 15/09/43, Waterfoot, Co. Antrim -- 16. [Unnamed tenor with chorus and piano] the Soldier On the Battlefield. (Tin miners' song). Recorded 09/05/42, Mousehole, Cornwall -- 17. The Fox. Recorded 09/10/43, Boscastle, Cornwall -- Tracks 18-20: BBC 6918 (acc. 140): 18. Intro -- 19. Talk by the Marshfield Mummers on the performance of their play. Recorded Marshfield, Gloucestershire, 28/12/1943 -- 20. The Boscastle Breakdown / played by the Boscastle and Tintagel Players with tap dancer, Boscastle, Cornwall, 28/12/1943 -- Tracks 21-22: BBC 8164 [not in VWML] C. M. Campbell, recorded 06/02/45, BBC studio, London [sung in Scots Gaelic]: 21. Intro -- 22. Brataichean ne Feinne -- Tracks 23-25: BBC 10464 [not in VWML] / [Unidentified performer (barrel organ)], recorded 24/06/36 -- 23. Intro -- 24 & 25: [different recordings of the same tune] -- Tracks 26-29: BBC 18130 (acc. 319). Jimmy MacBeath, recorded 4/07/52, Banffshire, by Seamus Ennis: 26. Intro -- 27. The Moss of Borreldale -- 28. Bogie's Bonny Bel -- 29. The Cow With the Iron Tail -- Tracks 30-33: BBC 18129 (acc. 318). Frank Steele, recorded 8/07/52, Banffshire, by Seamus Ennis: 30. Intro -- 31. Ythan Side -- 32. Where the Echo Mocks the Corncrake -- 33. There was a Wealthy Merchant -- Tracks 34-36: BBC 18127 (acc. 316). Jimmy MacBeath, recorded 7/07/52, Banffshire, by Seamus Ennis: 34. Intro -- 35. The Bonnie Lass of Fyvie O -- 36. The Road to Dundee -- Tracks 37-39: BBC 18113 (acc. 314) -- 37. Intro -- 38. The Midgley Pace Egg Play (part 3) / performed by the Boys of Calder High School, Mytholmroyd, Yorkshire, 10/4/1952 -- 39. Wren Boys' Song and Play. Recorded Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland (from Radio Eireann recording, 12/1952). |