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The great man of Gower : documentary of a famous folksinger; Phil Tanner / Phil Tanner

Contributor(s): Material type: MusicMusicPublisher number: FSA 60 057 | Folktracks [Folktrax]Publication details: Folktracks [Folktrax], 1975.Description: 1 audiocassette : analog
Contents:
Side 1: 1. The Gower Reel [mouth music] faded to commentary by F.A.Bracey on how he first encountered Tanner while he was attending an undergraduate camp in S.Wales. Bracey sings extracts of 2 songs he learned from Phil Tanner, with his wife, Paddy Palmer [piano]: A Welsh parody of Erin go bragh and the Boxing Ballad, My Brother Sylvest, 4'35" -- 2. Further talk about Tanner's first performance at the Camp followed by the Oyster Girl, 2'36" -- 3. Talk with Peter Kennedy about mouth music at performances in parish and London followed by the Gower Reel with step dancing, 2'19" -- 4. Further talk with Peter Kennedy about how Tanner came to be recognised & recorded in London, 1'14" -- 5. The Banks of the Sweet Primeroses, 3'32" -- 6. Talk with Peter Kennedy by Paddy & Bracey about transcribing the music, 1'21" -- 7. Bold Henry Martin, 3'33" -- 8. Bracey with stories of Tanner in London, at the BBC & Buckingham Palace, 1'14" -- 9. The Dark eyed Sailor, 3'46" -- 10. Peter Kennedy asks Bracey about Tanner's song repertoire, 2'35" -- 11. Lass of Swansea Town (or, The Blooming Rose of South Wales), 2'28" -- Side 2: 1. Barbara Ellen, 2'28" -- 2. Bracey talks about Tanner's work, status & his home, 1'16" -- 3. The Parson and the Clerk, 3'05" -- 4. Talk with Peter Kennedy about travel, local gossip and attitudes, 0'50" -- 5. The Bonny Bunch of Roses o, 3'25" -- 6. Talk: his dialect speech, singing style, sense of local ritual and customs, Bracey sings extracts of the Pottery Canal (The Morriston Swansea Canal) & Young Roger Esquire, 4'17" -- 7. Young Roger Esquire, 2'34" -- 8. Further talk about Tanner, on one occasion, in "The King's Head" at Reynoldstown singing 88 songs, bawdy songs and enjoying giving local offence, and a particular local song, 2'56" -- 9. Over the Hills To Gowerie [mouth music], 1'20" -- 10. Talk with Peter Kennedy about Wassailing with Tanner's secret recipe for the Wassail Bowl, 1'29" -- 11. The Gower Wassail Song, 4'37" -- 12. The Gower Reel [mouth music] 1'05".
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Side 1: 1. The Gower Reel [mouth music] faded to commentary by F.A.Bracey on how he first encountered Tanner while he was attending an undergraduate camp in S.Wales. Bracey sings extracts of 2 songs he learned from Phil Tanner, with his wife, Paddy Palmer [piano]: A Welsh parody of Erin go bragh and the Boxing Ballad, My Brother Sylvest, 4'35" -- 2. Further talk about Tanner's first performance at the Camp followed by the Oyster Girl, 2'36" -- 3. Talk with Peter Kennedy about mouth music at performances in parish and London followed by the Gower Reel with step dancing, 2'19" -- 4. Further talk with Peter Kennedy about how Tanner came to be recognised & recorded in London, 1'14" -- 5. The Banks of the Sweet Primeroses, 3'32" -- 6. Talk with Peter Kennedy by Paddy & Bracey about transcribing the music, 1'21" -- 7. Bold Henry Martin, 3'33" -- 8. Bracey with stories of Tanner in London, at the BBC & Buckingham Palace, 1'14" -- 9. The Dark eyed Sailor, 3'46" -- 10. Peter Kennedy asks Bracey about Tanner's song repertoire, 2'35" -- 11. Lass of Swansea Town (or, The Blooming Rose of South Wales), 2'28" -- Side 2: 1. Barbara Ellen, 2'28" -- 2. Bracey talks about Tanner's work, status & his home, 1'16" -- 3. The Parson and the Clerk, 3'05" -- 4. Talk with Peter Kennedy about travel, local gossip and attitudes, 0'50" -- 5. The Bonny Bunch of Roses o, 3'25" -- 6. Talk: his dialect speech, singing style, sense of local ritual and customs, Bracey sings extracts of the Pottery Canal (The Morriston Swansea Canal) & Young Roger Esquire, 4'17" -- 7. Young Roger Esquire, 2'34" -- 8. Further talk about Tanner, on one occasion, in "The King's Head" at Reynoldstown singing 88 songs, bawdy songs and enjoying giving local offence, and a particular local song, 2'56" -- 9. Over the Hills To Gowerie [mouth music], 1'20" -- 10. Talk with Peter Kennedy about Wassailing with Tanner's secret recipe for the Wassail Bowl, 1'29" -- 11. The Gower Wassail Song, 4'37" -- 12. The Gower Reel [mouth music] 1'05".

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