SCD CDA BBC 58 Sound Lib. CDA CD archive project : Oxfordshire 2 - 2004-6. - 1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Compact disc. Musical instruments: Concertina, Mouth Organ, Fiddle.

Tracks 1-35: Kimber, William (concertina or talk): 1. Cecil Sharp and the English morris: a personal reminiscence. 1:37. Recorded 12/1937. BBC 9844 -- Tracks 2-9: BBC 9825, recorded 1946 -- 2. Constant Billy (Morris). 0:50 -- 3. Getting Upstairs (Morris). 0:57 -- 4. The Triumph (Country). 1:15 -- 5. Country Gardens (Morris). 0:57 -- 6. Haste to the Wedding (Morris). 1:06 -- 7. Laudnum Bunches (Morris). 1:40 -- 8. Over the Hills to Glory (Country). 1:02 -- 9. Derbyshire Morris Processional. 0:43 -- Tracks 10-13: Reminiscences of his association with Cecil Sharp and of his own role in the revival of the Cotswold Morris. Recorded 22/12/53, BBC Studios, Birmingham -- 10. Side 1: 4:20. BBC 22262 -- 11 -- Side 2: 4:34. BBC 22263 -- 12. Side 3. Incl. Bean Setting & Constant Billy on concertina. BBC 22262 -- 13. Side 4. 4:44 -- Tracks 14-35: BBC 23504, recorded in Headington Quarry 4/11/56 by Kennedy, Peter -- 14. Handkerchief Dance: 29th of May. 0:45 -- 15. Stick Dance: Rodney. 0:49 -- 16. Stick Dance: Hunt the Squirrel. 0:49 -- 17. Hankerchief Dance: Blue Eyed Stranger. 0:40 -- 18. Stick Dance: Rigs o' Marlow. 0:43 -- 19. Jig: Old Woman Tossed Up. 0:56 -- 20. Song: Old Woman Tossed Up. 0:37 -- 21. Jig: Jockey to the Fair. 1:28 -- 22. Jig: Old Mother Oxford. 1:19 -- 23. Handkerchief Dance: Double Set Back 0:48 -- 24. Corner Dance: Trunkles. 1:36 -- 25. Jig: Shepherds Hey. 0:44 -- 26. Processional: Morris Off. 0:35 -- 27. Bacca Pipes Jig: Pipe Dance. 1:12 -- 28. Country Dance: Hilly Go Filly Go. 1:13 -- 29. Country Dance: Double Lead Through. 1:40 -- 30. Country Dance: Ribbon Dance. 1:10 -- 31. Country Dance: Bonnets o' Blue. 1:35 -- 32. Four Hand Reel (Soldier's Joy). 0:55 -- 33. Fool's Dance (The Bold Hussar). 1:01 -- 34. Hornpipe: Cliff. 0:56 -- 35. Schottische. 0:54. BBC 9826: -- 36. Jones, Mr. [mouth organ]. Baccapipes danced to the tune Greensleeves. Recorded in Burford, 21/3/46 -- Tracks 37-40: Jones, Mr [mouth organ], recorded in Eynsham, 28/5/46 -- 37. The Girl I Left Behind Me. 0:41 -- 38. The Girl I Left Behind Me. 0:42. [same track as 37, recorded again to get the cough at the start] -- 39. Lumps of Plum Pudding. 0:50 -- 40. Fool's Jig. 0:28 -- 41. Bennett, Sam [fiddle]. Jockey to the Fair. (1'28"). Recorded in Eynsham, 29/05/46 -- 42. Bennett, Sam [fiddle]. Shepherd's Hey. (1'14"). details as 41. [Sam Bennett was from Ilmington, Warwickshire] -- 43. [mistake]. (0'13") -- Tracks 44-46 recorded 01/05/52. All on BBC 18146 -- 44. May Morning at Oxford: Crowd atmosphere, approaching music. Commentry by Gray, Sylvia. (1'18") -- 45. University Morris Men. Morris Dance: The Willow Tree. Introduced by L. S. Bardell. (1'32") -- 46. Headington Morris Men. Morris Dance: Laudnum Bunches. Introduced by L. S. Bardell. (2'41"). Morris and social dance music.



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