Sound Recording, North Yorkshire

Description

[Collector announcement]; recording made at Whitby Folk Club, Whitby; male announcer informs audience of KS's presence and his tape recording the session; male sings [? 'Beneath the Bonnie Hawthorn'], 'Willie Went to Westerdale', [unidentified]; female sings three unidentified songs, one of which is announced as being from Robin Hood's Bay; Keith Sullivan addresses the audience regarding his collecting of folk songs in North Yorkshire, and asks for help in suggesting suitable informants; KS announces and sings 'Edward' and 'Mercedes Benz' [audience join in with refrains and last verse]; male sings 'Lord of the Dance'; female sings [? 'Johnny'], 'To Hear the Nightingale Sing'and 'High Germany' [juke box music audible in the background]; male sings 'The Alabama' and [? 'Greenland Whale Fishers'] - audience joins with both. 1 of 68.

Metadata

Identifier f33b52gv
IRN 414459
Class Mark LAVC/SRE/A408r
Level Item
Type of Record Archives - ISAD(G)
Peristent Link http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/f33b52gv
Collection(s) Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Category Archive
Parent Record Audiotape Sound Recordings
Creator(s) Sullivan, Keith Frederick
Date February 1975
Size and Medium 1 x 12.7cm open reel spool, Duration: 43' 57".

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