Sound Recording, North Yorkshire
Description
[Collector announcement]; Jim Wilkinson, recorded at home in Tranmire; talks about his song repertoire; sings and discusses 'Hills of Ardmorn'; sings 'Jute Mill Song'; talks about forgetting words, improvisation, singing in folk clubs, song ownership and change; sings 'Thousands or More'and first verse of 'Wild Rover'; sings complete 'Wild Rover' and 'Sweet Nightingale', with his daughter Rachel Wilkinson; talks about Dalehouse Folk Club (at the Fox and Hounds pub); singing and local pubs; sings 'Two Nightingales'; song repertoire. [Tr. 2] Talk of JW's song repertoire continues [wife, daughter and son also present]; sings 'An Old Man' and 'Durham Gaol'; talk of the poet and songwriter, Tommy Armstrong; sings 'Blaydon Races', and talks about the writer George Ridley; sings 'Keep Your Feet Still Geordie Hinnie'; talks about singing as a child with his family on Christmas Day night; sings 'Dark as a Dungeon'; family's musical talents; sings 'Spinning Wheel' [two incomplete attempts]. [Tr. 1]. Concludes on tape LAVC/SRE/A465r. 57 of 68.
Metadata
| Identifier | lrbmxgm8 |
| IRN | 414515 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/A464r |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/lrbmxgm8 |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | Audiotape Sound Recordings |
| Creator(s) | Sullivan, Keith Frederick |
| Date | 1 January 1977 |
| Size and Medium | 1 x 12.7cm open reel spool, Duration: 91' 25". |