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Series 2: Sound Recordings (continued)
Subseries 7: Scotland (continued)
AFC 2008/005: SR206
1 sound tape reel : analog ; 7 in.
Original ID # S-20. [???]. On the reel: Ceilidh /reel #3.
AFC 2008/005: SR207
1 sound tape reel : analog ; 7 in.
Original ID # S-21. Ceilidh (continued).
Jimmy Burns on beginning - very N.G.
Ceilidh dancing to bagpipes - something wrong with mic
Two Breton boys- sing, then play pipes
My parents gave me good learnin' - Jeannie Robertson
[...] I'm a weaver - a weaver goes to war - humorous - Jimmy MacBeath
My auld Scottish lass - J. MacBeath
When the ale was only tippence - J. MacBeath
Doon he obergate - Jeannie Robertson - missed beginning
Bagpipes for [...] fling - Isaac Higgins
AFC 2008/005: SR208
1 sound tape reel : analog, 15 ips ; 7 in.
Original ID # S-22. Ceilidh (continued); Hamish Henderson M.C. is Ceilidh. On the reel: reel #2 /27.
Hush-a-bye, the Lord knows who's your daddy-o - Jeannie Robertson
Bonny rantin' lassie - Ella Ward
Eel me dhu vetrim - Annie Arnot - a rowing song, sung in Gaelic
A good luck and victory to whiskey - Annie Arnot - Gaelic
The dear one on the braes ewly" - Annie Arnot - Gaelic
My blessing on the new bailey" - Annie Arnot
Betty White dancing - jig - accompanied by bagpipes
The Battle of the Hawlaugh (1411) - Betty White, talks about it after
Bagpipes tune (not identified)
Jimmy Burns makes some announcements
Jean Ritchie at 15 ips and backwards, talks (and sings?)
AFC 2008/005: SR209
1 sound tape reel : analog ; 7 in.
Original ID # S-23. Mrs. Elizabeth White.
Toast: "Here's to the lad that wears the Glengarry"
Diddling - "Katie's Farewell" - one verse talk follows
Diddling - very slow time, one false start
Diddling - slow, more interesting than #3, two false starts
Diddling - #4 over again
Diddling - "Maggie Cameron"
Downe [...] (slightly [...])
(Humming of) Bonny boy's young but growing
Diddling - "Cuckoo's nest"
AFC 2008/005: SR210
1 sound tape reel : analog ; 7 in.
Original ID # S-24. McLeod, Kitty; Hamish Henderson; Kitty MacLeod; Some [...] - clear, too [...]; more Kelly and Marietta; Het Skyrtie, "To thee beggin' I will go."
AFC 2008/005: SR211
1 sound tape reel : analog ; 7 in.
Original ID # S-25. Inverness; various performers; [??]. On the reel: Inverness /fiddle.
AFC 2008/005: SR212, July 12, 1953
1 sound tape reel : analog ; 7 in.
Original ID # S-26. Edinburgh; various performers; S. 26; Ceilidh Edinburgh #2. On the reel: Ceilidh #1 /Edinburgh.
Part of "Bonny wee lass who never said no" - J. Robertson
Jeannie begins "Bonny wee lass" again
The licht boh's lassie" - Ella Ward
By a wide and lonely glen [Up a wild and lonely glen] - Jeannie Robertson
Bagpipe music played by Isaac Higgins - very good
Puesht te buiell" - Annie Arnot (Skye)
Betty Higgins dances highland fling to pipes
The Road of the swan - Ella Ward (Gaelic)
Sat an grat for gruel - Jimmy MacBeath, first verse interrupted
Nicky Tams" - Jimmy MacBeath
AFC 2008/005: SR213
1 sound tape reel : analog, 7 1/2 ips ; 7 in.
Original ID # S-27. Edinburgh; various performers; Apartment in Edinburgh; S. 27. On the reel: Edinburgh /apartment /Spl... 1.
AFC 2008/005: SR214
1 sound tape reel : analog ; 7 in.
Original ID # S-28. Edinburgh; various performers. On the reel: Edinburgh #2
Subseries 8: United States
AFC 2008/005: SR215, 1955
1 sound tape reel : analog, 7 1/2 ips ; 7 in.
Original ID # US-1. Florida: Anonymous folk singer, 1955. Spine: original: US Florida 1. Back of the tape box: Spiradilos and hymn - Naples; to be spliced. On the reel: original
AFC 2008/005: SR216, 1955
1 sound tape reel : analog, 7 1/2 ips ; 7 in.
Original ID # US-2. Florida: John S. Madden sings a Welsh song. 2; Original: 1955. Back of the tape box: Loucis Pleasin - John S. Wright; Florida. On the reel: original
AFC 2008/005: SR217, 1955
1 sound tape reel : analog, 7 1/2 ips ; 7 in.
Original ID # US-2a. Florida: John S. Madden sings a Welsh song. Spine: U.S. Fla. 2; Copy; US-2 dupe; 1955.
AFC 2008/005: SR218
1 sound tape reel : analog ; 7 in.
Original ID # US-3. Kentucky: Children's Games of the Pratt family. Spine: Kentucky- Viper Pratt Children Games; Back of the tape box: Piram Pratt children and friends; Hall; Tarry; Candill; Skip to My Lou; ch. On the reel: Pratt children /AMG [?].
AFC 2008/005: SR219
1 sound tape reel : analog, 15 ips ; 7 in.
Original ID # US-4. Kentucky: Church services 1. Spine: Kentucky - church. Back of the tape box: Church Service; copy; Rev. Sam Combes - Sermon; Invitation to accept God and a song - Farewell vain world; (two souls are received into God's hands?); song continued; second song; singing congregation while a preacher shouts; dismissal of the congregation to go to the [??]; [good?] people. On the reel: end of opening preacher and song /Rev. Combs sermon I /church /copy.
AFC 2008/005: SR220
1 sound tape reel : analog ; 5 in.
Original ID # US-5. Kentucky: Church services 2. Spine: Kentucky church service. Back of the tape box: Combs Bend [more information crossed out]. On the reel: church service. Processor's note: the tape was received as a 5-inch reel and is now housed on a 7-inch reel.
AFC 2008/005: SR221
1 sound tape reel : analog ; 5 in.
Original ID # US-6. Kentucky: Church services 3. Spine: KY - church services; US-6. Processor's note: the tape was received as a 5-inch reel and is now housed on a 7-inch reel.
AFC 2008/005: SR222
1 sound tape reel : analog ; 7 in.
Original ID # US-7. Kentucky: Church footwashing in Combs. Spine: KY - Foot Washing Combs KY. On the reel: FTWC.
AFC 2008/005: SR223, Summer 1950
1 sound tape reel : analog ; 7 in.
Original ID # US-8. Kentucky: Church footwashing in Combs. Spine: KY- Foot Wash Combs Bend KY. Back of the tape box: Old Regular Baptist Footwashing; Combs Bend Church; first Preacher - Neace; second Preacher - Wm. F. Hubbard; third Preacher - B.H. Baker.
AFC 2008/005: SR224, July 3, 1955
1 sound tape reel : analog, 7 1/2 ips ; 7 in.
Original ID # US-9. Kentucky: Church service in Jeff 1. Spine: KY Church Service in Jeff. Back of the tape box: #1, Church at Jeff, July 3, 1955; 1. Give Me Jesus; 2. I'm alone in this World; 3. O Ye Young, Ye Gay, Ye Proud; 4. Opening Remarks - Sam Combs; 5. Angels Get my Mansion Ready; 6. Prayer - Sam Combs; 7. Sermon - T.G. Bates.
AFC 2008/005: SR225
1 sound tape reel : analog, 7 1/2 ips ; 7 in.
Original ID # US-10. Kentucky: Church service in Jeff 2. Spine: KY Church Service in Jeff, KY. Back of the tape box: Church Service; Rev. Sam Combs Jeff, KY; Mrs. Sam Combs; Clifton Combs - Viper Give Me Jesus; Norman Combs - Jeff, Jesus Grant us All A Blessing; [pencil obstructed by tape]; Mr. and Mrs. [Baker?] [...]; Mallie Ritchie; Give Me Jesus; Jesus Grant us All a Blessing.
AFC 2008/005: SR226
1 sound tape reel : analog, 15 ips, mono ; 7 in.
Original ID # US-11. Kentucky: Church service in Lick Branch. Spine: Kentucky Hymns - Lick Branch. Back of the tape box: Reel I; sound tapes; Cancer spots; Scene 2 - cuts 1-5; Scene 3 - cuts 1-6; Scene 4 - Cuts 1-9; George Pickow, trans. To 16 niw. On the reel: hymn sing lick branch ends 262-336 (incomplete) /MT.
AFC 2008/005: SR227
1 sound tape reel : analog, 15 ips ; 7 in.
Original ID # US-12. Kentucky: Church service in Viper. Spine: KY- Church at Viper. Back of the tape box: Hymns - Viper; 1. Give Me Jesus; 2. Jesus Grant Us All A Blessing; 3. Poor Wayfaring Stranger; Give Me Jesus for Church group. Scene. On the reel: Give Me Jesus begins blue ends white.
AFC 2008/005: SR228
1 sound tape reel : analog ; 7 in.
Original ID # US-13. Kentucky: Church sacred harp singing. Spine: KY Sacred Harp Singers.
AFC 2008/005: SR229
1 sound tape reel : analog ; 7 in.
Original ID # US-14. Kentucky: Square dance at Vicco. Spine: KY Square Dance - Video. Back of the tape box: Square Dance, Vicco, KY; Banjo, Jr. Hall; Fiddle: Bobby Summer; Guitar: Willie Hall.
AFC 2008/005: SR230
1 sound tape reel : analog ; 7 in.
Original ID # US-15. Kentucky: Square dance at Vicco. Spine: KY Vicco - #2.
AFC 2008/005: SR231, Summer 1962
1 sound tape reel : analog, 3 3/4 ips ; 7 in.
Original ID # US-16. Kentucky: Talk with Elijah "Boney" Combs. Spine: KY Viper "Boney" Boone's Wedding, Combs talks. Back of the tape box: Boney Combs; talk about Boone's wedding, etc.
AFC 2008/005: SR232, October 14, 1955, November 13, 1955
1 sound tape reel : analog ; 7 in.
Original ID # US-17. Massachusetts: Scots Guard. Spine: US - Mass. Scots Guard; Back of the tape box: copied from tape Lewis Gordon's 11/13/55; Scots Guards Band; Cambridge, Mass. October 14th, 1955; Piping; Piping - Drumming; Singing - Angus Fleming; Nov. first. Singing (Gaelic); Hugh Thorston.
AFC 2008/005: SR233, October 14, 1955, November 13, 1955
1 sound tape reel : analog ; 7 in.
Original ID # US-18. Massachusetts: Scots Guard. Spine: US-Mass-Scots Guard. Back of the tape box: copied from Lewis Gordon's tape 11/13/55; Scots Guards; recorded Cambridge Mass, October 14, 1955; Piping - Angus Fleming; Angus MacDonald; other pipers announce their names.
AFC 2008/005: SR234
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