Peter Kennedy Collection
Brian Grimley and Douglas Fowell horn dance. Abbots Bromley, Staffordshire 1954. Tape 4
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A melodeon starts playing a few tunes, accompanied by a bell / triangle. This is an actuality recording made in the streets.
Posted by Andrew Pace on 08/03/2013
Kennedy tests the recording machine and captures a few minutes of outdoor ambient sounds in the market place in Abbots Bromley.
Posted by Andrew Pace on 08/03/2013
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Type
sound
Duration
Unknown
Shelf mark
C604/101
Recording date
1954-09-06
Is part of (Collection)
Peter Kennedy Collection
Recording locations
Abbots Bromley, Staffordshire, England
Performers
Fowell, Douglas (melodeon), Grimley, Brian (triangle)
Recordist
Kennedy, Peter
Description
[*Peter Kennedy's notes transcribed verbatim from the original tape box*] Arrival 0118.- Music start. 0156 Farmers boy/traffic/farmers boy/another tune [3'00"].- 0260 Early in the morning/another tune?/traffic [3'06"].- 0324 Wait for the waggon/yankee doodle/wait for waggon/traffic.- Total music: [4'25"]. Fade before end of track [3'52"]. Key C#.
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[1:55]
A melodeon starts playing a few tunes, accompanied by a bell / triangle. This is an actuality recording made in the streets.
Posted by Andrew Pace, British Library on 08/03/2013 00:27:00
[0:11]
Kennedy tests the recording machine and captures a few minutes of outdoor ambient sounds in the market place in Abbots Bromley.
Posted by Andrew Pace, British Library on 08/03/2013 00:26:00
This is an actuality recording outdoors in the market place of Abbot's Bromley, featuring background ambience and a musical performance. This recording was made in conjunction with a video Kennedy was making of the Abbots Bromley Horn Dancers, although it is not known if this segment was used in the video.
Posted by Andrew Pace, British Library on 21/02/2013 21:25:00