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Old-Time Hornpipes, Polkas and Jigs
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Old-Time Hornpipes, Polkas and Jigs Musical Traditions Records MTCD350 (CD, UK, 2011) |
Recordings made by Keith Summers in the National Sound Archive and made by Fred Whiting for Keith Summers
Musical Traditions booklet notes by Philip Heath-Coleman Rod Stradling
Artist
Fred ‘Pip’ Whiting: fiddle
Tracks
50 years ago by ear
- Pigeon on the Gate (1:01)
- Soldier’s Joy (1:49)
- Soldier’s Joy (1:19)
- College Hornpipe (1:36)
- Earl Soham Slog (1:16)
- Cock of the North (1:14)
- Fisher’s Hornpipe (1:44)
- Keel Row (1:06)
- Off to California (1:35)
- Garryowen (0:58)
- Harkie’s Polkas (1:44)
- Not for Joe (1:26)
- St Patrick’s Day (1:04)
- Harvest Home / Galway Hornpipe (2:57)
- Old Time Polka (2:22)
- The Old Kerry Fiddler (0:53)
- Mountain Belle (1:58)
- Flowers of Edinburgh (1:33)
… the advantage of playing by music
- Thistle Hornpipe (2:41)
- West End Hornpipe (1:23)
- Jack Tar Hornpipe (1:37)
- Staten Island, or Burns’ Hornpipe (2:49)
An old Gypsy Hornpipe
- Billy Harris’s Hornpipe (1:08)
- Whiskey You’re the Devil (1:37)
- Will the Waggoner (1:25)
- Forty Years Ago (1:22)
- Bristol Sailorman (1:12)
- Cutty Sark Hornpipe (2:35)
Exactly as it’s written
- The Kildare Fancy (1:16)
- Glasgow Hornpipe (1:35)
- Ballincollig in the Morning (1:37)
- Stack of Barley (1:26)
- Over the Waves (2:14)
- Hebridean Polka (3:15)
- Killarney (1:43)
A smashing hornpipe for step-dancing
- Pigeon on the Gate (2:37)
- College Hornpipe (1:24)
- Earl Soham Slog (2:29)
- Manchester Hornpipe (1:10)
- Pigeon on the Gate / Jack’s the Lad (1:00)
- Fairies’ Hornpipe (2:02)
- Medley (3:02)
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Other records with Fred ‘Pip’ Whiting
Various Artists,
The Earl Soham Slog: Step Dance and Country Music from Suffolk,
LP, Topic 12TS374, 1978
Various Artists,
Who Owns the Game? Traditional Songs and Melodeon Tunes from Central Suffolk,
LP, Home-Made Music LP 302, 1984; CD, Veteran VT130CD, 2001
Various Artists,
Stepping It Out! Traditional Folk Music, Songs and Dances from England,
CD, Veteran VTC1CD, 1993
Various Artists,
Rig-a-jig-jig
(The Voice of the People Vol. 9),
CD, Topic TSCD659, 1998
Various Artists,
Root & Branch 1: A New World,
CD, EFDSS / Impress RB01, 1999
Various Artists,
Songs Sung in Suffolk: Popular Folk Songs, Old Songs and Ballads,
CD, Veteran VTC2CD, 2000
Various Artists,
When the Wind Blows: An Anthology of Traditional Folk Music from Coastal England,
CD, Veteran VTC5CD, 2001
Various Artists,
It Was on a Market Day—One: English Traditional Folk Singers,
CD, Veteran VTC6CD, 2005
Various Artists,
Good Hearted Fellows: Traditional Folk Songs, Music Hall Songs, and Tunes from Suffolk,
CD, Veteran VT154CD, 2006
Various Artists,
Midwinter,
4 CD, Free Reed FRQCD 30, 2006
Various Artists,
A Story to Tell,
Keith Summers in Suffolk 1972-79,
2 CD, Musical Traditions MTCD339/40, 2007