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English Village Fiddler

Stephen Baldwin: English Village Fiddler (Leader LED 2068)

English Village Fiddler
Stephen Baldwin (1873-1955)

Leader LED 2068 (LP, UK, 1976)

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Recorded by Russell Wortley and Rollo Woods with the Travelling Morris at the primary school at Bishop Upton, Herefordshire, on 22 June 1954;
Production master by Bill Leader, Leader Sound;
Sleeve notes compiled from information supplied by Russell Wortley, Rollo Woods, David Bland and Reg Hall;
Sleeve photograph by George Felton;
Sleeve designed by Janet Kerr

Musicians

Stephen Baldwin: fiddle, vocals

Tracks

Notes: The title given first is the one Mr Baldwin gave at the time of recording; other titles by which the tune might be known follow in brackets

Peter Kennedy also recorded Stephen Baldwin for the BBC archives on 13 October 1952. Several notes below refer to these recordings.

Side 1

  1. Gloucester Hornpipe [The Man from Newry. Called Liverpool Hornpipe on BBC recordings]
  2. Greensleeves
  3. Haste to the Wedding
  4. Flanagan’s Ball
  5. The Girl I Left Behind Me
  6. Irish Washerwoman
  7. Liverpool Hornpipe [called Swansea Hornpipe on BBC recordings]
  8. Napoleon’s March
  9. Cottage Hornpipe [Fisher’s Hornpipe]
  10. Untitled hornpipe 1 [Liverpool Hornpipe]
  11. Off She Goes
  12. Pop Goes the Weasel
  13. Coleford Jig
  14. Ted Smith’s Hornpipe
  15. Untitled polka
  16. Cock o’ the North

Side 2

  1. Soldier’s Joy
  2. College Hornpipe [called Gipsy Hornpipe and Gloucester Hornpipe on BBC recordings]
  3. Irish Jig [Rory O’More]
  4. Old Fashioned Waltz
  5. Untitled Schottische No 1
  6. Untitled Schottische No 2
  7. Heel and Toe Polka
  8. Varsoviana [not the tune usually known by this title]
  9. Untitled Hornpipe 2 [Morpeth Rant]
  10. Cabbages and Onions [Phillebelulah, Cumberland Reel, King of the Cannibal Isle. Called Double Dee Doubt, Double Lead Out on the BBC recordings]
  11. Pretty Little Dear [Triumph, Step and Fetch Her, Shave the Donkey]
  12. Just As the Tide Was Flowing
  13. Song: Anywhere Does for Me

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Here’s One You’ll Like, I Think

Stephen Baldwin: Here’s One You’ll Like, I Think (Musical Traditions MTCD334)

Here’s One You’ll Like, I Think
Traditional Fiddle Music From the Forest of Dean
Stephen Baldwin (1873-1955)

Musical Traditions Records MTCD334 (CD, UK, 2005)

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Recorded for the BBC archive by Russell Wortley and Rollo Woods with the Travelling Morris at the primary school at Bishop Upton, Herefordshire, on 22 June 1954 and by Peter Kennedy on 13 October 1952.

Musical Traditions booklet notes by Philip Heath-Coleman and Rod Stradling

Musicians

Stephen Baldwin, fiddle, vocals

Tracks

  1. The Swansea Hornpipe (1.12)
  2. The Swansea Hornpipe (0.40)
  3. Greensleeves (1.08)
  4. Greensleeves (0.42)
  5. Haste to the Wedding (1.35)
  6. Haste to the Wedding (0.37)
  7. Flanagan’s Ball (1.14)
  8. Flanagan’s Ball (0.39)
  9. The Girl I Left Behind Me (1.13)
  10. The Girl I Left Behind Me (0.36)
  11. The Irish Washerwoman (1.43)
  12. The Irish Washerwoman (0.36)
  13. The Liverpool Hornpipe (1.47)
  14. The Wonder Hornpipe (1.48)
  15. The Wonder Hornpipe (0.40)
  16. Napoleon’s Grand March (1.47)
  17. Napoleon’s Grand March (1.17)
  18. The Old Brags (0.37)
  19. Old Towler (0.53)
  20. Fisher’s Hornpipe (1.32)
  21. Fisher’s Hornpipe (0.39)
  22. Off She Goes (1.27)
  23. Off She Goes (0.34)
  24. Bonnets so Blue (0.44)
  25. The Coleford Jig (1.51)
  26. Tite Smith’s Hornpipe (1.40)
  27. Untitled Polka (1.48)
  28. Untitled Polka (0.40)
  29. So Early in the Morning (0.35)
  30. The Cock o’ the North (1.30)
  31. The Cock o’ the North (0.34)
  32. Soldier’s Joy (1.16)
  33. Soldier’s Joy (0.38)
  34. The Gypsy Hornpipe (1.48)
  35. The Gypsy Hornpipe (0.44)
  36. The Flowers of Edinburgh (0.39)
  37. Rory O’More (1.38)
  38. Rory O’More (0.37)
  39. The Old Fashioned Waltz (0.35)
  40. The Old Fashioned Waltz (1.20)
  41. The Winter’s Night Schottische (1.29)
  42. The Polka Mazurka (0.44)
  43. The Polka Mazurka (0.54)
  44. The Polka Mazurka (1.43)
  45. Pop Goes the Weasel (1.17)
  46. The Cross Schottische (0.44)
  47. The Heel and Toe Polka (1.39)
  48. The Heel and Toe Polka (1.10)
  49. The Varsoviana 2 (0.41)
  50. The Varsoviana 1 (2.37)
  51. The Morpeth Rant (1.52)
  52. Highland Fling 1 (Moneymusk) (0.37)
  53. Highland Fling 2 (Keel Row) (0.30)
  54. Cabbages and Onions (1.56)
  55. Cabbages and Onions (0.37)
  56. Pretty Little Dear (1.36)
  57. Pretty Little Dear (0.39)
  58. Just As the Tide Was Flowing (Roud 1105) (2.19)
  59. Anywhere Does for Me (Roud 18898) (2.15)

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