Recorded by Peter Kennedy, 14 November 1956;
Edited by Peter Kennedy;
Notes by Dr. Russel Wortley

Musicians

William Kimber: Anglo concertina

Tracks

Side 1

1. Morris On (processional Morris tune from Winster, Derbyshire);
   Talk about first meeting with Cecil Sharp;
   Morris dances: Bean-Setting / Constant Billy
2. Talk about lectures in London;
   Dances: Jockey to the Fair / Shepherd’s Hey / Bacca Pipes
3. Talking to Maud Karpeles about teaching Morris dancing;
   Morris dances: Rodney / Hunting the Squirrel / Rigs o’ Marlow
4. Talk about Morris dancing by women;
   Morris dances: Old Mother Oxford / Laudnum Bunches / Trunkles

Side 2

1. Ribbon Dance; May Garland Song; The May Horn or Peeling Horn;
   Morris Dances: The Willow Tree / The Old Woman Tossed up in a Blanket (Roud 1297)
2. The Fool’s Dance;
   Description and extract of the local Mummers’ Play;
   Four-hand Reel
3. Country Dances: Step and Fetch Her / Pop Goes the Weasel / Over the Hills to Glory / Double Lead Through / The Quaker’s Wife / Bonnets So Blue / Hilly-Go, Filly-Go / Schottische
4. Morris Dances: Country Gardens / Blue-Eyed Stranger / Double Set Back / Haste to the Wedding / Twenty-Ninth of May / Getting Upstairs / Morris Off

These recordings are taken from the original HMV 78 rpm records from the 1930s and 1940s.

Musicians

William Kimber: 30-key chromatic Anglo-German concertina, made by C. Jeffries

Tracks

Side 1

1. Haste to the Wedding / Getting Upstairs
2. Over the Hills to Glory
3. Haste to the Wedding
4. Getting Upstairs / Blue-Eyed Stranger
5. Rodney / Rigs of Marlow
6. Double Set Back / Hunting the Squirrel
7. Double Lead Through
8. Over the Hills to Glory
9. Trunckles

Side 2

10. Bean Setting / The 29^th of May
11. Laudanum Bunches
12. Constant Billy
13. Country Gardens
14. Shepherd’s Hey
15. Headington Morris Reel / Soldier’s Joy
16. Jockie to the Fair
17. Old Mother Oxford
18. Bacca Pipes / Greensleeves

Tracks 1, 2 recorded London 16 July 1935, issued October 1935, HMV B8368;
Tracks 7, 8 recorded London 31 October 1946, issued August 1947, HMV B9519;
Tracks 5, 10 recorded London 31 October 1946, issued August 1947, HMV B9520;
Tracks 4, 6 recorded London 31 October 1946, issued August 1947, HMV B9578;
Tracks 3, 9 recorded London 31 October 1946, issued August 1947, HMV B9579;
Tracks 12, 13 recorded London 1 June 1948, issued August 1948, HMV 9669;
Tracks 11, 14 recorded London 1 June 1948, issued August 1948, HMV 9670;
Tracks 16, 17 recorded London 1 June 1948, issued August 1948, HMV 9671;
Tracks 15, 18 recorded London 1 June 1948, issued August 1948, HMV 9672;

Musicians

William Kimber: 30-key chromatic Anglo-German concertina, made by C. Jeffries [1, 3, 5-6, 8-9, 11-13, 15-17, 19, 21-23, 25-28, 30-31], vocals [13, 18, 28], talk [2, 4, 7, 10, 14, 20, 24];
John Graham: melodeon [29];
Headington Quarry Morris Dancers [26, 29];
John Kirkpatrick: treble Anglo concertina, one-row melodwon, button accordion, baritone Anglo concertina, bass Anglo concertina [32]

Tracks

1. Constant Billy (0.58)
2. Talk: Boxing Day 1899 (1.19)
3. Bean Setting (1.36)
4. Talk: Boxing Day 1899 (1.42)
5. Getting Upstairs (1.25)
6. Rigs o’ Marlow (1.26)
7. Talk: Mary Neal (1.28)
8. The Twenty Ninth of May (1.38)
9. Country Gardens (2.11)
10. Talk: Steinway Hall (0.28)
11. Trunkies (3.41)
12. Bacca Pipes (3.26)
13. The Willow Tree (1.09)
14. Talk: Cecil Sharp (1.21)
15. Hunting the Squirrel (1.21)
16. Jockie to the Fair (2.11)
17. Rodney (1.36)
18. Up with the Lark in the Morning (1.16)
19. Double Set Back (1.20)
20. Talk: Dance Style (0.28)
21. The Blue-Eyed Stranger (1.30)
22. Over the Hills to Glory (2.23)
23. The Morris Reel (Soldier’s Joy) (2.37)
24. Talk: Women Dancing the Morris (1.44)
25. Double Lead Through (2.39)
26. Laudnum Bunches (3.08)
27. Old Mother Oxford (1.50)
28. The Old Woman Tossed up in a Blanket (1.06)
29. John Graham: Rigs of Marlow (2.16)
30. Shepherd’s Hey (2.03)
31. Haste to the Wedding (2.04)
32. John Kirkpatrick: Laudnum Bunches (2.51)

Tracks 5 recorded London 16 July 1935, issued October 1935, HMV B8368;
Tracks 22, 25 recorded London 31 October 1946, issued August 1947, HMV B9519;
Tracks 3, 6, 8, 17 recorded London 31 October 1946, issued August 1947, HMV B9520;
Tracks 15, 19, 21 recorded London 31 October 1946, issued August 1947, HMV B9578;
Tracks 11, 31 recorded London 31 October 1946, issued August 1947, HMV B9579;
Tracks 9 recorded London 1 June 1948, issued August 1948, HMV 9669;
Tracks 30 recorded London 1 June 1948, issued August 1948, HMV 9670;
Tracks 16, 27 recorded London 1 June 1948, issued August 1948, HMV 9671;
Tracks 12, 23 recorded London 1 June 1948, issued August 1948, HMV 9672;
Tracks 2, 4, 10, 20, 24 recorded by Peter Kennedy with Maud Karpeles, 4 December 1951 at William Kimbers home;
Tracks 13, 28 recorded by Peter Kennedy, 14 November 1956 at William Kimbers home;
Tracks 1, 7, 14, 18 recorded by Christopher and Theo Chaundy, 6 February 1957 at Christopher Chaundy’s home;
Track 26 recorded by Christopher Chaundy, 10 June 1957, outside The Mason’s Arms, Headington Quarry;
Track 32 recorded by Paul Adams, 8 March 1999 in Workington, Cumbria;
Track 29 recorded by Tim Healey, 22 March 1999 in Headington Quarry

Reviews

Concertina.net review by Roger Digby
Musical Traditions review by Rod Stradling