Various – Melodeon Greats

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Description

A collection of melodeon masterpieces
Amidst the popular singers and military bands in the catalogues of early British record companies like Imperial, Invicta and Guardsman were a number of remarkable melodeon players with a mature command of traditional repertoire. Carefully transferred from largely acoustic recordings going back to 1909, these performances by Scots and Northern English musicians are a hidden treasury of traditional styles. Compiled, with detailed notes, by the traditional music historian Keith Chandler.

Track Listing:
1. James Brown -Irish Jigs (Zonophone Twin 716) – 3:28   2. W.F.Cameron - Flowers of Edinburgh – 2:47   3. Peter & Daniel Wyper - Stranger March – 3:01   4. James Brown - The Thistle Schottische – 2:57   5. William Hannah - Pibroch O’Donald Dhu – 2:49   6. James Brown - Miss Drumond of Perth – 2:30   7. Peter Wyper - Silverton Polka – 2:35   8. ‘Pamby Dick’ - Boston Bells Barn Dance – 2:32   9. James Brown - Irish Jigs (Zonophone Twin 1150) – 2:39   10. Jack Williams - Queen Mary Waltz – 2:48   11. Peter Leatham - Shufflin’ Samuel – 2:44   12. Peter Wyper - 79th Highlanders & Champion Marches – 2:42   13. Peter Leatham - Hornpipe Medley – 2:46   14. James Brown - Rose Polka – 2:44   15. Daniel Wyper - Scotch reels: Roll Her On the Hill / Soldier’s Joy / Clean Peastrae / Fairy Dance – 4:05   16. ‘Pamby Dick’ - Stirling Castle Strathspey – 2:17   17. Peter Wyper - Two Step: The Dancing Dustman – 2:55   18. Jack Williams - Bit O’Blarney – 2:51   19. Peter Leatham - The Laird o’Drumblair – 2:41   20. William Hannah - Duke of Perth – 3:16   21. Peter Leatham - Sammie’s Schottische – 2:58   22. Peter Wyper - Lion Quadrilles Figure 4 – 2:47   23. Fred Cameron - Rights of Man Hornpipe – 2:51   24. Peter & Daniel Wyper - Doon the Burn March – 2:25   25. ‘Pamby Dick’ - Irish Reels -2:42

Reviews:

1. AllMusic - John Storm Roberts
Featured are pre-1920 recordings of Scots polkas, reels, jigs, marches, and the like in early 20th-century urban popular style, mostly with piano accompaniment.