Various – Melodeon Greats
€15,73
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.