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A Fine Hunting Day

A Fine Hunting Day (Leader LEE 4056)

A Fine Hunting Day
Songs of the Holme Valley Beagles

Leader Records LEE 4056 (LP, UK, 1975)

Recorded by David Bland between November 1972 and September 1973.

Singers

Frank Beaumont [6, 9], Barry Bridgewater [1, 3, 6], Jim Brookes [3], Cyril Ford [4, 6], Leslie Garside [10], Frank Hinchliffe [6, 8], Arthur Howard [6, 11], Stuart Kay [5]

Tracks

Side 1Side 2
  1. On a Fine Hunting Morn (Roud 1871)
  2. Castle Hill Anthem (Roud 660; Laws O30)
  3. Old Snowball (Roud 190)
  4. The Scent Was Good (Roud 1873)
  5. The Brown Hare of Whitebrook (Roud 1870)
  1. Gossip John (Roud 1039)
  2. The Hounds Are Out (Roud 1869)
  3. Joe the Carrier's Lad (Roud 1080)
  4. Some Gentlemen Take Great Delight (Roud 1868)
  5. Doctor Mack (Roud 1861)
  6. Holmfirth Anthem (Roud 1046)

Track 1 sung by Barry Bridgewater at The Stanhope Arms, Dunford Bridge, Yorkshire, November 17, 1972;
Tracks 2, 7 recorded at The Stanhope Arms, Dunford Bridge, Yorkshire, November 17, 1972;
Track 3 sung by Barry Bridgewater and Jim Brookes at the Village Hall, Upperthong, Yorkshire, March 24, 1973;
Track 4 sung by Cyril Ford at the Village Hall, Upperthong, Yorkshire, March 24, 1973;
Track 5 sung by Stuart Kay at the Village Hall, Upperthong, Yorkshire, March 24, 1973;
Track 6 sung by Frank Beaumont, Barry Bridgewater, Cyril Ford, Frank Hinchliffe and Arthur Howard at The Stanhope Arms, Dunford Bridge, Yorkshire, November 17, 1972;
Track 8 sung by Frank Hinchliffe at The Stanhope Arms, Dunford Bridge, Yorkshire, November 17, 1972;
Track 9 sung by Frank Beaumont at the Village Hall, Upperthong, Yorkshire, March 24, 1973;
Track 10 sung by Leslie Garside at the Village Hall, Upperthong, Yorkshire, March 24, 1973;
Track 11 sung by Arthur Howard at the Village Hall, Upperthong, Yorkshire, March 24, 1973

Sleeve Notes by David Bland

The rich tradition which surrounds hunting in the British Isles includes a body of sound which is capable of appealing even to those whose inclination is strongly against blood sports. This record includes the singing of one of the more unusual English hunts, unusual that is if your mental image of a hunt includes imperious fox-chasing horsemen, riding rough-shod and redcoated over gently undulating, lush countryside. The Holme Valley hunting ground is high in the Pennines. Horses are not used and foxes are not hunted, but after a good day's hunting they do enjoy an evenings good singing and it is from some of these evenings that this record is made.