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Holey Ha'penny

Holey Ha'penny (Topic 12T283)

Holey Ha'penny
Classic Recordings of Traditional Music from the North-East of England
Various Artists

Topic Records 12T283 (LP, UK, 1976)

Originally recorded for the BBC by Peter Kennedy in June and July 1954
except tracks [1, 16] recorded 1929 for EMI;
Produced by Tony Engle;
Front cover pictures: (1)The Piping Jockey or A Cumberland Race; (2) Festivity on Allan's admission into the Class of Minstrels; taken from The Life of Jamie Allan in the collection of the Society of Antiquaries, Bagpipe Museum, The Black Gate, Newcastle upon Tyne

Musicians

Tom Clough, Northumbrian pipes (4.1.29) [1, 16];
Willy Taylor, melodeon, fiddle (Warenford, Northumberland, 7.6.54) [20-22];
Bob Clark, Jew's Harp (Whittingham, Northumberland, 9.6.54) [19];
Ned Pearson, fiddle (Cambo, Morpeth, 16.6.54) [6-9, 27-29];
Jake Hutton, fiddle (Bewcastle Fells, Cumberland, 30.6.54) [15];
Tom Hunter, fiddle (Bewcastle Fells, Cumberland, 30.6.54) [2, 15];
Billy Ballantine, piccolo (Bewcastle Fells, Cumberland, 30.6.54; Haydon Bridge, Northumberland, 6.7.54; Wark, Northumberland, 29.6.54) [2, 4-5, 15, 17-18, 24-26];
Adam Grey, fiddle (Barden Mill, Northumberland, 1.7.54) [12-14];
John Hepple, pipes (Haltwhistle, Northumberland, 1.7.54) [23, 31];
George Hepple, fiddle (Haltwhistle, Northumberland, 1.7.54) [23, 30-31];
Jimmy Hunter, mouth organ (Haydon Bridge, Northumberland, 6.7.54) [17-18];
Jim Rutherford, fiddle (Otterburn, Northumberland, 8.7.54) [3];
Joe Hutton, pipes (Stuart Shields, Otterburn, Northumberland, 11.7.54) [10-11]

Tracks

Side 1Side 2
  1. [TC] Ho'ley Ha'penny / Elsie Marley (2.45)
  2. [TH, BB] The Gilsland Hornpipe (1.15)
  3. [JR] Morpeth Rant (1.14)
  4. [BB] Proudlocks Hornpipe (1.10)
  5. [BB] Billy Ballantine's Reel (1.46)
  6. [NP] Father's Polka (1.00)
  7. [NP] Schottische (1.00)
  8. [NP] Varsoviana (Old and New) (2.30)
  9. [NP] Highland Laddie (1.07)
  10. [JoeH] My Lodging Is on Cold Ground / Bonnie Dundee (1.58)
  11. [JoeH] Roxburgh Castle / Devil Among the Tailors (1.13)
  12. [AG] The Roman Wall (1.07)
  13. [AG] Tom Hepple's Polka (The Girl with the Blue Dress On) (1.17)
  14. [AG] The Tow House Polka (1.57)
  15. [JakeH, TH, BB] The Kielder Schottische (1.40)
  16. [TC] The Keel Row (with variations) (2.45)
  1. [BB, JimH] Schottische (0.58)
  2. [BB, JimH] My Lodging's on Cold Ground / Blow the Wind Southernly (1.44)
  3. [BC] Corn Rigs / The Manchester Hornpipe (1.20)
  4. [WT] The Linehope Lope (1.18)
  5. [WT] Willie Taylor's Polka (1.19)
  6. [WT] Nae Good Luck - jig (0.50)
  7. [JohnH, GH] Whittingham Green Lane / Ward's Brae (2.30)
  8. [BB] Bonny North Tyne (1.45)
  9. [BB] Mosstrooper's Polka (1.48)
  10. [BB] The Coquet Reel (1.22)
  11. [NP] Head and Toe Polka (1.00)
  12. [NP] The Pin Reel - jig (1.02)
  13. [NP] Cambo March (1.17)
  14. [GH] The Ferry Boat (1.32)
  15. [JohnH, GH] Malorca / Herd on the Hill / Devil Among the Tailors (2.30)

All tracks trad. except
Track 5 Billy Ballantine;
Track 29 Whinham