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Phil Tanner: Phil Tanner

Phil Tanner Folk Classics Series Phil Tanner (1862-1950) EFDSS LP 1005 (LP, UK, 1968)

Musicians

Phil Tanner, vocals, mouth music

Tracks

Side 1

Side 2

Young Henry Martin (Roud 104; Child 167/250) Columbia CA 16052-2, rec. 1937 The Gower Wassail Song (Roud 209) Columbia CA 16053-1, rec. 1937 The Gower Reel Columbia CA 16054-2, rec. 1937 The Banks of the Sweet Primroses (Roud 586) Columbia CA 16055, rec. 1937 The Oyster Girl (Roud 875; Laws Q13) (and Gower Reel) BBC Library No. 1711, rec. December 21, 1937 Barbara Allen (Roud 54; Child 84) (and Gower Reel) BBC Library No. 13384, rec. April 22, 1949

Fair Phoebe and the Dark-Eyed Sailor (Roud 265; Laws N35) BBC Library No. 13384, rec. April 22, 1949 The Bonny Bunch of Roses (Roud 664; Laws J5) The Parson and the Clerk (Roud 1154) both BBC Library No. 13385, rec. April 22, 1949 Gower Wassail (Roud 209) Sweet Primroses (Roud 586) both BBC Library No. 13386, rec. May 20, 1949 Young Roger Esquire (Roud 680; Laws P8) (and reel: Over the Hills to Gowerie) Swansea Barracks (Roud 1416) both BBC Library No. 13387, rec. May 20, 1949

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Phil Tanner: The Gower Nightingale

The Gower Nightingale Ballads, songs and mouth music from South Glamorgan recorded in the 1930s & 40s Phil Tanner (1862-1950) Veteran VT145CD (CD, UK, 2003)

Musicians

Phil Tanner, vocals, [2, 5-8, 10-14, 17-18], mouth music, [4, 9, 15-16];
Wynford Vaughan Thomas, introduction [1, 3]

Tracks

1. The Gower Nightingale—Part 1 (5.38)
2. The Banks of the Sweet Primroses (Roud 586) (3.16)
3. The Gower Nightingale—Part 2 (7.16)
4. The Gower Reel (2.33)
5. The Gower Wassail (Roud 209) (2.29)
6. Young Henry Martin (Roud 104; Child 167/250) (3.29)
7. The Oyster Girl (Roud 875; Laws Q13) (3.09)
8. Young Roger Esquire (Roud 680; Laws P8) (2.29)
9. Over the Hills to Gowerie (1.13)
10. Swansea Barracks (Roud 1416) (2.20)
11. Barbara Allen (Roud 54; Child 84) (2.26)
12. Fair Phoebe and the Dark-Eyed Sailor (Roud 265; Laws N35) (3.51)
13. The Bonny Bunch of Roses (Roud 664; Laws J5) (3.07)
14. The Parson and the Clerk (Roud 1154) (3.00)
15. The Gower Reel (1.33)
16. The Gower Reel with dancers (1.13)
17. Wassail Song (Roud 209) (4.41)
18. The Banks of the Sweet Primroses (Roud 586) (3.27)

Tracks 1, 3: broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on February 15, 1976;
Tracks 2, 4-6: recorded in November 1936; released on Columbia Records in 1937;
Tracks 7, 16: recorded by the BBC on December 21, 1937 at Llangennith;
Tracks 11-15 recorded by the BBC on April 22, 1949 at Penmaen;
Tracks 8-10, 17-18 recorded by the BBC on May 20, 1949 at Penmaen

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Other records with Phil Tanner

Various Artists, The Columbia World Library of Folk and Primitive Music - Volume III: England, LP, Columbia SL-206, 1955

Various Artists, The Child Ballads 1 (The Folk Songs of Britain Vol. 4), LP, Topic 12T160, 1968

Various Artists, The Child Ballads 2 (The Folk Songs of Britain Vol. 5), LP, Topic 12T161, 1968

Various Artists, A Soldier's Life for Me (The Folk Songs of Britain Vol. 8), LP, Topic 12T196, 1970

Various Artists, Songs of Animals and Other Marvels (The Folk Songs of Britain Vol. 10), LP, Topic 12T198, 1970

Various Artists, World Library of Folk and Primitive Music - Volume 1: England, CD, Rounder CD 1741, 1998

Various Artists, A Century of Song, CD, EFDSS CD02, 1998

Various Artists, Come Let Us Buy the Licence (The Voice of the People Vol. 1), CD, Topic TSCD651, 1998

Various Artists, My Ship Shall Sail the Ocean (The Voice of the People Vol. 2), CD, Topic TSCD652, 1998

Various Artists, Troubles They Are But Few (The Voice of the People Vol. 14), CD, Topic TSCD664, 1998

Various Artists, You Lazy Lot of Bone-Shakers (The Voice of the People Vol. 16), CD, Topic TSCD666, 1998

Various Artists, Midwinter, 4 CD, Free Reed FRQCD 30, 2006