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Scan Tester: I Never Played to Many Posh Dances

I Never Played to Many Posh Dances (Topic 2-12TS455/6)

I Never Played to Many Posh Dances
Scan Tester (1887-1972)

Topic Records 2-12TS455/6 (2 LP, UK, 1990)
Topic Records TSCD581D (2 CD, UK, October 26, 2009)

 I Never Played to Many Posh Dances (Topic TSCD581D)

Traditional dance music from Sussex performed by Scan Tester on the concertina and tambourine, with a few songs thrown in, aided by bis brother Will and his daughter Daisy, and friends on the fiddle, melodeon, mouth-organ and piano. The CD reissue contains all the field and home recordings from the first edition (1990) together with additional material.

Produced by Tony Engle and Reg Hall;
Booklet notes by Reg Hall;
Remastering by Don Walker at Edit Point Mastering;
Cover photograph by Brian Shuel, 1965;
CD design by David Suff

Musicians

Scan Tester, concertina [CD 1: 1-10, 12-16, 18-19, 25-27; CD 2: 1-5, 7, 9-12, 15-18, 20-26], tambourine [CD 2: 19], voice [CD 1: 17, 28; CD 2: 6, 13-14, 27];
Reg Hall, melodeon [CD 1: 3, 15-16; CD 2: 1-2, 10, 15-17, 19, 24-26], fiddle [CD 1: 8];
Daisy Sherlock, piano [CD 1: 3, 15-16; CD 2: 1-2, 15];
Will Tester, concertina [CD 1: 6-7], tambourine [CD 1: 11; CD 2: 3-4];
Bob Keightley, fiddle [CD 1: 8; CD 2: 15];
Steve Pennells, fiddle [CD 1: 8];
Art Winter, melodeon [CD 1: 11];
Hilary Burgess, fiddle [CD 1: 11];
Bill Gorringe, fiddle [CD 1: 20-24];
Bill Agate, tambourine [CD 2: 3-4, 26], mouth organ [CD 2: 26];
Jack Norris, melodeon [CD 2: 8, 15], mouth organ [CD 2: 26];
Bill McMahon, spoons, effects [CD 2: 12, 15, 26];
Mervyn Plunkett, percussion [CD 2: 12, 15, 26];
Walter Bulwer, fiddle [CD 2: 16, 24], mandolin-banjo [CD 2: 25];
Daisy Bulwer, piano [CD 2: 16, 24];
Paul Gross, fiddle [CD 2: 26];
Michael Plunkett, recorder [CD 2: 26];
Snowy Howick, mouth organ [CD 2: 26]

Tracks

CD 1CD 2
  1. Schottische (2.09)
  2. Polka (2.04)
  3. The Broom Dance (The Oyster Girl) (1.36)
  4. The Reel (1.57)
  5. Waltz: The Man in the Moon (1.52)
  6. No.2 Step-Dance (1.19)
  7. Schottische (2.06)
  8. Polka: The Girl I Left Behind Me (Brighton Camp) (1.20)
  9. Pretty Little Dear (1.25)
  10. Jig: The Seventeenth of March (St. Patrick's Day) (0.48)
  11. Wearing of the Green (1.57)
  12. Waltz (2.34)
  13. Polka (2.15)
  14. Schottische (1.39)
  15. Polka: Jenny Lind (1.49)
  16. The Indian Polka (1.19)
  17. Song: The Lakes of Coalflin (3.52)
  18. Polka (1.25)
  19. Polka: Not for Joe (1.07)
  20. See Me Dance the Polka (2.11)
  21. The Heel and Toe Polka (1.22)
  22. Step-Dance (0.30)
  23. Schottische (1.44)
  24. Polka (1.34)
  25. Nutley Waltz (2.15)
  26. Schottische (2.05)
  27. No. 1 Step-Dance (1.15)
  28. Learning the Concertina (0.35)
  1. Polka (1.53)
  2. One-Step: Down on the Farm (2.12)
  3. Step-Dance (1.38)
  4. Step-Dance (1.08)
  5. While Shepherds Watch Their Flocks By Night (2.04)
  6. Barbara Allen (2.02)
  7. The Last Figure of the Lancers (1.36)
  8. The Brook Street Schottische (1.52)
  9. Schottische (1.56)
  10. Waltz: Sweet Smiling Faces (2.12)
  11. Jig: The Irish Washerwoman (1.22)
  12. Step-Dance: The Monkey Hornpipe (2.40)
  13. Two verses of Oxford City (0.51)
  14. Two verses of A Week Before Easter (1.00)
  15. Marches: Scotland the Brave / The Happy Wanderer (3.07)
  16. The Heel and Toe Polka (2.47)
  17. Polka (1.38)
  18. Waltz (1.58)
  19. Polkas: La Russe / McCusker's / Jenny Lind / Goodnight, Ladies (3.21)
  20. The Waltz Vienna (Varsoviana) (2.16)
  21. Schottische (2.11)
  22. Step-Dance (1.13)
  23. No. 1 Step-Dance (0.58)
  24. Soldier's Joy (2.21)
  25. The Carnival Is Over (1.47)
  26. I Wish They'd Do It Now (2.07)
  27. Busking on Brighton Beach (1.30)

CD 1 tracks 1-2, 4, 13-14, 18-19, 25, CD 2 tracks 5, 9, 11, 18, 20-22: Scan Tester, concertina; Croydon, August 19, 1964; recorded by Reg Hall;
CD 1 tracks 3, 15-16: Scan Tester, concertina; Reg Hall, melodeon; Daisy Sherlock, piano; Horsted Keynes, Sussex, October 10, 1960; recorded by Reg Hall and Peter Grant;
CD 1 track 5: Scan Tester, concertina; Cinder Hill, Sussex, August 1957; recorded by Mervyn Plunkett;
CD 1 tracks 6-7: Scan and Will Tester, concertinas; Trevor Arms, Glynde, Sussex, March 1958; recorded by Mervyn Plunkett;
CD 1 track 8: Bob Keightley, Steve Pennells, Reg Hall, fiddles; Scan Tester, concertina; Paul Gross, piano; Bob Davenport, triangle; The Fox, Islington, London, January 21, 1965; recorded by Reg Hall;
CD 1 track 9: Scan Tester, concertina; Horsted Keynes, Sussex, July 21, 1965; recorded by Reg Hall;
CD 1 track 10, CD 2, tracks 7, 27: Scan Tester, concertina; Horsted Keynes, Sussex, 1963; recorded by Peter Kennedy and Ken Stubbs;
CD 1 track 11: Art Winter, melodeon; Hilary Burgess, fiddle; Will Tester, tambourine; Trevor Arms, Glynde, Sussex, March 1958; recorded by Mervyn Plunkett;
CD 1 tracks 12, 26: Scan Tester, concertina; Hillingdon, Middlesex, October 1966; recorded by Alan Waller;
CD 1 track 17, CD 2, track 6: Scan Tester, voice; The Fox, Islington, London, January 21, 1965; recorded by Reg Hall;
CD 1 tracks 20-24: Bill Gorringe, fiddle; Cuckfield, Sussex, February 19858; recorded by Mervyn Plnkett;
CD 1 track 27: Scan Tester, concertina; The Fox, Islington, London, January 21, 1965; recorded by Reg Hall;
CD 1 track 28, CD 2, tracks 13-14: Scan Tester, voice; Horsted Keynes, Sussex, 1963; recorded by Peter Kennedy and Ken Stubbs;
CD 2 tracks 1-2, 10: Scan Tester, concertina; Reg Hall, melodeon; Daisy Sherlock, piano; Horsted Keynes, Sussex, July 21, 1965; recorded by Reg Hall;
CD 2 tracks 3-4: Scan Tester, concertina; Will Tester, Bill Agate, tambourines; The Crown, Horsted Keynes, Sussex, February 22, 1958; recorded by Mervyn Plunkett;
CD 2 track 8: Jack Norris, melodeon; West Hoathly, Sussex, May 11, 1960; recorded by Mervyn Plunkett and Peter Grant;
CD 2 track 12: Scan Tester, concertina; Bill McMahon, spoons/effects; Mervyn Plunkett, percussion; West Hoathly, Sussex, August 24, 1957; recorded by Mervyn Plunkett;
CD 2 track 15: Bob Keigthley, fiddle; Scan Tester, concertina; Jack Norris, Reg Hall, melodeons; Bill McMahon, spoons/effects; Mervyn Plunkett, percussion; West Hoathly, Sussex, May 11, 1960; recorded by Mervyn Plunkett;
CD 2 tracks 16, 24: Walter Bulwer, fiddle; Scan Tester, concertina; Reg Hall, melodeon; Daisy Bulwer, piano; Shipdham, Norfolk, July 22,1966; recorded by Bill Leader and Reg Hall;
CD 2 track 17: Scan Tester, concertina; Reg Hall, melodeon; The Crown, Horsted Keynes, Sussex, February 22, 1958; recorded by Mervyn Plunkett;
CD 2 track 19: Reg Hall, melodeon; Scan Tester, tambourine; Cinder Hill, Sussex, August 1957; recorded by Mervyn Plunkett;
CD 2 track 23: Scan Tester, concertina; Central Club, Peacehaven, Sussex, May 16, 1968; recorded by Tony Engle;
CD 2 track 25: Scan Tester, concertina; Reg Hall, melodeon; Walter Bulwer, mandolin-banjo; Shipdham, Norfolk, July 22,1966; recorded by Bill Leader and Reg Hall;
CD 2 track 26: Paul Gross, fiddle; Michael Plunkett, recorder; Bill Agate, mouth organ, tambourine; Jack Norris, Snowy Howick, mouth organs; Scan Tester, concertina; Reg Hall, melodeon; Bill McMahon, spoons, effects; Mervyn Plunkett, percussion; The Cat, West Hoathly, Sussex, October 5, 1957; recorded by Mervyn Plunkett

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