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Stephen Baldwin: English Village Fiddler

English Village Fiddler (Leader LED 2068)

English Village Fiddler
Stephen Baldwin (1873-1955)

Leader LED 2068 (LP, UK, 1976)

Recorded by Russell Wortley and Rollo Woods with the Travelling Morrice at the primary school at Bishop Upton, Herefordshire, on June 22, 1954;
Production master by Bill Leader, Leader Sound;
Sleeve notes compiled from information supplied by Russell Wortley, Rollo Woods, David Bland and Reg Hall;
Sleeve photograph by George Felton;
Sleeve designed by Janet Kerr

Musicians

Stephen Baldwin, fiddle, vocals

Tracks

Notes: The title given first is the one Mr Baldwin gave at the time of recording; other titles by which the tune might be known follow in brackets

Peter Kennedy also recorded Stephen Baldwin for the BBC archives on October 13, 1952. Several notes below refer to these recordings.

Side 1Side 2
  1. Gloucester Hornpipe [The Man from Newry. Called Liverpool Hornpipe on BBC recordings]
  2. Greensleeves
  3. Haste to the Wedding
  4. Flanagan's Ball
  5. The Girl I Left Behind Me
  6. Irish Washerwoman
  7. Liverpool Hornpipe [called Swansea Hornpipe on BBC recordings]
  8. Napoleon's March
  9. Cottage Hornpipe [Fisher's Hornpipe]
  10. Untitled hornpipe 1 [Liverpool Hornpipe]
  11. Off She Goes
  12. Pop Goes the Weasel
  13. Coleford Jig
  14. Ted Smith's Hornpipe
  15. Untitled polka
  16. Cock o' the North
  1. Soldier's Joy
  2. College Hornpipe [called Gipsy Hornpipe and Gloucester Hornpipe on BBC recordings]
  3. Irish Jig [Rory O'More]
  4. Old Fashioned Waltz
  5. Untitled Schottische No 1
  6. Untitled Schottische No 2
  7. Heel and Toe Polka
  8. Varsoviana [not the tune usually known by this title]
  9. Untitled Hornpipe 2 [Morpeth Rant]
  10. Cabbages and Onions [Phillebelulah, Cumberland Reel, King of the Cannibal Isle. Called Double Dee Doubt, Double Lead Out on the BBC recordings]
  11. Pretty Little Dear [Triumph, Step and Fetch Her, Shave the Donkey]
  12. Just As the Tide Was Flowing
  13. Song: Anywhere Does for Me

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Other records with Stephen Baldwin

Various Artists, Rosin the Bow: An Introduction to the World of Fiddle Music, LP, Transatlantic XTRA 1171, 1977

Various Artists, Rig-a-jig-jig (The Voice of the People Vol. 9), CD, Topic TSCD659, 1998

Various Artists, As Me and My Love Sat Courting (The Voice of the People Vol. 15), CD, Topic TSCD665, 1998

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