A COMPLETE HISTORICAL DISCOGRAPHY OF THE NORTHUMBRIAN SMALLPIPES

This section was originally produced by Prof Burt Feintuch of the University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH,USA, and published in the Northumbrian Pipers Society magazine (Vol 10, 1989), from which it is reproduced, with a few additions, by permission.

It contains a complete listing from the earliest recording in 1928 to approximately 1988. Much of the material is long deleted and extremely difficult to obtain. Readers are directed to their nearest specialist second-hand record dealer for advice.

Burt wrote:

" I've arranged the recordings by artist and group. Within each entry, I first list 78 rpm disks, eps and lps featuring the artist or group. I then list anthologies in which the performers appear. That is followed by recordings on which the perforrners appear as accompanists. When artists have recorded cassette tapes that are not duplicates of phonodiscs, I have listed such tapes as a separate category. When I've had the information, I've listed release dates for items, and I've endeavoured to list entries chronologically, starting with the earliest."

Recorded artists are in alphabetical order.

Allain, Lysie-Anne:

La Villanelle de Paris, Vielles et Musettes au XVIII Siecle (BNL 180683)

Anderson, Alistair:

Traditional Tunes (Front Hall FHR-08), 1975

Corby Crag (Topic 12TS371), 197

Dookin' for Apples (Topic 12TS402/Front Hall FHR 020),1979

Steel Skies (Topic 12TS427/Flying Fish FF 288), 1982

The Grand Chain (Black Crow CRO 216), 1987

anthologies:

Cut and Dry Dolly (Topic 12TS278), 1976

Cut and Dry No.2 (Topic 12TS413), 1981

From Sewingshields to Glendale (MWM 1033), 1986

The Music of O'Carolan: Arranged for Finger-picked Guitar, Concertina, Northumbrian pipes, Cello, Flute and Hammered Dulcimer (Shanachie 95009)

accompanist:

Four in a Bar [with High Level Ranters](Topic 12TS388), 1979

Shake Loose the Border [accompanies Chuck Fleming and Gerry Kayley] (Black Crow CRO 209), 1987

Amnesia [accompanies Richard Thompson](Capitol EST 2075), 1988

Armstrong, Jack:

78 rpm disks:

Chevy Chase/Rothbury Hills (Manor Record Co. M506), 1949

Meggie's Foot (BBC 20604, 12" 78 rpm), 1954

Lads of Alnwick (BBC 20605, 10" 78 rpm), 1954

Morpeth Lasses (BBC 21484, 12" 78 rpm), 1954

Jack Armstrong and his Northumberland Barnstormers (HMV B10806, 10" 78 rpm),1955

Rothbury Hills/Redesdale Hornpipe (EMI EP84), nd

Border Fray/Come Over the Stream Charlie (EMI EP84), nd

lps and eps:

Nothumbrian Minstrelsy (Concert Hall SVSC 2339), 1969

Northumbrian Pipe Music (Beltona SEP 43 [ep]), 1969

Jack Armstrong, Celebrated Minstrel, Northumbria Vol.1 (Saydisc Traditional Series, Saydisc SCL 252), 1974

Northumbrian Pipe Tunes (Folktracks TFSA30.122), nd

anthologies:

Columbia World Library of Folk and Primitive Music (Columbia ?)1953

English Folk Songs: Mainly from the Recorded Programmes Library of the British Broadcasting Corporation (Columbia COL ML4943), nd

Chevy Chace [sic]: Northumbrian Minstrelsy (Folktracks 45-330), 1963(cassette tape)

Rothbury Hills (Folktracks 30-122), 1978 (cassette tape)

Northumbrian Minstrelsy (English Folk Dance and Song Society [?] AM2339), nd

see also Jack Armstrong and Patricia Jennings

Armstrong, Jack and Patricia Jennings:

The Northumbrian Smallpipes (Clock Tower MTN 3073), 1969. Also available on cassette (MTN 3074)

anthologies:

The EFDSS Present Folk Sound of Britain (EMI/HMV CLP 1910), 1965

Atkinson, George:

anthologies:

Wild Hills O'Wannie: The Smallpipes of Northumbria (Topic12TS227), 1974

B and the Drones:

cassette tape:

Sting in the Tail (Border Keep BK 008), nd

Bailey, Dave:

Piper Calls the Tune (Border Keep BK 006), 1984