Little John Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 Anyone know the name of this tune? I've played it for years. No idea where I got it from. The first part of the music is seven bars long and the second part is nine. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveM Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 I dub it --- Bob! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimLucas Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 (edited) Anyone know the name of this tune? Unfortunately, I don't seem to be able to listen to your sound files without signing up for Instagram, which I'm not inclined to do. Edited January 24, 2018 by JimLucas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little John Posted January 24, 2018 Author Share Posted January 24, 2018 Jim - I think you can just close the box inviting you to sign up, which I did for a few months before actually signing up myself. But perhaps people with better knowledge of these matters could advise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimLucas Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 Jim - I think you can just close the box inviting you to sign up, which I did for a few months before actually signing up myself. But perhaps people with better knowledge of these matters could advise. I did as you suggested, and it didn't help. I tried clicking, clicking, clicking... to no avail. But I was clicking on the arrowhead that elsewhere (e.g., YouTube) means to start playing. So then I decided to click on the picture, just to see what would happen... and it started playing. But, once that happened, the arrowhead button also started working as an "on" switch. I have now closed that window and revisited your link, and it all worked just fine from the get go. I didn't even have to close the signup box. Weird! (But now I'll go find your prior soundfile posting and listen to it, too. ) Finally, for what it's worth, I know I've heard that tune before, but I don't remember where, and I have no idea of its name or origin. However, that gives me hope that someone else will be able to identify it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimLucas Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 I dub it --- Bob! Nope. Doesn't sound at all like my brother, not even if you compensate for the fact that he plays trombone, not concertina. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveM Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 (edited) Wait, I thought that Bob is your uncle. Edited January 24, 2018 by DaveM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard Mitchell Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 I know the tune from Lark Rise to Candleford. I’ll see if I can find a reference. Mitch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard Mitchell Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 (edited) Found it on the LP, its just called Cart Music, composed by John Tams. Mitch Edited January 24, 2018 by Howard Mitchell-Borts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little John Posted January 25, 2018 Author Share Posted January 25, 2018 Wow! Thanks Mitch, that's incredible. Makes perfect sense, too: I took part in a production of Lark Rise in 1987 so must have internalised the tune then. At the time my part was mostly off-stage singing, though I also sang The Outlandish Knight in the pub scene. I remember this well, because I had only recently taken up the duet concertina and hadn't transferred the song to it yet. Never did, in fact! So I had to borrow an English from a friend for the performance since I'd sold mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Barnert Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 Found it on the LP, its just called Cart Music, composed by John Tams. Mitch #14: https://open.spotify.com/album/4prc1iX18A78KRabR9wUog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Harrison Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 Great tune ! Sounds very Morrisy.......any idea who the anglo player is ? John, have you transcribed the tune ? Would love a copy if you had. Nicely played too. Robin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex West Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 I'm pretty sure it was John Kirkpatrick on the record. Other concertina players were around the Albion Band at the time (other Johns were available....) but I think John K was occasionally in the stage show Alex West Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little John Posted February 6, 2018 Author Share Posted February 6, 2018 David - many thanks for the Spotify link. It would let me listen to only 30 seconds, but on comparison it seems my B music differs from the original, which itself seems to have two versions; one of 8 bars and one of 7. I seem to have lifted a bar from the second and inserted in between bars 4 and 5 of the first. [so is that "wrong"? Did the musicians I picked it up from get it "wrong"? Or is it just the "folk process" at work? Whatever, after 31 years I'm sticking with my version. It might be slightly different but I feel it captures the spirit of the original.] Robin - as you will probably have guessed from the above, I learnt it by ear and don't have a transcription. If there were sufficient interest I could transcribe the tune as I play it which is, incidentally, in C rather than the G of the original. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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