Release Date: 11 July 2005
Label: Veteran
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5060021605023
Genres: Folk  English Folk  
Release Date: 11 July 2005
Label: Veteran
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5060021605023
Genres: Folk  English Folk  
Description
Traditional folk songs, musical hall songs and tunes from Norfolk, Cambridgeshire and Essex recorded 1959-1962. East Anglia has been a hunting ground for folk music collectors for many years and Sam Steele, a Fenland school teacher, had a nose for the real thing.
Between 1959 and 1962 he recorded traditional singers, musicians, stepdancers and storytellers in remote villages and towns in Norfolk, Cambridgeshire and Essex.
These are not professional performers but farmers, horsemen, cowmen, grave diggers, a bird catcher, a chimney sweep, a lorry driver and even a tailor, who have had their own local culture handed down to them, over the years, from their families and communities. These recordings give a remarkable snap-shot of times gone by.
Tracklisting
Fred Jordan
Phil Tanner
Will Noble & John Cocking
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Tom, Jean & Ashley Orchard
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists