Recording Clips

By Jeremy Riches

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Most of my recordings came from a variety of evenings in about 1970-72 when I was aged 15-17. As I worked at the farm, Len gave his blessing for me to record them from a front row seat, and he allowed me to clip a microphone to a lampshade at the base of the stage.

The model of recorder used

A word on copyright. I have sought the opinion of some singers from the Club and the consensus is that performers are unlikely to object if I include short clips of recordings in this site, as short clips are of no commercial value. If you are a performer who appeared in the recordings and if you object to your clips being on this website, please contact me and I will immediately remove them. Alternatively, you may wish to consider that this is a not-for-profit web site set up as a tribute to Len Harman, and I would be happy to promote you on this site - free of charge!

Please can you help identity of the 'Unknown Singers' 1 - 6 or if you can fill in the missing song titles. Contact me if you can!

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Singer
Song Title
Click to Play
Comments
Jon Betmead
Hello Central, Give Me Dr Jazz
With Diz Disley
Diz Disley
When the Saints go Marching In/Mamma Don't Allow No Music Played in Here
With Jon Betmead
Monologue - Signing of the Magna Carta. Words
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Jelly Jelly. Words
With Jon Betmead
These Foolish Things
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Monologue - Battle of Hastings. Words
Hazel (?)
Morning Dew. Words
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Fairytown (?)
Hratch
Sounds of Silence
-
Wild Bedsitter Images
Deportee
Romany
Whiskey in the Jar
aka Clive, Mags & Ray
In the Early Morning Rain
Old Maid in the Garret
Pete Stanley & Brian Golbey
?
-
?
?
Sleepy-Eyed John
?
?
The Cat Came Back
?
Polly Wolly Doodle
?
?
?
The Devil Among the Taylors
There Aint no Bugs on Me
Danny Boy
?
?
Mule Skinner Blues
?
?
The Strawbs
We'll Meet Again Sometime
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Nothing Else Will do
Poor Jimmy Wilson
Martin Luther King's Dream
The Battle
Unknown Singer #1
?
This singer was not Chris Foster
Rocking the Cradle
The Calico Printer's Clark
?
Cold Blow on a Rainy Night
When That I Was a Little Tiny Boy
Unknown Singer #2
Belle of Barnstaple
Oh Dorset is Beautiful was written by Trevor Crozier, but according to his friend Hille Cook, the singer was not Trevor
Oh Dorset is Beautiful
Unknown Singer #3
Swim Swim Swimmy
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Unknown Singer #4
?
There is debate as to whether this was Willy Barrett
Unknown Singer #5
?
Probably a local who played classical guitar at the Club
Spanish Folk Song
Unknown singer #6
Streets of London. Words
The singer is definitely not Ralph McTell, according to Harvey Andrews
Little Miss Muffet
?
I Can't Help but Wonder Where I'm Bound
Cocaine Blues

 

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