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| Record Id: | 6043642 (Australian Library Collections) permalink |
| Author: | McNeil, Neil, 1905-1986.
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| Title: | [Folkloric recording : Neil McNeil plays button-key accordion] [sound recording] / recorded by : Alan Scott and Dell Price.
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| Published: | 1986 June 11.
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| Description: | 3 tape reels (ca. 45 min) : 7 1/2 ips mono ; 7 in.
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| Form: | fm df
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| Playing Time: | 004500
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| Series: | Alan Scott folklore collection ; 18-20
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| Summary: | Mr McNeil plays many popular tunes on the accordion and speaks of his background ; of learning to play ; his youth and memories of social occaisions ; going to work in a coal mine at 14 ; his family ; experiences playing at dances ; morals of today's youth ; police and crime during his youth ; dances performed ; Nursing home ; children today. Tunes he plays include: Long way to Tipperary ; Pack up your troubles ; Keep the home fires burning ; Kiss me goodnight Sargent Major ; There's no place like home ; Daisy ; Merry widow ; When Irish eyes are smiling ; Sheik of Arabee ; Yes we have no bananas ; Yankee doodle ; Waltzing Matilda ; Click go the shears ; Five miles from Gundagai ; God save the King ; Auld Lang Syne ; Polka.
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| Notes: | Folkloric recordings collected at Port Macquarie and Murwillumbah, December 1985. Music and interview. Lending copy: 2 cassettes. Preservation, working duplicate and cassette copies made. Recorded at Port Macquarie, New South Wales on June 11, 1986.
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| Subjects: | McNeil, 1905-1986 -- Interviews. Accordion music. Folk dance music -- Australia. Button-key accordion.
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| Other Authors: | Scott, Alan, 1930-1995. Price, Dell.
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| Access Conditions: | Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
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| Libraries that have this item: | National Library of Australia. National Library of Australia (ANL) (400361) ORAL TRC 2004 Reel 18, Reel 19, Reel 20
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