TFT 001 - Dec 31 1983 Community Programs Danny Toner.wav by kevin toner

TITLE

Toner Family Tapes - TFT 001 (A)

COLLECTION/S

“Community Audio” (temporarily)

Toner Family Tapes (to be created)

CREATOR /s

Toner Family and relatives

Dan Toner

Bessie Jackson

Roly Jackson

TOPICS

under progress; cassette tape; 1 7/8 ips; home recordings; novelty; popular;

DESCRIPTION

brand/product; unknown / 60 min

type (bias/position/material): Normal / I / ferric

origin: unknown (possibly Canadian or US), circa mid-late 1970s & typical grey colour

condition: Very Good (but needed re-spindled into correct direction and occasionally wound tighter)

side/s: 1.5 sides recorded (extracted into 2 files as below)

originally labelled: “c 60” marker-marked on a side; tagged on other side with title for set (B) below

performed: Canada, Sat. Mar 18 (presumably 1978 if correctly announced date) / Canada, Dec 31, 1983

performer/s: Dan (english concertina, v); Roly and/or Bessie (aka Bessie Ferguson, nee Paterson) (v)

audio contents:-

A) 11 song set, “BESSIE & ROLY VISIT DAN”, instrumental (presumably mostly taped-over with accompanying 1983 set) with warm up solo fragment/s of song TBC) prior to accompaniments for the following 10 vocal renditions / firstly banter / Are you Lonesome Tonight / Please Believe Me / Danny Boy / “..we wish we didn’t have to say goodnight..” song TBC / Shine on Harvest Moon / “..how wonderful to know..” song TBC / “..in love with you.” TBC / April Showers / banter / Sailin’ up the Clyde / banter / Stop yer Ticklin’ Jock / farewell banter;

B) 6 song set, “DECEMBER 31, 1983 COMMUNITY PROGRAMS DANNY TONER”, intro song TBC / We’ll Meet Again (with banter) “..what’re you waitin’ for..” song TBC (with banter) / Auld Lang Syne (sing along) / Danny Boy / Please Believe Me (with vocal, and dedicated to a best friend, Don?) [NB: excluded beforehand is a test in spoken word presumably shortly prior to the ’83 set where Dan is reading from a letter or draft regarding a visit and stay until the Tuesday as work starts on the Wednesday (including bringing the wine); New Year was of course on the Sat. of that 1983.]

NOTES

Digitised using Denon Precision Audio Technology / Stereo Cassette Deck DR-M12HX (at default settings with no effects; output level to 3) and transferred via a PreSonus AudioBox 22VSL pre-amp with both inputs set reasonably high: to a Macbook (through USB) using Audacity software for recording onto 2-channel stereo; exported to mp3 with no software correction (unless noted).

A basic mobile’s low-res camera is used for JPEGs.

[Uploaded by ‘My 1 1/78s’; related to My 78s] / Tape cassettes are then numbered, temporarily crayoned, onto the tops of the tapes and - if or where found - their original or given covers.  Unknown titles to be confirmed (where marked TBC) or relayed from any kind reviewers' help.