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Thread #126347   Message #2910825
Posted By: Gibb Sahib
20-May-10 - 05:13 PM
Thread Name: From SF to Sydney - 1853 Shanties Sung?
Subject: RE: From SF to Sydney - 1853 Shanties Sung?
Just FYI a kind Dutchman just posted up excerpts of Stan Hugill's performances at Workum in 1990. (I know that much of this was already up, on Joe Stead's YouTube, but these are a bit more complete.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQu7YHAYEfk

The first excerpt reminds me again of the "South Australia issue" -- Hugill's performance here owes much to the "Nancy Blair" revival version (which may have been largely influenced by he version in Doerflinger). The melody is unlike what he gives in his own book -- and which I've never heard performed.