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Thread #145806 Message #3375141
Posted By: Gibb Sahib
11-Jul-12 - 11:59 PM
Thread Name: Lloyd & MacColl's Sea Song LPs
Subject: RE: Lloyd & MacColl's Sea Song LPs
OK! Here are my updated notes on A Sailor's Garland (1962).
Not unsurprisingly, at this point there is a great influence of Hugill's work on the performers.
Haul Away for Rosie MacColl. Seems based in Hugill SfSS, but melody is reinterpreted. Major (Ionian) becomes Mixolydian.
Tom's Gone to Hilo MacColl. From Hugill SfSS.
Sally Brown Lloyd. From Sharp (1914). However, this was also in Hugill SfSS, and without any other indication that he'd used Sharp's collection, I'd guess he got in from Hugill. (Damn, his added "n***er" lines seems to me uncalled for.)
Hilo Somebody Lloyd. A synthesis of Terry and Hugill SfSS.
Little Sally Racket This time led by MacColl. Like Lloyd's on earlier album, but sung in ametrical style where the soloist keeps coming in early after the choruses.
Gal with the Blue Dress On Lloyd. From Hugill SfSS
Bring 'em Down Lloyd. Evidently adapted from Jekyl's collection of Jamaican songs. See here: http://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=121396
Hilo John Brown MacColl. After Terry, with additions and mis-readings of score.
General Taylor Lloyd. Originally appeared in Sharp, but was reproduced in Hugill SfSS, which is probably where they found ir.