Albert Ramsbottom, Sam Small and Others: English Dialect Readings with Wallace House
date: label: Date
content: 1954
name: label: producer
content: Asch, Moses
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content: House, Wallace
notes: label: Notes
content: Program notes ([2] p. : port. ; 28 cm.) inserted in container. Performer(s): Recited by Wallace House with guitar acc.
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content: Wallace House (1900 - 1983), singer, actor and dramatic arts professor at New York University, was born in England, although the family moved to Canada when Wallace was nine years old. His English background and more recent study of the various English dialects enabled him to perform with authenticity these dialect readings - essentially poems - all but two of which were written by poet Marriot Edgar (1880 - 1951). Marriot Edgar is best known for the English dialect monologues he wrote for actor/comedian Stanley Holloway (1890 - 1982), who recorded most of the readings presented here back in the 1930's. (Holloway later achieved lasting fame on Broadway and in Hollywood through his portrayal of the father of Eliza Doolittle in the hit musical "My Fair Lady.") Liner notes provide a complete transcription of the monologues, along with a brief biography of Wallace House, who recorded a total of eight albums for Folkways Records.
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content: Recorded in: New York, United States.
label: Table of contents
content: Albert and the lion (3:26) --Return of Albert (3:32) --Albert and the 'eadsman (3:23) --Runcorn Ferry (3:55) --Jubilee sov'rin (3:06) --Goalkeeper Joe (3:19) --Little Aggie (3:15) --Night before Waterloo (3:13) --Marksman Sam (3:30) --'Alt, 'oo goes theer? (3:08) --The Magna Charter (3:19) --Battle of Hastings (3:17) --Gunner Joe (3:13) --Three 'appence a foot (3:47)
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content: 101 Albert and Lion
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content: 102 The Return of Albert
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content: 103 Albert and the Eadsman
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content: 104 Runcorn Ferry
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content: 105 The Jubilee Sov'rin
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content: 106 Goalkeeper Joe
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content: 201 Little Aggie
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content: 202 The Night Before Waterloo
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content: 203 Marksman Sam
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content: 204 'Alt, 'Ooo Goes Theer"
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content: 205 The Magna Charter
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content: 206 The Battle of Hastings
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content: 207 Gunner Joe
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content: 208 Three 'Appence a Foot
label: Repository Loc.
content: Smithsonian Institution, Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, 600 Maryland Ave., S.W., Suite 2001, Washington, D.C. 20024. Call 202-633-7322 for appointment. Fax: 202-633-7019. Email: rinzlerarchives@si.edu
place: label: Place
content: United States
label: Place
content: New York
topic: label: Topic
content: Spoken word
culture: label: Culture
content: Americans
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content: Moses and Frances Asch Collection, 1939-1986 228428
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
identifier: label: Local number
content: Folkways.99
label: Local number
content: FW-ASCH-LP-0097
objectType: label: Type
content: Musical sound recordings
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only
physicalDescription: label: Physical description
content: 1 phonograph record : analog, 33 1/3 rpm ; 12 in