Robin Dransfield
1981-1985 Merry Olde England Unissued Radio Broadcasts Collection (M-FM)
1981-08-01 Cherry Hinton, Cambridge, England Cherry Hinton Hall 17th Cambridge Folk Festival (M-FM)
01. --introduction--
02. Fair Maids Of February
03. Fields Of France
1985-09-14 London, England Concert Hall "Folk On 2" (M-FM)
04. Lots Of Little Soldiers
05. --interview--
06. Jezebel Waltz
07. Wasteland
1981-08-xx London, England "Richard Digance & Friends" (M-FM)
08. Banks Of The Sweet Dundee
09. Did You Like The Battle Sir?
10. Fair Maids Of February
11. Fields Of France
Total Time ::: 39:33
Line-up all broadcasts ::: Robin Dransfield - acoustic guitar, vocals.
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TRACKS 1-3 ::: 1981-08-01 Cherry Hinton, Cambridge, UK Cherry Hinton Hall 17th Cambridge Folk Festival
::: EXC stereo off-air FM.
::: Warts: none worth mentioning.
::: Other acts on bill: Waterfall (festival opener - main stage), Bantam Cock with Alan Williams, John Sebastian, Doc Watson, Donovan, Steeleye Span, Dave Swarbrick & Friends, Martin Simpson(?) & many, many more. ::: The 17th Cambridge Folk Festival was 31 July - 2 August 1981. This programme broadcast the following week.
Recording Information ::: FM stereo broadcast -> unknown equipment -> off air master stereo cassette (edited between trax with pause button during recording).
Playback (unknown date) ::: master stereo cassette -> Audition -> flac.
Mastering (2013-06-10) ::: flacs -> TLH -> wav -> Audacity (normalisation to remove DC offset, channel/phase alignment, fades, manual one-at-a-time glitch / dropout / bump / pop / click / dullspot repairs, volume adjustments, NO equalisation) -> CD Wave (track splits) -> Trader's Little Helper -> yer ears.
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TRACKS 4-7 ::: 1985-09-14 Golders Green, London, UK The Hippodrome "Folk On 2" radio programme
::: EXC stereo off-air FM. Check sample for cursury reality checks or short solo celebrations of upcoming bliss.
::: Warts: none worth mentioning.
::: Other acts on this live in concert program: The Oyster Band, Ann Lister (Anonyma), Jez Lowe.
::: 1985-09-14 is the program broadcast date, not the performance date.
Recording Information ::: FM mono broadcast -> unknown equipment (tuner switched to mono) -> off air master mono cassette -> Audition -> flac.
Playback (unknown date) ::: master stereo cassette -> Audition -> flacS.
Mastering (2013-06-13) ::: flacs -> TLH -> wav -> Audacity (normalisation to remove DC offset, channel/phase alignment, fades, manual one-at-a-time glitch / dropout / bump / pop / click / dullspot repairs, volume adjustments, NO equalisation) -> CD Wave (track splits) -> Trader's Little Helper -> yer ears.
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TRACKS 8-11 ::: 1981-08-xx London, UK "Richard Digance & Friends" radio programme
::: Very fine to EXC mono FM.
::: Warts: Few light glitches at start. Other repairs done with varying success but overall a huge improvement on the rough tape. 1 second digi sounding noise at 1:09 in cut 09 actually much improved radio interference.
::: This "Richard Digance & Friends" Programme also featured The Battlefield Band (which I do not have).
Recording Information ::: FM stereo broadcast -> unknown equipment (weak reception - tuner switched to mono) -> off air master mono cassette (edited between trax with pause button during recording) -> Audition -> flac.
Playback (unknown date) ::: master stereo cassette -> Audition -> flac.
Mastering (2013-06-10) ::: flacs -> TLH -> wav -> Audacity (normalisation to remove DC offset, channel/phase alignment, fades, manual one-at-a-time glitch / dropout / bump / pop / click / dullspot repairs, volume adjustments, NO equalisation) -> CD Wave (track splits) -> Trader's Little Helper -> yer ears. First uploaded week of 2013-06-16.
Further mastering notes ::: Seems like the receiver "mono switch" was not entirely true mono, but to save hours of mastering & get a more consistent sound, I mostly used the left channel was used except for some patches as the right channel had some serious jitter.
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Nothing here ever commercially released to my knowledge. If I'm wrong, please advise & I'll take the offending trax offline.
CoolSonics 256 ::: Thanks to the original taper & trader, a most generous DIMER who prefers anonimity. ::: Corrections welcome ::: This fine musician was part of one the most important folk duos in British folk history - along with his brother Barry, they made some of the best trad & crossover records of the past 50 years & Robin has done some fine solo work. His excellent album "Tidewave" from 1980 has recently been reissued on CD re-titled "A Lighter Touch", along with a live concert from '72. While the live CD is likely to be fairly dreadful quality based on previous Medway Folk Club releases, the Topic album is more than worth the sticker price. Here's a taste of the master at work at the Cambridge Folk Festival & a couple of other live concert outings. If you don't know the Dransfields work, it's time to do some research & hunt down some discs. "Fiddler's Dream" will shake almost any folkbent ear, especially if you like it psych-tinged. These live concert recordings are excellent. More work than I anticipated turning these into a collection, but it seemed to make a lot of listening sense, even with the couple of duplicated song selections. Enjoy!
Kudos to Zongo for life support, Lochner for mikes&more & Fast Freddie for runnin' Video Dick's Record Emporium with the bathroom office full of tape decks. Thanks to Hanwaker (few among us can keep his pace). Mountains of gratitude to Davmar, D.White, Sanchez, Elliot, The Florida Kid, Kloiber, Zingg, JTW, Bershaw, Boston Gold, Dixon, Moore, Gough & SO many more for all that collecting & sharing... Royal thanks to The Man In The Palace, Doc Tinker, Brinkhoffs, Barely Eatin', Reel Master Gaule, Parrish & all the traders who housed me thru my music acquisition & travel years. Hats off to Brother Kent, Uncle Jake, Little Queenie (& her neighbor Frank) & his honor Ptomaine Thomas. Glasses raised to Byron for musical horizon expansion & much obliged to J & Thurston for keepin' my concert fires burnin' since my continental shift. Thanks to the Mods for keepin' DIME alive. Enjoy, share, give, spread peace. Yers truly, Knees
Support the artist! Brother Barry's site is at www.barrydransfield.com & has titles featuring Robin. Robin has solo material available, but I can't locate a website.
Do whatever you want with it except sell it, 'cause that ain't cool!