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First requested by a blog visitor, now kindly donated by another, here it is.
Bit of an oddball album is this one, cannot really classify it as Folk, it is more of a "Grandma's favourite" really, with some humour that will appeal to those from, or with knowledge of the great North-East of England, Tyneside etc.
However it does contain music by some renown artists from
the North East
the North East
The High Level Ranters and Four in a Bar for example
so I guess it is "Folky"
so I guess it is "Folky"
The NEWS items are of course many years out of date, you would have to be a Geordie and have lived in the Tyneside area for many years to appreciate the meanings of some items, for example the cost of the METRO rail system which at the time was a scandal of miss-management and
under-estimating, cost the tax payer millions by the time it opened it's first network in 1980.
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7 comments:
Ooohhhh.... interesting
This looks exciting--I may need a guide on the humor.
Nice one Gonzo darling.
Keep them coming
Love and kisses
BoHaG
@BoHaG Hmmmmm, if I don't understand your comments, I'm sure others will get the wrong idea!
A real fun "buffet". Due to the fact that I am living in North Carolina some of the regional humor is elusive but the music is fun and good-natured. Thank you. Sounds like travel in Newcastle is a problem!
@Frank
Yes its the American not understanding the British Humour problem, we are both weird folks in our own ways, but I agree a fun record, even if the recording quality of the live parts was not up to that of the studio parts, certainly listenable. Actually the Newcastle Metro was quite a revelation, large parts of it re-used redundant closed sections of lines, worth checking out Wiki they have a detailed section.
Thank you SO much for this, Gonzo. I was born and raised on Tyneside and this is a real find for me.
The Metro of course was a huge political issue not just because it exceeded budget, but because it put national and regional transport policies on a collision course, or on different tracks, depending on your choice of metaphor...
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