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You can hear some of Richard's home-recorded music by clicking the links in the Titles column of the table below. Please note that music files are very large and you will have to wait quite a few minutes for each file to download if you have a standard 56K V.90 modem. I give below approximate times based on 5 Kb/second (In fact I tend to get an average of 5.5 Kb/s, so you too might get slightly quicker times. Bear in mind that there is generally less Internet traffic early morning Saturday and Sunday and this is when you could get the best download speed.) The following songs/tunes were recorded at home in Redcar at Christmas 1979.

These are compressed MP3 files requiring a zip programme such as WinZip (available from www.winzip.com) to extract (unzip) them. You should first download them to your hard disk, remembering in which folder you have saved them. Then unzip one and double click it to launch your default media player. If you are unfamiliar with this process, by clicking here, you can see more detailed instructions and examples of the dialogue boxes which will open during a download.

Titles Richard John File Size Download
Gypsy Davy vocal/dulcimer/harmonica whistle 3146 Kb 10½ minutes
High Germany vocal/dulcimer whistle 3009 Kb 10 minutes
Keep that wheel a'turning vocal/spoons harmonica 2225 Kb 7½ minutes
The south wind/Scartaglen Polka harmonica/tambourine/bodhran whistle 2600 Kb   9 minutes
Three jolly rogues of Lynn vocal/dulcimer/tambourine whistle 2450 Kb 8½ minutes
Three Morris tunes harmonica/tambourine/bodhran harmonica 1935 Kb 6½ minutes
Tralee Gaol/Maggie in the wood harmonica/tambourine whistle 1967 Kb 6½ minutes

You will need a media handling programme such as MusicMatch JukeBox, RealOne Player, Sonique, WinAmp etc in order to play these MP3 files. These programmes can all be downloaded for free. Personally I prefer MusicMatch JukeBox, available from www.musicmatch.com and from many other sites.

Alternatively, if you have never installed a media programme, you should find that Windows Media Player (your default and only such programme) immediately launches when you double click the extracted MP3 file.

Please if the download does not work. Please e-mail me anyway if you successfully download and play the files as I need to know whether it is worth my while uploading more - quite a time-consuming business (uploading is even slower than downloading)!


THE CD FROM TENPENNY BIT: "Eight More Bars Please"
released June 2002, with Richard on drums, recorded August 2000 (FR GF 001)

Download the following tracks:

These zipped MP3 tracks can be downloaded in full. Please see above for instructions.

Titles
Type of tune
Playing Time
File Size
Download
La Bastrangue
Reel
2m 13s
1977 Kb
 6½ minutes
Horses Branle
Branle
6m 29s
5971 Kb
20 minutes
Nutting Girl Set
Reels
3m 53s
3562 Kb
12 minutes
Tatter Jack Walsh
Jigs
3m 48s
3483 Kb
11½ minutes
Thomas's farewell
Waltz
3m 49s
3490 Kb
11½ minutes

Click here for details of the CD.
if you want to order the CD.

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