John Pearce

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I have only one example of the work of these two members of the English Folk Dance and Song Society, although I know that John Pearce also wrote "how to play" series on folk, blues and dulcimer (with accompanying gramaphone records).

see Songs Miss Pringle never taught us at
http://www.folktrax.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/menus/cassprogs/219.htm
Here are the more "earthy" songs for both male and female voices. Frank PURSLOW & John PEARSE - Frank selected the songs, neglected by educationalists, that had been noted by George Gardiner, the Hammond brothers and Cecil Sharp. They come mainly from the Hampshire area. John provided the accompaniment on guitar, lute, banjo & mandolin, and Frank sang and played both recorder & drum. Recorded by Peter Kennedy at Cecil Sharp House, London in 1959

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Albums

	T I T L E	DATE	LABEL	REFERENCE	TYPE
RAP-A-TAP-TAP Frank Purslow & John Pearce		1960	Folklore	F-LEUT-1	LP

01    Rap A Tap Tap 02    The Bold Astrologer 03    The Tailors Breeches 04    Monday Morning 05    The Bunch of Nuts 06    Blow the Candle Out 07    The Butcher and the Parson 08    The Crabfish 09    The Bosun and the Tailor 10    The Friar in the Well 11    The Squire and the Chambermaid 12    Rag Fair 13    Rambleaway _young 14    The Sailors Frolic 15    The Sailor Cut Down 16    Whistle Daughter Whistle 17    Chilbridge Fair 18    The Shoemakers Kiss

A recording from The English Folk Dance and Song Society, with notes inserted in the record sleeve. John Pearce (and Frank Purslow?) plays guitar, banjo, mandolin, recorder. This album is subtitled English Folk Songs Miss Pringle Never Taught Us and deals with the erotic in English Folksong. For similar albums, see A Bird In The Bush and Down Among the Barley Straw.

The dulcimer LP cover      

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