The Seaton Snook Smallpipes Tunes

by Peter Falconer

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An album of tunes for the Northumbrian smallpipes, from the town of Seaton Snook, UK.

“The album is beautifully played, and the whole project is an extraordinary feat of either meticulous research or fevered invention… or, more likely, a bit of both.” - Bob Fischer, Fortean Times

Includes the 18 tunes collected by Robson Booth, and 5 bonus tracks.

Each album purchase comes with a pdf of explanatory notes on each tune and images from the Seaton Snook archive, when you download the album as a zip file.

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1.	Lenten Tempo 00:24	buy track
2.	Sumer Tempo 00:18	buy track
3.	Harvest Tempo 00:22	buy track
4.	Winter Tempo 00:24	buy track
5.	Harrison's Rant 01:24	buy track
6.	Rabbit Hills 01:03	buy track
7.	Poor Auld Nellie 00:45	buy track
8.	Dorothea 01:37	buy track
9.	Jimmy's Jig 01:14	buy track
10.	Hay From Crosby's 01:06	buy track
11.	Stinting 01:14	buy track
12.	Cocklewomen 01:59	buy track
13.	Watch Where You're Shooting, Jimmy Walls 01:26	buy track
14.	Lend Us a Tab 01:42	buy track
15.	The Wallering Coble 01:08	buy track
16.	Fetching Up the Watter 01:27	buy track
17.	Timon's Getting Married! 01:22	buy track
18.	Untitled Air 00:26	buy track
19.	Bonus: The Crofter with Sumer Tempo 00:59	buy track
20.	Bonus: Fred Foster practising Timon's Getting Married 00:22	buy track
21.	Bonus: Dorothy 00:39	buy track
22.	Viola Loop Tape 1 02:04	buy track
23.	Viola Loop Tape 2 02:58	buy track

about

These tunes for the Northumbrian smallpipes were found at the back of books donated to Hartlepool Library by composer Robson Booth shortly before his death in 1967.

They are played here by the archivist, Peter Falconer, including 5 bonus tracks, explanatory notes on each tune, and images from the Seaton Snook archive.

For more details, please visit What Happened To Seaton Snook? at www.seatonsnook.com. We thank you for your continued support.

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released August 31, 2023

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Peter Falconer England, UK

Composer, Sound Artist, Parafictionalist.

Curator of "What Happened to Seaton Snook?"

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