Scan Tester - Revision history

Chris Partington at 22:00, 16 February 2022

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	== Discography ==		== Discography ==

	* I Never Played to Many Posh Dances (LP)\|I Never Played to Many Posh Dances]] (double LP), [[Topic Records]] 2/TS455/6 (1990)		* I Never Played to Many Posh Dances (LP)\|I Never Played to Many Posh Dances]] (double LP), [[Topic Records]] 2/TS455/6 (1990) ''Topic records reissued it as an expanded and remastered CD'' - [http://www.topicrecords.co.uk/?p=832 I Never Played to Many Posh Dances] TSCD581D ''Transcriptions in ABC Notation and PDF of the tracks on this record are here -'' [http://www.cpartington.plus.com/Links/Scan%20Tester/ScanTesterABC.html website]
	Topic records reissued it as an expanded and remastered CD [http://www.topicrecords.co.uk/?p=832 I Never Played to Many Posh Dances] TSCD581D
	Transcriptions in ABC Notation and PDF of the tracks on this record are here - [http://www.cpartington.plus.com/Links/Scan%20Tester/ScanTesterABC.html website]

	* The Man in the Moon [http://folktrax-archive.org/menus/cassprogs/085.htm] Peter Kennedy's Folktrax tape FTX-085		* The Man in the Moon 'Scan Tester - Sussex Band Concertina & Bandonion' [http://folktrax-archive.org/menus/cassprogs/085.htm] Peter Kennedy's Folktrax tape FTX-085
	~~'Scan Tester - Sussex Band Concertina & Bandonion'~~

	* Tracks on the [[Topic Records]] 20 CD set, "[[The Voice of the People]]":		* Tracks on the [[Topic Records]] 20 CD set, "[[The Voice of the People]]":

Chris Partington: Formatting

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Formatting

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	== Discography ==		== Discography ==

	~~Scan Tester, [[~~I Never Played to Many Posh Dances (LP)\|I Never Played to Many Posh Dances]] (double LP), [[Topic Records]] 2/TS455/6 (1990)		* I Never Played to Many Posh Dances (LP)\|I Never Played to Many Posh Dances]] (double LP), [[Topic Records]] 2/TS455/6 (1990)
	~~Transcriptions in ABC Notation of the tracks on this record are here - [http://www.cpartington.plus.com/Links/Scan%20Tester/ScanTesterABC.html website]~~

	Topic records reissued it as an expanded and remastered CD [http://www.topicrecords.co.uk/?p=832 I Never Played to Many Posh Dances] TSCD581D		Topic records reissued it as an expanded and remastered CD [http://www.topicrecords.co.uk/?p=832 I Never Played to Many Posh Dances] TSCD581D
			Transcriptions in ABC Notation and PDF of the tracks on this record are here - [http://www.cpartington.plus.com/Links/Scan%20Tester/ScanTesterABC.html website]

	[http://folktrax-archive.org/menus/cassprogs/085.htm ~~The Man in the Moon~~]		* The Man in the Moon [http://folktrax-archive.org/menus/cassprogs/085.htm] Peter Kennedy's Folktrax tape FTX-085
	'Scan' Tester - Sussex Band Concertina & Bandonion' ~~Peter Kennedy's Folktrax tape FTX-085~~		'Scan Tester - Sussex Band Concertina & Bandonion'

	Tracks on the [[Topic Records]] 20 CD set, "[[The Voice of the People]]":		* Tracks on the [[Topic Records]] 20 CD set, "[[The Voice of the People]]":
	*[[While Shepherds Watch Their Flocks By Night]] - [[You Lazy Lot of Bone-Shakers\|Volume 16]] Track 16		''While Shepherds Watch Their Flocks By Night'' - [[You Lazy Lot of Bone-Shakers\|Volume 16]] Track 16
	*[[The Lakes of Coalflin]] - [[O'er His Grave the Grass Grew Green\|Volume 3]] Track 02		''The Lakes of Coalflin'' - [[O'er His Grave the Grass Grew Green\|Volume 3]] Track 02
	*[[Untitled Schottische]] - [[First I'm Going to Sing You a Ditty\|Volume 7]] Track 03		''Untitled Schottische'' - [[First I'm Going to Sing You a Ditty\|Volume 7]] Track 03
	*[[Jenny Lind]] - [[Rig-a-Jig-Jig\|Volume 9]] Track 01		''Jenny Lind'' - [[Rig-a-Jig-Jig\|Volume 9]] Track 01
	*[[In and Out The Windows]] / [[The Monkey Hornpipe]] - [[Rig-a-Jig-Jig\|Volume 9]] Track 07		''In and Out The Windows / The Monkey Hornpipe' - [[Rig-a-Jig-Jig\|Volume 9]] Track 07
	*[[Untitled Polka]] - [[Rig-a-Jig-Jig\|Volume 9]] Track 13		''Untitled Polka'' - [[Rig-a-Jig-Jig\|Volume 9]] Track 13
	*[[Untitled Schottische]] - [[Rig-a-Jig-Jig\|Volume 9]] Track 02		''Untitled Schottische'' - [[Rig-a-Jig-Jig\|Volume 9]] Track 02

	== Bibliography ==		== Bibliography ==

Chris Partington at 13:19, 14 February 2022

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	* [http://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/tester.htm Rod and Danny Stradling, Scan Tester - 1887-1972: Sussex musician, stepdancer and singer], Musical Traditions article MT011, October 2002.		* [http://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/tester.htm Rod and Danny Stradling, Scan Tester - 1887-1972: Sussex musician, stepdancer and singer], Musical Traditions article MT011, October 2002.
	* [http://www.cpartington.plus.com/Links/Scan%20Tester/ScanTesterABC.html Transcriptions in ABC format from the playing of Scan Tester and Bill Gorringe].		* [http://www.cpartington.plus.com/Links/Scan%20Tester/ScanTesterABC.html Transcriptions in ABC format from the playing of Scan Tester and Bill Gorringe].


			To [[English Traditional Players]]

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Chris Partington at 16:45, 12 May 2017

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	Scan Tester, [[I Never Played to Many Posh Dances (LP)\|I Never Played to Many Posh Dances]] (double LP), [[Topic Records]] 2/TS455/6 (1990)		Scan Tester, [[I Never Played to Many Posh Dances (LP)\|I Never Played to Many Posh Dances]] (double LP), [[Topic Records]] 2/TS455/6 (1990)
	Transcriptions in ABC Notation of the tracks on this record are here - http://www.cpartington.plus.com/Links/Scan%20Tester/ScanTesterABC.html		Transcriptions in ABC Notation of the tracks on this record are here - [http://www.cpartington.plus.com/Links/Scan%20Tester/ScanTesterABC.html website]

	Topic records reissued it as an expanded and remastered CD [http://www.topicrecords.co.uk/?p=832 I Never Played to Many Posh Dances] TSCD581D		Topic records reissued it as an expanded and remastered CD [http://www.topicrecords.co.uk/?p=832 I Never Played to Many Posh Dances] TSCD581D
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	* [http://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/tester2.htm Vic Smith, Scan Tester: The Reg Hall BBC Radio Sussex interviews], Musical Traditions article MT214, April 2008.		* [http://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/tester2.htm Vic Smith, Scan Tester: The Reg Hall BBC Radio Sussex interviews], Musical Traditions article MT214, April 2008.
	* [http://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/tester.htm Rod and Danny Stradling, Scan Tester - 1887-1972: Sussex musician, stepdancer and singer], Musical Traditions article MT011, October 2002.		* [http://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/tester.htm Rod and Danny Stradling, Scan Tester - 1887-1972: Sussex musician, stepdancer and singer], Musical Traditions article MT011, October 2002.
	* [http://www.cpartington.plus.com/~~links~~/~~ChrisPartingtonsLinksPage~~.html Transcriptions in ABC format from the playing of Scan Tester and Bill Gorringe].		* [http://www.cpartington.plus.com/Links/Scan%20Tester/ScanTesterABC.html Transcriptions in ABC format from the playing of Scan Tester and Bill Gorringe].

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Chris Partington at 16:43, 12 May 2017

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	Scan Tester, [[I Never Played to Many Posh Dances (LP)\|I Never Played to Many Posh Dances]] (double LP), [[Topic Records]] 2/TS455/6 (1990)		Scan Tester, [[I Never Played to Many Posh Dances (LP)\|I Never Played to Many Posh Dances]] (double LP), [[Topic Records]] 2/TS455/6 (1990)
			Transcriptions in ABC Notation of the tracks on this record are here - http://www.cpartington.plus.com/Links/Scan%20Tester/ScanTesterABC.html

	Topic records reissued it as an expanded and remastered CD [http://www.topicrecords.co.uk/?p=832 I Never Played to Many Posh Dances] TSCD581D		Topic records reissued it as an expanded and remastered CD [http://www.topicrecords.co.uk/?p=832 I Never Played to Many Posh Dances] TSCD581D

Chris Partington: fixed broken link

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	* [http://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/tester2.htm Vic Smith, Scan Tester: The Reg Hall BBC Radio Sussex interviews], Musical Traditions article MT214, April 2008.		* [http://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/tester2.htm Vic Smith, Scan Tester: The Reg Hall BBC Radio Sussex interviews], Musical Traditions article MT214, April 2008.
	* [http://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/tester.htm Rod and Danny Stradling, Scan Tester - 1887-1972: Sussex musician, stepdancer and singer], Musical Traditions article MT011, October 2002.		* [http://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/tester.htm Rod and Danny Stradling, Scan Tester - 1887-1972: Sussex musician, stepdancer and singer], Musical Traditions article MT011, October 2002.
	* [http://www.cpartington.plus.com/links/~~Scan%20Tester%20ABC~~.html Transcriptions in ABC format from the playing of Scan Tester and Bill Gorringe].		* [http://www.cpartington.plus.com/links/ChrisPartingtonsLinksPage.html Transcriptions in ABC format from the playing of Scan Tester and Bill Gorringe].

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Chris Partington: Added links to CD re-release, Folktrax tape, and ABCresource

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Added links to CD re-release, Folktrax tape, and ABCresource

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	== Discography ==		== Discography ==

	Scan Tester, [[I Never Played to Many Posh Dances (LP)\|I Never Played to Many Posh Dances]] (double LP), [[Topic Records]] 2/TS455/6 (1990)		Scan Tester, [[I Never Played to Many Posh Dances (LP)\|I Never Played to Many Posh Dances]] (double LP), [[Topic Records]] 2/TS455/6 (1990)

			Topic records reissued it as an expanded and remastered CD [http://www.topicrecords.co.uk/?p=832 I Never Played to Many Posh Dances] TSCD581D

			[http://folktrax-archive.org/menus/cassprogs/085.htm The Man in the Moon]
			'Scan' Tester - Sussex Band Concertina & Bandonion' Peter Kennedy's Folktrax tape FTX-085

	Tracks on the [[Topic Records]] 20 CD set, "[[The Voice of the People]]":		Tracks on the [[Topic Records]] 20 CD set, "[[The Voice of the People]]":
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	* [http://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/tester2.htm Vic Smith, Scan Tester: The Reg Hall BBC Radio Sussex interviews], Musical Traditions article MT214, April 2008.		* [http://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/tester2.htm Vic Smith, Scan Tester: The Reg Hall BBC Radio Sussex interviews], Musical Traditions article MT214, April 2008.
	* [http://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/tester.htm Rod and Danny Stradling, Scan Tester - 1887-1972: Sussex musician, stepdancer and singer], Musical Traditions article MT011, October 2002.		* [http://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/tester.htm Rod and Danny Stradling, Scan Tester - 1887-1972: Sussex musician, stepdancer and singer], Musical Traditions article MT011, October 2002.
			* [http://www.cpartington.plus.com/links/Scan%20Tester%20ABC.html Transcriptions in ABC format from the playing of Scan Tester and Bill Gorringe].

	[[Category:Musician]]		[[Category:Musician]]

JohnnyAdams at 18:04, 6 June 2008

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	* [http://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/tester2.htm Vic Smith, Scan Tester: The Reg Hall BBC Radio Sussex interviews], Musical Traditions article MT214, April 2008.		* [http://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/tester2.htm Vic Smith, Scan Tester: The Reg Hall BBC Radio Sussex interviews], Musical Traditions article MT214, April 2008.
	* [http://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/tester.htm Rod and Danny Stradling, Scan Tester - 1887-1972: Sussex musician, stepdancer and singer], Musical Traditions article MT011, October 2002.		* [http://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/tester.htm Rod and Danny Stradling, Scan Tester - 1887-1972: Sussex musician, stepdancer and singer], Musical Traditions article MT011, October 2002.

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Bibliography

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	== Bibliography ==		== Bibliography ==
	Reg Hall, [[I Never Played to Many Posh Dances (book)\|I Never Played to Many Posh Dances]], Musical Traditions, 1990.		Reg Hall, [[I Never Played to Many Posh Dances (book)\|I Never Played to Many Posh Dances]], Musical Traditions, 1990.<br />
			available online at http://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/r_hall.htm

	== External links ==		== External links ==
	* [http://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/tester2.htm Vic Smith, Scan Tester: The Reg Hall BBC Radio Sussex interviews], Musical Traditions article MT214, April 2008.		* [http://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/tester2.htm Vic Smith, Scan Tester: The Reg Hall BBC Radio Sussex interviews], Musical Traditions article MT214, April 2008.
	* [http://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/tester.htm Rod and Danny Stradling, Scan Tester - 1887-1972: Sussex musician, stepdancer and singer], Musical Traditions article MT011, October 2002.		* [http://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/tester.htm Rod and Danny Stradling, Scan Tester - 1887-1972: Sussex musician, stepdancer and singer], Musical Traditions article MT011, October 2002.

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	'''Lewis ‘Scan’ Tester:''' was born on 7 September 1886 at Chelwood Common, [[Sussex]].  He grew up in a public house when his father took ''The Green Man'' at Horsted Keynes and it was there that he learned many of the tunes that were to form part of his superb repertoire.		'''Lewis ‘Scan’ Tester''', Sussex concertina-player, fiddler, step-dancer and singer, 1886-1972.

			Scan was born on 7 September 1886 at Chelwood Common, [[Sussex]].  He grew up in a public house when his father took ''The Green Man'' at Horsted Keynes and it was there that he learned many of the tunes that were to form part of his superb repertoire.

	The main family business was brick making with brickfields at Horsted Keynes and Newick and as a young man, at a time when life was far from easy, Scan recalls walking six miles to work in the brick-fields to earn a wage of four pence an hour, but the walking didn’t last too long as he asked for and got an extra half-penny an hour and hired a bicycle.  To further supplement their income the family also hawked fish round the local farms and cottages.		The main family business was brick making with brickfields at Horsted Keynes and Newick and as a young man, at a time when life was far from easy, Scan recalls walking six miles to work in the brick-fields to earn a wage of four pence an hour, but the walking didn’t last too long as he asked for and got an extra half-penny an hour and hired a bicycle.  To further supplement their income the family also hawked fish round the local farms and cottages.

	Scan was an acknowledged master of the Anglo-Concertina and was also an accomplished fiddler and step-dancer in his younger years and a wonderful raconteur.  He was also a good, though infrequent, singer.  Scan had two brothers who both played [[concertina]] and so it was perhaps almost inevitable that he should also adopt the instrument.  In the late summer he and his elder brother used to go hop picking at Iden Green in Kent and here they would spend the evenings playing their instruments to entertain the ‘hoppers’.  Scan recalls that they earned their keep by playing and only drew their picking money at the end of the season.  Step dancing was a popular pastime and both the brothers became expert at the stepping and the playing.		Scan was an acknowledged master of the Anglo-Concertina and was also an accomplished fiddler and step-dancer in his younger years and a wonderful raconteur.  He was also a good, though infrequent, singer.  Scan had two brothers who both played [[concertina]] and so it was perhaps almost inevitable that he should also adopt the instrument.  In the late summer he and his elder brother used to go hop picking at Iden Green in Kent and here they would spend the evenings playing their instruments to entertain the ‘hoppers’.  Scan recalls that they earned their keep by playing and only drew their picking money at the end of the season.  [[Step dancing]] was a popular pastime and both the brothers became expert at the stepping and the playing.

	After Scan married, his music became a popular part of Sussex life with the formation of his own band comprising himself on concertina and fiddle, his wife on the drums, their daughter on the piano and his two brothers also on concertinas with the eldest doubling up on clarinet.  They played for dances at all the local villages performing polkas, waltzes, quadrilles, the ~~Valeta~~ and the Lancers.  The same line up also played under the name of ''Tester’s Imperial Jazz Band''.		After Scan married, his music became a popular part of Sussex life with the formation of his own band comprising himself on concertina and fiddle, his wife on the drums, their daughter [[Daisy Sherlock\|Daisy]] on the piano and his two brothers also on concertinas with the eldest doubling up on clarinet.  They played for dances at all the local villages performing polkas, waltzes, quadrilles, the [[Veleta]] and the [[Lancers]].  The same line up also played under the name of ''Tester’s Imperial Jazz Band''.

	Scan spent all his working and musical life around Horsted Keynes although in his latter days he did make occasional trips in the company of Reg Hall to ''The Fox'' at Islington and ''The Bedford'' at Camden Town.  He also guested at the Keele Folk Festival - forerunner of The National Festival, and was an occasional visitor to numerous folk clubs and festivals.  As the folk revival developed during the early 1960s and Scan’s fame grew, numerous musicians came to visit and listen to a master musician.		Scan spent all his working and musical life around Horsted Keynes although in his latter days he did make occasional trips in the company of [[Reg Hall]] to ''The Fox'' at Islington and ''The Bedford'' at Camden Town.  He also guested at the [[Keele Folk Festival]] - forerunner of [[National Folk Music Festival\|The National Festival]], and was an occasional visitor to numerous folk clubs and festivals.  As the folk revival developed during the early 1960s and Scan’s fame grew, numerous musicians came to visit and listen to a master musician.

	Scan died, aged 85, on 7 May 1972 at Horsted Keynes where he had spent virtually his entire life.		Scan died, aged 85, on 7 May 1972 at Horsted Keynes where he had spent virtually his entire life.

	For more detailed account of Scan’s life see Reg Hall’s wonderful book ''I Never Played to Many Posh Dances'' published by Musical Traditions, ~~1992~~.		For more detailed account of Scan’s life see Reg Hall’s wonderful book ''[[I Never Played to Many Posh Dances (book)\|I Never Played to Many Posh Dances]]'' published by Musical Traditions, 1990.

			== Discography ==
			Scan Tester, [[I Never Played to Many Posh Dances (LP)\|I Never Played to Many Posh Dances]] (double LP), [[Topic Records]] 2/TS455/6 (1990)

			Tracks on the [[Topic Records]] 20 CD set, "[[The Voice of the People]]":
			*[[While Shepherds Watch Their Flocks By Night]] - [[You Lazy Lot of Bone-Shakers\|Volume 16]] Track 16
			*[[The Lakes of Coalflin]] - [[O'er His Grave the Grass Grew Green\|Volume 3]] Track 02
			*[[Untitled Schottische]] - [[First I'm Going to Sing You a Ditty\|Volume 7]] Track 03
			*[[Jenny Lind]] - [[Rig-a-Jig-Jig\|Volume 9]] Track 01
			*[[In and Out The Windows]] / [[The Monkey Hornpipe]] - [[Rig-a-Jig-Jig\|Volume 9]] Track 07
			*[[Untitled Polka]] - [[Rig-a-Jig-Jig\|Volume 9]] Track 13
			*[[Untitled Schottische]] - [[Rig-a-Jig-Jig\|Volume 9]] Track 02

			== Bibliography ==
			Reg Hall, [[I Never Played to Many Posh Dances (book)\|I Never Played to Many Posh Dances]], Musical Traditions, 1990.

	--~~[[User~~:~~RodStradling\|RodStradling~~]~~] 16:46~~, ~~26 March 2007 (BST)~~		== External links ==
			* [http://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/tester2.htm Vic Smith, Scan Tester: The Reg Hall BBC Radio Sussex interviews], Musical Traditions article MT214, April 2008.
			* [http://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/tester.htm Rod and Danny Stradling, Scan Tester - 1887-1972: Sussex musician, stepdancer and singer], Musical Traditions article MT011, October 2002.