Proper Job

Bob Cann: Proper Job - Melodeon playing from Dartmoor 1952-1988, Veteran VT138CD (1999)

CD featuring Dartmoor melodeon player Bob Cann, with his grandson Mark Bazeley on several tracks. The recordings on the CD were made between 1952 and 1978, with 6 tracks (15 tunes) taken from 1950s recordings in the BBC archives. Other tracks are taken from live and studio recordings made in the 1970s (including some from the Topic LP West Country Melodeon, through to 9 tracks recorded by John Howson two years before Bob's death, aged 74, in 1990.

Tracklist

1. Schottische Hornpipe / Schottische
2. Heel and Toe Polka / Seven Step Polka / /Uncle Jim’s Polka
3. Stepdance tunes: Uncle George’s Hornpipe / Schottische Hornpipe / Tommy Roberts’ Hornpipe
4. Harry Chubb’s Hornpipe / The Cokey Hornpipe
5. Cross Hands Country Dance / Uncle George’s Jig / Uncle Jim’s Waltz / Kestor Rock
6. Polka: Climbing up the Golden Stairs
7. Woodland Flowers / Uncle Jim’s Barndance
8. Lyrinka
9. Ford Farm Reel / Cornish Quickstep
10. Smash the Windows / New Rigged Ship
11. The Stein Song - with Mark Bazeley, concertina
12. Morpeth Rant - with Mark Bazeley, concertina
13. Irish Waltzes - with Mark Bazeley, melodeon
14. Ripple of the Teign - with Mark Bazeley, concertina
15. To-Tore - with Mark Bazeley, melodeon
16. Uncle Jim’s (When Daylight Shines)
17. Barn Dance - with Mark Bazeley, concertina
18. Family Waltzes - with Mark Bazeley, melodeon
19. Stepdance to Uncle George’s Hornpipe with Mark Bazeley, melodeon
20. The Primrose Polka
21. Family Jig
22. Harry Gidley’s Waltz
23. Dorsetshire Hornpipe
24. Hot Punch / Uncle’s Jig
25. Uncle George’s Hornpipe played on Oscar Woods’ melodeon
26. Manchester Hornpipe with Jim Small, mouthorgan and Ray Andrews, banjo
27. Uncle George’s Waltz with Charlie Bate, piano accordion
28. Dartmoor stepdancing with Charlie Bate, piano accordion