Album AU 1953 on Australian Broadcasting Commission label
World (Aboriginal)
Non-commercial custom pressing of Aboriginal music recorded by Colin Simpson and Raymond Giles for the Australian Broadcasting Commission in 1948. The original recordings were made using a Pyrox wire recorder at various Northern Territory locations, such as Delissaville, Melville Island and Oenpelli, with the latter material recorded during the 1948 American–Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land. The dubbing from wire to master disc took place at the Columbia Graphophone Homebush factory from 1949 to 1950. The actual number of sets made and distributed is not known, with some pressings made specifically for the ABC as preservation and access copies, additional sets, custom pressed for university libraries and collectors, were available to order from the ABC as late as 1956 for £6. It appears that the set was originally Issued by the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC) in 1953 under the title 'Music of the Australian Aborigines'. The set came with Additional explanatory notes written by Sydney University anthropology professor, AP Elkin. A contemporaneous review can be found in 'Journal of the International Folk Music Council', Vol. 5 (1953), p. 95. More information about the recordings can be found in: Marett and Barwick 2011 "Aural Snapshots of Musical Life: The 1948 Recordings". Jones 2014 "The Circle of Songs: Traditional Song and the Musical Score to C. P. Mountford’s Documentary Films"
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Raymond Giles engineer, recording supervisor |
Adolphus Peter Elkin liner notes |
Colin Simpson recorded by |
No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
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1 | Part 1 of 24 Oenpelli | Australian Aborigines | ||
2 | Sea Chant Of The Jiwadja Tribe | Australian Aborigines | ||
3 | Sweetheart Song | Australian Aborigines | ||
4 | Part 2 of 24 Oenpelli | Australian Aborigines | ||
5 | Djauan Tribe Sweetheart Song | Australian Aborigines | ||
6 | Jiwadja Tribe Sea Song | Australian Aborigines | ||
7 | Part 3 of 24 Melville ISL. | Australian Aborigines | ||
8 | The Long Call (mourning) | Australian Aborigines | ||
9 | Part 4 of 24 | Australian Aborigines | ||
10 | The Long Call (mourning) | Australian Aborigines | ||
11 | Delissaville mourning Wogaitj Tribe | Australian Aborigines | ||
12 | Part 5 of 24 Oenpelli | Australian Aborigines | ||
13 | Ubar Drum Didgeridoo | Australian Aborigines | ||
14 | Didgeridoo, Ritual | Australian Aborigines | ||
15 | Part 6 of 24 Oenpelli | Australian Aborigines | ||
16 | Ubar Ritual | Australian Aborigines | ||
17 | Chants | Australian Aborigines | ||
18 | Ubar Drums | Australian Aborigines | ||
19 | Part 7 of 24 The Daly and Fitzmaurice Regions | Australian Aborigines | ||
20 | Tjaradas | Australian Aborigines | ||
21 | Boomerangs | Australian Aborigines | ||
22 | Mindarini Initiations | Australian Aborigines | ||
23 | Sung by a Wogaitj Group | Australian Aborigines | ||
24 | Part 8 of 24 The Daly and Fitzmaurice Regions | Australian Aborigines | ||
25 | Tjaradas | Australian Aborigines | ||
26 | Part 9 of 24 The Daly and Fitzmaurice | Australian Aborigines | ||
27 | Tjarada | Australian Aborigines | ||
28 | Part 10 of 24 The Daly and Fitzmaurice | Australian Aborigines | ||
29 | Tjaradas | Australian Aborigines | ||
30 | Part 11 of 24 Daly and Fitzmaurice | Australian Aborigines | ||
31 | Brinken Song | Australian Aborigines | ||
32 | Part 12 of 24 Daly and Fitzmaurice | Australian Aborigines | ||
33 | Brinken Song | Australian Aborigines | ||
34 | Brinken Song | Australian Aborigines | ||
35 | Brinken Song | Australian Aborigines | ||
36 | Initiation song | Australian Aborigines | ||
37 | Part 13 of 24 Daly and Fitzmaurice | Australian Aborigines | ||
38 | Initiation songs | Australian Aborigines | ||
39 | Part 14 of 24 | Australian Aborigines | ||
40 | Daly and Fitzmaurice Initiation songs | Australian Aborigines | ||
41 | Daly and Fitzmaurice Initiation songs | Australian Aborigines | ||
42 | North Central Clan Songs | Australian Aborigines | ||
43 | Part 15 of 24 North Central | Australian Aborigines | ||
44 | Didgeridoo Solo | Australian Aborigines | ||
45 | Murrian Ceremony Song | Australian Aborigines | ||
46 | Part 16 of 24 North Central | Australian Aborigines | ||
47 | Sacred Songs | Australian Aborigines | ||
48 | Part 17 of 24 Delissaville - Wogaitj Tribe | Australian Aborigines | ||
49 | Wonga or Corroboree | Australian Aborigines | ||
50 | Didgeridoo | Australian Aborigines | ||
51 | Didgeridoo | Australian Aborigines | ||
52 | Part 18 of 24 Delissaville - Wogaitj Tribe | Australian Aborigines | ||
53 | Wonga or Corroboree | Australian Aborigines | ||
54 | Good Didgeridoo | Australian Aborigines | ||
55 | Part 19 of 24 | Australian Aborigines | ||
56 | Wogaitj Mourning Songs | Australian Aborigines | ||
57 | Daly and Fitzmaurice Wonga (Corroboree) | Australian Aborigines | ||
58 | Part 20 of 24 Daly and Fitzmaurice | Australian Aborigines | ||
59 | Wonga (Corroboree) | Australian Aborigines | ||
60 | Part 21 of 24 Delissaville | Australian Aborigines | ||
61 | Songs With Didgeridoo | Australian Aborigines | ||
62 | Part 22 of 24 Delissaville | Australian Aborigines | ||
63 | Songs With Didgeridoo | Australian Aborigines | ||
64 | Part 23 of 24 | Australian Aborigines | ||
65 | Bird life on a swamp on Arnhem Land 1948 | Australian Aborigines | ||
66 | Part 24 of 24 | Australian Aborigines | ||
67 | An Australian Jungle Awaking | Australian Aborigines |