My Field Recordings from Across the Planet

David Attenborough

Album cover of My Field Recordings from Across the Planet by David Attenborough

Album Title: My Field Recordings from Across the Planet

Artist(s): David Attenborough

Year: 2018

Genre(s)/Style(s): Folk, World, Other

Track Listing:

  1. David Attenborough’s Introduction
  2. Three Balanges And Chorus Of Women With Iron Rattles
  3. Solo Balange And Drum
  4. Za-Za Solo
  5. Za-Za And Triangle With Singer & Chorus
  6. Bundu Society Dance
  7. Dance Of Welcome Of The Bullon Tribe
  8. Snatch Of Song Accompanied By The Quindina
  9. Bone Flute 1
  10. Bone Flute 2
  11. Hallelujah Chant
  12. Gamelan Orchestra
  13. Kris Dance
  14. The Djoged
  15. Gender Wayang
  16.  Kebiar
  17. Tjapung Gangtuk, Jaws Harp Solo
  18. Genggong Music 1
  19. Genggong Music 2
  20. Flute Solo
  21. Suling Suralaya (Celestial Flutes)
  22. Dyak Marriage Celebration (Men’s Dance)
  23. Gambus Solo
  24. Gambus Duet
  25. Dyak Marriage Celebrations (Women Singing)
  26. Dyak Funeral Gongs
  27. Porters Singing
  28. David Attenborough’s Conclusion
  29. David Attenborough’s Introduction
  30. Guira Campana (The Bell Bird)
  31. Malvita
  32. Iguazu
  33. La Llegada (The Arrival)
  34. La Viega Casa (The Old House)
  35. Ndeve -Guarnte
  36. Lucerito Alba (Little White Star)
  37. Ne Rendápe Aju (I Come To You)
  38. Campo Cerbo Leone
  39. Galopera
  40. Panambi Vera
  41. The Lament Of My Guitar
  42. Tres de Mayo (Third Of May)
  43. Meke (Dance)
  44. Tau Lunga
  45. Nose Flute Trio
  46. Sitting Dance
  47. Meke
  48. Taralala (Colonel Bogey)
  49. Calling The Turtle
  50. Land-Diving Songs 1
  51. Land-Diving Songs 2
  52. Two Valihas
  53. Three Valihas
  54. Merina Tribe Retournement Ceremony
  55. Walbiri Tribe Blooding Ceremony
  56. Bull-Roarer
  57. Bull-Roarer And Chant
  58. Gunavidi Tribe
  59. Burada Tribe – Yurlunggur Song
  60. David Attenborough’s Conclusion

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Liner, Listening & Album Notes:

Liner notes:

This 2CD set is a compilation of original field recordings made by David Attenborough between 1954 and 1963. He travelled to remote parts of the world to find and film exotic animals for the BBC television series Zoo Quest. But he was just as interested in the people he met and their music. Whenever he came across musicians, out came his early portable tape machine . “While I was theoretically looking for pythons, in the evenings I would record different types of music..”

The recordings have been in the BBC’s Sound Archive ever since and this is the first time they’ve been made available on CD. This collection features more than 50 recordings of traditional music from Sierra Leone, Paraguay, Madagascar, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Pacific Islands and northern Australia. With an extensive booklet drawing on David Attenborough’s experiences compiled and with notes by BBC Producer Julian May, and stunning original photographs of the recording sessions.

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