| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 424 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
| Contents |
1. The Beginning -- 2.A Telegram to Hitler -- 3.1936 and All That -- 4. Down to the Sea in Ships -- 5. Working for Auntie -- 6. Bertie Badfruit -- 7. Picture Post and Army Life -- 8. The Singing Englishman -- 9. Croom's Hill -- 10. The English Folk Dance and Song Society -- 11. Ramblers and Bold Miners -- 12. Back to the Beeb -- 13. Writing and Recording in the Fifties -- 14. The Folk Survival of the Fittest -- 15. The Radio Ballads -- 16. The Folk Revival -- 17. The Singing Sixties -- 18. Teaching and Filmmaking -- 19. Fare Thee Well -- 20.A Final Assemblage of Memories |
| Summary |
Folk singer and folk music collector, writer, painter, journalist, art critic, whalerman, sheep station roustabout, Marxist, and much more - this is the story of A.L. (Bert) Lloyd's extraordinary life. A.L. Lloyd played a key part in the folk music revival of the 1950s and 60s, but that is only part of his story. Dave Arthur documents how Lloyd became a member of the Communist Party, forceful antifascist, trade unionist and an important part of left-wing culture from the early 1930s to his death in 1982. Following his return from Australia as a 21-year-old, self-educated agricultural labourer, he was at the heart of the most important left-wing movements and highly respected for his knowledge in various fields. Dave Arthur recounts the life of a creative, passionate and life-loving Marxist, and in so doing provides a social history of a turbulent twentieth century |
| Notes |
Published in association with the English Folk Dance and Song Society |
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Includes notes |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force. WlAbNL |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Lloyd, A. L. (Albert Lancaster), 1908-1982.
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| SUBJECT |
Lloyd, A. L. (Albert Lancaster), 1908-1982 fast |
| Subject |
Folk singers -- England -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Composers & Musicians.
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MUSIC -- Printed Music -- General.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Entertainment & Performing Arts.
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Folk singers
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England
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| Genre/Form |
collective biographies.
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Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781849646703 |
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1849646708 |
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1849646716 |
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9781849646710 |
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0745332528 |
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9780745332529 |
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