Scan Tester -
'I Never Played To Many Posh Dances (re-issue)'

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' Lewis "Scan" Tester was born in Sussex in 1887 to a musical family. He was something of a prodigy playing from the age of 8 at all sorts of social functions where music was required. While his greatest prowess was on the Anglo-German concertina, he was first rate step-dancer, a fine singer and he also played fiddle, melodeon and tambourine. He was famous in his local area and played almost every weekend at The Stone Quarry Pub for over 40 years. In the mid 1950s, folklorist and musician, Reg Hall met him and invited him to play in his loose-knit band of musicians. Their playing schedule covered the usual pub gigs and private parties and also included a trip to London where Scan played before a full house at the Royal Festival Hall. Game to go anywhere, Scan accepted invitations to clubs and festivals around the country and thus became known and loved by a public beyond his own place and time. Mostly recorded by Reg Hall, these 55 tracks - expanded and remastered from the 1990 vinyl LP - open a window to our musical past.

'Scan Tester: voice, concertina and tambourine, aided by his brother Will and his daughter Daisy and friends on the fiddle, melodeon, mouth organ and piano.

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CD 1

1. SCHOTTISCHE
2. POLKA
3. THE BROOM DANCE
4. THE REEL
5. WALTZ: THE MAN IN THE MOON
6. NO.2 STEP-DANCE
7. SCHOTTISCHE
8. POLKA: THE GIRL I LEFT BEHIND ME
9. PRETTY LITTLE DEAR
10. JIG: THE SEVENTEENTH OF MARCH
11. WEARING OF THE GREEN
12. WALTZ
13. POLKA
14. SCHOTTISCHE
15. POLKA: JENNY LIND
16. THE INDIAN POLKA
17. SONG: THE LAKES OF COALFLIN
18. POLKA
19. POLKA: NOT FOR JOE
20. SEE ME DANCE THE POLKA
21. THE HEEL AND TOE POLKA
22. STEP-DANCE
23. SCHOTTISCHE
24. POLKA
25. NUTLEY WALTZ
26. SCHOTTISCHE
27. NO.1 STEP-DANCE
28. LEARNING THE CONCERTINA
CD 2

1. POLKA
2. ONE-STEP: DOWN ON THE FARM
3. STEP-DANCE
4. STEP-DANCE
5. WHILE SHEPHERDS WATCH THEIR FLOCKS BY NIGHT
6. BARBARA ALLEN
7. THE LAST FIGURE OF THE LANCERS
8. THE BROOK STREET SCHOTTISCHE
9. SCHOTTISCHE
10. WALTZ
11. JIG: THE IRISH WASHERWOMAN
12. STEP-DANCE: THE MONKEY HORNPIPE
13. TWO VERSES of OXFORD CITY
14. TWO VERSES of A WEEK BEFORE EASTER
 15. MARCHES: SCOTLAND THE BRAVE / THE HAPPY WANDERER
16. THE HEEL & TOE POLKA
17. POLKA
18. WALTZ
19. POLKAS: LA RUSSE / McCUSKER'S / JENNY LIND / GOODNIGHT, LADIES
20. THE WALTZ VIENNA
21. SCHOTTISCHE
22. STEP-DANCE
23. No.1 STEP-DANCE
24. SOLDIER'S JOY
25. THE CARNIVAL IS OVER
26. I WISH THEY'D DO IT NOW
27. BUSKING ON BRIGHTON BEACH

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