The Concertina Newsletter
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http://www.freedmus.demon.co.uk/conccd.htm Original back issues of 'Free Reed magazine' and 'Concertina Newsletter' - see below, and for - Rare surviving stocks of Free Reed label vinyl LPs click here The concertina revival of the last 25 years or so owes a great deal to a little duplicated (roneo'd) newsletter, originally called 'The Concertina Newsletter' during 1969/70, which became, as its readership grew to well over 2000, a solid little magazine, henceforth called 'Free Reed Magazine'. It ran to 24 well-filled issues, each one full of articles, photographs & stories about the history and development of the concertina family of instruments, with articles on related free reeded instruments like melodeons, mouth organs and accordions, and a great deal of the history of the instrument, repair advice, and collecting hints on the concertina. These charming magazines now give today's enthusiasts a great flavour of the keenness and enthusiasm that marked the early days of the concertina revival. All 24 issues were edited, typed, pasted, collated. stuffed and mailed by Neil Wayne, and as its popularity and readership spread around the world, the magazine soon began to supply to its readers a selection of the limited range of concertina records then available. Out of this 'readers only' Mail Order Records service sprang the large and comprehensive 'Free Reed Mail Order Records' Folkmusic and folk instrument supply service. Neil's fanatical collecting and research activities on the history of the concertina had enabled him to meet, interview and to record the music and reminiscences of many older players and makers of the concertina, and many of these historic and unique recordings began to be released on the new Free Reed record label from early 1976, and the label, initially marketed only through the readership of Free Reed magazine, soon became a major British folk music record label, with a catalogue of over 30 releases by 1981. Neil Wayne has now hunted out the very last surviving issues of the both 'Concertina Newsletter' and 'Free Reed Magazine' - which are now very much collectors' items, and whose source information has been much borrowed, lent, pirated and has now been 'recycled' to form the basis for the many new 'Squeezebox' magazines now available around the world. (See Website about current Squeezebox Magazines). We currently have about 200 to 300 of each of the following surviving issues, so if you need to replace your old worn copies, fill out your set, or add this definitive selection of the seminal concertina magazine to YOUR concertina archives, send us an order!! Also, the last few vinyl 12" Lps from the Free Reed label are also available, with super sleeves, original booklets, and great quality music - there's a list and order form below. 'Concertina Newsletters' - 1969-70 No 1: Historic first issue! - Repairs, The Melodeon, unusual labels, the ICA, concertina history. No 2: Articles Include - Morris dancing & concertina music; old concertinas; Northumbrian pipe music for the concertina; dating your concertina; 'Boyd' labelled concertinas; an Historic New York concert; The International Concertina Association; Herbert Reynolds; The acoustics of the concertina. No 4. Concertina and melodeon discography; Alexander Prince 78s; Morris and Sword dancing and the concertina; tips on repairs; John Kirkpatrickís 'How to Play the Anglo'; an outline history of the concertina; reminiscences of a busker. No 5: Anglo & Folksong, Tommy Williams Interview, The Bandoneon, An American Concert.etc No 7. The Newcastle Concertina Convention; Southport concertina bands; the second Concertina Convention; concertina repairs letters; the concertina in 1890; The Tommy Williams story - part 1; The Concertina Consorte; The Shakespeare Concertina. 'Free Reed Magazine' - 1970 to 1981 No 12. The sixth concertina convention; the labelling of concertinas; Alf Edwards; Henry Walker of Tunstall, Stoke on Trent; the Harmonica; Aberdeenís famous busker. No 13. Concertina recordings; concertina tuition classes; concertina tutor books; The melodeon - by Bob Rundle; Music Section - 'How to Play the Anglo', by John Kirkpatrick, Anglo concertinas on record; cajun melodeon playing. No 14. (Aug 1973); Liverpool Concertina Club; Wheatstone & Strohís Patent; How to play Cajun Accordion; The Aeoliad; The Sixth Concertina Convention; Irish Traditional Concertina; The EFDSS Concertina; The Anglo, by Tony McCarthy. No.15 (Sep 1973): The ICA Festival; concertinas in Brazil; Irish concertina 78s; 'Working the Halls' - by Peter Honri; A mystery concertina; five good tunes; concertinas on record; the One-Man Orchestra; musical acoustics; Victorian free reed research; concertina repairs; ëThe Man with the Concertinaí - a song; the Keighley Concertina Convention. No 17. Leeds Concertina Club; The new English Concertina Tutor: new English Concertina models; Victorian concertina critics; Duet Concertina - its evolution and keyboard; five good tunes; 'The Production of Sounds from Musical Springs' - an 1839 article; a free reeded mouth organ; The Ashton-under-Lyne Concertina Band; James Scott Skinner; Manchester Concertina Band; The Salvationist and the Concertina; An American Bandoneon maker. No 18. Wheatstoneís Symphonium; the Topic-Free Reed label of concertina recordings; the 5-row button accordion; Chopin and the Concertina; six good tunes; 'Sounds from Musical Springs' - 1839 (part 3); H Crabb & Son - a history; an unusual anglo. No 19. Sheffield concertina club; Irish concertina recordings; Tune Swap; Cajun Music; 'The Hammered Dulcimer' - review; other reviews; Anglo Tutors in US Library of Congress; Music from Ireland - tunebook review. No 20. The concertina in America; Cassette and Concertina; Teach-in on the Anglo; Concertina Music Supplement - six long pieces, arr by Frank E Butler; The Einheits Bandoneon. No 21. Wheatstone Centenary Year; Technical Workshop; The Harmonium; four good tunes: The Vocalion; Reviews; Old melodeon catalogues. Order Form for magazines and Tutor
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