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HULL'S REEL. Canadian, Reel (cut time). Canada, Cape Breton. E Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. A popular Cape Breton session tune composed by Cape Breton fiddler John Morris Rankin (1959-2000), released in 1989 on his first album, with the family group The Rankin Family [1].


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Printed sources : - Susan Songer with Clyde Curley (Portland Collection vol. 3), 2015; p. 100 (two versions).

Recorded sources : - Compass Records 7 4377 2, Lúnasa - "The Kinnitty Sessions" (2004). Culburnie Records Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas - "Highlander's Farewell." Great Meadow Recordings, Airdance - "Cloud Nine." Guernsey Cove Parlour-GCP-053, Cynthia MacLeod - "Head over Heels" (2002). Vertical Records VertCD081, Breabach - "The Big Spree" (2007). "The Rankin Family" (1989).

See also listing at :
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [2]



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