Classics on Plastic
My mention of 'classics on plastic' in the last blog brought a flurryette of emails with blogisers ideas of other plastic gems lying vanquished in the great archive of Lethe. (River of Forgetfulness - not Edinburgh)
One blogiser mentioned Rosie Hardman whose vinyl albums fetch lots of loot nowadays on certain internet auction sites.
A great singer and a good songwriter, Rosie was one of the mainstays of the Manchester folk scene of the sixties.
So was Harry Boardman, one of my all time folk heroes whose work for Lancashire folk music brought all kinds of people such as myself and the Oldham Tinkers out
of the woodwork - would that his old vinyl albums were available on CD - some great stuff waiting to be heard again.
There were the usual emails about the Leader/Trailer vinyl archive with its classics albums by artists like Nic Jones, Tony Rose and Dave Burland.
All I can say about that is that nothing has changed - as far as I know.
One album I would dearly love to see in print again is the work of one of the most likeable nutters it has ever been my privilege to fall across, Â Trevor Crozier.
A pipe-smoking, crumhorn playing West Country boy who was as happy playing Breton dances as he was singing his own Piddletranthide Jug Band song he was a true original - his album Trouble Over Bridgewater should be rereleased on CD immediately in the nation's interest.
Comment number 1.
At 6th Dec 2008, Keith wrote:The out-of print status of so much "folk" material can't really be justified in this age of digital downloads, since there is now no stockholding cost if the artist does own the copyright on their own recordings and want to make them available through a web shop to do-it-yourself CD burners and give themselves some income.
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Comment number 2.
At 6th Dec 2008, Keith wrote:"Downes and Beer Live in Concept" (1980) would be a brilliant re-release as a complement to this year's "Downes and Beer Live at Nettlebed". I'm hoping at least some of its content ends up in the long-trailed Phil Beer Box Set.
BTW, any chance of playing something from Live @ Nettlebed. It deserves a wider audience. I play it a LOT more than my copy of "Trespasser". Opinions on Love is my favourite track, or perhaps the old Peter Bellamy-Rudyard Kipling written "Sir Richard's Song".
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At 6th Dec 2008, Keith wrote:>>"My mention of 'classics on plastic' in the last blog brought a flurryette of emails with blogisers ideas of other plastic gems lying...
I think you would get a lot more comments actually ON the blog if the software that runs it wasn't so flaky. I often encounter errors when trying to post. I think many people just give up and email you or write on the Folk & Acoustic Board instead. I (and others) have reported the problem both here and there several times.
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Comment number 4.
At 25th Dec 2008, hackaberry wrote:I was talking to Jed Grimes at Broadstairs festival the other year and mentioned that the last time I had seen him was just before Hedgehog Pie turned pro , as he said that was a few weeks ago, I also mentioned that I still play a couple of their LP's , which according to him can bring a decent price especially in the states (not for sale though)
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