John Playford's "The English Dancing Master" was first published in 1651 and ran through 18 editions in 80 years. The final editions being edited by his son, Henry and John Young. The actual composition of each edition varies considerably over the full run of the publication, but the entire series contained over 500 tunes and dances. It is a marvelous repository of folk (or country) dancing somewhat akin to Tielman Sussato's Dancerie and Caroso's Il Ballarino collections. One problem is, that whilst these collections represent a great folk resource, they are somewhat unknown in general folk circles as they have been comandiered by the Early Music Fraternity on an intelectual basis. As I have a foot firmly in both camps I am trying to advise folkies in general about Playford. For anyone interested, I have four Playford albums, 2 x CD and 2 x Vinyl. These are as follows: The Broadside Band: "Country Dances" (LP) HARMONIA MUNDI; HM1109: "John Playford's Popular Tunes" AMON RA; CD-SAR28: "English Country Dances" SAYDISC; CD-SDL393. The 2nd LP is a French one, on the LE CHANT DU MONDE lable, ref. CM637, distributed by HARMONIA MUNDI. The group appears to be early/folk session players gathered for this one album. I have not tried looking up any Playford Websites, but would welcome any advice on these. If you hav'nt already, give it a try. The music is supurb! Bob.