Thankyou, to fred, I find you a little inconsistent, You ask for concrete evidence, when you could have found it for yourself.
mustrads point no6, mentions Isabel Sutherland and Robin hall, BOTH REVIVAL PERFORMERS, Yet when I am mentioned[ You claim to have no interest in the revival].
I knew Isabel Sutherland quite well, sang many times in her club at Groombridge, benefited from her singing advice, and considered her a fine singer, but she was a revival singer.
Please can mustrad be more specific about exactly what kind of concrete evidence they want, and why did they go about in this half cocked way. ,instead of going through the Folktrax catalogue, and contacting likely candidates who may have been exploited, a letter or email tactfully explaining the situation would have been possible., [ no need to ring someone up and start off about rip offs].
Finally in my opinion your attitude to the revival is flawed,the revival is only a continuity of what has gone on before. Fred Jordan is an example of a traditional singer who learnt songs from his parents
but who later became part of the revival ,likewise Willy Scott. you remind me of a person many years ago who when asked how did he define a traditional song replied thats easy ,anything before 1900, anything after that is not.