Cap'n wrote,
'Peter Kennedy was one of the major collectors of the twentieth century,but when he saw fit,he dubbed on his own melodeon,to traditional recordings he had collected,yet was not prepared to collect from a fine revival singer, because he was pretending to be a traditional singer,this is what prompted my earlier remarks about the nonsense of tradional /revival labels,and my remark about quality being important.'
Cap'n,
Don't wish to add to your present problems, but your posting is half digested gibberish.
Peter Kennedy had his students play accompaniments to some of the songs he collected, these are what he dubbed on to the recordings.
He did not, to my knowledge, claim to be a traditional singer - I don't think I ever heard him sing - did he?
He did not 'collect' from revival singers (I thought you didn't believe there were such things!) because his job was to collect from traditional singers,as was Lomax's, Mike Yates' Charles Parker's, Philip Donnellan's, Pat Mackenzies and mine, and all the other collectors who have chosen to do such work.
I think you would do well to heed that age-old advice - when you're in a hole, stop digging!
Jim Carroll