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Thread #103171   Message #2213823
Posted By: The Sandman
12-Dec-07 - 10:20 AM
Thread Name: publication does a doubtful service to folksongs
Subject: RE: publication does a doubtful service to folksongs
jc ,this iswhat I said
ThankyouRowan ,a fascinating programme.
One thing that struck me,the importance of these collectors, many of whom were communists according to ASIO,as were Lloyd and MacColl,and how much we are indebted to all these people who were driven by an evangelical belief.
I said an evangelical belief ,an evangelical belief,that this was the music of the people, that this was music that needed recording, saving and promoting.I did not say they were evangelical communists.Dick Miles