I'm struggling with this 'tainted by EMI' thing too... am I not right in thinking that most of the classc folk rock in the early seventies was on fairly major labels? Are we saying folk should only be promoted via, at best, self-released eight track cartridges and at worst, small independent labels?

I know that the majors will drop 'em like hot cakes if they don't sell enough, but major label flirtation with folk is hardly anything new.

They may not be everyone's cuppa (I quite like them, but the Bairns wouldn't ever be the first CD I reached for), but I'll say it again: there's some right spurious, irrelevant crap on this 'ere thread. Come on, people: get a grip!

Cheers

Nigel