Thanks Chris. I am not particularly after Casey's albums I have hours and hours of his music and I had Reg Hall's tapes that became 'The Spirit of West Clare' over a decade before the CD was released. I merely used 'Taking Flight' as an example of a recording that is no longer available and is unlikely to be released ever again. Which I think is a great loss to people who don't have it.

My general remarks are really based on Ceol Álainn to which I posted a link on this thread. The other site, at which I had a brief look and appeared similar, I don't know much about. Roughly speaking I don't see much harm in making available, free of charge and not for profit, albums that are no longer available of artists no longer with us. This enters a grey area where artists are still alive (and still have control of the material, which is often not the case) and certainly, in my opinion, shouldn't cross into material that is still available commercially.

I am a bit in two minds about it all but I think the perceived 'damage' done in a lot of cases outweighs making music available. I do think though musicians should have control over their own output.

Having 'Legit' distributors doesn't mean artists get paid either by the way. Ah, the stories... But that's another territory.