Oh, I'd agree with you Jim - the early stuff was his best and most genuine. I didn't much care for the later, novelty stuff either - well performed and professional though it was.

I have an EP of him singing "Rock My Soul In The Bosom Of Abraham" - just voices, guitar and double bass - which is also one of those hair-raising records. And "Seven Gold Daffodils" always gets to me - corny song though it is.