Good point, Brian, about Hugill's possible belief in Lloyd as an "authentic source" - at least some of the time.

Hugill objected more than once to Lloyd's double entendres as phony, as well as to his selection of "exotic" modal tunes for recording.

But he also accepted "Blood-Red" Roses and recommended those same recordings as stylistically superior.

There seems to be little doubt that Hugill, Lloyd, and MacColl were in contact before the L&M LPs. MacColl's performance of "Stormalong" could hardly have been influenced by anybody else.

Could it?