greg stephens: Yes, it was Billy Cooper playing hammered dulcimer with Walter and Daisy Bulwer, along with Reg Hall, Mervyn Plunkett, and Russell Wortley on the Topic LP English Country Music 12T296. Topic have reissued this as a CD with additional tracks including Scan Tester on concertina (English Country Music TSCD607).

More recordings of Billy Cooper, playing solo can be heard on yet another Topic LP Boscastle Breakdown: Sothern English Country Music 12T240.

Billy Bennington, who learned to play the dulcimer from Billy Cooper, appears on another old Topic LP English Country Music from East Anglia 12TS229.

John Rea recorded one LP for Topic with Sean McAloon on pipes Drops of Brandy 12TS287, as well as a solo LP Irish Music on the Hammer Dulcimer 12TS373.

These are all excellent recordings, and I'd agree with greg that English Country Music has been one of the most important and influential recordings.The initial record, released privately in 1965 was restricted to 99 copies (for sales tax reasons), but it was widely known among folk musicians. When Topic rereleased it in 1976 it helped lots of people to develop new ways of playing English dance music.