Celtic Music, Bulmer and Sharpley, OWN the rights to this and many
other back catalogues, and are perfectly within their rights to
re- issue them all under whatever format they chose.
This company has long traded beyond the bounds of decency, and as they are in serious need of quick money the views of those on this
and other forums concern them not.
Incerdible as it may seem 99 per cent of the music buying public
have never heard of the Mudcat Cafe or other forums and care little
about the rights of the artists in question, if people want to buy
these C.D's. C.D.R's or whatever they will do so, and Bulmer and
Sharpley will continue to pocket the money with a barely surpressed
chuckle.
Clan Alba, the Dransfields, the Watersons, Nic Jones, are all freely
available from this company, and others will follow.
No amount of waffling here will prevent this.