A long time ago in a land far away (well 1984 in Wigan - about 5 miles from me) I made a recording of Ted Edwards doing a gig at Wigan folk club at the now demolished Park Hotel. A few months ago I dug this cassette tape out of a box and had a listen, put it on a CD and sent it to Ted. Ted asked me if it would be possible to do a run of these for him to sell as he'd never made an LP in his time although he has had a number of his songs recorded by other people - Gary and Vera Aspey in particular - "The Coal and Albert Berry", "Weeping and Wailing Away", "Coal Hole Cavalry" etc.
He also doesn't know of another recording of him at a gig and so this is a unique opportunity to hear Ted doing a full night of his songs.

If anybody wants a copy then let me know and I'll pass your requests on to Ted. I think he's selling them for £5 (plus postage - say £6)

The recording is bright enough and very listenable to although there is obviously slight noise due to the nature of the recording. I have reduced this noise slightly but further reduction causes peculiar effects on the main sound (aliasing I think it's called).

There is an ongoing project to make a CD of Ted's songs being sung by various people but this is at an early stage and I can't give any other details at this time.

Cheers
Mark