Jack Campin wrote:- "He said the reason he hadn't done much with the revival material was that his real commitment was to the source/traditional stuff." Fair enough! So is my commitment. But surely that was mainly, but not exclusively the printed-on-grey-card releases on the Leader label, the majority of which are on my vinyl shelves. My list would include:- Jack Elliott, Jack Elliott of Birtley, LP, Leader LEA 4001, 1969 Séamus Ennis, Masters of Irish Music, LP, Leader LEA 2003, 1969 Martin Byrnes, Masters of Irish Music, LP, Leader LEA 2004, 1969 Séamus Tansey, Masters of Irish Music, LP, Leader LEA 2005, 1970 Billy Pigg, The Border Minstrel, LP, Leader LEA 4006, 1971 Various Artists, Blue Ridge Mountain Field Trip, LP, Leader LEA 4012, 1970 Tex Isley, Gray Craig and The New North Carolina Ramblers, North Carolina Boys, LP, Leader LEA 4040, 1972 Charlie Wills, Charlie Wills, LP, Leader LEA 4041, 1972 George Dunn, George Dunn, LP, Leader LEE 4042, 1973 John Doonan, Flute for the Feis, LP, Leader LEA 2043, 1972 The Coleman Country Traditional Society, Music from the Coleman Country, LP, Leader LEA 2044, 1972 Lonnie Austin, Norman Woodlieff, Lonnie Austin & Norman Woodlieff, LP, Leader LEE 4045, 1975 The Copper Family, A Song for Every Season, 4 LP, Leader LEAB 404 (LEA 4046-4049), 1971 Joseph Taylor et. al., Unto Brigg Fair, LP, Leader LEA 4050, 1972 Jimmy Power & Tony Ledwith, Irish Music from The Favourite, LP, Leader LED 2051, 1975 Da Forty Fiddlers, The Cullivoe Traditional Players, Tom Anderson and Aly Bain, Shetland Fiddlers, LP, Leader LED 2052, 1973 Kyle Creek, Bobby Patterson and the Camp Creek Boys, Virginia Reel: Fiddle and Banjo Tunes, LP, Leader LED 2053, 1974 Cecilia Costello, Cecilia Costello, LP, Leader LEE 4054, 1975 Various Artists, Folk Ballads from Donegal and Derry, LP, Leader LEA 4055, 1975 The Holme Valley Beagles, A Fine Hunting Day, LP, Leader LEE 4056, 1975 Various Artists, Far Canadian Fields, LP, Leader LEE 4057, 1974 John J. Kimmel, Early Recordings of Irish Traditional Dance Music, LP, Leader LED 2060, 1977 John Maguire, Come Day, Go Day, God Send Sunday, LP, Leader LEE 4062, 1973 Walter Pardon, A Proper Sort, LP, Leader LED 2063, 1972 Various Artists, A People's Carol: A Christmas Singing Tradition Recorded in South Yorkshire Pubs, LP, Leader LEE 4065, 1974 The Copper Family, A Song for Every Season, LP, Leader LED 2067, 1971 Stephen Baldwin, English Village Fiddler, LP, Leader LED 2068, 1976 The Beresford Band, Yorkshire Dales Dance Night, LP, Leader LEA 2069, 1977 Eddie Butcher, Shamrock, Rose & Thistle, LP, Leader LED 2070, 1976 The Rakes, The Rakes, LP, Leader LED 2071, 1976 Walter Pardon, Our Side of the Baulk, LP, Leader LED 2111, 1977 Did Dave Bulmer ever make a move to re-release any of these items in any format? To be fair there is not a huge market for "the source/traditional stuff". Bill Leader once told me that he thought that the Cecilia Costello vinyl album was a contender for the poorest selling item on any recognised label (and yet I think she is a great singer and that hers is a lovely album). Four more things that I would like to add. 1] In the 1990s the Leader catalogue was sold to another record company Highway which later went into receivership. It was subsequently sold to the Celtic Music record label so it is possible that there was no contact on the subject between Bill Leader and Dave Bulmer. Can anyone add any more information on this? 2] To my mind, much as I love the band - The Rakes, The Rakes, LP, Leader LED 2071, 1976 were a revival band and their album might have been better placed on Trailer. 3] Did The Copper Family, A Song for Every Season, LP, Leader LED 2067, 1971 ever see the light of day? In an interview with Bob Copper in 1971, he told me that after the 4-LP boxed set of A Song for Every Season the plan was - once the initial sales level of the boxed set that died down - that each album would be released singly - but that this never happened. and finally :- 4] Is there anyone that can add to my list of Leader releases?
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