OK I'll have another go to see if I can raise some interest. This collection is very important and I hope successful. There are hitherto unpublished cleaned up and digitised songs from Joseph Taylor, and also some unpublished versions of ballads from Jean Ritchie. I for one was unaware that her family had originally been visited by Cecil Sharp in 1917, until I saw these videos. Some of the song comparisons are excellent and the colorization and sound cleaning on Kennedy's film of Sam Larner and Harry Cox is a joy. Like I said it's worth a look.
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