Hi John,

to be honest, I've never stopped to count them. If you'd like to write privately to tell me how to start a new thread, we could go further into this debate.

Back to Barker, though: If any Mudcatters own record stores and want to stock Guide Cats, please contact Proper Music for more details. You could try alanp@propermusic.com. Although I'm keen for B C A B to get lots of money from the sales of the CD, I'm also anxious that Richard Ellin, the man behind Osmosys records, gets at least his money back, as he took a lot of gambles for us to make this happen. Also, I'd like to see this one up in the folk top ten along with Spiers and Boden and Kate Rusby etc. Then maybe, just maybe, we could get a play on Mike Harding! (smile) I hope when he does pick it up, he goes for Cyril Tawney. We asked if he'd be prepared to do either Lassie Free And Easy or the Sammy's Bar parody. He did both. They were both crackers, so they both made it to the CD. Why not play the game with me, like a fantasy folkball game. What celebrities can you imagine would do some of Les's poems? Who, for example, would you hear doing one of the Cosmo poems? You never know. If we reach a volume 2, your choice may be on it.

Best,
Clive