Thanks Jim. I have just ordered Hogg's two volume work on abe. I was amazed that it is still available and so relatively modestly priced, $100. Just waiting for the postie! I also tried for the MacColl CD but couldn't find a copy. Still, my LP has come through unscathed. If only I knew how to work the record player! (My wife reminded me that she bought me the record as a present soon after we first met in '65).

I suspect that the Donald MacGillivary mystery may never be satisfactorily solved, but you never know. Where's Malcom Douglas when you need him?