The recordings held by EFDSS and NSA are by and large the same ones that are being sold on the Folktrax label.
I worked extensively on the collection at Cecil Sharp House; I know it inside out and have compared it to the Folktrax cassettes I have come across.
Why has storage facilities now become an issue - it sounds somewhat of a red-herring. Does anybody know how they are stored at present? The last thing I heard was that they were kept on open shelves in a centrally heated room.
Certainly NSA has ideal facilites for storing them, and adequately knowledgeable staff for looking after them.
Jim Carroll