The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #97745   Message #1929945
Posted By: GUEST
08-Jan-07 - 03:36 AM
Thread Name: Peter Kennedy Collection-moved to Halsway Manor
Subject: RE: Folklore: Kennedy Archive
Kennedy issued a number of themed cassettes with dubbed accompaniments and choruses. Most of these, as far as I can judge, were from the BBC recordings and had such titles as:'Bald Headed End of The Broom', 'Frog And The Mouse', 'Black Velvet Band'; I think there were at least 10 in the series. I had the impression that this was an on-going practice as, when Topic approached him to issue the Harry Cox recordings one of the conditions was that accompaniments be dubbed on to these. To Topic's great credit, they refused to be part of his piece of vandalism and went ahead with other recordings.
I am delighted to learn from Malcolm that he eventually desisted.
Jim Carroll