This is still painful to talk about. I had a Mitchell Trio Songbook. It may have been the first songbook I ever bought. They were my favorite group at the time. While in college in 1968, I loaned it to someone who was in a college sponsored summer music/drama group and have not seen it since. (I don't want to appear to be harboring some deep seated hatred, but the initials of the person who lost or kept it are C.Z.) My Mitchell Trio hex continued in 1974 when my complete set of their LPs was among a considerable amount of things stolen from a nation wide moving company during a cross country move. (I don't want to appear to be harboring some deep seated hatred, but the initials of the moving company are AVL). I have managed to replace all of the LPs, added the three reunion CDs and some items that contain one or two CMT songs not found elsewhere (Belafonte concert has 3 songs, John Denver "Bginnings" has two tracks not on other albums, recent "Best of CMT: Mercury Years" has two songs that previously existed only on 45). But back to the book, I still don't have the book. I also have reason to believe that there were at least two books. The book I had, had a red cover and was paper bound. Last summer, I saw (and failed to win) one on Ebay that had a black cover and appeared to contain more songs, certainly some different songs than the one that had owned. I also believe something very serious should befall those who have Mitchell Trio Song Books tucked away in dusty, dank, probably vermin-ridden cellars where they can't even be seen.

rich r