Buss passed.
Yes ok Mike didn't say in words that he had a copy of the master tape
However the way he said my lips are sealed inferred that he did. What a lovely man Mike Waterson is but I don't think I'll buy a Horse of him. Far too good a wheeler-dealer for me to tackle I think.

As for CD's verses CDR's it could be the cost of the glass master or what ever they call it used pressing. I have been asking what the minimum pressing is for a CD in today's market. CD's verses CDR I am told that the technology has come on leaps and bounds. Then again I am old enough remember watching tomorrows world when CD's came out and being told that they were indestructible so far as scratches and finger marks were concerned. I play CDR's in the car, which I do have to replace as they like CD's are affected by the heat and the cold and being dropped.