Jim I didnt intend to praise Peter Kennedy,Other than acknowledge ,I have found his collections useful.
Iwould have thought it inportant when collecting,to establish a trust between collector and source.
Jim ,you collected from Walter Pardon,how do you think Walter would have felt,if he knew his singing and sings were not going to see the light of day,.
this is where love of the music must come above commercial considerations,number one priority is to break even[this could be an explanation for Peter Kennedys[shoddy covers etc][Idont excuse his awful dubbing on],Most of us revival singers are not rich,and made decisions to play for love of the music not commercial income,most of us just get by.
in the leader catalogue 29 out of 107,are source singers/musicians.
AS Brian Peters said the cost of burning cds is coming down,black and white laser printers are reasonably cheap.
I am sorry Jim but I cant think of anyone who is worse than Dave
Bulmer,please tell us who they are,meanwhile Celtic music need to be focussed on and pressurised into doing the decent thing[particuarly in my opinion to NicJones]