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Thread #104857   Message #2151631
Posted By: Anglo
18-Sep-07 - 12:41 AM
Thread Name: Folk Handbook - egregious errors
Subject: Folk Handbook - egregious errors
My God! Does nobody proofread anymore?

I just got this in the maiil from Amazon today, and did a quick skim in my "reading room." A couple of things jumped out at me, just skimming.

p.216, The Broomfield Wager - except that the music isn't for Gordon Hall's wonderful version of the ballad at all, it's What Is The Life Of A Man - funnily enough a different version from the one presented on p.88.

(As a complete aside I'm pleasantly surprised to be mentioned in the discography of that one.)

p.222, The Gypsy Lass - the first line of music is misssing completely.

Is there more? I don't know yet, but this is inexcusable as far as I'm concerned. It seemed nobody noticed this on the previous (long) thread, so I'm starting a new one. Was it fixed on a later printing and I just got unlucky? Or is it just that nobody has looked at the dots closely enough to notice?