IMPORTANT MESSAGE concerning recordings

Actually, Chris, I would like to backtrack on my last message, as I spoke way too soon. For a start, some of the performances by the professional artists that were there may not be up to their own required standards, and publication of the recording would only devalue them. Certainly later during the evening there have been drink-influenced renditions, I am told - we should be careful with those.

But even more important than that is the consideration of what Johnny himself would have wanted, and what the current guardians of his legacy would want. That is David Webber as Johnny's producer and (I believe) official custodian of Johnny's legacy (both the music and the name), and of course Joyce, who knew Johnny better than any of us. I know that Johnny, whenever he was asked whether a recording might be made for one of his own performances, he would invariably reply "yes, but only for personal use". He certainly would not have condoned a commercial use of either his performances or others' performances in his name (and that would include the funeral service and the wake), even for charitable purposes, without his own (and now Dave's & Joyce's) permission.

I would urge anyone thinking of putting such performqances on CD for distribution to talk with Dave & Joyce before proceeding any further, therefore. Bob, that would cover the Sunray recording too, I believe.