Howard - Bulmer was interviewed on the "Bright Phoebus" documentary and asked this very question. His answer was that it wouldn't be worth his while, as there's no demand - the people who say that the 'lost' Leader/Trailer LPs would sell a million are people who have already got the LPs, and they're kidding themselves that anyone else would be interested. He backed this up by referring to his CD-R of "Bright Phoebus", which apparently doesn't sell very well (my heart bleeds for him). In his words, "anyone who wants to get a copy can get one", and the fact that he only sells two or three copies a month shows that there aren't that many people who do want one.

I think this is a lot of nonsense, and that a properly produced, properly promoted re-release of BP would make everyone involved a bob or two (sadly not including Mike or Lal). It seems almost undeniable that Bulmer is in part motivated by bitterness against people on the scene, although I think it would take several hours on the psychiatrist's couch (or down the pub) before he'd admit it. Having said that, I think he has got half a point - we aren't talking huge sales here. If a CD of the Noah's Ark Trap sold as well as Penguin Eggs did when it came out, would it make the album charts?