Good God. What kind of a nutcase are you?

I did not misread your first post. Neither did I say that MacColl and Seeger were involved in the production of the Folksongs of Britain. I said that their record collection, which is nowadays housed in Ruskin College Library, does not include a set of those records. Ipso facto, it is highly unlikely that MacColl learned any songs directly from that set.

MacColl did, it is true, learn some of the songs which appeared on the Folksongs of Britain. However, since he recorded quite a few of these before 1961, it logically follows that he got them either directly from the singers themselves, or from the field recordings which were later used on the Caedmon set.

For that matter I can see nothing in any of your posts to indicate that you have quoted anything from Folkopedia. If your statement about MacColl and Lloyd learning songs and vocal styles has been copied from that source, then it would have been good manners to say so. Come to think of it, it would have been good scholarship as well.

As for accusations of aggression, I suggest you re-read your last posting.

This was my first visit to Mudcat, and I did so having been told that it was a good source of factual information and reasoned opinion. Your outbursts have shown this not to be true, and I shall be seeking my facts and opinions elsewhere in future.