By the way
The Singers Club policy was never"proscriptive"
The policy was to present traditional sons and new songs that had been made using traditional forms.
Unlike 'purist' clubs, instrumentation was an essential part of what went on there.
The idea that The Singers ever restricted itself to traditional songs is one of the great myths, often deliberately circulated.
MacColl probably wrote more songs than anybody on the folk scene, with Peggy probably a close runner up, yet, despite this fact, when the programme on Topic Records, 'Little Red Label was broadcast some years ago an interviewee claimed that "MacColl didn't like contemporary songs"
MacColl always argued that a folk scene that didn't create and generate new songs was little more than a visit to a museum.
Jim Carroll