Jim - I wish you well with your hope for a free copy.

Like you I have over the years provided stuff for various people ( including for 'this book) sometimes without even a thank you or acknowledgement. The only exception I can think of is when An Guilin re- published " Early Ballads in Ireland" and they generously sent me a copy

Most of the time I don't care - I do it for my own enjoyment and if others enjoy or perhaps even learn something from my efforts then that's a bonus. What does get up my nose however is when people take some of my work and issue commercial recordings from it. Mark you I wish them joy. Nobody's going to make a large fortune out of hardcore traditional song - not unless they start with a small fortune.

Anyway,about the book. You don! Have to wait for the Faber edition coming out in Feb 2018 ( perhaps the post above is a mistake.). The book is available now. I've just ordered my copy from The Book Depository which has it available now and Amazon UK. says IRS available from 1st March

Looking forward to what the book says about The Critics Group

BB