Hi Peter, no I didn't
Some interesting stuff there
Interesting that it confirms it to be The Song Collectors Collective.
Fascinating that there should be another version of The House Carpenter - the only other version recorded in ireland was from a singer who learned it in America, where it is common.
I have a few issues with The Collective, mainly that they provide very little information as to the origins of their material, regarding both the singers and the collectors.
For me, that makes the songs artifacts rather than expressions of the people and the communities they came from
Some time ago a 'Collective' member was featured on a radio programme, where he spoke about Tipperary Traveller, Mary Delaney as if he had personally known and recorded her - he hadn't
The recording of her he played was from our 'From Puck to Appleby' album
Our part as collectors in recording these songs is unimportant but the background to the recording of these songs is part of their continued transmission and needs to be made available.
I may be over-sensitive over these issues, but in the end, it is us who have to answer to the singers and their families regarding the use made of the recordings
Field work never really got over the Peter Kennedy era and is still fighting the suspicion that gave rise to.
Many thanks Peter - the responses to this project are giving me a real buzz.
Jim