Thanks Steve and everybody for esponding here and/or on TheSession.org

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Somebody back in the 80s and 90s was producing a ‘series’ of good quality cassettes featuring recordings made at sessions, festivals and summer schools.

These cassettes all have printed text on the inlay cards and also printed text on the stickers on the cassettes.
On each of these cassettes, a portion of the text is highlighted in yellow marker.

ITMA have at least 15 cassettes that have been produced in this fashion.
They are clearly the work of one person.
I’m trying to find out who that person is.

The ‘Session of the Century’ is one of these cassettes.

Here’s a few example of some of the material on other similarly packaged cassettes.
They include a concert of a group called ‘Na Ridiri’ which was recorded in Melbourne.

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(1) Milltown Eighty Nine: Session in Queally’s Kitchen, 1989 Willie Clancy Summer School
- featuring: Mick ‘banjo’ O’Connor, Michelle O’Sullivan, Noreen Cullen & Declan Fay amongst other.

(2-A) Milltown Ninety Three (session)
- featuring: Jackie Daly, Maire O’Keeffe, Donal O’Connor, Seamus Creagh & Hammy Hamilton….
(2-B ) Listowel Eight Seven (session)
- Dermot Bynre, James Cullinan, Bernie Whelan and Madonna Herron amongst others

(3) Noel Hill & Arty McGlynn - The Brogue Inn, Tralee, 01-01-1994

(4) Listowel Ninety Six
- senior ceili band competition at the All-Ireland Fleadh in Listowel, 1996

(5) Melbourne Tape 1
- Na Ridiri in concert in Collingwood Town Hall, Melbourne, October 18, 1994
MC: Diarmuid O’Cathain
Recorded by the ABC Radio Network

(6-A) Milltown Eighy Six
- featuring: Charlie Lennon, Maurice Lennon, Daithi Connaughton & Donncha O’Briain
(6-B) Sean McGuire with friends in a Chicago Bar in 1958
- the tape is mainly Sean McGuire solo…but also features Jack Fitzgerald, Tom Masterson
and Eileen Fitzgerald.

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6-B….the Sean McGuire recording…as it’s from Chicago in 1958, indicates perhaps that the recordings were not all made by the person who was putting these cassettes together.
Who knows, it’s not impossible i suppose but my feeling is they got that recording from someone else.

Has anybody seen or are they aware of cassettes produced in this style?

They must have been doing the rounds as ITMA have received donations of this style of cassette from three different sources.

Any info will be appreciated.

Thanks
Alan