Just to set the record straight - it wasn't me who posted to the rec.music.folk. When I first ventured out into the big wide world of the Internet I had a look at that list (around 1996) but I haven't been back there since then because the type of music is not my preferred type.I think that this is the thread we're referring to:
http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=47953&messages=103
Helen