You mention that the earliest versions of Greenland Whale Fisheries that you found were "real stinkers". That's pretty objective. Can you give us a couple of examples, and why you don't like them.

Like a lot of hotbeds of folk music, Mystic Seaport has it's very knowledgable people, and those who are just having fun, and leave the scholarship to others. Rick Spencer and Jeff Kauffman really know their stuff. Have you heard their band 'Forebitter' (sp?)