Sandy Paton's Out takes.

Subject: Sandy Paton's Out takes.
From: Don Meixner
Date: 05 Apr 99 - 06:21 PM

Sandy,

I can't imagine that when a singer comes to you and says "Record me , I have 90 songs that are part of my oral tradition and the world will be a better place should they hear them." and you say " Okey Doke". You must distill those songs down to 12-15 songs that fit on a CD.

What happens to the out takes? The ones that don't make the cut. Is there a vault of unheard gems somewhere in Sharon that has a time lock on it?

I'd love to hear more Grant Rogers, Sara Grey, Frank Proffit. Are you holding out on us?

Don

Subject: RE: Sandy Paton's Out takes.
From: Joe Offer
Date: 05 Apr 99 - 07:54 PM

Well, Caroline says Sandy has another CD of field recordings ready to go. I have his Brave Boys: NEW ENGLAND TRADITIONS IN FOLK MUSIC - CD-601, and it's excellent. I haven't been home long enough to remember where I left it, but I'll guarantee there are far more than 12 to 15 songs on the CD. Oh, here - the catalog says there are 22 cuts on the CD. Order it from Folk-Legacy at [phone].
-Joe Offer-

Subject: RE: Sandy Paton's Out takes.
From: AllisonA(Animaterra)
Date: 05 Apr 99 - 07:59 PM

Then there's Sandy's own original solo lp, which I personally would love to own. When is that going to be a cd, hmmmmm?

Subject: RE: Sandy Paton's Out takes.
From: Sandy Paton
Date: 05 Apr 99 - 11:45 PM

We once used a bunch of extras (not exactly "out-takes", but songs I asked our artists to do for me as "extras") on what we called The Continuing Tradition, Volume 1, Ballads; A Folk-Legacy Sampler. It included "I'll Walk the Road Again" by Grant Rogers, "False Knight on the Road" by Tony and Irene Saletan, and a slew more. But it's only available as a "custom" cassette (C-75) or vinyl dinosaur (FSI-75) at this time. Wish it could come out on CD, but we don't have the money to do it with. Reality really bites!

There were a few extra songs on the Frank Proffitt tape I gave to Moe Asch at Folkways (before we started Folk-Legacy), but I've not been able to get them back. Aside from those "extras," I've used all that I have from Proffitt, I'm afraid. Moe also seems to have lost the original tapes I made of Horton Barker, some of which weren't used (including a superb version of "Pretty Sally" that I would love to have again for this new traditional CD I'm doing. My copy of it has come up defective, dammit! So, I'm not holding up anything from them, although I plan more trad CDs of stuff from the Ozarks, North Carolina, and Canada. Forty years of field collecting produces a lot of stuff, but getting it out to the few people who really want it is an expensive procedure. Wish it were otherwise! The Higgins Foundation is making the current project possible, God bless 'em!

Sandy