Did Bill Leader Record Micho Russell

Subject: Did Bill Leader Record Micho Russell
From: GUEST,Fred McCormick
Date: 07 Apr 15 - 07:35 AM

I've just been listening to Bill Ochs and Peter Browne on Lyric FM talking about the former's double CD of the recordings of Micho Russell. See http://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=156907&messages=1

In it Ochs says that in 1969 he took Micho to meet Bill Leader (the legendary folk music recording engineer) and Leader recorded him.

This would have been well before Bill started Leader Sound, and while he was working for Topic.

Does anyone know whether the tape still survives and what sort of state it's in? Also, whether there are any other unissued recordings by Bill Leader that have yet to see the light of day?

Subject: RE: Did Bill Leader Record Micho Russell
From: GUEST,Peter Laban
Date: 07 Apr 15 - 07:58 AM

I think you'll find Bill Ochs didn't take Micho to see Bill Leader. Bill Leader did however record Micho in november 1969, during his (Micho's) first trip to London. The recordings survive and Bill (Ochs) used some of the material in his new compilation of Micho's music.

Subject: RE: Did Bill Leader Record Micho Russell
From: Jim Carroll
Date: 07 Apr 15 - 08:00 AM

"whether there are any other unissued recordings by Bill Leader that have yet to see the light of day"
If you want to know Fred, PM or e-mail me
Jim Carroll

Subject: RE: Did Bill Leader Record Micho Russell
From: Steve Gardham
Date: 07 Apr 15 - 03:23 PM

Didn't Neil Wayne put out an album of Micho, or was that Pachy?

Subject: RE: Did Bill Leader Record Micho Russell
From: Jim Carroll
Date: 07 Apr 15 - 04:34 PM

eil Wayne put out albums of Micho and The Russel Family in conjunction wit Topic and on Free Reed.
Mich can be heard singing on the Clare County song website.
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Jim Carroll