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Did Bill Leader Record Micho Russell

07 Apr 15 - 07:35 AM (#3700240)
Subject: Did Bill Leader Record Micho Russell
From: GUEST,Fred McCormick

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?


07 Apr 15 - 07:58 AM (#3700246)
Subject: RE: Did Bill Leader Record Micho Russell
From: GUEST,Peter Laban

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.


07 Apr 15 - 08:00 AM (#3700247)
Subject: RE: Did Bill Leader Record Micho Russell
From: Jim Carroll

"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


07 Apr 15 - 03:23 PM (#3700338)
Subject: RE: Did Bill Leader Record Micho Russell
From: Steve Gardham

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


07 Apr 15 - 04:34 PM (#3700358)
Subject: RE: Did Bill Leader Record Micho Russell
From: Jim Carroll

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