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Ellen from Endwell's avatar

Another really interesting post, Hugh.

About the lost recording, Polygram became part of Universal, which had an enormous fire in 2008. I saved a post about that but can't find it now. It seems many original recordings were lost, far more than the company would admit as of course lawsuits ensued. There was also the problem that the recordings were not well-archived or labeled so it wasn't clear what was in there and what irreplaceable recordings went up in smoke. So the LZ-FP recording could possibly have been there, or it could be in someone's private collection! Here's the wiki entry on the fire -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Universal_Studios_fire

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Hugh Jones's avatar

Thanks Ellen. I know about the Universal fire and it crossed my mind that the original tapes may have been lost in it, a shame if that’s the case. The private collection route may be the only option - hopefully (and most likely) someone, somewhere has a cassette mix of it.

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Ellen from Endwell's avatar

Let's hope!

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NickS (WA)'s avatar

That is a bunch of interesting stories; I didn't really know about that era of Fairport Convention.

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M D Navalinski's avatar

I read White Bicycle earlier this spring and what a treat it was. Boy he led an enviable lifestyle or what, between the UFO club and managing and producing incredible artists he appears he manages to avoid the trappings of an overly large ego and that is quite appreciated.

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