[peel] Re: Really hard to find Peel Sessions

[John Gray]

Hi Ken - before the Dandelion recordings, Mike Hart contributed one  
track - the aforementioned 'Elsie Straws Saga' - to a compilation  
album on RCA.  This was called '49 Greek Street' - the address of the  
Les Cousins folk club - and was dedicated 'For everyone who's ever  
been to, played or sung at 49 Greek Street'  (RCA SF8118, 1970).  I  
would guess he was under contract to RCA as, if I remember correctly,  
The Liverpool Scene were on RCA.  I don't know if he recorded anything  
else for RCA though.  I would be interested in any recordings from  
around this time -thanks!

John




  On 25 Jan 2009, at 14:03, ken garner wrote:


Dear John - happy to add that in as a correction, I'm sure you're  
right, to the title on that
session, but can;t find anything on the web that confirms that. So can  
you confirm your
source please for the song title being Elsie Straw's Saga? Ta

k

ps. There is in fact a long-standing private network of tape  
collectors around which quite
a few of the night rides go round (eg I think the show with Davy  
Graham does exist on
tape somewhere), but they tend to be quite secretive, and I don't  
think any of them are
members of this list. I will ask the person I know who has contacts  
with this informal club
when I next bump into him about this date...

--- In peel@yahoogroups.com, John Gray <jt.gray@...> wrote:
 >
 > Here's a challenge for you tape recording chaps - Mike Hart, 15/5/68.
 > Anybody? Mike Hart - ex-Liverpool Scene - made two LPs for Dandelion,
 > the first of which is a long time favourite. The two together
 > reissued on CD. According to Ken's book, I notice that them session
 > is said to include a song called 'Elsie Straus' - probably 'Elsie
 > Straw's Saga'! Not included on the CD as it was not recorded for
 > Dandelion.
 >
 > John Gray
 >