Joy! Joy! Joy!

Today, with heart beating fast, I climbed into Gary Lucas' loft.

O, what treasures to behold!

I removed around 50 tapes. Many gems amongst them. EG the masters for "The River" and a protection copy of "The Englishman" by Mick Stevens. Also found: the master tapes of three out takes by MS - finished tracks left off "The Englishman". Plus some good photos too.

There are two or three other gems that I cannot mention but which excite me greatly. Suffice it to say that this has been a golden day in the 33 year history of Spaceward. We are reunited with an important part of our legacy and this empowers us to go forward.

I will note what's what on a speadsheet and then think about digitising some of it.

Folkie Jin is going to cream himself.

Addendum, 9/9/05 at 08:19: While indexing, I just found a tape entitled "Martin Carthy Live at Clare Folk Club, 21/11/76 - Master"