No Disco * 2

Beard! got around to watching the Planxty No Disco special the other night and most enjoyable it was. Didn't know that much about Planxty (or the other 70s trad bands who started experimenting with new instruments) and am now keen to locate some albums. Brian noted afterrwards that it is pretty hard to get good compilations of Irish trad or folk perhaps because most of the labels involved seem to be more interested in making money quickly rather than treating the music and the creators with some respect. There is no label (that I know of and I could be wrong) like {{ http://www.topicrecords.co.uk/ Topic}} in the UK which is an excellent source for English & Scottish folk music. Planxty were no strangers to bad business deals, they don't have any control over their albums any more. The masters were sold on by their producer Phil Coulter to a US label - Seanachai - and they find it extremely hard to get any royalties out of them, Seanachai also have made shoddy releases of the albums, omitting liner notes, not having the original wrong covers etc. So Phil Coulter looks like a right prick for helping to create this situation.

Then watched the new episode of No Disco. The only track that stands out in my memory is PJ Harvey's - Good Fortune which is just brilliant with a simple video of PJ (looking pretty good) wondering around NY (where I will be in April...yeahhhh. What a pity she is playing Glasto (yes Andrew - I'm recovering my senses I think and will plump for Glasto not 100% tho). Should book flights soon and save a packet.