I have a few odd items from the LP era. But what you call old depends heavily on your age. For me, it would be recordings from before the 70s. I can remember recordings of Gerwig (I seem to remember a recording of Garsi da Parma and another with Newsidler) and Julian Bream and occasional glimpses of Diana Poulton and Desmond Dupre mostly on compilation LPs of the "Music from Hatfield House" variety. I think it would be great if these could be transferred into digital format and distributed - it really brings it to life when reading old Journals of the Lute Society to hear what the playing contemporary to the article sounded like. Are such recordings still in copyright? Could they be shared without infringing anyone's right to a fee?
Richard Corran
