No Discs

[Ray Jones]

Looking at the Classic Banjo website, it would seem that Hal Allert has withdrawn the " Music Store " section containing the Old Time Classic Banjo Discs for sale.     I am not surprised as there didn't seem to be any customers willing to buy them, and pointless flogging a dead horse.    I am so pleased that I have the complete set of the discs, as they are real gems, and I wouldn't sell or trade them for anything.    Obviously, Hal put so much work into them to bring them up to modern listening standards, removing hisses and scratches from the originals, that he must have been disappointed and financially out of pocket when purchases were practically zero.     Well mates, by all means keep your money in the Bank whilst I listen to banjo music that cannot be repeated and in my opinion is priceless.    Ray

[Sylvia]

Could it be that he is having trouble with that particular page.  I tried to get it the other day and it wouldn't load properly.At the time I just  thought it  might have been my computer at fault.

[thereallyniceman]

Hi Ray,

I think that Hal is replacing, not removing his Music Store. His old store was an extremely expensive add on from his hosting service and he is now intending to use a different shop front.  Just wait a while and I think a new store will be up and running soon.

SO.. Everyone, please support Hal's Classic Banjo site by purchasing the music downloads when they become available again. They are all gems!

Ian

[Richard William Ineson]

I had a narrow escape some years ago, when I found my copy of Brigg's Banjo Tutor from 1855, and wanted to make it available to a wider audience, I got quotations from a few printers for a reproduction of the book, can't really remember the figures now, but Julian Vincent pointed out to me that the market for the book was likely to be extremely limited.

Fortunately, I took heed of his wise words, and decided not to proceed with the venture, otherwise I would probably still be looking at a pile of around five hundred of these books. 

[Trapdoor2]

Joe Ayers (Tuckahoe publications) did it in the 1980's and they have been increasingly difficult (and expensive) to find. I believe he has started a second printing recently. At least his reprint of the Converse "greenback book" is now available again.

I'm not so sure I would do it either (esp. today). So many of the old tutors are freely available on the net now.

Richard William Ineson said:

I had a narrow escape some years ago, when I found my copy of Brigg's Banjo Tutor from 1855, and wanted to make it available to a wider audience, I got quotations from a few printers for a reproduction of the book, can't really remember the figures now, but Julian Vincent pointed out to me that the market for the book was likely to be extremely limited.

Fortunately, I took heed of his wise words, and decided not to proceed with the venture, otherwise I would probably still be looking at a pile of around five hundred of these books. 

[David Wade]

My pile of Cogubamus repirnts is getting gradually smaller........