The album was called 'Tales to Warm Your Mind' by the irish rovers. We had the record when I was very young, and I listened to it all the time. I actually still have the record, but due to time and how many times I played it as a child, the record is pretty much unplayable now.
The songs hold a lot of memories, and so I ventured a search in the internet that spanned years. Hoping that I would be able to get a playable version of this musical gem.
Problem: The album is over 30 years old. It's totally out of print.
With great reluctance I picked up a bit torrent reader and to my suprise, there was a download of the entire discography of the irish rovers. I just wanted the one album. I picked up their CD 'The Unicorn' and it just didn't do it for me.
So it begs a question about those out of print albums. What do you do if you can't find it? Is it legal to download if technically it doesn't exist in the retail market?
If you want to look at the problems with the music industry and copyright laws, look at the out of print material. Take a look at music that you just can't find unless you get it as a download.
Until someone figures that out, I will continue to enjoy the melodies in "Mrs Crandall's Boardinghouse".
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