I'm amazed and delighted to see that the series has been released....I've just been transferring my VHS copy of the '84/'85 Channel Four repeat to disc for archival purposes, never thinking there was a bit of a community here....
Like many here I suspect, I found DM via a keen music teacher, Two Renaissance Dance Bands (First album I ever bought), the boxed sets borrowed from the local library, and the original ITV screenings. Our music teacher was a bit of a disciple, and ran a renaissance band by teaching us kids to play the instruments he had himself collected. As a trumpet and recorder player, I dived between crumhorn and cornett....thinking back, the teacher announcing to the class that DM had passed on was the first time I saw a grown man cry.
Interesting to see a few things in his discography I missed....the Tete de la Course sounds intriguing....now, was a soundtrack CD to Zardoz ever released?? I have all his work with Shirley and Dolly Collins, if you haven't heard this material it is highly recommended, it's the most English music you have ever heard...