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I have an odd problem. About 60 concert and radio broadcast tapes of major rock bands and local Seattle acts, all recorded in the mid-1970s, have come into my possession. Based on some web research, it appears that these recordings do not exist as bootlegs. It is quite possible that these are the only extant copies of these recordings. A few of the performers on the tapes include Fleetwood Mac, The Pointer Sisters, Frank Zappa, Deep Purple, Rush and Robin Trower. There are many other equally important bands and performers. This stuff is out of my own area of expertise, but I know enough to recognize that this is probably an important collection. So I'm looking for a place to either donate or sell the tapes to somebody in a position to deal with them without diluting the musicians' intellectual property. While I have the tapes, I don't believe I have any claim on the rights to the performances they document, so I don't want to make them available through the bootleg channel. I have offered to donate these tapes to the Experience Music Project Museum here in Seattle, but they are not able to accept them. So I'm looking for other options. Can anybody suggest any other museums, libraries or private collectors who might be interested in this material? John Ross Sound Archivist Northwest Folklife