He is now retired and is concentrating on transferring his huge collection of 78, 33 and 45 rpm records onto more modern systems. Leader was honoured with a "Good Tradition" award, for his contributions to continuing the tradition of folk music, at the 2012 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards at The Lowry theatre in Salford on 8 February 2012. A full listing of titles on the Leader and Trailer labels is in preparation on Folkopedia