Barry

I fully endorse the idea of people retaining their vinyl etc.

I didn't fully explain this matter of lossless downloads - the purpose being that once you have the
download, burn it (slowly) to a good quality blank CD for future storage and everyday enjoyment.
More tech-minded types will use another hard-drive (which has it's own risks).

This concept of labels offering a discount - I can actually envisage this happening, in the form of
"buy four and get the fifth for half-price". But the time period might be less than you'd like.

And don't be fooled into thinking Ralph's final comment was jocular - buying things 'pre-owned'
is a well-known indicator of affluence... :-)

To move away from downloads and CD-R's someone I was discussing this with told me he had seen
an item on an episode of the Antiques Roadshow - one of those rare occasions when that dreadful
female had moved out of camera-shot. Incredibly, what he'd seen was a gas-driven gramophone...
music was played through several glass tubes containing ignited gas! The resulting sound quality
was claimed to be far superior and more truthful than through the normal horn. Apparently.


regards