Mitch Friedfeld:

>Have to tell a joke on myself regarding Messiaen.

So Mitch doesn't feel alone, one against myself:

In a period of pre-history so obscure it doesn't even have a name,
the manager of a local store used to allow a friend and me to sample
records in a room equipped with some reasonable listening gear.  One
day we listened to Rossini's Tancredi Overture on a 45 (I told you it was
a long time ago) and thought it sounded rather dreary.  It took several
minutes before we realised we hadn't changed the turntable speed from 33
1/3.  Yes, I did buy it.

Richard Pennycuick
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