John Smyth wrote:

>As a nascent vinylphile, Columbia pressings, (the "two-eye" to the
>present), are the absolute worst, a blanket statement I'll stand behind.
>(Decent vinyl by Philips, DG, EMI, and Decca run *circles* around *any*
>digital format.)

My goodness.  Someone else finally said this out loud (though I've friends
who knew this long ago).  Columbias pressed in Germany, Japan, and to a
lesser extent England are wonderful.  One reason I'm afraid to go to
Germany again is that I'll have to mortgage my house again if I find a
used vinyl store.

Roger Hecht