John Dalmas wrote:

>>A "historical" recording is any recording at all from the distant past,
>>whether regarded as important or not.

Richard Pennycuick replied:

>For those of us whose hair is rapidly greying (or graying), eroding or
>both, the distant past is not the same place as it is for the more hirsute
>music lover.  I've always thought a historical recording to be one which
>dates from before the age of LP.  I know there were exceptions but does
>1950 seem a good cut-off point?

According to Einstein, as you and I move ever more swiftly into the distant
past, to the youngest of the younger generation looking straight at us we
would seem not to be moving at all.  Thus saith my grandchildren who groan
at the sight of so many lps taking up space in the house.

>John signed himself:
>
>>John Dalmas (pedantly yours)
>
>Forgive me, John, but you mean "pedantically".  And yes, I do realise I've
>set myself up...

Alas, I confess to being a pedant, but never ever pedantic. (What, never?}

John Dalmas
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