Richard Pennycuick asked:

>Would it mean the end of civilisation as we know it if the CD simply told
>you the sort of information that we now find on the back and dispensed
>with the inclusion of essays on the music? In other words, I wonder how
>many of us ever read the notes carefully *every time* we buy a CD?

Not having as much knowledge of the music as I would like, I almost always
read the booklets.  I don't understand everything.  However I do learn
something, about the music, the performance, the composers and performers
lives.  I feel the same about this List.  I don't understand all that I
read, but I give it a shot anyway.  Always good to stretch.

Ron Chaplin