John Dalmas: >A "historical" recording is any recording at all from the distant past, >whether regarded as important or not. 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? John signed himself: >John Dalmas (pedantly yours) Forgive me, John, but you mean "pedantically". And yes, I do realise I've set myself up... Richard Pennycuick [log in to unmask]