Mitch Friedfeld asks: >What obsessions have other listmembers succumbed to? Record collecting is my great obsession... As of late I have observed many individuals selling pirate CDs of classical discs that have not been reissued on CD. In my restoration work I have transferred many a lacquer disc but rarely an LP. So I decided to transfer (and restore) some of my oldies but goodies...I found myself looking for discs that I didn't listen to very often, mainly because the sound was terrible...mostly old Columbia LPs. For some reason I started in on Morton Gould's recordings for Columbia...everything from his Family Album to the Tap Dance Concerto...which lead me to the Stokowski recording of the Dance Variations, Gould's own recording of Spirituals with the Chicago Symphony, to...yes even a few of his "easy listening" albums. That's one obsession. Another came from restoring some old French Columbia discs, Bruck conducting the Prokofiev Second and Third Symphonies...I believe their first recordings. So I have been listening to all of my recordings of those two works. Then there is the ritualistic side of things...years ago, at least once a week, I would listen to Daphnis and Chloe with the score. Other obsessions...Koussevitzky performances...Munch performances...Kapell...etc. Karl