How long did that "Daft" article say?? I have "accidentally" taped 2 Pieces of Music Consecutively, that makes a total "Nonsense" of the statement made earlier about Baroque Music taking a "surge" in popularity in the last "few" years. What I'd like to know is Harty "arranged" The Music to the Royal Fire works"; WHEN was it out on "Decca", PLEASE?? That will be the First "Date". The next pieceS taped = Savall on the Solo Viola da Gamba, made on the Alia Vox Label; so Very Recently - like less than 2 Years "old"?? So, should I call this tape:- "Baroque Music 19.. to 1997+ - Note the differences??" I'd reckon the Harty "must" have appeared as a "treat" for a gang of Totally DIS-interested Boys @ a Pommie /Limey Boarding school pre 1955 @ least?? The 2 "approaches" have absolutely Zilch/Zero/Nil in common @ all?? By 1963, I know the "1/2 respectable" [in HIP terms] Mackerras version was available as I heard it played in a shop outside Singapore Royal Naval Dockyard AT MY REQUEST I was "Broke" and off to Sea in the morning = so bought that LP after 1966 in Australia The LP Cover is an "Icon", that I use as a Wall Decoration, to remind me where/when the Early Music ADDICTION began. Must keep an ear open for the "current" [HIP] version?? "Nostalgia aint what it used to be"?!* Bill(Y).