Donald Satz ([log in to unmask]) wrote: >Although Gelb has been destroying much of what I liked about Sony >recordings, I have the feeling that, financially, he's doing well for >Sony. He could probably do even better by dropping the entire classical catalogue - except for Charlotte Church and the soundtrack from Titanic. But surely his job is to head up the classical division, which I would imagine meant making a profit *and* making records. >... We can do it ourselves if we choose to, and there's a maximum of >sources for our listening pleasure. If the "state" was in charge, the >choices would be meagre and of even lower quality. The only thing a public >source does better than a private one is to waste money and time. I don't imagine Dave wants us to go off at a political tangent, but where is your evidence for this Don, especially as related to the arts? Deryk Barker [log in to unmask]