Replying to a message of Russell Tiedt to Charles Angelich:

 RT> 05 May 03 18:07, you wrote to me:

 RT> I like the sound, tho I do wonder if the tempo is not just a wee - wee
 RT> bit  slow. :-)

 CA>> I am anxious to get my vinyl onto CDs before it is too late.
 CA>> I've already lost a few Ventures albums to careless handling
 CA>> and a Larry Adler album my daughters tell me would cost $300 US
 CA>> to replace. :-\

 RT> YOUCH !! $300 for a LP, all the more reason to look after them
 RT> carefully.  

The most I've paid for a single record (not a record set) was $15.
I'd been looking for the d*mn thing for over 25 years and finally located a
copy (1957, 'The Creature' by Buchanan & Ancell - which I'm sure no one
around here ever heard of).

Found a couple of neat LP's at a local estate sale.  Original Chancellor
(Philadelphia label) issues of the first LP by Fabian and the first LP by
Frankie Avalon.  Also a copy of the original
1952 Columbia 78rpm release of "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus"
by Jimmy Boyd.  I suspect they're worth quite a bit more than what I paid
for them (I got all of the records - LP's, 45's and 78's - being sold for
$5).

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