So far I've amassed 55 cassettes and over 80 minidiscs from the radio, ignoring the quarter-inch tapes I started with. (Yes, I even had a splicing block on the tape recorder with razor blades and splicing tape).

In return, liking stuff like the Beatles, Eric Bibb, Vaughan-Williams and so on, quite an eclectic mix I hope, I've bought a number of CDs which I wouldn't have considered otherwise unless I'd heard them a couple of times over. Is that reasonable? Seems so to me.

Just ordered another Eric Bibb CD in the last half-hour and an Albion Band so I look forward to those!