"tony sayer" wrote in message
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In article , Iain Churches

Do you remember Keith G who was one of the more
"interesting" subscribers to this group some years back?
When the drilling of small holes in CDs, and the fact that
they still played, was mentioned. He wrote: "That' nothing!
Every LP I own has a much bigger hole, and right through the
centre. The only error correction they have is an occasional
wipe with a DustBug. and they all play perfectly"

:-)
Yes met him at home once bought a brace of QUAD II's off him. Was a real
character Keith he had a sort of bedroom with most of the gear in, all
units piled on top of each other not an audio purist by any means but
very much an enthusiast, and that in abundance!.

Yes a hi-fi enthusiast in the real sense. We never met,
but corresponded regularly. I got the impression
he was a very practical chap, good at carpentry,
and handy with the soldering iron. Quite rare
attributes for an audiophile in these plug-and-play
days.

He was interested in SET and FR speakers.
Such a system would have certainly
done justice to the kind of music he liked.

Unbeknown to Keith, I fixed him up with an invite to
a Lowther get-together. He told me: "Can ya believe it?
An invite right out of the blue, just arrived in the post"
He probably had an inkling, but I never let on:-).
He tucked some of his beloved recordings
under his arm, and went along, met some interesting
people, heard some fine music on some amazing
systems and by all account had a very good day.

Been dead now some time,
Five years.

lovely bloke and his wife Swimm was she
called?..

An acronym:-)
She is a very gifted pianist and clarinet player.

When I told Keith I was thinking about taking up the
saxophone, with a view to joining a band, he sent me
an .mp3 (from vinyl of course) of "Frankie and Johnny"
by the Count Basie Orchestra. He said, "It would
be great if you could play this" The band's second
CD "Mosaics" on which Frankie and Johnny (an accurate
transcription of the Basie original) is the opening title,
will be released this summer.

Keith would have been tickled pink :-)

Iain