Thanks to people for their comments, and the info provided. :-)

I haven't found a minidisc or solid-state recorder that seems ideal for the
requirements I outlined. However I do have an old portable cassette
recorder. As an experiment I've ordered a cheap stereo mic (L99AA) from
maplin and will see how well this works with the recorder.

Slainte,

Jim

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