"Glenn Booth" wrote


MFP, is that the "Music for Pleasure" stuff? Actually I had a very good
copy of one of Tchaikovsky's Piano concertos on that label, which got
played to death. I wouldn't say it was all rubbish by a long way, I just
happened across a few bad examples.


Oh I don't say you couldn't get some howlers in the MFP range but my
expereience is that there a lot of damn nice albums on that label, not to
mention some truly wacky stuff like Mikki & Griff and 'Dorita y Pepe' :-))

At just under a quid, they were the 'Naxos' of their day and I'm delighted
to have the ones I've got. (Wacky or not!)

Classics For Pleasure (CFP) is a slightly different ballgame - many of them
(I *suspect*) are reissues of more costly albums that were previously
distributed as 'top line, non budget' albums. I have an enormous number of
these and they are mostly quite excellent. Once again, an inexpensive way
for some pore ole soul to build a decent library for a reasonable outlay!!

Let's have some fun - email me with your (classical) Heart's Desire (Nos, 1
and 2) and I'll see how close I can get to it for you and will do you a nice
little silver disk..... ;-)


Never mind the quality, missus, feel the width :-)

I've no idea if vinyl weight really makes a difference - these just didn't
feel like quality product. They came complete with lots of 'vinyl
shavings' across the surface, and generally didn't give the impression of
being well produced.


Well, my records are clamped like I say onto an acrylic platter so I don't
reckong to get much 'ringing' but I have to admit a nice thick 180 gm
Columbia or summat similar will put a smile on my chops for a wee while!!
:-)

Swarf, sharp edges? No we don't want them, but I'm not sure the curly ginger
hairs you get on a lot of charity shop vinyl is a much better alternative!!
;-)