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In Reply to: How did you come by your love of classical music? posted by tinear on October 31, 2020 at 07:23:02:
It was 1956, and I was 4 years old. Dad was electric engineer and sound reproduction buff. He had excellent tube radio and electric 78 rpm turntable with magnetic pickup. To start the turntable, it was necessary to first rotate the platter by hand, after which electric motor would take over. It was some kind of synchronous direct drive design.
Dad had few records, of which my favorite was Italian Cappriccio with Moscow Radio Symphony conducted by Melik-Pashayev. It was on three giant (l.p. size) shellacs. I could listen to this set for hours non-stop, but never had enough because dad was in charge of handling the disks and changing the needles. I still clearly remember all the disc change pauses on that record.
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