Ah! Nothing like a trip down memory lane to kindle the joys of record collecting. I recall that in the record shop I frequented they would have the previous months Schwann catalog on the free table thus alleviating the need to spend the exuberant amount of I believe $ US 1.25 for the current month's catalog. My oldest Gramophone is from August 1982 - Vaughan Williams The Sons of Light by Lyrita on the cover. Don't forget by Penguin The Symphony by Ralph Hill. Of course I still have my Supraphon and Melodyia LP's - so hard to get back then - but the repertory - so intriguing - and the sleeve covers so artful - and the liner notes in 8 pt pica print. The one thing I wish existed is a photocopy(s) of the collection of the Records International Catalogs - my earliest October 1983.