You are absolutely right Nerd, but there is also an issue with "standard" CDs. There is speculation that some of the early ones, especially, can be affected by the same conditions that would degrade a CDR.

LL, the obvious way to back them up is as MP3 files, otherwise you could end up with a storage nightmare. However, you don't get owt for nowt, all those MB/GBs saved must mean some loss of quality, though damned if I can hear it.

Anyway, lets hope GuestMM is successful, although if he is, no doubt Mr B will still be smiling.