I saw the report in the Globe and Mail and was gutted! We used to come in from the sticks (Niagara Penn) as teenagers in the 60/70s and have some wonderful times walking those wonky wooden floors. And ecclectic? Gawd! Went in once for a Judy Collins album and general browse and came up with an LP of Kabuki theatre music. Still have it somewhere...

And boy were they open for suggestions! Dafydd Iwan, a Welsh political/folk singer and partner in a major Welsh recording company, was in Ont. on tour so I took him to see the manager of the folk section ... who after a brief chat told Dafydd to send him 80 Welsh records (Dafydd's choice) when he got home. Started a long relationship ... and vastly improved the selection of Welsh records available to us in Ontario. OK - I guess it isn't finely honed cut-and-thrust commerciallism but ...

(((((sigh))))))

sian