OK, then: I was a big fan of Pentangle in my teens, ditto Joan Baez, and also loved Joan's pacifism and social activism, and found her rendition of "We shall overcome" very moving. Also loved Beethoven's symphonies and piano concertos from about the same time: I slightly prefer concertos to symphonies in general, because |I like the conversation between the soloist and the orchestra. The transition from the slow movemewnt to the final movement of PC 5 sends shivers dowen my spine. I heard a recording of the gp to the ct in Manchester Cnetral Library when I was studying for my A-levels, and got hold of the recording myself (disappeared long ago), and learnt quite a lot of it, up to the end of the knight's introduction, without even trying. I used to have a recording of MLK's speech, and it always moved me to tears. I used to have a record of Brittens settings of Donne, bought because I loved Donne. His setting of "Since she whom I loved..." was another spine-shiverer. I love the guitar solo in RAtC. The Ricks OBEV is the best general anthology, and is good and fat. Theakston's Old Pec is my joint favourite British beer, the other being Robinson's Old Tom. I think I'll have Beethoven's PC 5 if I'm only allowed one record.
