[78-L] Good-bye

[simmonssomer]

Collecting may well be an obsession of some kind Steve, but let's draw a 
distinction between the ownership neuroses (I plead guilty) and the healthy 
desire to archive (and enjoy) a vital portion of our musical and 
socio-economic history because we love  the music much of which was and is, 
available only on 78rpm discs.

Al Simmons

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Abrams" <steve.abrams at gmail.com>
To: "78L" <78-L at 78online.com>
Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 11:22 AM
Subject: [78-L] Good-bye


> I've been on the list since 1998.  Lately the signal to noise ratio has 
> declined to the point where I no longer wish to participate.
>
> Part of the problem lies in the fact that record collecting itself is a 
> neurosis.  I am a psychologist and for some time I have been intending to 
> write about the psychopathology of collecting.  For several years I have 
> been assembling material from 78L.  The list has finally disgraced itself 
> and my research is now complete.
>
> I'm sorry to say that some of the blame lies with Ron Fial, who has been 
> unwilling to intervene and has managed to lose the archives.
>
> Steve Abrams
> (Not the first Steve Abrams to leave.)
>
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