Los discos te dan más de lo que tú quieres.

Llevo todo el mes escuchando el 20/20 mientras estudio y me acabo de fijar en que es una edición inglesa del 69 en mono. En la funda del disco viene el siguiente texto, alabando las ventajas del nuevo formato (el long play). Es curioso leerlo en perspectiva.

HERE'S HOW RECORDS GIVE YOU MORE OF WHAT YOU WANT:

1. THEY'RE YOUR BEST ENTERTAIMENT BUY. Records give yo top cuality for less money tha any other record form. Every album is a show in itself. And once you've paid the proce of admission, you can hear it over and over again.

2. THEY ALLOW SELECTIVITY OF SONGS AND TRACKS. With records it's easy to pick out the songs you want to play, or to paly again a particular song or side. All you have to do is lift the pick-up arm and place it where you want it. You can't do this as easily with anything but a long playing record.

3. THEY ARE CONVENIENT AND EASY TO HANDLE. With he long-playing record you get what you want to hear, when you want to hear it. Everybody's familiar with records, too. And you can go anywhere with them because they're light and don't take up space.

4. THEY'RE ATTRACTIVE, INFORMATIVE AND EASY TO STORE. Record albums are never out of place. Because of the aesthetic appeal of the jacket desing, they're beautifully at home in any living room or library. They've also got important information on the backs about the artist, about the performances or about the programme. And because they're flat and not bulky, you can store hundreds in a minimum of space and still see every title.

5. THEY'LL GIVE YOU HOURS OF CONTINUOUS AND UNINTERRUPTED LISTENING PLEASURE. Just stack them up on your automatic changer and relax.

6. THEY'RE PROVEN MEDIUM. Long-playing records look the same now as when they were introduced in 1948, but there's a world of difference. Countless refinements and developments have been made to perfect the long-playing record's technical excellence and ensure the best in sound reproduction an quality.

7. IF IT'S IN RECORDED FORM, YOU KNOW IT'LL BE AVAILABLE ON RECORDS. Everything's on long-playing records these days... your favourite artists, shows, comedy, movie sound tracks, concerts, drama, documented history, educational material... you name it. This is not so with any other kind of recording.

8. THEY MAKE A GREAT GIFT because everybody you know loves music. And everyone owns a record player because it's the musical instrument everyone knows how to play. Records are gifts that say a lot to the person you're giving the to. And they keep on remembering.

AND REMEMBER... IT ALWAYS HAPPENS FIRST ON RECORDS.