zphage wrote: mojojojo wrote:
very nice selection
strong libraries are a national asset
where i live has the heaviest density of libraries per capita in the US
music-wise libraries are usually hit and miss around here,
yet strong on DVDs
Pretty much everything I know about Classical and Jazz I owe to Swiss Cottage and Holborn libraries. Not sure what the selection is like now but 30 years ago Swiss Cottage in particular had a spectacular music section (books and discs). Much as I love a lot of the aspects of the access to music we have today (especially checking out new artists via myspace etc) having to pick a couple of recordings a week to concentrate on probably meant I stuck with difficult things longer than I would were I an 18 year old today. Cecil Taylor and Webern for two.
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