By now I had progressed to a Hi-Fi system: A Garrard SP25 MK 11 deck
with a Shure M55 E Magnetic cartridge -the e stood for elliptical
which meant that it really gave good cross talk results on the old
stereo. I had a Teleton transistor amp and this time I set the system
up in my parent's kitchen where it was a damn site warmer than the
bloody backroom. *

Same cartridge (I think - it was certainly a Shure eliptical), Garrard
SP25 MKIV deck, Amstrad 20W channel amp (it was a lot of power then)
and Wharfedale Denton speakers. Got the lot for my 21st birthday. I'd
long left home, so there were no parents to moan at the volume. Still
got the Wharfedale speakers. Was a fan of The Kinks & The Who, but was
never a Mod, eventually became more of a hippy. Went to the early
Cambridge Folk Festivals, saw the Fairports etc.

Still love seeing live music.

Graham
Penzance