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No'Kno ... subtle little 9/10 9th October observation, there.
This was too obscure ... I can see that now.
It was the first day of recording of a historic recording of Wagner's Ring.
listens to collective groans and jeers ...
I've had a copy for years, but the recording has recently been remastered, and I've bought another copy.
During the recording of the first Opera, a member of the audience has a persistent hacking cough.
It doesn't detract from the breathtaking quality of the performance ... but one Italian opera-goer had his cough recorded for posterity.
Almost 70 years later, it is still the most worst cough in all of classical music.
That's why I posted this in Music ... not Q&P.
Sorry.
Love,
Seagull
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