Love the mono notes. We didn't have a stereo till 1961 when my mom and dad bought a Sears Silvertone console. Even back in the day that probably wasn't a very good one, and I eventually became envious of those families with the fancier Zeniths or Scotts or Fishers, but it was luxurious compared to anything we'd had before. Concurrent with buying that, my dad joined the Columbia Record Club, and the Mitch Miller sound rings in my head to this day. Let's see... Mitch Miller, Andy Williams, I don't remember what else until a year or so later when we got the South Pacific cast album (gatefold release) which I played to death, and which started me off on insisting they order other shows.