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    Keeping the audiophile faith

    Dec 10, 2019 3 minutes
    BY CARL THOMAS HRICZAK

    GOOD AND BAD, I DEFINE THESE TERMS QUITE CLEAR…

    —BOB DYLAN

    THIS ISSUE: A remarkable gift sets one family on their path to musical fulfillment.

    It’s 9:45 on a mid-September weeknight in Greater Toronto. Having spent the evening reveling in the glory of her 9th birthday—candles blown out, presents open, pleasantly full of Wegmans’ Ultimate Chocolate Cake—Our Birthday Girl has one additional request:

    “Can we please play ‘Happy Birthday Polka’?!”

    Emily’s referring to a 10" 78rpm recording by Tex Williams, on a

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