Musicians' photos are from when the music was made. Although the music is old, the customers are by no means only elderly. Anatol Schenker, an English teacher in Basel, Switzerland, who writes the knowledgeable English-language album notes, is in his 30s. Schenker is representative of the sort of people of all ages who get together to listen to and talk about the music. And a new generation is discovering it.
Collectors are scholarly people who demand reliable, complete documentation.
The notes include biographical details, discographies, original matrix numbers, complete personnel and where and when and under what conditions the music was recorded. Through record-shop feedback, Petard learned that Wynton Marsalis and Tony Bennett are enthusiasts. The Italian singer and composer Paolo Conte and the French actor and director Pierre Mondy are fans. If I spent not enough money or did not pay enough attention to the sound quality. Or if, to make things easier for myself, I omitted a recording because I could not find it.