I finally pulled the trigger on that one a week and a half ago...I was apprehensive as Side 1 is 29+ minutes long!!!
But it was just so beautiful there in the store...smiling at me...
Have no fear. It's a keeper. Just great, great music. And great sound too, for what it is. It is a stereo recording, but there are quite a few dropouts that I'm sure are in the master tape they used. (Ravi's personal copy; it was his dad's, given to him by the producer of the broadcasts.)
Go for it.
Chuck, I know exactly what you mean. I just go nuts when the $4 record sound as good or better than the $30 record.