26 SEPTEMBER 1970, page 26

Records

First instalment RODNEY MILNES It is only comparatively recently that recording companies have started to cater for the collecting instinct. All Mozart's sym- phonies conducted......

Theatre

Familiar ground KENNETH HURREN Except for those irrevocably committed to a belief in his genius, reviewers confronted with plays by Harold Pinter tend to be as wary as puppies......

Pop

Alive and kicking DUNCAN FALLOWELL When the Beatles withdrew from public performance the excuse was that their in- creasingly complex records could not be reproduced on-stage.......