T.D.

DG touting a reissue of this. 1978 album of standards, maybe nothing special but I'm enjoying it. Unfortunately, too pricey: CD $25.99 / LP $45.99

Weird, but funny and a gas to listen to.

I (and maybe some other dinosaurs) hope so! Mack Avenue does seem to release CDs. IIRC they took over the MaxJazz label (who released a whole lot of "At Yoshi's" live albums and a number of Jessica Williams CDs back in the day).

Very promising, but the above anthology is digital-only so IMO CDs are far from certain.

Is he a "rumpeter" as the OP stated?

This is really cool but weird. Especially the vocal material based on Edward Lear text. There's lots of other vocals (which I ordinarily don't go for) with text by Yeats, Joyce and Lewis Carroll. I know it's merely a typo, but funny. 🙂 Good but slightly weird.

Although sometimes I think I must be insane for listening to this kind of music (if not already for other reasons).

Hey, it's mostly for the soundtrack. I can't imagine the English dialogue would be too scintillating.

Thanks, but I can watch a dubbed (into Tamil 😁) version, albeit with weird aspect ratio, for free on youtube.

OMG, I clicked on the link and the graphics are something else! There's a (semi-)local cinema which loves to screen this kind of thing. Wonder if the film is available. There's a 13-minute sound sample on youtube: There's something slightly odd about the archer(ess?) in the foreground...🤣

I was speaking figuratively. Their algorithm recommended a bunch of Delmarks (and variants) at $0.99 through $3.99. Selected one and then piggybacked more algo recommendations plus one that was on my watch list. They do have clickable links for "Sale Items", "CD Deals" and "LP Deals" now. Scroll down a DG page and look under "Special Offers" in the left column. Warning: you can spend a lot of time and/or $...I guess that's why the sobriquet "The Bastards". 😁 Looks like they've recently modified the site a bit...IIRC the CD link used to be something like "CDs $8.99 or less". For instance: CD Deals (new/used, sorted ascending by price) LP Deals (ditto)

Weird mix of obscure items from Dusty Groove bargain bins: (Prestige twofer reissue w. one solo track omitted)

I remember that. The clip of Pres. Carter singing Salt Peanuts was all over TV. It made the nightly news IIRC.

Second half of this box. Then will take a Beethoven break, though the Kempff mono and Serkin (incomplete) sets will move into the queue.

+1 And he happened to be correct in that particular case. 😆

That Jazz Times story has been up since at least 2021, which is when I first saw it.

Thanks for the recommendations. That one was 1000 yen for a long time at cdjapan. Probably still is, per Lon (I haven't checked recently, cutting down on purchases). I was intending to buy but passed due to lack of reviews and Andorran issuer. Will try to find a copy.

Thanks, Rooster. I've seen that fuller account quite a few times before, and posted passages (about RVG's reaction to plucked piano) on other boards. The jazztimes link says "updated Sep 27, 2024", but it's been around quite a bit longer than that. I suspect the account/interview/whatever has appeared on other websites, but have forgotten them.