15 Minutes of Elevator Music, New York Times, 1970

It was a demo record given at no extra cost to folks who bought the Times songbook of the Great Songs of the Sixties. I got it from my in-laws; I can’t imagine they bought the songbook. One of life’s mysteries. One side is a piano playing about a minute of seven songs such as Moon River and Both Sides Now. The other side is a guitar playing bits of King of the Road, Leaving on a Jet Plane, and five others.

The most recent record I wrote up included the song It’s the Singer, Not the Song. This record demonstrates that. There is also an interesting juxtaposition. One song that’s included is People, which says that people who need people are the luckiest people in the world. Another is The Sound of Silence, which says I have no need of friendship, friendship causes pain. Give a listen and see who you agree with.

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