An amateur cassette recording of an unheralded, unknown female jazz singer in Chicago featured versions of "All of Me" and "Sunny Side of the Street" which, because of the joy imbued in her performance, were way, way better than versions by celebrity vocalists. Salinger's Caulfield says "Those idiots who clap their heads off will ruin anyone if you give them the chance." Performances removed in time and space is one reason I am into recording technology. I had a recording on cassette of Steely Dan's pre-professional recordings called Sun Mountain which I loved. Another zinger from Holden Caulfield is "The movies. Don't even talk to me about them. They can ruin you. I'm not kidding."
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