Musical saw-man Jim Leonard learned the musical saw at home and made multiple appearances on The Gong Show in the 1970s, losing to a baton twirler by a single point withheld by Phyllis Diller. He pressed this LP privately in 1980, claiming he spent 900 hours recording and engineering it, multitracking himself against a small pickup ensemble. Japanese label EM Records reissued it with bonus tracks in 2005.
Jim signed this copy to the cast of Real People in 1980 (and if you were born too late to watch Real People when it aired, MAD Magazine was entirely correct when they observed "This really is The Gong Show, it's just done in prime time!").
Please note that this record was a home production engineered by the artist, who did not take advantage of noise reduction and who did straight cuts to leader at the end of each track, and these artifacts have been preserved as I found them.
DISCLAIMER: To the best of my knowledge, this work is out of print and not available for purchase in any format. If you are the artist and are planning a reissue, please let me know and I’ll remove it from the blog. Also please get in touch if you’ve lost your art &/or sound masters and would like to talk with me about my restoration work.
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