Notes from the CD cover:

"Sometime in the late 1990's, or possibly the early 2000's, I bought several unmarked audio cassettes from a charity shop. To my delight I found that one of them held recordings of an old man singing versions of a dozen songs, some of which I recognised, some of which were unfamiliar. He was singing unaccompanied on all of them, apart from one sung over a karaoke backing track. I knew then that part of my life mission was to record the music to accompany these vocal recordings.
The cassette got put in the 'to do' pile, and - evidence of the tectonic-plate-rate of activity here at Pumf Towers - reached the top only a few months back. I did some research to discover the identities of the songs, and listened to versions of them recorded by other people, before setting out to create the music to which I melded the Old Man's vocals.
Although all this music has been created by me, therefore making it authentic Howl in the Typewriter material, the Old Man's signature is scrawled so heavily across the whole album that now it doesn't feel like mine, it's his; I'm simply presenting it. I marked the cassette 'Old Man Sings' immediately after listening to it for the first time, and after all this time it seems wrong to think about trying to come up with a different album title - so, 'Old Man Sings' it is.
I've never thought of myself as an artist, in the sense of the word meaning someone who can paint or draw, but I had a go at painting a piece of artwork specifically for the album cover, in honour of The Old Man. I'm quite pleased with it. I'm also pleased with the finished versions of the songs, but what do I know? Obviously it's all in the eye (and ear) of the beholder.
I would guess that the Old Man is now, unfortunately, long-deceased - though it would be nice to think he was still around and might someday get to hear these versions of the songs.
Who was he? Who did he love? Was he happy and contented? What did he do, and how did he occupy his time? Did he ever entertain audiences with his dulcet tones, or was he just a bedroom crooner?
I haven't a clue.
All I do know is that these were his favourite songs".
pStan Batcow
Howl in the Typewriter / Pumf Records
(late summer, 2023)

Originally released by Pumf Records in 2024 on CD (see www.batcow.co.uk/pumf/pumf.htm#875).

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