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2025 reissue, 12″ LP, P-Vine.
If you were indeed wondering why, well, Gary Marks doesn’t claim to have the answers. Amid an honorary reissue campaign of this under-storied musician’s early LPs by P-Vine (after he moved on to become a published fiction and non-fiction writer), Marks’ third record from 1978 stands out among this folky jazz singer’s best. After his debut record Gathering and then the sophomore Upon Aonda’s Wing, this ponderous yet sprightly record follows Marks’ relocation to the West Coast of the USA in 1976, after which he began working with Art Rande and Oregon member Paul McCandles. Considered his masterpiece by many, this hidden avant-garde folk jazz diamond contains stirring narratives, cathartic piano ballads, and hum-along heart-pinchers, weaving twin threads of personal disclosure and mystery Americana.