Yesterday, I had a good time with Joshie at City Center. We've bee friends for around 16 years now, and he still amazes me. I thought I had good ears, but he was hearing things I completely missed in the original cast recording of Once Upon A Mattress, which was recorded by Kapp Records on what I think was a shoestring budget. If Goddard Lieberson had recorded it for Columbia, the sound would have been spectacular and we'd have far fewer questions about what was going on in the small orchestra of around 16-20 players.