Alphabet associations - I

[Anna]

Still totally confused, this is probably my last (totally wrong) stab at it before I lose my sanity.

New Orleans is ile d'Orleans, record label Island Records, danceband Goomaby Dance Band with Island in the Sun and the only Mass I can think of is Ireland in C. although where blind eyes come into anything I don't know.

[Norfolk Born]

Ground control to Major Tom ....Earth to bts....

[BetweenTheStaves]

OK...sorry been out for a while.

The first instance is a record label who specialised in jazz and were then subsequently taken over. Bit of a liberty, if you ask me.

In the second instance, I am thinking of a person who's attributed to the phrase 'turning a blind eye' and the Mass fits in here

Lastly, the third is a dance band who were were prevalent in New Orleans in the early 1920's.

Time for a mint tea.

[vinteuil]

OK...sorry been out for a while.

The first instance is a record label who specialised in jazz and were then subsequently taken over. Bit of a liberty, if you ask me.

In the second instance, I am thinking of a person who's attributed to the phrase 'turning a blind eye' and the Mass fits in here

Lastly, the third is a dance band who were were prevalent in New Orleans in the early 1920's.

Time for a mint tea.

Well, Haydn's "Nelson" Mass 'in angustiis', obviously, but not sure where this leads...

[BetweenTheStaves]

Vinteuil...you are so close. Almost there.

[Anna]

Record label - Imperial?

[BetweenTheStaves]

Record label - Imperial?

YES!!!!!!!!!! taken over by Liberty (which I hinted at in the post above). Nelson's Mass is sometimes referred to as the Imperial. The Imperial Dance Band were fixtures in New Orleans in the 1920's. I dropped two other hints.....you will crown me....Crown Imperial and also have a mint tea.....Mint Imperial.

Over to Anna for J

[rubbernecker]

Record label - Imperial?

Taken over by Capitol Records, possibly explaining bts's 'liberty' quip

EDIT: ah, we're there. Well done Anna. Now what did I do with that axe... Oh, it's still buried in Tapiola's skull

[Anna]

Well, I'm not sure if Vinteuil should have it rather than me, he got the Nelson Mass which put me onto Imperial. Gosh, it was a long convoluted haul wasn't it?

[vinteuil]

Well, I'm not sure if Vinteuil should have it rather than me, he got the Nelson Mass which put me onto Imperial. Gosh, it was a long convoluted haul wasn't it?

Anna - no, the honour is all yours - I hadn't any idea where things were going! - over to you for J ...

PS - much admire your avatar - who she?

[Tapiola]

ah, we're there. Well done Anna. Now what did I do with that axe... Oh, it's still buried in Tapiola's skull

And all of a sudden I feel strangely exhonerated

I don't know what gave me the greater headache: that axe or the clue.

[Anna]

Vinteuil, my avatar is the wonderful Lauren Bacall

OK then, and bearing in mind I'm not crypticall minded (and BtS's was almost as cryptic as Tapiola's blind Norwegian jazzsinger!) Here is a straightfoward one. However, I will be away from the computer for about an hour or more. I fully expect to see it solved when I return!

Which J would remind you of a National emblem, an encounter with an insect and has been commemorated on a postage stamp?

[Norfolk Born]

Well ... 'Jumbo' fits. The elephant is an emblem of India, there's the story of the elephant and the flea, and the Jumbo Jet appeared on a postage stamp in the late 1990s. However, there's no musical link there that I can think of.

[Tapiola]

Well ... 'Jumbo' fits. The elephant is an emblem of India, there's the story of the elephant and the flea, and the Jumbo Jet appeared on a postage stamp in the late 1990s. However, there's no musical link there that I can think of.

There's always this...

[rubbernecker]

my avatar is the wonderful Lauren Bacall

You mean... that's not really you...?