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'''APL Blossom Time''' is a song about APL's early history written to the tune of [[wikipedia:The Battle of New Orleans|The Battle of New Orleans]] by Michael S. Montalbano, under the pseudonym "J.C.L. Guest". It was performed at [[APL81]] by [[Jim Brown]] and others, and the lyrics were published in the [[APL Quote Quad]] issue following that conference's proceedings.<ref>J.C.L. Guest. [https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/586656.586660 "APL Blossom Time"]. [[APL Quote Quad]] Volume 12, Issue 2. 1981-12.</ref> It has been widely cited both as documentation of and a part of APL's history.<ref>Catherine Lathwell. [http://archive.vector.org.uk/art10500170 "Rediscovering APL's history"]. [[Vector journal]] volume 24 issue 2. 2010-08.</ref><ref>[[Dyalog Ltd.]] [https://www.dyalog.com/blog/poetry/ "Poetry"].</ref><ref>[[Roger Hui]]. [https://www.jsoftware.com/papers/APLQA.htm#APL_Blossom_Time "APL Quotations and Anecdotes"].</ref><ref>[[SIGAPL]]. [http://www.sigapl.org/articles.php "Articles"].</ref> Montalbano published an annotated version of the lyrics at [[IPSA]]'s [[IPSA '82|1982 user meeting]].<ref name="history">Michael Montalbano. [http://www.ed-thelen.org/comp-hist/APL-hist.html "A Personal History of APL"] appendix A. [[IPSA '82]].</ref> | '''APL Blossom Time''' is a song about APL's early history written to the tune of [[wikipedia:The Battle of New Orleans|The Battle of New Orleans]] by Michael S. Montalbano, under the pseudonym "J.C.L. Guest". It was performed at [[APL81]] by [[Jim Brown]] and others, and the lyrics were published in the [[APL Quote Quad]] issue following that conference's proceedings.<ref>J.C.L. Guest. [https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/586656.586660 "APL Blossom Time"]. [[APL Quote Quad]] Volume 12, Issue 2. 1981-12.</ref> It has been widely cited both as documentation of and a part of APL's [[history]].<ref>Catherine Lathwell. [http://archive.vector.org.uk/art10500170 "Rediscovering APL's history"]. [[Vector journal]] volume 24 issue 2. 2010-08.</ref><ref>[[Dyalog Ltd.]] [https://www.dyalog.com/blog/poetry/ "Poetry"].</ref><ref>[[Roger Hui]]. [https://www.jsoftware.com/papers/APLQA.htm#APL_Blossom_Time "APL Quotations and Anecdotes"].</ref><ref>[[SIGAPL]]. [http://www.sigapl.org/articles.php "Articles"].</ref> Montalbano published an annotated version of the lyrics at [[IPSA]]'s [[IPSA '82|1982 user meeting]].<ref name="history">Michael Montalbano. [http://www.ed-thelen.org/comp-hist/APL-hist.html "A Personal History of APL"] appendix A. [[IPSA '82]].</ref> | ||
After Montalbano shared his lyrics with guitarist [[Jim Brown]], Brown surprised him by gathering a band including [[Larry Breed]], John Bunda, Diana Dloughy, Al O'Hara and Rob Skinner to play the song at the [[APL81]] conference banquet. The audience of over 1000 sang along, reading Montalbano's lyrics projected from overhead tranparencies.<ref name="history"/> This performance, with an introduction by Brown, was recorded on cassette tape and distributed by Bob Armstrong.<ref>Bob Armstrong. [https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/586656.586659 "Cassette of APL Blossom Time"]. [[APL Quote Quad]] Volume 12, Issue 2. 1981-12.</ref> Brown also recorded a studio version of the song with Mike Wheatley, John Bunda, and Brian Duff; it was published as a [[wikipedia:Single (music)#7-inch format|45 RPM]] single by APL Press, with the live version on the reverse.<ref>SmartArrays. [http://smartarrays.com/downloads/aplblossomtime/aplblossomtime.html "APL Blossom Time"].</ref> | After Montalbano shared his lyrics with guitarist [[Jim Brown]], Brown surprised him by gathering a band including [[Larry Breed]], John Bunda, Diana Dloughy, Al O'Hara and Rob Skinner to play the song at the [[APL81]] conference banquet. The audience of over 1000 sang along, reading Montalbano's lyrics projected from overhead tranparencies.<ref name="history"/> This performance, with an introduction by Brown, was recorded on cassette tape and distributed by Bob Armstrong.<ref>Bob Armstrong. [https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/586656.586659 "Cassette of APL Blossom Time"]. [[APL Quote Quad]] Volume 12, Issue 2. 1981-12.</ref> Brown also recorded a studio version of the song with Mike Wheatley, John Bunda, and Brian Duff; it was published as a [[wikipedia:Single (music)#7-inch format|45 RPM]] single by APL Press, with the live version on the reverse.<ref>SmartArrays. [http://smartarrays.com/downloads/aplblossomtime/aplblossomtime.html "APL Blossom Time"].</ref> | ||