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Randy Newman: Royal Festival Hall, London

Michael Watts, Melody Maker, 11 March 1972

WITH AN awkward shuffle and an embarrassed wave to the adulating audience, Randy Newman left the stage of the Festival Hall, London, on Monday night after a performance so rich in comic invention and sensitivity that no-one who was there will forget it for a long, long time.

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