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Living in the Past ~ Jethro Tull

3. May 2008

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Jethro Tull are a Grammy Award winning British rock group that formed in 1967-1968. Their music is marked by the distinctive vocal style and lead flute work of front man Ian Anderson. Initially playing blues rock with an experimental flavour, they have, over the years, incorporated elements of classical, folk and ‘ethnic’ musics, jazz and [...]

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The Americans ~ Gordon Sinclair

3. May 2008

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“The Americans” is a legendary commentary by Canadian broadcaster Gordon Sinclair. Originally written for a regular broadcast on CFRB radio in Toronto on June 5, 1973, it became a media and public phenomenon, replayed several times a day by some United States radio stations, released as a hit audio recording in several forms, credited by [...]

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Gimme dat ding ~ The Pipkins

3. May 2008

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If any of you have ever watched the old Benny Hill Show, you are familiar with the instrumental version of this song used for a lot of the silent sketches during the 1970s and 1980s. The song came out in 1969 and rose to number six on the charts in January 1970. It is a song [...]

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