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Old 04-04-2008, 09:25 AM   #541 (permalink)
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Just shows we have a market for classic Russian Choral music. Bring on the Song of the Volga Boatmen!!

I have just listened to "Pearl in the Shell" by Howard Jones
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"Had Clark given more heed to Juin's views...the savage battles of Cassino would probably never have been fought and the venerable house of St Benedict would have been unscathed"
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Old 04-04-2008, 11:39 AM   #542 (permalink)
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"Had Clark given more heed to Juin's views...the savage battles of Cassino would probably never have been fought and the venerable house of St Benedict would have been unscathed"
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Old 04-04-2008, 11:48 PM   #544 (permalink)
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been said before DB lol,Yep,my family went on a Russian cruise ship b4 I was born and were given loads of record so I grew up with Alexanderov and Boris Rubushkin et al, I could sing kalinka word perfect at 6 though of course didnt have a clue just what I was singing

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been said before DB lol,Yep,my family went on a Russian cruise ship b4 I was born and were given loads of record so I grew up with Alexanderov and Boris Rubushkin et al, I could sing kalinka word perfect at 6 though of course didnt have a clue just what I was singing

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Two classics there CW, especially the second one!!

In view of this I'm now got "Burning of the Midnight Lamp" by Jimi Hendrix playing now!
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NNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! How can you????? Mind you I still think Clapton was a better guitarist, especially his work with Cream
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Lieutenant General Wilhelm Bittrich - Commander of II SS Panzer Korps - (Commenting on the British Paratroopers at Arnhem) - September 1944


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