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  1. getz

    Classical & opera suggestions

    La mer Claire de lune Prelude to the afternoon of a faun All by Claude Debussy. A very expressional and romantic composer .
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    The first single you ever brought - post here and be SHAMED

    My first 78rpm was Eric Delaney and his Band playing Truckin' / Oranges and Lemons bought about 1955.
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    Musical Instruments Thread

    I bought a nice tenor sax hoping i might emulate my hero Stan Getz twenty years ago.I found it very hard to get a sound out of it. So now it lays in its case,unloved and unplayed under the stairs cupboard.
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    Speeding!

    I got pulled over by a cop with a speed gun at 10.45 pm near the Norfolk bridge, Shoreham. Was told I was doing 40mph in a new 30mph area. He eyed my BHA number plate and told me he played over 200 games for the Albion. He was on the bench supposedly for the 8-2 debacle against Bristol Rovers...
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    Brighton Tigers Ice Hockey

    I supported the Tigers from 1960-1965. Many great memories, but unfortunately too many one-sided matches ,as the Tigers were the Man United of there day. Saturday nights we saw the wrestling,Sundays ice hockey.Did weekends get any better than that.
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    best songwriters

    Rodgers and Hammerstein, Sammy Cahn, Sondheim, Gershwin.
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    Big Cheers To Whoever It Was Posted Link For Free 'Girl With Dragon Tattoo' Book

    Just seen the film today.Good film, but why is it in american made films it is very hard to here what is being said?
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    When Gerry Fell came to my school

    I remember that goal as if it was yesterday. Probably the best goal scored at the Goldstone that from my memory.
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    When Gerry Fell came to my school

    Dennis Hobden used to run the Post office canteen at North Road GPO Sorting Office in Brighton, also he was heavily involved as a union rep in the sixties.
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    My Xmas for your listening pleasure

    I have bought an album which is certainly off-centre called Christmas with Travelin' Light. It is the usual mixture of Xmas songs played by tuba,guitar,clarinet and drums. It has a jazzy feel and I love it. Sample it on Amazon. You will be hooked.
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    How much and when was your first full time wage packet?

    £4-4shillings a week as a Post Office telegram boy in Brighton in 1960.Just like being back at school working with about 20 other boys.
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    Best lager

    At the age of 15 in 1960 I bought a bottle of Skol. God that tasted weird to my untried tastebuds . Since then there is only one lager for me . Leffe blonde at 6.7% It has such an unique taste.
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    another red wine thread

    Try an Italian Montepulciano Nobile .Very fruity ,mainly blackcurrant hints.Lovely!
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    Favourite Female Singer

    Singer-songwriters for me. Carole King,Blossom Dearie,Adele and throw- in Carly Simon, Kiki Dee,Bonnie Raitt and of course Ella,Sarah and Anita O'day
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    Roast Dinner - The Best Bit?

    On roast beef and roast potatoes it has to be lashings of Lea and Perrins Worcester sauce. It brings out the flavour of the beef .
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    Ipod touch problem.help needed

    I have just changed my o2 router to a newer model. I am having a problem configuring WI-FI to my ipod touch.I choose the O2 network,enter the password,then it tells me it is the incorrect password. The password is the one on the underside of the router. I have tried upper and lower case . Should...
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    Favorite all time cricketers

    Love watching Malinga bowling those yorkers. Brian Statham used to say bowl straight. You miss,I hit. There is too much bowling outside the off stump in my opinion.
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    What wine do you drink ?.

    I also love Nobile di Montepulciano with its strong tang of blackcurrants. Another favourite is Amarone from Northern Italy.
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    Goalkeepers first seen, best seen.

    Eric Gill was the first. The best without any hesitation Brian Powney.
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    What was the first Gig that you went too

    Johnny Dankworth Big Band at the 100 club London, aged 15. I had a table near the trumpet section. I was blown away in more ways than one.

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