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Thanks to Howard
Thanks for the CD you very kindly sent to me.
Had to fire up the old Marantz player,does not get much use but sounded pretty good.
This is mostly my kind of music great stuff.
We must have been to similar jigs in our yuoof.
Sorry for late post pewter been on blink had to do a restore thingy works a treat now.
Thanks from richard.
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Ditto. Thanks very much, Howard. The music on the CD is fantastic! A track listing would be good so that I can identify favourite tracks that I don't know
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Location: New Brighton
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I'm Tony.
Mine arrived too, thanks! Not had a chance yet to listen in detail but what we've heard sounds great!
Cheers,
Tony
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Location: Chester
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Many thanks Howard.
Great tracks, most of which i can't identify.
Been playing mine in the car for a few days, will get chance to listen at home soon. Even so it seems there are some well recorded songs.
There are some i would definitely like to know more about.
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Howard's a top man, I listen regularly to one of the test discs he posted me months ago.
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I'm Shane.
Finally had a chance to listen to it; there's some seriously good stuff on there but it's all new to me! Thanks Howard.
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Location: Bristol, UK
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I'm Greg.
Yes, I echo 'thanks to Howard'. An excellent Blues compilation with well recorded songs. A very generous gesture. Thank you.
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Location: North East UK
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I'm InSpace.
Me too...
Some of it is not quite what I'm into, and some of it is excellent. A very interesting compilation.
Cheers...
Shian7
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I'm inthescottishmafia.
And thanks from me too Howard.Some good stuff!
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