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5 months ago
Things We Said Today - The Beatles
TV Program ｢Top Gear｣#2
July 16, 1964
BBC Studio52, Broadcasting House, London
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7 months ago
The Great North Road, England 1939 (Enhanced)
Here is another example of how modern software can enhance old video material. The original "The Great North Road" video can be found elsewhere on ...
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Not sure it's a great improvement. The camera has been 'steadied', and the colour may appear richer, but much of the detail has been lost and the widening of the screen gives a misleading impression of the widths of the roads, and of the cars.
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10 months ago
With 'er 'Ead tucked underneath 'er Arm - Stanley Holloway
More song than Monologue, and is one of Stanley's better known numbers away from the Northern tales of Sam and Albert etc. This is the yarn about A...
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My dad sang this as well, in the 1950's, and also did a great recitation of 'Albert and the Lion' which my mother never failed to appreciate (Eee, I yam vexed!). Good times, pre-TV :)
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10 months ago
La Mamma Morta - Claudia Muzio
La Mamma Morta from Andrea Chenier sung by the great Claudia Muzio.
The tenor Giacomo Lauri-Volpi wrote of Muzio: Singing with that unique voice o...
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10 months ago
100 Greatest Singers: CLAUDIA MUZIO
THIS PROJECT IS RESERVED ONLY FOR THE GREATEST! Please comment Claudia Muzio! Claudia Muzio, Soprano (1889-1936)
Giuseppe Verdi - La Traviata ...
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When I listen to the same arias by Muzio and other sopranos represented here, her performances are the ones I want to hear again. I don't know enough about technicalities to judge her on that score, but if opera is about communicating emotion she deserves four stars.
Stylistically at times it ma...
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11 months ago
Imagine there's no Harper...
http://imaginetheresnoharpe... ...we can carry on dreaming & imagining, despite the scary outcome of this election!
"Mr Harper, we are the major...
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You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
Two thirds of Caaanada didn't vote for him
Maybe we should have a coa-lish-un
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1 year ago
Moist - Push
The video for the song Push by Moist.
Push
A little bit more than I ever wanted
A little bit more than you could ever say
Did you really think t...
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