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Submitted by
Name: Dave Gordon
From: Leeds

Comments:
Just to hear ‘Neath Italian Skies’again after so many years made the website visit worthwhile. There’s a cracking selection of music hear, much of which I remember playing as member of North Shields Salvation Army Band in the 1960s. Now I’ve just got to let my Dad hear this lot now. Booth was right: Why should the Devil have all the best music.

Added: October 21, 2010

Submitted by
Name: Brian McDougall
From: Clearwater Florida

Comments:
I cannot stay away from this site. It is such a joy to hear all these band numbers that bring back so many memories. I tell everyone I see at the corps about this site. Your hard work is really being appreciated.

Added: October 19, 2010

Submitted by
Name: Jon
From: Kentucky USA

Comments:
Today would have been my mother’s 73rd birthday. She was a third generation Salvationist. What a blessing to find your website today, of all days. Brought back some many memories, of her, of the Army, the heritage. Thanks for taking the time to put these out there. I’m now plowing through my mother’s LPs that she left for me to find what I have. I have some, I want more...I am an Anglican now, and I was so excited to find the recording of the 1965 dedication of William Booth memorial at Westminster Abbey. It is a Salvation Army service with a certain Anglican feel to it. I was deeply moved. Thanks, again.

Added: October 16, 2010

Submitted by
Name: Douglas Stewart
From: Gold Coast Australia

Comments:
I cannot gather enough words to describe the joy that came as I listened to your wonderful collection of SA music Ian. At age 87 it is a glorious trip down memory lane for me, especially the albums by Brisbane Temple Songsters with whom I was privileged to sing

Added: October 11, 2010

Submitted by
Name: Albert Heinzle
From: USA

Comments:
Thanks so much for your hard work in putting this site together for those of us who are not too excited about the kind of brass music being produced nowadays. I’d much rather listen to old recordings that have some sort of definition to the music being played. Lately the music being produced by the top bands in Britain and elsewhere seem more bent on displaying the prowess of the musicians rather than pleasing the ears of those who bother to listen...

Added: October 9, 2010

Submitted by
Name: Bill McLelland
From: Ballantrae Ontario Canada

Comments:
Ian. Thank you for taking the time to post these wonderful treasures from the past. As a former Salvationist Bandsman and C.S.B Alumnai they have brought back a flood of memories that will never leave me. They old saying is so true. ‘You can take the boy out of the Army, BUT you can’t take the Army out of the boy’.

Added: October 6, 2010

Submitted by
Name: Ian Alderton
From: England

Comments:
Great stuff, will definitely pass this site on to fellow players.

Added: October 4, 2010

Submitted by
Name: Melvyn Thomas
From: Tavistock

Comments:
I have just had this wonderful resource brought to my attention. So many happy memories. Thank you Ian.

Added: October 1, 2010

Submitted by
Name: Graham Colclough
From: Stoke on Trent

Comments:
What a fantastic web site this is. as a ex Salvationist and cornet player I will spend many happy hours listening .Army music never leaves you. Thank you.

Added: September 26, 2010

Submitted by
Name: Geoff Platt MBE
From: England

Comments:
It’s been a few years since I visited this site. I must say I found it Absolutely fantastic, it’s got even better if that was possible. The quality of the recordings is amazing. I grew up as a child with SA Regal 78’s being played constantly, so the music and the words and the inspiration have stayed with me throughout my life. Nothing quite like it. I would love to see a selection devoted to Sessional Songs. I am also still hopeful that one day someone will produce or come up with some recordings of the famous Birmingham Sparkhill Band of the fifties. I don’t think we value sufficiently our wonderful SA legacy and history. Say what you will there’s nothing like it. My grateful thanks for this wonderful facility. It must have taken some serious hard work and effort.

Added: September 24, 2010