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MGTC era music
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2005 2:19 pm
by Gene Wescott
I live in Fairbanks Alaska, and have the only TC in the area, maybe in
Alaska. I belong to a local branch of the Antique Automobile Club of
America. We have local weekly events in the summer, and a joint summer
gathering with a similar, but larger group from Anchorage. One of our
members has a white 64 Corvette convertable. During our auto shows and
meets, plays loud obnoxious music from the 60's. I would like to counter
with appropriate English music, suitable for a TC. I have a nice CD of Vera
Lynn songs which I could play from my car. I think most of her repertoire
is from the 40's. Would this be appropriate 47 TC era music to counter the
Corvette trash?
Gene Wescot,
47 TC, 48 TC
Re: MGTC era music
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2005 2:28 pm
by murray arundell
Get a recording or "Last Night of The Proms"......... That should do it !
Or better still, disconnect the battery and handbrake and let it roll down a
hill in silence!
Murray Arundell
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From: "Gene Wescott" gene.wescott@gi.alaska.edu>
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Subject: [mg-tabc] Re:MGTC era music
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> I live in Fairbanks Alaska, and have the only TC in the area, maybe in
> Alaska. I belong to a local branch of the Antique Automobile Club of
> America. We have local weekly events in the summer, and a joint summer
> gathering with a similar, but larger group from Anchorage. One of our
> members has a white 64 Corvette convertable. During our auto shows and
> meets, plays loud obnoxious music from the 60's. I would like to counter
> with appropriate English music, suitable for a TC. I have a nice CD of
> Vera
> Lynn songs which I could play from my car. I think most of her repertoire
> is from the 40's. Would this be appropriate 47 TC era music to counter
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> Corvette trash?
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> Gene Wescot,
> 47 TC, 48 TC
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Re: MGTC era music
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2005 4:59 pm
by DickShaler@aol.com
Right on Gene. There is nothing like Vera Lynns "When The Lights Come On
again All Over the World" or "The White Cliffs Of Dover". Those tunes and a long
backroads drive in our TCs will surely bring some small bit of sense to this
troubled world. At least for us if not everyone.
Regards To All,
Dick
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Re: MGTC era music
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2005 5:10 pm
by tony goodall
Gene
Check out
www.1940.co.uk/history/sound/sound.htm
It's wartime music in the main, but you could follow up on the Joe Loss
stuff and one or two of the others.
The Hot Club of Paris was also popular (Stefan Grappelli and Django
Reinhart)
For light piano music - Charlie Kunz and the Casani club - available
from Amazon
Cheers
Tony tc9825
On 3 Mar 2005, at 22:24, Gene Wescott wrote:
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> I live in Fairbanks Alaska, and have the only TC in the area, maybe in
> Alaska. I belong to a local branch of the Antique Automobile Club of
> America. We have local weekly events in the summer, and a joint summer
> gathering with a similar, but larger group from Anchorage. One of our
> members has a white 64 Corvette convertable. During our auto shows and
> meets, plays loud obnoxious music from the 60's. I would like to
> counter
> with appropriate English music, suitable for a TC. I have a nice CD
> of Vera
> Lynn songs which I could play from my car. I think most of her
> repertoire
> is from the 40's. Would this be appropriate 47 TC era music to
> counter the
> Corvette trash?
>
> Gene Wescot,
> 47 TC, 48 TC
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Re: MGTC era music
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2005 5:32 pm
by Chip Old
On Thu, 3 Mar 2005 13:24 -0900, Gene Wescott wrote:
> One of our members has a white 64 Corvette convertable. During our auto
> shows and meets, plays loud obnoxious music from the 60's. I would like
> to counter with appropriate English music, suitable for a TC. I have a
> nice CD of Vera Lynn songs which I could play from my car. I think most
> of her repertoire is from the 40's. Would this be appropriate 47 TC era
> music to counter the Corvette trash?
I've found bagpipe music, played very loud, to be effective in situations
like that.
--
Chip Old 1948 M.G. TC TC6710 XPAG7430 NEMGTR #2271
Cub Hill, Maryland
fold@bcpl.net
Re: MGTC era music
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2005 5:34 pm
by tony goodall
Another nice point - on the day my tc was registered (Thursday 20th
October 1949) I would have been in the art class at the Junior school
that I attended in Derby. The art master always played a particular
French love song - why ? who knows. It was J'Attendrai - most likely
sung by Jean Sablon.
Tony tc 9825
On 3 Mar 2005, at 22:24, Gene Wescott wrote:
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> I live in Fairbanks Alaska, and have the only TC in the area, maybe in
> Alaska. I belong to a local branch of the Antique Automobile Club of
> America. We have local weekly events in the summer, and a joint summer
> gathering with a similar, but larger group from Anchorage. One of our
> members has a white 64 Corvette convertable. During our auto shows and
> meets, plays loud obnoxious music from the 60's. I would like to
> counter
> with appropriate English music, suitable for a TC. I have a nice CD
> of Vera
> Lynn songs which I could play from my car. I think most of her
> repertoire
> is from the 40's. Would this be appropriate 47 TC era music to
> counter the
> Corvette trash?
>
> Gene Wescot,
> 47 TC, 48 TC
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Re: MGTC era music
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2005 6:17 pm
by kdcamer@magma.ca
Ahh, Nostalgia, ain't it grand!
We can forget that there didn't seem to be much sense in the world when Vera
Lynn was singing those songs
David Cameron
>Right on Gene. There is nothing like Vera Lynns "When The Lights Come On
>again All Over the World" or "The White Cliffs Of Dover". Those tunes and a
long
>backroads drive in our TCs will surely bring some small bit of sense to this
>troubled world. At least for us if not everyone.
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>Regards To All,
> Dick
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Re: MGTC era music
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2005 6:42 pm
by Ed Pohle
Gene - More than appropriate. The problem is they probably don't know who
she is. Vera Lynn has a couple of CD's out but they are not the remastered
originals. Unfortunately her voice is not what it once was and to make
matters worse she's accompanied by an organ. If you can find the original
"We'll Meet Again" that she sang at the USO during WWII you'll have a real
show stopper! Vera Lynn was to the Brits what Edith Piaf was to the French.
I used to hear it in the USO and it never failed to have an impact. Maybe
our friends on the Island could locate a copy of the original. I have one
taped off a radio broadcast many years ago, the quality is not good but I
could try to transfer it to a CD if you're interested.
Ed Pohle
Squaw Valley, CA
Re: MGTC era music
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2005 7:00 pm
by Chip Hellie
Hi, I never heard of Vera, but I've seen Amber and
Ginger Lynn. Don't think they sing however, they are
"actors" I believe... This talk about Vera seems to be
a popular subject, but really stretching the TABC
topic idea a bit...?
Chip Hellie (Alice Cooper generation)
--- Ed Pohle pohle@jps.net> wrote:
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> Gene - More than appropriate. The problem is they
> probably don't know who
> she is. Vera Lynn has a couple of CD's out but they
> are not the remastered
> originals. Unfortunately her voice is not what it
> once was and to make
> matters worse she's accompanied by an organ. If you
> can find the original
> "We'll Meet Again" that she sang at the USO during
> WWII you'll have a real
> show stopper! Vera Lynn was to the Brits what Edith
> Piaf was to the French.
> I used to hear it in the USO and it never failed to
> have an impact. Maybe
> our friends on the Island could locate a copy of the
> original. I have one
> taped off a radio broadcast many years ago, the
> quality is not good but I
> could try to transfer it to a CD if you're
> interested.
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> Ed Pohle
> Squaw Valley, CA
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Re: MGTC era music
Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2005 12:59 am
by DOUGLAS CROFT
Hi everyone,
What about a tape of the sweetest music in all the world. A TC with suitable tuned XPAG being driven around Silverstone (or anwhere else for that matter)
Doug Croft
1946 TC1331, 1964 James sports captain
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