Library Music Themes
General Sharing & Discussion => Requests => Topic started by: guitarzombie on July 02, 2025, 10:02:35 PM
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Hey all,
I've been trying to find all the cues that George Romero used for his earlier films. Ive got everything I need from 1962 - 1974, but now I'm working on cues that MAY have been used in his 1976 film "Martin". I know he used at least one cue (A cymbal hit), but there are still a few cues left where it's possible it could be DeWolfe.
1975:
3299 - On With the Dance Vol 2
3303 - Themes and Variations Vol 2
3307 - Country Affairs
3314 - Go Lightly
1976:
3325 - Solo Sounds: Volume Two
3329 - Ensemble
There are also some others that are incomplete that I would like if someone could upload a complete version.
3061 - TV Fillers INCOMPLETE
3217 - Tete a Tete INCOMPLETE
Thanks!
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Here are quite a few of your requests, credit to the original people who kindly shared all of these. I have not gone through them and checked so apologies if any are incorrect.
hxxps://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1lj_8HtJ4qUxVTKPgqmdDqZw1kwoeuRre?usp=sharing
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Wow that's some list guitarzombie. Here's another 10 albums which were not on Craig-UK's list. At a glance I think they are all lossless.
Thanks to Craig for his shares here. One or two gaps filled. I hope my share does likewise for you.
==> h***s://pixeldrain.com/l/bTnZ1vgC
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Thanks everyone. I'll DL these right away and hopefully find those remaining cues!
I'll remove the ones I get from this list and if I find them all, I'll edit the post reflecting that.
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Here's some more- I do have Lucky Me, Dinky Doo & Organ Moods on vinyl but not got them ripped at the moment.
pixeldrain.com/u/B1qFsjKw
There is an 'unworded vocals' rendition of Johnny Comes Marching Home on this 3109 - Take Me To The Mountains that hopefully is the one| pixeldrain.com/u/HsCeeTSx
(https://i.postimg.cc/t4wj2FF6/IMG-8695.jpg)
Here's 3124- it wasn't bolded so missed first time | pixeldrain.com/u/tGRLJkMr
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Unfortunately, nido'd 3022 Checkpoint is incomplete, missing the last 4 tracks.
Other than that, I found a couple of lossless I didn't have nido. Thanks a lot.
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And I tried to download and unpack the mysterious big file you shared Retro, and I found 5 (!!) lossless I didn't have.
Thank you so much.
Many many new songs to listen to, today...yay!!
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Oh happy day!!
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Think I missed 3128 - Modern Mechanics | pixeldrain.com/u/MQoZQb8j
My Checkpoint is missing last tracks too- I will record again
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Thank you both for the others too :)
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Here's some more- I do have Lucky Me, Dinky Doo & Organ Moods on vinyl but not got them ripped at the moment.
pixeldrain.com/u/B1qFsjKw
There is an 'unworded vocals' rendition of Johnny Comes Marching Home on this 3109 - Take Me To The Mountains that hopefully is the one| pixeldrain.com/u/HsCeeTSx
(https://i.postimg.cc/t4wj2FF6/IMG-8695.jpg)
Here's 3124- it wasn't bolded so missed first time | pixeldrain.com/u/tGRLJkMr
Great, thank you so much! Finally, one of the cues I was looking for from Jack's Wife was on "Key Largo" (Frank's Sonata). I actually thought it was going to be on "Organ Moods" and was gonna mention that, luckily before I checked your uploads!
Thank you also for "Take Me To The Mountains", I actually got that one in the mail yesterdays haha. It has two cues from "The Amusement Park" (Unquiet Grave, both versions) and "The Crazies" DOES use that version of "Johnny I Hardly Knew You", but not the version I'm looking for.
Incredibly, with ALL the records you all were so kind to share, that's the ONLY cue I found! So either I'm incredibly unlucky, or in fact the other cues I was looking for are not actually DeWolfe. The Crazies still has 4 cues I havent found. There's some chase music that SOUNDS like it could be library (George actually said it was) but I'm thinking it may have been supplied by the same people that did the song from the movie "Heaven Help Us". The old timey music doesn't sound like DeWolfe, although it sounds like Ivor Stanley. The two others the acoustic/banjo and Johnny Comes Marching Home may be some public domain music. I have no idea where it could have come from. "The Amusement Park" uses some snare march with some glassy melody sounding thing but I think that may have been recorded live when they filmed it, as both times it's used with scenes of a marching band.
Still, I'll keep looking and glad this help some people fill in some gaps they were missing!
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Have you checked Rouge, Hudson and Sylvester? All DW sister labels and all used by George at some point
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The first DW catalogue that covers these earlier releases has a Solo Instruments listing and can’t see any banjo only tracks if that helps.
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Have you checked Rouge, Hudson and Sylvester? All DW sister labels and all used by George at some point
The Crazies was released in 1973, and in post production in 1972. Rogue was started in 1974 so that's out. I did check all of Sylvester as the first 50 or so were uploaded to DeWolfe's website. It looks like they bought a bunch of French records and some of the cues I found that I thought were Arvay turned out to be Patrice Sciortino because they sound so similar. Anyway, no cues there.
As for Hudson, there aren't many records to check. By 1974 they only had 7 records out. I have (and own) Mindbender and Dramaturgy/Cosmogony (love this one). Classical Colors is also on DeWolfe's website.
So as for Hudson the only ones I haven't checked would be HMC 01 Rocking Tempo, HMC 02 Invention, HMC 03 Sit Back, and HMC 05 Friendly Face. So far, all the cues Ive found have been from DeWolfe's main label. George had just started using them in 1970 so I think Fred Jacobs would have suggested stuff from the main category. Still worth a shot to look but I don't think they'd be on there.
As for "It's a Solo Instrument", I have checked those. Actually a few Crazies cues are from that record too.
Where did you find that DW catalogue? I would love to see it!
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Brilliant, thank you very much Retronic, really appreciate it. :)
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I'll pull the catalogues out- they're seen here:
I wrote about my lifelong love of the DOTD score here:
retroteque.wordpress.com/2020/04/12/dawn-of-the-dead-finding-the-music/
and here:
https://librarymusicthemes.com/index.php?topic=4381.msg30136#msg30136 (https://librarymusicthemes.com/index.php?topic=4381.msg30136#msg30136)
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I'll pull the catalogues out- they're seen here:
I wrote about my lifelong love of the DOTD score here:
retroteque.wordpress.com/2020/04/12/dawn-of-the-dead-finding-the-music/
and here:
https://librarymusicthemes.com/index.php?topic=4381.msg30136#msg30136 (https://librarymusicthemes.com/index.php?topic=4381.msg30136#msg30136)
Ah! Yes I remember you from the Dawn FB group. We have a mutual friend of Chris Stavrakis. He's the one that let me know about the missing timpani hits from Dawn that may have come from you. I've been talking to him about those missing Crazies cues. I'm also thinking those cues actually may be from the Capitol Hi-Q series. Even though they were used in Night, they were Karl Hardman's records, not Georges. But they sound more like Capitol than DeWolfe and I think with the missing LPs, It's HIGHLY unlikely they'll be on those records.
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I had the same thought about Capitol. There’s a big thread on here with loads of vintage dramatics on them. Yes, the timpani I found by accident after looking for years on anything that had Timp or Solo Drum. I was flicking through looking for something else and there it was 😍
I have a stash of Media Music/ Capitol but no catalogue. I did check a Major Valentino catalogue for a Johnny or Banjo but didn’t see anything likely. Many catalogue’s have a ‘Well Known Tunes’ section which can prove helpful.
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I had the same thought about Capitol. There’s a big thread on here with loads of vintage dramatics on them. Yes, the timpani I found by accident after looking for years on anything that had Timp or Solo Drum. I was flicking through looking for something else and there it was 😍
I have a stash of Media Music/ Capitol but no catalogue. I did check a Major Valentino catalogue for a Johnny or Banjo but didn’t see anything likely. Many catalogue’s have a ‘Well Known Tunes’ section which can prove helpful.
I have a friend of mine (he's the one that put together the Waxworks Night/Dawn compilations) who's really into Capitol's library and has been actively archiving them. He had sent me a Capitol catalogue and I thought I should look in there. I DID find a cue for "Johnny Comes Marching Home" but it isn't the same cue, since it was big and orchestral. So I'm back to square one!
I do have a good relationship with Mike Gornick. Ill ask him about those cues and he may have some ideas, since he was basically the guy that found the DeWolfe cues that George ultimately used in Dawn. He's the one that found the Gonk! He had insinuated that those timpani hits were from Capitol and caught some heat about it. But since it's been found to be DeWolfe, I wonder if it's actually the Crazies he's thinking of. If you get any more info, feel free to send me a message.
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Unfortunately, nido'd 3022 Checkpoint is incomplete, missing the last 4 tracks.
Other than that, I found a couple of lossless I didn't have nido. Thanks a lot.
Ooh er, yes. Dodge City (Jack Trombey) seems to be missing.I downloaded the album from LMT in about March last year. But from what Retro says it seems to be a known issue.
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It might just be me deleting tracks I like less to save room on my hard drive. I can check the record tomorrow.
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Unfortunately, nido'd 3022 Checkpoint is incomplete, missing the last 4 tracks.
Other than that, I found a couple of lossless I didn't have nido. Thanks a lot.
Ooh er, yes. Dodge City (Jack Trombey) seems to be missing.I downloaded the album from LMT in about March last year. But from what Retro says it seems to be a known issue.
OMG this is too funny! I figured I'd do a search for Dodge City, and when I heard it, I immediately recognized it. It was used in the George Romero film "There's Always Vanilla" which I didn't think had ANY library music in it!! Now I gotta go look through that one too haha.
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You are on a roll. If there any obscure DW you want to check give me a shout. Some of the less appealing ones, I have never recorded digitally but do have the LPs. Only missing the odd one.
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Craig-UK's share included a number of MP3 versions. I have a few of them in lossless if necessary. Though I suspect you (@guitarzombie) are using them as reference at this stage so the file format is less relevant. Let me know.
I've checked all the versions of "Johnny" that I have but none come close. :(
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You are on a roll. If there any obscure DW you want to check give me a shout. Some of the less appealing ones, I have never recorded digitally but do have the LPs. Only missing the odd one.
Thanks! Right now I'm still missing the other ones I posted about that you have (Dinky Doo, Lucky Me) etc.
The other ones I'm missing I don't think George would have used. Mostly its the American Neutral and From Other Lands series. Vanilla was a tricky one because it uses music by "Barefoot In Athens" which was a local Pittsburgh group, two songs by one of the actress' in the film Johanna Lawrence (Wild Mountain Thyme and How Should I Your True Love Know? Oddly both appear on Marianne Faithfull's 1966 album North Country Maid). The other electronic music was supplied by Steve Gorn, orchestral music by Jim Drake and other music supplied by Mike Marracino who was a jazz trumpet guy. I wonder if Mike is the one that supplied the DeWolfe stuff? I'll have to make a breakdown and figure out what is what.
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Craig-UK's share included a number of MP3 versions. I have a few of them in lossless if necessary. Though I suspect you (@guitarzombie) are using them as reference at this stage so the file format is less relevant. Let me know.
Correct. I don't mind if they're flac or mp3, I'm just using them as a reference.
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A number of the tracks on Dinky Doo are on DWCD 134 and DWCD 156 available for audition on the De Wolfe website. Tracks from Lucky Me are more elusive though I do have the title track which, as the album cover claims, is very Bert Kaempfert-like.
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The first DW catalogue that covers these earlier releases has a Solo Instruments listing and can’t see any banjo only tracks if that helps.
The 1973 catalogue does list some banjo cues. I've not read the thread in detail and these might already have been covered and ruled out but just in case:
(https://i.postimg.cc/zGS4vCDL/2025-07-04-20-06-51.jpg)
(https://i.postimg.cc/GpLVy49X/2025-07-04-20-07-20.jpg)
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Plenty of shots of De Wolfe catalogues here:
https://librarymusicthemes.com/index.php?topic=8268.0
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Many Thanks Craig-UK.
Some nice upgrades for me.
Greetings
Dyo
Aussieland
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Plenty of shots of De Wolfe catalogues here:
https://librarymusicthemes.com/index.php?topic=8268.0
Hey thanks for those links. Man that catalogue sure could have made my life easier haha. A lot of the newer cues I found were actually listed in that "Space" section, so that would have helped a lot!
Also thanks for those banjo cues. Unfortunately I've heard them all (they're all on DeWolfes site) except that one from Dinky Doo, which would be a surprise if it turned out to be that one. Interestingly on DeWolfe's site, they have Shep-a-go-go and there's another banjo cue (Coffee and Beans I think?) that isn't listed in there catalogue as a banjo piece.
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For those interested, I had talked to Mike Gornick, the Romero veteran who shot Martin, Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead, etc. He told me that at least the two acoustic guitar/banjo cues I was looking for came from someone who worked on the film and was not credited. He was the sound recordist and also a bluegrass musician, so that solves that problem. I think Mike may have insinuated he may have supplied the other music I can't find, but it's certainly not DeWolfe.
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Instead of a new thread I'll just bump this. I have almost everything I would need, but I noticed a few more albums I had found online were incomplete so I'm adding them here.
INCOMPLETE:
3061 - TV Fillers
3217 - Tete a Tete
There are others I don't have that I omitted because it's highly unlikely the cues I'm looking for would be on them since they don't fit the albums contents.
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I have a week off work next week so could potentially do all of these
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I have a week off work next week so could potentially do all of these
Great, thanks!
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Nothing I can help with, to save you some time Retro.
I just have a few from the "incomplete" list, but also incomplete.
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I can trickle them through over next few weeks
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I've had a bit of a disaster doing these and it's been very annoying!! :) I'm my own worst enemy cos I hate just leaving them all as one long track so set out to get it the best I can, so it' my own fault 8]
Dinky Doo nearly got thrown through the window! Any LP with multiple short tracks that all sound thematic are a nightmare to edit because if anyone talks to me I lose my place and have to back track or end up labelling wrong. Even though I was really careful it got messed up- turns out (I think) that the record has one extra track than the cover which threw me off.
Many of the the ones I recorded sound muffled- dirt on the needle I suspect so will likely have to redo them but not today :o
Dogsbody has a few muffled tracks but I've just left them- the tracks are all comedy cues so take it as an audition copy which I know is all you asked for initially in the request so will serve fine for that. I haven't checked which tracks were missing on the old rip so hopefully a full rip between the two versions.
I have the week off so loads of time so will come to it later
DWLP 3062 - Dinky Doo | pixeldrain.com/u/HYT46VCm
DWLP 3112 - Dogsbody | pixeldrain.com/u/JEVWYhcn
DWLP 2986 - Sounds Of Industry | pixeldrain.com/u/2cRUtSVj
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I've had a bit of a disaster doing these and it's been very annoying!! :) I'm my own worst enemy cos I hate just leaving them all as one long track so set out to get it the best I can, so it' my own fault 8]
Dinky Doo nearly got thrown through the window! Any LP with multiple short tracks that all sound thematic are a nightmare to edit because if anyone talks to me I lose my place and have to back track or end up labelling wrong. Even though I was really careful it got messed up- turns out (I think) that the record has one extra track than the cover which threw me off.
Many of the the ones I recorded sound muffled- dirt on the needle I suspect so will likely have to redo them but not today :o
Dogsbody has a few muffled tracks but I've just left them- the tracks are all comedy cues so take it as an audition copy which I know is all you asked for initially in the request so will serve fine for that. I haven't checked which tracks were missing on the old rip so hopefully a full rip between the two versions.
I have the week off so loads of time so will come to it later
DWLP 3062 - Dinky Doo | pixeldrain.com/u/HYT46VCm
DWLP 3112 - Dogsbody | pixeldrain.com/u/JEVWYhcn
DWLP 2986 - Sounds Of Industry | pixeldrain.com/u/2cRUtSVj
Thank you so much! Don't worry so much about organizing them unless you want to do it for yourself. I can always do it on my end if I feel like I need to. Also right now the more important ones are the LPs where there's no rips of.
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Few more:
DWLP 2917 - Organ Moods | pixeldrain.com/u/7oVYFnag
DWLP 2972 - Marching Highlights | pixeldrain.com/u/qvwUV6k8
DWLP 3028 - Lucky Me | pixeldrain.com/u/aQBU17MP
DWLP 3207 - Monopoly | pixeldrain.com/u/a2UXRfDn
DWLP 3210 - Wheel Of Fortune | pixeldrain.com/u/PVqTpPzA
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Few more:
DWLP 2917 - Organ Moods | pixeldrain.com/u/7oVYFnag
DWLP 2972 - Marching Highlights | pixeldrain.com/u/qvwUV6k8
DWLP 3028 - Lucky Me | pixeldrain.com/u/aQBU17MP
DWLP 3207 - Monopoly | pixeldrain.com/u/a2UXRfDn
DWLP 3210 - Wheel Of Fortune | pixeldrain.com/u/PVqTpPzA
Excellent, thanks! Now all that's left are a few incomplete ones that aren't that big of a deal.
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A complete DW/LP 3022 - CHECKPOINT | pixeldrain.com/u/BVNK6P7p
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A complete DW/LP 3022 - CHECKPOINT | pixeldrain.com/u/BVNK6P7p
Thank you! :)
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DWLP 3022 Checkpoint sounds pristine!
Thanks for the rip!
Doug
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Many thanks Retronic.
Greetings
Dyo
Aussieland
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Back and convalescent to say a HUGE thank you Retro!
Many upgrades her for me too.
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Feel much better soon my friend
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So I ended up finding some DeWolfe cues in Romero's "Knightriders", so I just did a comparison of all the cues in it from the OST and what's unknown. I also did the same for "Martin". So at some point I'll probably appreciate a bunch of those records, but right now I'm still sifting through what I have. I did find a lot online so far and luckily someone had uploaded all of Hudon and just about everything from Sylvester. Rouge almost everything is online except about 5 records.
At some point Tete a Tete would be appreciated, as the others I'm only missing a cue here or there, but that seems like the one that's missing the most.
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Bumped / modified
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Another lil bump :)
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Assuming you're still missing the ones on the very first post of this topic, here the are.
Please, let me know if something is wrong with the files.
"TV Fillers" and "Tete A Tete" I also have incomplete.
3261, 3264, 3269, 3274 flacs:
transfer.it/t/vRD2Cg5H3bbL
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Assuming you're still missing the ones on the very first post of this topic, here the are.
Please, let me know if something is wrong with the files.
"TV Fillers" and "Tete A Tete" I also have incomplete.
3261, 3264, 3269, 3274 flacs:
transfer.it/t/vRD2Cg5H3bbL
Those 4 downloaded fine, thank you!
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Added some more :)
1974
3277 - Music For Harpsicords and Guitars
3279 - Flutes and Flugels
3283 - Jack Trombey Orchestra Vol. 1
3288 - Ocarina Plus
3290 - Easy Way
3295 - Piano Rag Bag
3297 - Rockside
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Bump :)
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I definitely have some of those done. I might not have my hard drive out until the weekend but can do you some.
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3277 - Music For Harpsicords and Guitars
3279 - Flutes and Flugels
3283 - Jack Trombey Orchestra Vol. 1
3288 - Ocarina Plus
3290 - Easy Way
3295 - Piano Rag Bag
3297 - Rockside
Happy to relieve Retro from the duty, I chime in and share the requested DW's.
flacs
transfer.it/t/iXkgbwhjmR6Y
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Thank you two so much as always :)
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Final requests here for a while.
1975:
3299 - On With the Dance Vol 2
3303 - Themes and Variations Vol 2
3307 - Country Affairs
3314 - Go Lightly
1976:
3325 - Solo Sounds: Volume Two
3329 - Ensemble
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Another bump :)