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Re: Black Dyke Recording - Peter Graham -Reply

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Subject: Re: Black Dyke Recording - Peter Graham -Reply
From: Peter Younghusband <monkey@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 16:27:32 +0800
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You want to be careful what you say Edy - you are not allowed to speak about Mr
Watson in such fashion! (tic)

PS Where were you when I needed you? (tic)

Monkey


Edy Van Asch wrote:

> O dear,
>
> the thoughts I made a month ago on this list about Dyke in case of their
> appearance at the nationals show up again.
> As we all know they are of course still a very good band but indeed, a band
> named Dyke (Capital) has to bear its history and can not afford to play as the
> current dyke (lowercase) is playing.
> If I hear a former Dyke recording like e.g. King of Brass, Triple champions
> (with Connotations, Vivat Regina,Diadem of gold,...) and some others which date
> from the early eighties (yes, long ago) it's ten times better than what they are
> doing now.
>
> Is Dyke never looking back and ask themselves what's going wrong?
> Or are they convinced it's not and just different?
> I doubt if Jim Watson is such a BRILLIANT conductor as some people on the list
> put forward some weeks ago. I'm maybe wrong, but I don't think he really is. He
> will be good but brilliant, and what about their management?? And I know Jim had
> quite some victories with Desford, Dyke at several nationals and opens. But this
> doe not prove everything and by the way, I'd better shut up about the conditions
> those titles were won. Some players, former to those bands and some still
> playing with them, are still ashamed after all those years.
>
> Meanwhile I agree with Matthew, for the moment being I regret not to buy another
> Dyke recording. If they start to perform better at concerts and recordings I
> will be the first to buy them again.
>
> Sorry to the Dyke fans out there, I was one too until David KIng left and the
> music with him.
> Regards,
>
> Edy Van Asch
>
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