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   =?ISO-8859-15?Q?Je=DFus?= to All   
   Re: Song I.D (bit of a long shot)   
   12 May 09 11:23:46   
   
   XPost: aus.hi-fi, aus.music, rec.music.collecting.vinyl   
   From: none@all.org   
      
   In article <4a035ad4$1@dnews.tpgi.com.au>, keith@nowhere.com.au says...   
   > Mark Harriss wrote:   
   > > Jeßus wrote:   
   > >> I've run out of ideas on how to identify this song, short of stumbling    
   > >> across it on the radio (not likely to happen). I've tried that    
   > >> 'tunetapper' site, but no luck there either.   
   > >>   
   > >> -It's an instrumental, containing piano and electric guitar   
   > >>   
   > >> - Hard to fit into a genre... the guitar work is very rock in style     
   > >> though, could be described as containing a guitar solo (of sorts).   
   > >>   
   > >> -I recall hearing it a lot on the radio in the early to mid 1970s   
   > >>   
   > >> -I'm guessing the song dates circa 1967-1973   
   > >>   
   > >> -I believe this was a fairly popular track in it's day (for some    
   > >> years), may have been on the charts at one stage (I checked that but    
   > >> no luck).   
   > >>   
   > >> Not much to go on, I know... but any help appreciated.   
   > >>   
   > >> TIA   
   > >    
   > >    
   > > Classical Gas?   
   >    
   > Hmm I don't remember too much piano in that one, how about Elton John's    
   > "Funeral for a friend" on "Goodbye yellow brick road"?   
      
   I'd be very surprised if it was an Elton song - but I can't completely    
   rule it out either. I'll check that one out later on, cheers.   
      
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