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Old 26th February 2018, 04:46 PM
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Bloodie hell Mark
I've just been in our loft and tried to find the LP that the Russian Ambassador gave me back in 1998 to see if it was on there.
I can forget it now.
Not necessarily Ray, here it is sung by the Red Army Choir. I think this is the version in the BBC program: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlJQMfHS7q0
That's why it was used alongside film of Russian military parades etc. As I said:
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Almost certainly the Red Army Choir and I recognised it immediately and can hum a lot more of it.
But as for what it is and the composer, my aging brain can't dig that out......
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