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Dating from 1855 this is probably the World's most famous brass band originally sponsored by John Foster's and Sons of Queensbury , West Yorkshire woollen mills fame. Conducted and arranged by Arthur Pearce we hear part of their May 1939 recording of Jacques Offenbach's Orpheus in the Underworld. .... and now for something completely different - testing mp3 format of a live performance. The BBC must have loads of this priceless stuff stashed away in their basement audio vaults - or maybe they just can't be bothered to look? Dyke won the National in 1959 on "Le Roi D'ys" but everyone remembers their winning performance of "Les Francs Juges" (The Judges of the Secret Court) - yes the famous 1961 version conducted by Major George Willcocks after Dyke drew the unlucky 13 after a series of pre-contest calamities ... and yes that is Harry Mortimer doing the commentary.
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