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CD Review: The King's Crusader by The International Staff Band of The Salvation Army

It's been a while since I've reviewed a CD I'd forgotten I owned for this, my ever-snappy series 'CD's I forgot I'd got'. In some ways it's quite a difficult label to assign because, one way or another, I listen to most of my recordings most days. I also have the kind of memory that doesn't retain anything important but does hold on to stacks of utterly useless information - just like the CDs I've bought over the years and when and where I purchased them. On reflection, then, I've set myself up for failure. On this occasion however, it was an easy label to assign. I don't remember how I came to possess  The King's Crusader . I found it when sorting and moving my music cupboard recently . I know who the original owner was, as their name is written on the inside, and that gives some indication as to the circumstances in which it came to be in my collection but beyond that, I was going into this one completely blind. I didn't recogn...

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