All Brass Bands New Top 20 List: September 2018
September's results on All Brass Radio have been very interesting — adding 6 new CDs worth of new tracks and removing the same amount to leave a core of 415 on a superb playlist.
Voting tastes have changed it seems with Kirsty Abbots (who was in the #1 spot for several months in a row) bumped down into 5th (although still a remarkable testament to her magnificent playing).
Meanwhile, bands that had never made the top twenty before have now made a first appearance, whilst some old classics made it into the list such as 'The Lincolnshire Poacher' by Roberts Bakery Band and Leroy Anderson's 'The Typewriter' played by Yorkshire Imperial Metals.
Also, to our great pleasure, many people took more time than some to vote down tracks.
This is more important than most think. We never remove a track if it gets just one 'down' vote. But if it gets two or more, it is removed. It is very important for us to know what you like — and just as important to know any tracks you, the listeners, dislike!
Top 20: September 2018:
1. Mars, The Bringer of War (Black Dyke Mills)
2. Fire in the Blood (International Staff Band)
3. Theme from 'Crimson Tide' (Black Dyke Band)
4. Hymn to the Fallen (Saving Private Ryan) (Kirkintilloch)
5. You Raise Me Up (Kirsty Abbotts) (Carlton Main Frickley Colliery)
6. Bolero (Brighouse & Rastrick)
7. Dundonnell (Brighouse & Rastrick)
8. The Lincolnshire Poacher (Roberts Bakery)
9. Love Changes Everything (Desford Colliery Caterpillar)
10. Life Ablaze (International Staff Band)
11. The Barber of Seville (Brass Band Berner Oberland)
12. Game of Thrones (New York Low Brass)
13. Reunion & Finale from Gettysburg (Froschl Hall)
14. With Clouds Descending: A Fantasy on the Hymn Tune 'Helmsley' (Cory)
15. The Typewriter (Yorkshire Imperial Metals)
16. Down by the Sally Gardens (Kirsty Abbots) (Carlton Main Frickley Colliery)
17. A Space Voyage Special (East of England Co-op)
18. Chariots of Fire (Brass Band de Waldsand)
19. Irish Tune from County Derry (EYMS)
20. 'tis a Gift (Brass Band of Central Florida)
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