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Flying Pickets (was Re: Bobs)

From: Steve Wallis <stevew%mushroom.computer-science.manchester.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK>
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 90 15:25:35 BST
Subject: Flying Pickets (was Re: Bobs)

Dana Okamoto (dana@hpldola.HP.COM) writes:
>   If you like the Bobs then check out the Flying Pickets. They also
>   sound great & are a lot of fun!

Brett Kuehner (bvk%hhb@princeton.EDU) writes:
>Another interesting a capella group is "The Flying Pickets", who have
>several albums (not available on CD, as far as I know), including
>"Lost Boys" and "Live at the Albany Empire". The Pickets are
>Australian(?), and split between original (as far as I know) songs and
>covers, including "Summertime", "Remember This", and "Get Off of My
>Cloud". Worth trying to locate. Oops, they also did "Psycho Killer".

I would also recommend the Flying Pickets.  They are a British group.
Other songs they did excellent a capella versions of include:
_Only_You_, _Buffalo_Soldier_, _Space_Oddity_, _Masters_Of_War_
and _Who's_That_Girl?_ (Eurythmics not Madonna).

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