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- ↑ "Arnold Safroni - Imperial Echoes: Sheet Music Download".
- ↑ "James Ord Hume 1864".
- ↑ His Master's Voice OEA6977
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- ↑ Robert Dougall (1973) In & Out of the Box
- ↑ World of Sound (BBC Worldwide Music): CD33635-2
