Thursday, August 18, 2011

Railway incident in Sri Lanka

Railway incident in Sri Lanka. Watch the video to the end. Note the victim walking home with a limp. Idalgashinna is next to Ohiya the highest point of the railway line in Sri Lanka. It is a very cold place with a lot of tea estates around. Click on the link below and watch the action.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aq-pXqmZipI&NR=1


Philip

Saturday, August 6, 2011

Ken Griffin on the Hammond organ

You may remember we had a radiogramme in the male common room, at the Medical Faculty Colombo in the early 1960s. There was an LP record by Ken Griffin on the Hammond organ. This record gave us hours of pleasure. Here are a few pieces popular among us then.

Philip

The cuckoo waltz

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhtHxPI3cxM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtwyY6hkC7M&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYYsePaC2o4&feature=related

In the chapel in the moonlight

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwAa2Xg1BrE&feature=related

Cruising down the river

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zU8B-M0GAd4&feature=related

Hi lili hi lili hi lo hi lo hi lo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WnGsSt_HwE&feature=related

Under the bridges of Paris

Under the bridges of Paris with you - Sous les ponts de Paris

One of the top hits of the early 1960s. Hear the silken voice of Eartha Kitt and another version of the song by Dean Martin.

Philip

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9Gig5460a8&feature=player_embedded

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JTmemylszc&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rhe4hN8Mj0M&feature=related

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Sentimental Journey

Hello Batch-mates,
The male common room at the Medical Faculty in the 1960s had a radiogramme. There were a few much played long playing records. One of them was Ahamed Jamal making his magic on the piano. The one I still remember was 'The Sentimental Journey'. I came across two renditions of 'The Sentimental Journey' by Doris Day on UTube.. I am giving the web addresses below. Please click on each to listen to it. I am sure that Ahamed Jamal's piano piece was the inspiration for a popular band rendition called 'The Kandyan Express' played very often in the early 1960s in Ceylon.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ycj2SwFG3w&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUw125JMVFI


Enjoy the music of the old times.
Philip