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    Soul Limbo for the Ashes

    By Will 2 years ago, mid-September Leave a comment on this post

    Everyone’s missed the point about today’s news that the BBC will be airing highlights of this winter’s Ashes. Great, the population will be able to watch England reclaim the Ashes; they’ll gasp at Flintoff’s 322* from only 120 balls; a procession of anorak’d cricket tragics, with wonky glasses and a chewed HB pencil for company, will weep at the foot of the stairs of Television Centre, grateful to the Aunty for welcoming back cricket.

    All of this is true.

    But the real news, the aspect of most importance is we will once again hear the sound of Soul Limbo by Booker T and The MGs bink-tink-tinking over the airwaves. And for that, we should join the anoraks and raise a glass to Aunty because that tune, quite simply, is summer. Even though it’ll be winter, but you get my meaning.

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    7 Responses to “Soul Limbo for the Ashes”

  • Seb wrote:
    September 13th, 2006 at 9.10 am

    Got Soul Limbo in mp3 format as the ringtone on my phone. Which is great, but every time TMS starts, I think my phone’s ringing…

  • Irim wrote:
    September 13th, 2006 at 10.59 am

    Seb, may I be so cheeky as to ask where you downloaded it from?

  • Seb wrote:
    September 13th, 2006 at 11.55 am

    Ripped it off my Booker T CD…

  • glamorous-organ wrote:
    September 14th, 2006 at 2.25 pm

    Check out all the other Booker T recordings, brilliant stuff.

  • ed wrote:
    November 22nd, 2006 at 10.17 pm

    Hi Seb, Do you fancy emailing me a copy?

    Thanks

  • Seb wrote:
    November 22nd, 2006 at 10.35 pm

    Where to?

  • ed wrote:
    November 22nd, 2006 at 10.40 pm

    Ive managed to download a copy.

    Thanks anyway

    ed

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