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4BR Top 10 Sellers

The top 10 CD sellers of the past month on 4BR sees Black Dyke's latest release head the charts.

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1. In at number 1 is Black Dyke’s latest release of essential listening...
http://www.4barsrest.com/shopping/cd_detail.asp?id=758

2. Plenty of interest in what happened at the Europeans at number 2. It must have been that Austrian performance that created all the stir…
http://www.4barsrest.com/shopping/cd_detail.asp?id=765

3. People are getting ready for the Brass in Concert fun and games in November it seems with a DVD reminder of what went on at The Sage last year.
http://www.4barsrest.com/shopping/dvds_detail.asp?id=1459

4. The last appearance of Sellers International is proving to be a bit of a collectors item too – and all for a great cause.
http://www.4barsrest.com/shopping/cd_detail.asp?id=752

Plenty of interest in what happened at the Europeans at number 2. It must have been that Austrian performance that created all the stir4BR

5. Philip Sparke continues to be as ever lasting as Cliff Richard it seems with another top 10 entry…
http://www.4barsrest.com/shopping/cd_detail.asp?id=737

6. Relive all the past glories from 25 years of the European Championships – there are plenty to choose from…
http://www.4barsrest.com/shopping/cd_detail.asp?id=292

7. It’s Dyke again at number 7 with their appropriately numbered CD od essential listening
http://www.4barsrest.com/shopping/cd_detail.asp?id=667

8. It’s a delve into the history books at number 8 with Grimethorpe doing a time team bit of musical archeology
http://www.4barsrest.com/shopping/cd_detail.asp?id=325

9. Black Dyke take a trip to Vienna to see Mozart, Freud and Mahler, care of Philip Wilby.
http://www.4barsrest.com/shopping/cd_detail.asp?id=681

10. The lads and lasses of the British Army Brass Band come up as bright as their tunic buttons and boots with their debut release at number 10…
http://www.4barsrest.com/shopping/cd_detail.asp?id=763

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