March: The Spaceman (TJ Powell)

Welshman, Thomas James (TJ) Powell's march - The Spaceman. Recorded by the Sun Life Stanshawe Band in 1979.
Conductor: Brian Howard.

TJ Powell not only wrote marches but also made other valuable musical contributions, the most ambitious of which was possibly his Snowdon Fantasy. Other non-march works include his Duo for Euphoniums, The Tops (cornet quintet), Passing Moods, and the medley, Salute to Wales. The Band now plays yet another march that may be unknown to the general banding world, The Spaceman.

Stanshawe, Stanshawe (Bristol), Sun Life Stanshawe, and Sun Life Band are the same band but at different times of their history.
The band was formed in 1968 and disbanded in 1997.
So, "The light that burns the brightness burns the shortest."

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