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A-Tisket, A-Tasket, Fats Waller. A jazzy riff on an old nursery rhyme. I have no strong feelings about this one way or the other.

A' rovin', The Seekers. A sea shanty, sung with such a jaunty air that one finds it hard to credit the singer's oft-repeated assertion that he's been brought to "ru-i-in". They only sing the first half of the song, too, so we don't get to hear anything about how the ru-i-in occurred.

ABC Café / Red and Black, Les Mis 10th Anniversary Concert. I've listened to this album so many times that every other version sounds weird. This is not one of my favourite tracks, though.

ABC-DEF-GHI, Big Bird. "'Ab-cuh-def-ghi-jeckle-minop-kris-too-wixiz', it's the most remarkable word I've ever seen!"

Abendsegen, Bones Apart. All-trombone instrumental version of a theme from Humperdinck's children's opera Hansel and Gretel. I probably won't seek it out, but it's going on the playlist of undistracting instrumental pieces for when I just want some music on that I don't have to pay attention to.

Abraham's Theme, Vangelis. Another instrumental from Chariots of Fire. This one has a tune, at least.

Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive, Ella Fitzgerald. A cover I don't particularly care for from an album I got for one of the other tracks.

Across the Universe. Three versions: the original Beatles, a remixed version of that with added birdsong at the beginning, and a cover by Rufus Wainwright. The cover's not bad, but I'm not that keen on the song in the first place.

Act Naturally, The Beatles. ...I don't think I've ever heard this before. I have a big Beatles box set I got at a discount when the local physical-media music shop went out of business, and I still haven't listened to most of it.

Adagio, Gheorghe Zamfir. Pan flute-led instrumental. Adagio from what, it doesn't say, but a bit of digging suggests that it's the Adagio in G Minor attributed to Albinoni. The cello-led version I listened to on Youtube to confirm the identification was much nicer than this version.

Adagio (Concerto in D Minor), Gheorghe Zamfir. This one includes the name of the piece but not the composer, occasioning more digging to establish that it was Bach (and, once again, that there are other nicer versions available).

Adagio from Concierto de Aranjuez, Joaquin Rodrigo. This one has the work name and the composer, but the trade-off is that I don't have a record of who the soloist is. It's nice; I'm putting it on the instrumental playlist.

Adagio from The Sonata Pathetique, James Last. Doesn't say who the composer is, but you can get away with that with "Sonata Pathetique" in a way you can't with "Concerto in D Minor" (it's Beethoven). Once again, I prefer the version I listened to on Youtube to make sure of the identification.

Addio del passato, Gheorghe Zamfir. Instrumental version of an aria from Verdi's opera La traviata. One thing about all this Last and Zamfir is that it's getting me to listen to the originals.

Adeline, Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson. From one of Chambers' later albums that I bought out of habit and I'm not sure I got around to listening to. I have no strong feelings about it one way or the other. (Except to note that it's nice to get away from Gheorghe Zamfir and James Last for a bit.)

Adieu Mon Coeur, Edith Piaf. A song I don't particularly care for from an album I got for one of the other tracks.

Adventure Calling, Michael Giacchino. An instrumental from the soundtrack of The Incredibles.

The Adventurer, Ennio Morricone. An instrumental from a movie I haven't seen. Another one for the instrumental playlist.

Aforementioned Essential Items, Grimethorpe Colliery Band. A short instrumental cue from the soundtrack of the movie Brassed Off, which despite having served over a decade in a brass band and enjoying the other work of most of the actors in it I've never actually seen.