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Ngā Taonga Sound Archives – An early version of “Blue Smoke”

Blue Smoke sheet music, published in 1949. [RNZ collection, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision]

Otago Daily Times 12 June 1945, advertising the Otago Sextet singing “Blue Smoke” [Courtesy Papers Past]

The 2019 Otago Capping Sextet at their 100th anniversary celebrations last weekend. [Photograph Amanda Mills, Hocken Collections]

The 16-inch disc containing the 1945 recording of “Blue Smoke” [RNZ collection, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision]

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Ngā Taonga Sound Archives – An early version of “Blue Smoke”