Halfway To Freedom

Album: Welcome to the Show (1990)
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Songfacts®:

  • This Les Holroyd composition turned out to be prophetic. Halfway between the writing of the song and the release of the album, the Berlin Wall came down; the song featured on the Guten Abend, Deutschland TV program, was recorded in East Berlin and was broadcast live across both Germanies - the first time this had happened since the nation was divided.

    Another Les Holroyd song, "Berlin," has a similar theme. >>>
    Suggestion credit:
    Alexander Baron - London, England

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