This summer sees the 50th Anniversary of the Great Train Robbery, which took place at 3am on the 8th August 1963, when the night mail train from Glasgow to Euston was stopped in Buckinghamshire by a gang of thieves. They broke into the High Value Package coach and stole 120 mailbags stuffed with £2.6m in used banknotes, which equates to £41m in today’s money.

The raid soon became known as the Great Train Robbery and 50 years on it still occupies a unique place in the history of British crime. Villified by the police and the establishment in general, the Great Train Robbers were quickly glorified and romanticised by the general public and the Great Train Robbery quickly became part of British folklore.

However although the Great Train Robbery gang carried no firearms, the train driver was coshed with an iron bar which caused lasting brain damage. And although the leader of the gang, Bruce Reynolds, always expressed regret for this action, it does not excuse the act of disproportionate violence!!

But for the injury to the train driver, the Great Train Robbery would have been the perfect crime and its breathtaking ambition and “Boys Own” derring do understandably captured the imagination of the general public and media alike!! The Record Press author is no different, so here is a Top 10 Songs to Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Great Train Robbery –

Top 10 Songs to Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Great Train Robbery

1) Supertramp – Crime of the Century ( 1975 )

2) Dire Straits – Money for Nothing ( 1985 )

3) Mountain – Great Train Robbery ( 1971 )

4) Smokey Robinson – Tracks of my Tears ( 1969 )

5) Pink Floyd – Money ( 1973 )

6) Black Uhuru – Great Train Robbery ( 1986 )

7) Abba – Money Money Money ( 1976 )

8) Genesis – Robbery Assault & Battery ( 1976 )

9) Four Tops – Loco in Acapulco ( From film “Buster” ) ( 1988 )

10) Phil Collins – Another Day in Paradise ( From film “Buster” ) ( 1989 )

Which Great Train Robbery related songs would you choose? Let us know in the Reply Box below.

Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Great Train Robbery in your home or office, by ordering your favourite Great Train Robbery song in a vinyl or CD format; single, album or album cover; framed and mounted as a picture disc souvenir. You can also personalise it with an inscribed / engraved plaque…… 

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Framed vinyl records, framed CDs and framed DVDs with a personalised plaque, make unique presents or original gifts for a special celebration  / special occasion ie a Wedding ( Wedding First Dance Song ), an Engagement Party ( Our Song ), a House Warming Party ( New Home ), a 21st, 30th, 40th, 50th, 60th Birthday ( How about the No1 song on the day of birth? ), a Silver, Ruby or Golden Wedding Anniversary, Father’s or Mother’s Day or Valentine’s Day!!  THE PERFECT PERSONALISED PRESENT!!