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===Music=== * The American rock band [[Mountain (band)|Mountain]] included the song "The Great Train Robbery" on their 1971 album ''[[Nantucket Sleighride (album)|Nantucket Sleighride]]''. The song's lyrics refer to Wilson and Rainbow by name. * Ronald Biggs recorded vocals on two songs for ''[[The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle]]'', [[Julien Temple]]'s 1980 mockumentary film about the [[Sex Pistols]]. The basic tracks for "[[No One Is Innocent (song)|No One is Innocent]]" (aka "The Biggest Blow (A Punk Prayer)") and "[[Belsen Was a Gas]]" were recorded with guitarist [[Steve Jones (musician)|Steve Jones]] and drummer [[Paul Cook]] at a studio in Brazil shortly after the Sex Pistols' final performance, with [[overdub]]s being added in an English studio at a later date. "No One Is Innocent" was released as a single in the UK and reached No. 6 on the British singles charts, with the sleeve showing [[Martin Bormann]] playing bass with the group (in actuality this was American actor [[James Jeter]]). * [[Paul Hardcastle]] released a song in 1985 titled "Just For Money", about the robbery. * In 1991, Ronald Biggs sang vocals for the song "Carnival in Rio (Punk Was)" by German punk band [[Die Toten Hosen]]. * Following the extradition attempt, Biggs collaborated with Bruce Henry (an American double-bass player), Jaime Shields, and Aureo de Souza to record ''Mailbag Blues'', a musical narrative of his life that he intended to use a movie soundtrack. This album was re-released in 2004 by whatmusic.com.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.whatmusic.com |title=rare brazilian euro jazz bossa breaks on LP & CD |publisher=Whatmusic.com |access-date=6 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100301233815/http://www.whatmusic.com/ |archive-date=1 March 2010 |url-status=usurped }}</ref> * British group, [[Alabama 3]], recorded a tribute to Bruce Reynolds about the robbery, "Have You Seen Bruce Richard Reynolds" (originally recorded by The Fylde Folk) on which he appears, on their 2005 album, ''[[Outlaw (Alabama 3 album)|Outlaw]]''. Alabama 3 harmonica player, Nick Reynolds, is the son of Bruce Reynolds.<ref name="Adam Bernstin, The Washington Post A26"/>) * British group [[The Crocketts]] called their second album ''The Great Brain Robbery'', which was released in 2000.
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