Track Listing

1. Colonel Bogey March, for band (or orchestra)
2. The Great Little Army, for orchestra/band
3. H. M. Jollies for orchestra/band
4. On the Quarter Deck, for orchestra (or symphonic band)
5. The Thin Red Line, for orchestra/band
6. The Voice of the Guns for orchestra/band
7. The Standard of St. George, march for orchestra/band
8. Cavalry of the Clouds for orchestra/band
9. The Middy, for orchestra (or symphonic band)
10. Holyrood, for orchestra/band
11. Army of the Nile for orchestra/band
12. Dunedin for orchestra/band
13. The Vanished Army, for orchestra/band
14. Old Panama for orchestra/band
15. Eagle Squadron for orchestra/band
16. Lightning Switch, fantasia for orchestra or band
17. By Land & Sea for orchestra/band
18. Vedette, for orchestra/band
19. Musical Switch, fantasia for orchestra/band
20. The Mad Major for orchestra/band

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #96045 in Music
• Released on: 1992-10-28
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .21 pounds

Customer Reviews

a british military music aficionado from knoxville
I must take exception to the previous reviewer's comments and really wonder about the quality of their sound reproduction equipment. The quality of the winds is excellent and the soaring countermelodies of the baritones are inspiring. The sound of a British military band is much different than the average American ear is used to. This is truly an album to be included in the musical library of march fans everywhere.

Don't miss a beat of this Great Band
Probably one of the finest military Bands in the world! Don't expect an American, German, or French band when you order this one. This is a classic British military band. Enjoy!

The Music of Kenneth Alford
What Sousa has been to the Armed Forces of the United States,Alford has been and is to those of Great Britain and the Commonwealth--particularly to the Royal Navy and the Royal Marines.

Thanks to "The Bridge on the River Kwai" there are few American listeners who are not familiar with "Colonel Bogey"but when I think of Alford it is always "Standard of St. George"that comes to mind. How many mornings did I stand in the cold of a Nova Scotia morning in front of the Guard and Band of the training establishment Her Majesty's Canadian Ship "Cornwallis", shivering in my black patent leather gaiters,my sword frozen in a death grip, waiting for the command to "March on the Guard and Band!".

"Aye,aye, Sir!" "Guard and Band , Right Turn! By the Left, Quick March!"And those magnificent opening bars of "Standard" shattering the cold as we set off to assemble at the foot of the mast to perform the centuries-old ceremony of raising the White
Ensign- the very standard for which Alford had written the march!

We will not see those days again!