Track Listing

1. Star Spangled Banner
2. America the Beautiful - Killer Cadet Band
3. America
4. Battle Hymn of the Republic
5. Anchors Aweigh [US Navy Anthem]
6. Marines' Hymn
7. U.S. Field Artillery March [Official Song of the US Army]
8. Stars and Stripes Forever
9. Capitan
10. Liberty Bell - Killer Cadet Band
11. Semper Fidelis - Killer Cadet Band
12. Washington Post March - Killer Cadet Band
13. National Emblem
14. Music for the Royal Fireworks [Excerpt] - Killer Cadet Band
15. William Tell Overture [Excerpt] - Killer Cadet Band
16. Light Cavalry Overture [Excerpt] - Killer Cadet Band
17. 1812 Overture [Excerpt] - Killer Cadet Band

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #51535 in Music
• Released on: 1995-05-23
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .19 pounds

Customer Reviews

Don't Buy this Album!!!
What could have been a great album of patriotic
songs is completely ruined because of brutal
editing and may I even say deception. I almost
never return a CD, but I returned this one. And
sadly because I found the sound quality very good.
Both on the outside track listings and on the inside
pullout, there is no mention that the tracks are
excerpts. Most leave out entire strains or repeats.
But the worst offense has to be the "1812 Overture".
I was excited to be purchasing an album with this
on it. But what I got was not even excerpts from
this piece. "excerpts from" usually implies that
a specific movement is presented. But this piece
is totally mutilated. Three measures are played,
five measures are omitted, two more measures are
played, etc. If Tchaikovsky were around he'd have
good cause for a lawsuit. Pleeeaasse, don't support
a product that does injustice to the composers and
does not truthfully describe the product's contents!!!

Wake me up when it's over... (YAAWWWNNNNN)
Though the first thing that I noticed while listening to this CD was the poor tonal quality of the recording, what I was most disappointed with was the overall lack of tempo in nearly every piece. To quote my husband, "It's supposed to be a marching band, not a strolling band!" Also a few of the pieces are really excerpts and not the entire piece, not good excerpts at that.

If you love America, this is for you!
This is a great compilation of U.S. anthems. When you listen to this, you feel like you're in the middle of a July 4th parade or something. It's amazing.