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Songs and Music of the Redcoats
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Songs and Music of the Redcoats (1642-1902) Argo ZDA 147 (LP, UK, February 1972) |
This album was inspired by Lewis Winstock's book of the same title: Songs and Music of the Redcoats: A History of the War Music of the British Army 1642-1902, Leo Cooper Ltd, London 1970.
Produced by Kevin Daly;
Recorded by Adrian Martins and Iain Churches
Musicians
Martyn Wyndham-Read: vocals, guitar;
The Druids:
Keith Kendrick: vocals, chorus, concertina, guitar;
John Adams: vocals, chorus, accordion, mandolin;
Mick Hennessey: vocals, chorus, bass;
Gerry Fox: vocals, chorus, guitar, mandolin;
Jim Younger: concertina;
Dennis Clarke: flute, chorus;
Vin Garbutt: whistle, chorus;
Frank Grubb, Kevin Daly, Lewis Winstock: chorus
Musicians from the Band of the Scots Guards:
Director of Music: Major James H. Howe, MBE;
L/Sgt. Michael Gray: oboe;
Sgt. William Verdon: clarinet;
Musn. Allan Timperley: clarinet;
Musn. Tony Jeffrey: bassoon;
Sgt. Gerald Manvell: percussion
Tracks
Side 1
- Civil War
[SG] The English March
[SG] John Gwyn's Air
[MW-R] When the King Enjoys His Own Again
[KK, JA, MW-R] When Cannons Are Roaring - Marlborough
[MW-R] Over the Hills and Far Away
[JA] Sergeant Morris' Song - Seven Years War
[SG] The Marquis of Granby
[MW-R] The Girl I Left Behind Me
[D] How Stands the Glass Around?
[GF] Hot Stuff - America's War of Independence
[SG] The Grenadier's March
[KK] Light Infantry Song
[SG] Over the Water to Charlie
[SG] Roslyn Castle
[SG, D] The British Grenadiers - Napoleonic Wars
[MH] Love, Farewell
[KK] One and All
[D] The Owl
[SG, D] The Rogues' March
Side 2
- Napoleonic Wars (continued)
[KK] Sahagun
[GF] Lochaber No More
[JA] The Sodger's Return - Crimea
[SG, D] Hey for the Life of a Soldier
[SG] Paddy's Resource
[JA] Cheer Boys Cheer - Indian Wars
[MW-R] Bang Upon the Big Drum
[MW-R] Here's to the Last One to Die - Late 19th Century
[MW-R] The Jolly Die-Hards
[D] Colonel Burnaby
[GF] The Connaught Rangers - South Africa
[SG] Rory O'More
[D] Razors in the Air
[MH] The Wagon Loafers
[MW-R] Soldiers of the Queen