Strike Up The Band

6CD Set
Released 1995
Cat No.: RDCD981-6 (RDC92651-4)
RD Code: STRI 314
Compiled by M Moritz

Probably one of the most controversial packs RDUK ever produced. A uniquely British collection that was very popular due to the ardent fans of Brass Band music that exists in this country. The main contention of the pack was the division between 'Militairy Bands' and the other type of Brass Bands. It was sacriledge to many that these musical 'genres' should be mixed. Not to mention the positioning of how the model was holding the instrument on the front cover!

CD 1  Bandstand Showcase

1 - Strike Up The Band - The IMI Yorkshire Imperial Band - Gershwin,arr.Richards

2 - The Floral Dance - The Bridgehouse and Rastrick Band - Moss,arr.Broadbent

3 - Marching Through Georgia - The CWS (Manchester) Band - Work,arr .Richards

4 - Eye Leval - The Royal Marines School Of Music Band - Trombey, arr.Richardson

5 - Cornet Corillon - John Foster Black Dyke Mills Band - Binge

6 - Hora Staccato - The Central Band Of The Royal Airforce - Dinicu, arr.Woodfield

7 - Trumpet Voluntary - The Band Of The Royal Corps Of Transport - Clarke,arr.Kenny

8 - Zampa Overture - The Fairey Band - Herold,arr.Rimmer

9 - Le Reve Passe - The Royal Artillery Mounted Band - Helmer,Krier,Foucher

10 - The Carnival Of Venice (Fantasia Brillante) - John Foster Black Dyke Mills Band - Steiger

11 - Blaze Away - The Royal Artillery Mounted Band - Holzmann

12 - Selection From 'Iolanthe' - The Black Dyke Mills Band - Sullivan,arr Langford

13 - Early One Morning Medley - The Munn And Felton's Band - Trad,arr.Seymour

14 - Phil The Fluter's Ball - The Brighouse And Rastrick Band - French,Arr.Seymour

15 - Holiday's For Trombones - The IMI Yorkshire Imperial Metals Band - Rose,Arr,Wilby

16 - Coronation Scot - The Leylands Vehicle Band - Ellis,arr.Newsome

17 - Also Sprach Zarathustra - The 1st Battalion Queens Regiment Band - R. Strauss

18 - The Girl I Left Behind - The Cory Band - Trad ,Arr.Sparke

19 - Soldiers In The Park (Oh ! listen To The Band) - The Morris Motors Concert Band - Monckton,Arr.Hamner

CD 2  The World's Greatest Marches

1 - The Stars And Stripes Forever - The Band Of HM Royal Marines - Sousa

2 - Colonel Bogey - The Band Or The Royal Air Force (Germany) - Alford

3 - The British Grenaiders - The Band Of HM Coldstream Guards - Trad

4 - The Liberty Bell - The Band Of HM Royal Marines - Sousa

5 - Marche Lorraine - The Albuhera Band The Queen's Regiment - The Albuhera Band The Queens Regiment

6 - Marche Militaire - The Crossley Carpets Band - Schubert,arr.Rimmer

7 - King Cotton - The Band Of HM Royal Marines - Sousa

8 - Triumphal March - The Massed Bands Of Desfored Colliery And Fodens - Elga,arr.Bragg

9 - Hands Accross The Sea - The Central Band Of The Royal British Legion - Sousa

10 - The Washington Post - The Band Of HM Royal Marines - Sousa

11 - St Louis Blues March - The Band Of The Royal Air Force College (Cranwell) - Handy

12 - When The Saints Go Marching In - The Band Of HM Royal Marines - Black,Purvis,arr.Langford

13 - Radetzky March - The Band Of The Irish Guards - Strauss,arr.Lane

14 - Crown Imperial - The Regimental Band Of The Coldstream Guards - Walton,arr.Wright

15 - Under The Double Eagle - The Band Of The Queens Dragoon Guards - Wagner

16 - Homage March - The IMI Yorkshire Imperial Band - Grieg,arr.Reynolds

CD 3  The bands Play Golden Opera Favourites

1 - None Shall Sleep - The Hammond Sauce Works Band - Puccini,arr.Hamner

2 - Dance Of The Hours - The Worcestershire And Sherwood Foresters - Ponchieli,arr.Bennett

3 - Flower Duet From 'Lakme' - The Leyland DAF Band - Delibes,arr.Sparke

4 - One Fine Day - John Foster & Son plc.Black Dyke Mills Band - Puccini,arr.Langford

5 - March Of The Toreadors - The Band Of The Irish Guards - Bizet,arr.Lane

6 - The Anvil Chorus - GUS Footwear Band &  Morriston Orpheus Choir - Verdi,MacFarren,arr.Siebert

7 - The Grand March From 'Tannhauser' - The Crossley Carpets Works Band - Wagner

8 - Polovtsian Dances - The Desford Colliery Dowty Band - Borodin,arr.Snell

9 - Pearl Fishers Duet - The William Davies Construction Band - Bizet,arr.Wilkinson

10 - Rusalka's Song To The Moon (O Silver Moon) - John Foster And Son plc. Black Dyke Mills Band - Dvorak,arr.Langford

11 - 'The Marriage Of Figaro' Overture - The Band Of HM Royal Marines - Mozart,arr.Duthoit

12 - Largo Al Factotum - John Foster Black Dyke Mills Band - Rossini,arr.Langford

13 - Flower Song From 'Carmen' - The Desford Colliery Catepillar Band - Bixet,arr.Gay

14 - O My Beloved Father - John Foster And son plc. Black Dyke Mills Band - Puccini,arr.Langford

15 - Coronation March From 'Le Prophete' - Band Of The Military School Of Music - Meyerbeer,arr.Brown

16 - Grand March From 'Aida' - Massed Bands Of Ever Ready & Hammonds Sauce Works - Verdi,arr.Wright

CD 4  Relaxing Melodies

1 - Irish Tune From Country Derry - The Band Of Welsh Guards - Trad,arr.Grainger

2 - The Lost Chord - Men O' Brass - Suliva,arr.Langford

3 - Bailero (Shepherd's Song) - The IMI Yorkshire Imperial Band - Trad,arr.Richards

4 - The Swan - The Desford Colliery Dowty Band - Saint - Saens,arr.Snell

5 - Bells Across The Meadow - The GUS Footwear Band - Ketelbey

6 - To A Wild Rose - The Massed Bands From The Royal Albert Hall - MacDowell,arr.Martyn

7 - Greensleeves - The GUS Footwear Band - Trad,arr.Woodfield

8 - O, For The Wings Of A Dove - Besses O 'Th' Barn Band - Mendelssohn,arr.Langford

9 - Romance From 'The Fair Maid Of Perth' - The Leyland DAF Band - Bizet,arr.Oughton

10 - None But The Lonely Heart - John Foster And Son plc.Black Dyke Mills Band - Tchaikovsky

11 - Three Songs Of The South Medley - GUS Footwear Band - Trad

12 - Blow The Wind Southerly - The Cory Band - Trad,arr.Barry

13 - The Girl With The Flaxen Hair - The Foden Motor Works Band - Debussy,arr.Snell

14 - All In The April Evening - The Band Of The Welsh Guards - Roberton

15 - Air On The G String - The Desford Colliery Dowty Band - Bach,arr.Snell

16 - Solemn Melody - The Massed Bands Of The Royal Air Force - Davies

CD 5  Pride And Splendour

1 - Rule Britannia - The Band Of HM Royal Marines - Arne,arr.Taylor

2 - The Soldiers Of Our Queen From 'Patience' - The Band Of HM Coldstream Guards - Sullivan

3 - Battle Of Britain March - The Southern Band Of The Royal Airforce - Goodwin

4 - The Longest Day - The Band First Battalion Of The Parachute Regiment - Anka,arr.Ely

5 - Spitfire Prelude - The Central Band Of The Royal Airforce - Walton,arr.Wallace

6 - Men Of Harlech - The Band Of HM Coldstream Guards - Trad,arr.Langford

7 - Old Comrades - The Band Of The Royal Airforce (Germany) - Teike

8 - The Thin Red Line - The Band Of HM Goldstream Guards - Alford

9 - Heart Of Oak - The Band Of HM Royal Marines - Boyce

10 - Pomp And Circumstance No.4 - The Band Of HM Coldstream Guards - Elgar

11 - Orb And Sceptre - The Band Of HM Coldstream Guards - Walton

12 - The Dam Busters March - The Southern Band Of The Royal Airforce - Coates,arr.Dawson

13 - It's A Long Way To Tipperary - The Central Band Of The Royal British Legion - Williams,Judge

14 - 633 Squadron - The Southern Band Of The Royal Airforce - Goodwin

15 - Anchors Aweigh - The Band Of HM Royal Marines - Zimmerman,Savino,Lottman

16 - Nimrod - The Band Of HM Welsh Guards - Elgar,arr.Wright

17 - Jupiter - The Massed Bands Of The Household Division - Holst

CD 6  The Bands Play the Favourite Light Classics

1 - 'Merry Wives Of Windsor' Overture - John Foster plc Black Dyke Mills Band - Nicolai,arr.Hawkins

2 - Procession Of The Sirdar - The Cory Band - Ippolitov - Ivanov,arr.Sparke

3 - La Danza - John Foster plc Black Dyke Mills Band - Rossini,arr.Langford

4 - Finlandia - The Massed Bands Of HM Royal Marines - Sibelius

5 - Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring - The Central Band Of The Royal Airforce - Bach,arr.Langford

6 - Borodin's Nochturne - John Foster plc Black Dyke Mills Band - Borodin,arr.Langfod

7 - The Land Of The Mountain And The Flood - The Carlton Main Frickley Band - MacCunn,arr.Bragg

8 - Elizabethan Serenade - The Band Of The Royal Airforce (Germany) - Binge

9 - Nun's Chorus - Besses O 'Th' Barn Band - J.Strauss II,Benatzky,arr.Langford

10 - Espana - The City Of Coventry Band - Chabrier,arr.Langford

11 - Perpetuum Mobile - The Desford Colliery Dowty Band - J.Strauss II,arr.Snell

12 - 'William Tell' Overture  -  Finale - Men O' Brass - Rossini,arr.Seymour

13 - March From 'Things To Come' - The Massed Bands Of The Royal Air force - Bliss

14 - 1812 Overture  -  Finale - The Massed Bands Of The Of The Household Division - Tchaikovsky,arr.Hannam