A double CD, the first being of bugle marches and fanfares. The second is a re-issue of “Sound the Alert”, first released in 1992.

TRACK LISTING

1. Fox’s Marines (Bugle March)

2. Heroes Return (Bugle Fanfare)

3. Belle Isle (Bugle March)

4. Echoes of Eastney (Bugle Fanfare)

5. Lions of Trafalgar (Bugle March)

6. The Rooster (Bugle Fanfare)

7. Jellalabad (Bugle March)

8. Bah-el-Mandeb (Bugle March)

9. Premier (Drum Static)

10. Sambre et Meuse (Bugle March)

11. Concorde (Drum Static)

12. Angels of Jammu (Bugle March)

13. Crowned Laurel (Band and Bugle Fanfare)

14. La Pere La Victoire (Bugle March)

15. Pro Patria (Bugle Fanfare)

16. Les Clarions Anglaise (Bugle March)

17. Kerkira (Band and Bugle Fanfare)

18. Quand Madelon (Bugle March)

19. Salute to Heroes (Fanfare for Trumpets and Bugle )

20. Hark Forrard (Bugle March)

21. Nordik Warrior (Band and Bugle Fanfare)

22. Mechanised Infantry (Bugle March)

23. St Lawrence (Bugle Fanfare)

24. Tudor Rose (Bugle March)

25. St Barbara’s (Bugle Fanfare)

26. Silver Bugles (Bugle March)

27. Royal and Loyal (Bugle Fanfare)

28. Light Infantry (Bugle March)

29. Sunset for Band and Bugles

30. Per Mare Per Terram (Bugle March)

FOX’S MARINES

Featuring “Sound The Alert”

The Band and Bugles of HM Royal Marines

 

Double Compact Disc £14.50

 

This is a curious double CD as it has, as its second CD, a recording which was originally on sale in the early 1990s. The introduction in the booklet reads:

“Bugle calls, bugle marches and bugle fanfares have, for many centuries, been a requirement of the military for signals, for music and for ceremony. Mainly associated with the bands of the Light Infantry Regiments and the Royal Marines it is sad to relate that very few bands are able to present them with the skill and panache that, until recent cuts to military bands, were once commonplace. On this recording, members of a Band Service that can claim to be one of the greatest exponents of this style of military music play many examples - whilst also paying tribute to the many fine Buglers who, with their bands, once regularly played such music. The Buglers of the Royal Marines have chosen marches that are not only related to their own Corps but also many that are well known to aficionados of British Army military music.

The Illustrations on this page are the illustrations used on this page are from the Royal Marines Museum’s Photographs and Pictures Collection. Many feature the work of military artist Charles Stadden, a superb researcher and artist who sadly passed away in 2003”.

If you like bugle calls, marches and fanfares, this is for you.

Playing time CD1 67 minutes 1 second.

CD2 was originally called “Sound the Alert” and was sub-titled “A Day in the Life of a Royal Marines Bugler”.

Calls include: Action Stations, Admiral is piped aboard, Alarm, To Arms, Alert, Annul or Belay, Attention, Band Call, Bathers Leave the Water, Bathers To Enter Water, Belay, Cable Party, Call the Hands, Carry On, Cease-fire, Chatham Divisional Call, Clean Guns, Clear Lower Deck, Close, Close up to Action Stations, Close Watertight Doors, Colours Ceremony, Commodores Salute, Continue, Control Party, Cooks, Cooks To The Galley, Cover Guns, Cruising Stations, Cyclists, Darken Ship, Defaulters, Dismiss, Disperse, Divisions, Drummers and Buglers Call, Duty Hands, Emergency Party, Execute Orders, Extend, Extra Lookouts, Fall-In, Fatigue Call, Fatigue Parade, Fire Call etc... 83 bugle calls in all.

For more bugle calls see BUGLE CALLS FOR THE BRITISH ARMY

Sound the Alert Bugle Calls Listed alphabetically.

 

Action Stations

Admiral is piped aboard

Advance

Advance in Review Order (RM)

Advance in Review Order (RN)

Alarm

Alarm, To Arms

Alert

Annul or Belay

Attention

Band Call

Bathers Leave the Water

Bathers To Enter Water

Belay

British Grenadiers (March)

Cable Party

Call the Hands

Carry On

Cease-fire

Chatham Divisional Call

Clean Guns

Clear Lower Deck

Close

Close up to Action Stations

Close Watertight Doors

Colours Ceremony

Commando Training Centre

Commence

Commodores Salute

Continue

Control Party

Cooks

Cooks To The Galley

Cover Guns

Cruising Stations

Cyclists

Darken Ship

Defaulters

Dismiss

Disperse

Divisions

Drummers and Buglers Call

Duty Hands

Early One Morning (March)

Trad. arr Ware

Echoes of Eastney (Fanfare)

Weights

Emergency Party

Execute Orders

Extend

Extra Lookouts

Fall-In

Fatigue Call

Fatigue Parade

Fire Call

First Meal Call

First Post, also known as Tattoo

Fleet Air Arm, Fall In

Flight Deck Divisions, Fall In

Flying Stations

Grog Call

Guard

Guard and Steerage

Guard Salute

Half-Hour Warning

Halt

Heart of Oak (March)

Boyce

HM Jollies (March)

Alford

Incline

Iolanthe

Landing Parties

Last Post

Libertymen

Lie Down

Light Gun Crews Take Cover

Lights Out

Lime Juice

Lookouts

Mail Call

March at Ease

Markers

Meal Call

Mess Beatings

Iolanthe (Musical Naval Salute)

NCOs Call

Officers Call

Officers Dinner Call

Officers, Dress for Dinner

Order-in-Council 1664

Orderly Corporals

Orderly Room

Orders

Out Pipes

Out Pipes and Carry On

Parade for Guard

Parade for Piquet

Paravane Party

Pioneers

Plymouth Divisional Call

Poem - The Barracks by the Sea

Portsmouth Divisional Call

Preobrajensky (March)

arr. Dunn

Quarter Hour Warning

Quick March

Rations

Recruits for Parade

Repel Aircraft

Retire

Return of Stores

Reveille

Rise-up

Rouse

Royal Marine Artillery Call

Royal Marines School of Music Call

Royal Navy March Past

Saluting Gun Crews

School Call

Second Meal Call

Secure

Sick Parade

Signallers

Soldier and Sailor Too (March)

McDermott and Piner

Special Sea Dutymen

Stand Easy

Stand-Fast

Stations for Anchoring

Still

Sunset (Band and Bugles)

Tattoo

The Double

Warning for Parade

Watch of the Hands

Watches for Exercise

 

A day in the life of a Royal Marines Bugler ‘Sound the alert’ features all the bugle calls used over the last four decades by the Royal Marines. Afloat, in the fleet, ashore, in various barracks, and on parade at both minor and major ceremonial events over the years performed by Buglers of the Royal Marines.

 

In this recording the calls are performed by Bugler Alan Piner BEM

Stephen Misson’s favourite track:

Silver Bugles

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