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TRACK LISTING 1. THE FLEET AIR ARM - Flying Stations 2. THE LIFE GUARDS - Milanollo 3. SCOTS GUARDS - Heilan’ Laddie 4. THE LIGHT INFANTRY - Light Infantry 5. THE ROYAL WELCH FUSILIERS - The British Grenadiers 6. THE ROYAL IRISH RANGERS - Killaloe 7. THE ROYAL HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT - The Hampshire 8. THE GORDON HIGHLANDERS - Cock of the North 9. 2nd KING EDWARD VII’s OWN GURKHA RIFLES - Lutzow’s Wild Hunt 10. 6th QUEEN ELIZABETH’S OWN GURKHA RIFLES - Young May Moon 11. GURKHA SIGNALS - Scotland the Brave 12. SPECIAL AIR SERVICE - Marche Des Parachutistes Belges 13. ARMY AIR CORPS - Recce Flight 14. ROYAL CORPS OF TRANSPORT - Wait for the Wagon 15. ROYAL ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS - The Village Blacksmith 16. CORPS OF ROYAL ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS - Lillibulero 17. CORPS OF ROYAL MILITARY POLICE - The Watch Tower 18. ROYAL ARMY VETINARY CORPS - Drink Puppy Drink & A Hunting We Will Go 19. ROYAL ARMY EDUCATION CORPS - Gaudeamus Igitur & The Good Comrade 20. ROYAL ARMY DENTAL CORPS - Green Facings 21. INTELLIGENCE CORPS - The Rose and the Laurel 22. ARMY PHYSICAL TRAINING CORPS - Be Fit 23. QUEEN ALEXANDRA’S ROYAL ARMY NURSING CORPS - Gray and Scarlet 24. CENTRAL FLYING SCHOOL - Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines 25. THE RECONNAISSANCE CORPS - Away To The Mountain’s Brow 26. ROYAL OBSERVER CORPS - Skywatch 27. THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION - The British Legion 28. ROYAL NAVAL ASSOCIATION - Under the White Ensign 29. ROYAL AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION - RAF Association March 30. BURMA STAR ASSOCIATION - On The Road To Mandalay 31. DUNKIRK VETERANS ASSOICATION - Dunkirk Veterans March 32. NORMANDY VETERANS - Normandy Veterans 33. WOMENS ROYAL VOLUNTARY SERVICE - The WRVS March. |
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Quick Marches of the British Armed Forces Volume 3 Band of the Royal Corps of Signals Conductor: Captain D F Wall
Compact Disc only £10.00 — buy all four for £30.00
This is volume three of a unique series featuring the official quick marches of virtually every unit of The Royal Navy, The Royal Marines, The Army and The Royal Air Force. Also included are the marches of many of the Associations and Societies connected with the forces.
There can be nothing more inspiring and heart stirring than the regimental march. Between them, the British services - the Royal Navy, Royal Marines, Army and Royal Air Force — possess a heritage of music unequaled in its richness and diversity anywhere in the world.
The origins of many are obscure and often little is known as to why a particular tune was adopted as a quick step. Many of the most successful are those based on one or more traditional folk songs, tunes that have virtually disappeared from general usage and would have been forgotten completely if they had not been kept alive as a regimental march. Some of these have been in use for generations or even centuries. The Royal Scots are reputed to have marched to ‘Dumbarton’s Drums’ for almost three hundred years.
Both famous composers and virtually unknown musicians have had their compositions purloined and strange adaptations have had to be made at times so that troops could march past to the most unlikely tune. Other marches such as ‘Ca Ira’ of The West Yorkshire Regiment were filched from the enemy and have become proud possessions of their captors.
In more recent years, amalgamations and the creation of new regiments and corps, has necessitated the commissioning of new marches. In some cases the tunes already in use have been cobbled together, as can be seen with The Queen’s Royal Irish Hussars, whilst with others, new works have emerged. The folk tune is still extremely popular, with The Army Catering Corps laying claim to ‘The Roast Beef Of Old England’ and the Army Legal Corps using ‘The Soldier has no Fellow’ and ‘Stop, poor Sinner, stop and think’.
The senior service, The Royal Navy have used ‘Heart of Oak’ from time immemorial but in recent times the WRNS have adopted a most appropriate melody, ‘Passing By’, the first line of which is ‘There is a Lady Sweet and Kind’, and the Sub Mariners have included a snippet of a Lennon and McCartney pop tune ‘We All Live In A Yellow Submarine’ in their march past.
The Royal Air Force is still relatively new but they do possess several very fine parade quick marches in addition to the Royal Air Force March Past.
This series is the first complete set of the authorised quick marches of the British armed forces. It includes all marches of The Royal Navy, The Royal Marines, The British Army and The Royal Air Force that have been officially sanctioned by the Ministry of Defense. |
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