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Excellent. I like the extended version of Bidgood's 'Sons of the Brave'. Rarely do bands do this. I envy your colllection Ross, but pleased you are sharing them with us. Keep up the good work.

By the way - the name of the band conductor is STEPHAN. As it happens one famous von Stephan was born in my hometown in 1831. Is there any family connection between Col. Wilhelm and our most famous Citizen?... 😊♍

Brilliant playing, I love the performance of Sambre et Meuse

Fritz Brase, (composer on track 3) senior director of music of the Irish (Free State) Army, from its founding in the early 20’s till his death during WW II, had a prior full career in the Kaiser’s army. At the end of WW I, he was director of music of one of the Prussian Guard regiments, specifically, the Kaiser Alexander Garde Grenadier Regiment. He was subsequently a card carrying member of the NSDAP!!

This was album released in conjunction with their fall/winter 1970 North American tour; saw them in Philadelphia. i recall from the souvenir program that the senior NCO with the tour, J. Bowditch, CG, entered the Coldstream in 1943!

I have heard the "Marsch Des Yorchkschen Korps" so many times and this is the first time hearing the second section, nice surprise there.

I thought I had heard all of Jimmy Howe's LPs and bought most of them, but I don't remember this one, so Thanks for posting. It's now saved in my YT playlists😊

Also I love how Jimmy Howe often features Tommy Wilson playing on his own or with a Euphonium in the middle of some marches on various records .2 superb examples here are Out of the Blue with the Euph and on his own in On the Ball ,you cannot miss Tommy's distinctive cornet sound

Another good one Ross. Thanks for posting.

30:04 Love his harmony.

Thanks Ross this is awesome Sports Parade Lp 1970 , Absolutely brilliant,all the famous sports themes and more from my youth.

Great to hear both of these bands in their prime. The Pipes & Drums are great to hear with older metal style drums that gave a distinctive low roll to their beats. The Pipes are also higher pitch than today which makes for a different sound. More martial in my opinion than today. The Coldstream Band was close to 60 pieces. Under Trevor Sharpe's baton they certainly shine. This is also right before The Amazing Grace phenomenon hit the combined bands scene. So this is the last of the older style playing and arrangements. A truly great recording and one of the best North American Tour records made. A truly historic recording. Thanks so much Ross. Regards, Roger - Military Music Appreciation Society Administrator.

I love it! is there another playlist like this with lots of fanfare?

Well worth hearing for the Trevor Sharpe arrangements of London Sounds and Sounds Instrumental Cherokee is just fantastic.alot of friends on this ,some no longer with us .Anton Gavin who is Australian Ross.Ian Walsh cornet a fabulous player who i remember playing Boddingtons arrangement of Silver Threads amongst the Gold wirh Crystal Palace band .the trombones on this are superb Stuart Haigh and Bob Scragg amongst them ,A great piece of Coldstream History on this recording,Thanks Ross , although The agony bags have never been my thing 😂 Did you know in Brazil they used to have a radio station that played only bagpipe music 🎶 😂

Splendid Ross.

Many thanks Ross for uploading these very rare LPs from your collection. They are a true gem! Great to hear some lesser known marches too. Cheers Ross!

Listening to these old records makes you think that the musical quality of HM Forces bands has declined over the decades...

What a beautiful recording! Excellent sound!

I love Scottish music. So mournful at times.

Absolutely Top class playing here. For me the RAF set the standard. I love the Champion 🏆 not often heard these days I played it alot on boys service at the Guards depot .My favourites here are Arromanches, Guards Armoured Division and Great Britain Marches arrangement by Gordon Langford .Thanks Ross

Absolutely glorious Ross.

Love it!

Love it!

Magnificent trombone playing ,Love these marches

For me the perfect balance of all the sections producing a magnificent recording ,no one does Lawrence of Arabia as well as this ,you can imagine the camels trundling across the desert.Victory at sea also very descriptive playing conjuring up various images especially the torpedoing and sinking with the fabulous flugel lament played by John Spencer such quality.Jimmy Howes arrangement of Longest Day has a feature for cornet Tommy Wilson and the euphonium player as he did in many of his march arrangements to show them off

A fabulous trombone solo in the Mikado Selection The Sun whose Rays ,I wonder if the soloist is Robert Atkinson before he went to the Jim Shepherd Versatile Brass ?

Another fun recording

I was on this

One the the most famous military band Lps ever made , wonderful playing and original arrangements by Wilkinson,still.sounds Incredible today .Thanks Ross for digitizing it and making it sound even better.

Some lovely Euphonium from Derek "Yorkie' Greenwood on the march Militare and Chant San Paroles .The Bluebird has some fabulous clarinet John Appleby and Kevin Jackson sadly Kev was taken far too soon a lovely guy and extremely talented musician RIP.

Over the Hills and far away is my favourite on this recording,then Ca lra which I recognise from the recent Ridley Scott Napopleon film , Sousa's Imperial Edward march and the TV theme from War and Peace are a good listen too

This is a great recording. The same LP I had a long time ago had a different cover. Thanks for putting it on CZcams, because my copy has been lost for many years, with several house moves in between.

Thanks again Ross. A superb copy of this from that great series. Blackenburg and Hall both have a similar, easy style. They are a joy to listen too.

I seem to remember we didn't rehearse any of these ? On the day we either did first take or played through them once then recorded them ? These records were never for sale, they were made for genuine fans of march recordings. To obtain a record Bob Hoe would ask anyone who played on his recordings to write to him in the USA and he would post an LP free of charge,that way he knew they would go to genuine fans .He did hundreds of these records with bands all over the world. He did Brass band marches too with Black Dyke Mills, Sun life band and Besses( the brass band ones are on various CDs). A huge Thanks Ross for all your hard work digitilizing these rare Lps

These Heritage of the March Lps were funded by the late Bob Hoe a millionaire ,these march recordings were his passion. When we toured USA in 1977 after the show Bob Hoe requested that Band Sgt Major Jim Norris (cornet)and I as principal euphonium went to his house for an after show party ,we had to take our instruments too .after meeting all the guests and having some drinks and food ,we all had to go to his music room with a Hi Fi system with massive speakers,Bob was an amateur euphonium player and obsessed with euphonium and US Marines band .Jim Norris and I had to play along to Lps of Sousa Marches in front of all of his guests.a very strange experience 😂😂 the next day he took me and a friend Chris Bashford to meet legendary US Marine band Euphonium soloist Art Lehman at his bungalow where we had ice cream and listened to more Lps in Arts music room .Then took us for a dinner at a Steak restaurant.after that we visited Sousa's grave ,then he took us back to the band hotel .Great memories 😂😂

Rácz Judit🎼😎🎀

What year, please?

Ross you've done it again ,the 1812 LP 1970 digitalised with Slavonic Rhapsody No 2 and Tommy Wilson playing Una Voce Poco Fa ,a magnificent recording,it doesn't get any better.Thak you so much

What a great band and fabulous trombone solo Latin Lullaby by Dave Shearn played by Gordon Campbell,I could listen to him all day ,Thanks Ross

Thanks for posting this, Ross. Playing is so crisp and neat. Super articulation and real attention to dynamic contrasts. What an incredible collection of military music you have.

I think the Coldstream Guards band under Captain Trevor Le Mere Sharpe was at the peak of its musical quality. This band and conductor also played the closing music for the series Dads Army.

This sounds absolutely Brilliant Ross, some rare marches to be heard too .The one called the Brigade of Guards ,we played it under the name of Guards Division? I love how in a lot of his arrangements he often features a cornet and euphonium duet showing of his brilliant soloists. Hoping for Sports Parade album soon in time for the olympics

Recorded just before I joined the band, I remember listening to the warm tone of Micky Dabbs and then months later having to sit next to him in the band I was in awe. He taught me so much about phrasing - oh, and how to talk proper English - Yorkshire like. If tha knows, tha knows lad.

Very moving to hear Mick again playing so beautifully. Thank you

I was always a fan of John Philip de Sousa - since high school. Now almost 77 years old 😊

It was an Honour to be on this recording....What ever anyone thought of Parksy....He was GREAT Conductor. And a Wow for Dabbsy!!!

Thanks Ross,This was never released on cd.This also has Micky Dabbs playing the trombone solo None but the Weary Heart ,what a superb sound and phrasing .Some remarkable playing from the Peter Parkes era Grenadier Guards Band.Enjoy

I was on that record on bass trombone. A great band, but many have now gone to that great parade ground in the sky. Only a few left from those days. John Lowery

Absolutely brilliant Ross, crisp playing,I'm Bluetooth streaming to my Hi Fi as I'm practicing trombone 😂

The musicians must have been issued their shoulder wings right about the time they made this recording.