Freedom Band

Track Listings

1. Freedom Band

2. Bless That Wonderful Name - Reggie Smith

3. I Shall Not Be Moved

4. Something Within

5. Baptism

6. I Can Tell You the Time

7. Surely Our God Is Able - Jessy Dixon, , , Gale Mayes-West, Angela Primm, Reggie Smith, , Alicia Williamson

8. I'm in This Church - Amy Lambert

9. Angels Watching Over Me - The Oak Ridge Boys

10. Loving God, Loving Each Other - Gaither Vocal Band, The Oak Ridge Boys

11. Statue of Liberty - Ivan Parker

12. Stand by Me - Florida Boys,

13. Still Feelin' Fine - The Booth Brothers,

14. All Rise - Babbie Mason

15. God Gave the Song

16. Longer I Serve Him

17. When God Seems So Near - Amy Rouse, Ladye Love Smith, Reggie Smith

18. Worthy the Lamb - Marshall Hall, Guy Penrod, David Phelps, Wesley Pritchard, Amy Rouse

Freedom Band, Music, Bil & Gloria Gaither, Homecoming Friends, CCM, Contemporary Gospel, Gospel/Christian Music, Pop, Religious / Contemp. Christian

American Anthems
Average customer rating:

Outstanding Performance and Collection of Songs

Great Patriotic CD

American Anthems
Gramercy Brass , and Lambert
Manufacturer: Koch Int'l Classics
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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One Nation Under God

Stars and Stripes Forever

Patriotic Music of America

ASIN: B000063COR
Release Date: 2002-08-27

Tracks:

The US Field Artillery March
America, The Beautiful
Anchors Aweigh
Amazing Grace
The Marines' Hymn - From The Halls Of Montezuma
God Bless America
Stars And Stripes Forever
The National Hymn - God Of Our Fathers
The Thunderer
The Liberty Bell
Marching Through Georgia
Americans We
Eternal Father, Strong To Save
The Star Spangled Banner
America
American Medley
Battle Cry Of Freedom

Customer Reviews:

Outstanding Performance and Collection of Songs.......2006-03-29

I am impressed with the quality of the Gramercy Brass Ensemble's performance of these traditional American Patriot pieces.

Beautiful sound, outstanding musicianship, classic yet spirited arrangements, and wide variety from national anthems to branch-specific armed forces hymns.

I would recommend this recording to anyone looking to hear American Patriotic music at its best. A very nice CD.

Great Patriotic CD.......2004-02-21

This is a great CD if you ever need or want to have patriotic music. American music played by an American brass band. This group sounds terrific. For those of you unfamiliar with brass band, it is comprised of 25 brass players and 2 or 3 percussionists. You get a rich, full sonority and these guys play GREAT! This CD is HIGHLY recommended to all bras players who want to hear tone quality, timbre, intonation, and more. Band directors would be wise to use this as a model for their students for everything from pitch to phrasing. Everybody else would be wise to pick it up if you like Americana. I know people who use this for their commute because it is upbeat and uplifting. Excellent CD!!!! You may also want to check out their second CD entitled "Christmas Time Is Here". Also highly recommended.

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Freedom - 12 Girls Band
Uplifting and Energizing Music
Freedom
Outstanding!!
Not so rich Music

Freedom
Twelve Girls Band
Manufacturer: V2 Ada
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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12 Girls Band: Live from Shanghai

ASIN: B0002YHD5Y
Release Date: 2004-10-12

Tracks:

Freedom
S.D. Garden
Pronunciation of Love
Jasmine
Spring of Dream
Spirit Dance
Thanks For Living Years
Victorias Smile
Horse Racing
Life On Clouds

Tracks:

No Word
The Shades of City
Chase
Hi! Salute to Bach
Miracle
Take Five
The Song of Salina
I Cant Be Your Man
Toss
Appointing in Mongolian House

Customer Reviews:

Freedom - 12 Girls Band.......2007-03-08

This CD was far beyond exspectations. I loved every minute of it. The girls were great and very talented musicians.

Uplifting and Energizing Music.......2005-04-11

Something I can listen to while I am cleaning my place or washing dishes as it is as energizing as techno music.

Before 12 Girls Band landed the USA, it was very hot in Japan. It was, in fact, a Japanese music industry who brought them to the market. Whole Japan went crazy for the band a few years ago. It was fair to call it a 12 Girls Band fever. I saw it happening while I was visiting Japan.

Those Chinese traditional instruments can be soft and touchy to your heart as much as soothing. Purely insturumental with no voice at all. I like this as background music while I am doing something, like cleaning, cooking, reading, or painting, etc. Not the type of music I LISTEN to. It is rather music I play as I do something.

Freedom.......2004-11-02

The Twevle Girls Band is exqusite and beautiful! Their talent and versatility of music well take you on a magical journey. Girls don't stop playing, keep playing those extraordinary and historical instruments your music is wonderful. I can't wait too have the opportunity to see you girls live. This CD is must buy if you like the Twelve Girls Band.Or music with soul, devotion and body. The world is waiting to see and hear your music. The music is crisp, clean and refreshing. They Rock!

Outstanding!!.......2004-10-28

I don't usually post reviews but since there's only one other review posted here I thought I'd better give this one my five stars ASAP. I've only heared disc one, only because I have a stack of new CDS and DVDs that I've got on my to do list. However I really like what I've heared. This CD does show a somewhat different side of the 12 Girls Band but it's not that different. This CD has a couple of rockers on it but it also has some nice, romantic, ambient tunes and those are the type of songs I actually prefer from 12 Girls. But, hey, it's all good. If you like Eastern Energy I'd say go ahead and check this one out too. I'm very surprised the other reviewer didn't like it, but I'm not knocking the review. We're all entitled to our opinion and I respect that. I'm looking forward to hearing disc two and I may post a review of it unless more reviews start trickling in here. Peace.

Not so rich Music.......2004-10-20

I started hearing the disc 1. I got a little head ache,by the time when I was hearing the 9th song.

The music is not rich as the "Eastern energy". Too much usage of the minute shivering music ( nn ga nn ga nnga nnga nnga ) is a bit boring. This music is like a filler between the major tunes.

The tunes doesn't penetrate and are easy going.It islike a mix of child patterns as he plays the key board.

Except for the first song <Freedom>,which is already available in the eastern enery others don't inspire anything.

If you want to try the 12 girls band,Go for eastern energy. This is not the best choice to try.

I am yet to listen <Disc 2>. I will soon comeback with the review comments on that.

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not to great
Not so bad, 100 tunes for 4$
You get what you pay for.
Now I know why there were no song samples to listen to ...

100 Favorite Patriotic Songs

Manufacturer: Bci / Eclipse Music
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ASIN: B0000A1HT8
Release Date: 2003-08-12

Tracks:

America the Beautiful
All Quiet on the Potomac Tonight
Ballad of the Green Berets
On Top of Old Smokey
Coyote Warrior
Semper Fidelis
Breeze from Alabama
Onward Christian Soldiers
Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming
Patriot
Sweet Betsy from Pike
Marines' Hymn
America Is
When Johnny Comes Marchin' Home
Happy the Soldier
American Trilogy
Home Sweet Home
Washington Post March
Enraptured I Gaze
Jeannie With the Light Brown Hair
Yellow Rose of Texas
Over There
Simple Gifts
Liberty Bell
Star Spangled Banner

Tracks:

God Bless the USA
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Katy Cruel
I Vow to Thee My Country
King Cotton
Beautiful Dreamer
America
American Patrol
Mine Eyes Have Seen the Beauty
Mohican Dream
Red, White and Blue
Some Folks
Liberty Song
Pomp and Circumstance
Hail to the Chief
Bennington Rifles
Peace on the Battlefield
I've Been Working on the Railroad
Under the Double Eagle
Red River Valley
My Country 'Tis of Thee
Camptown Races
Wild Blue Yonder
Hands Across the Sea
Fanfare for the Common Man

Tracks:

Stars and Stripes Forever
Living in America
Home on the Range
Old Colony Times
Clementine
Invincible Eagle
Ring Ring de Banjo
Yankee Doodle
Largo from "The New World"
To a Wild Rose
Hail Columbia
Alexander's Ragtime Band
Gettysburg
Carry Me Back to Old Virginny
Capitan
Prairie Daughter
Little Brown Jug
Marching Through Georgia
Entertainer
Steamboat Around the Bend
Revolutionary Tea
Cassions Keep Rollin' Along
Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier
Amazing Grace
Grand Old Flag

Tracks:

God Bless America
National Emblem
Soldier, Soldier Won't You Marry Me
Anchors Away
Oh, Susannah
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp
Toast
Dixie
St. Louis Blues
Appalachian Spring
Bonnie Blue Flag
Old Hundreth
Swanee River
Battle Cry of Freedom
U. S Field Artillery
Sidewalks of New York
Chester
Auld Lang Syne
Kingdom Come
My Old Kentucky Home
Hail to the Spirit of Liberty
Battle Hymn of the Republic
Shenandoah
Abraham's Daughter
This Land Is Your Land

Customer Reviews:

not to great.......2007-04-04

We were disappointed with this CD, but for the price I guess we can't expect much. I didn't care for the new style presentation of the songs. I like a more traditional rendering.

Not so bad, 100 tunes for 4$.......2005-06-22

I red the comments of two other people who have bought this 4 CD BOX SET and it is not really so bad. I will even add that there are some excellent tunes. However, I must agree with the fact that few tunes seem to have been recorded 40 or 50 years ago, mainly when you hear the scratches of an old turntable but it is just 2 or 3 tunes. Furthermore, if you do not know American music, it is a good BOX SET to buy if you consider that you received 4 CD for 4$ including 100 tunes. On these 4 CD, I have heard some orchestration that I have never heard before and I consider that they are different but interesting. Any way, after hearing these 100 tunes, you will say to yourself that you like this tune, this other tune, this other tune and so on and you will be able to buy a more expensive CD with the tunes that you like. However, I have bought many CDs in the last few weeks and as you know, there are always some tunes that you like and some tunes that you do not like on every CD that you will buy. So, don't buy it at 25$ but at 4 or 5$ dollars, it is a very good choice for 100 tunes.

You get what you pay for........2004-07-04

You get what you pay for. The singers put their own spin on the singing of each song. If you didn't hear the words you would not recognize some of them. Even some of the music sounds like a bad recording of music played on a turntable. Definitely not worth the price.

Now I know why there were no song samples to listen to ..........2004-07-04

I wish this review had been here when I was thinking of purchasing it. I guess you get what you pay for. If you are thinking of buying this, you are better off recording your own CDs (or at least buying one that you can listen to a sampling of the songs). This album includes songs that were mere recordings of the songs playing on an old record player. It's almost so unbelievable that it is funny.

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Neither Circus nor Spectacular, but it is Karl King.
Great circus music
Good music, mediocre playing
Review of Circus Spectacular
Circus Spectacular

Circus Spectacular

Manufacturer: Vox (Classical)
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ASIN: B000001KEZ
Release Date: 1997-02-18

Tracks:

Sells-Floto Triumphal March
Voice of America
The Home Town Boy March
Wings for Peace
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Glorious America
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The American Way
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Customer Reviews:

Neither Circus nor Spectacular, but it is Karl King........2006-10-15

Having played a number of times under Karl King, I had great expectations for this CD. Alas, it was not to be. The music is there, the musicians play all the right notes and the conductor keeps time. The recording is only mediocre, of Laserlight quality, and the performance is not what I expected from what they call a "Circus Band." Indeed, the liner notes state that the band is mostly students and professionals from the Philadelphia area. In other words, a "pick up" band. And the conductor seems to have no circus experience only small town symphony experience (from the puffery in the liner notes). From listening, it would appear that he has never even heard a real circus band. Both conductor and band would not last a day at a real circus. I do have a suspicion, however, that the musicians would do better under a better conductor.

Now, if they called themselves a concert band, that would be accurate and fair, and would not have dashed my hopes, as they are OK as a concert band. But just OK.

Of course, a concert band can indeed generate all the excitement of a bona fide circus band, as Frederick Fennell so aptly demonstrated on his Mercury recordings.

Now, if you want real circus music played by a real circus band, get a Merle Evans recording.

However, having said all that, I will keep the album, as I have always been a Karl King fan, and it is fine music decently played by an OK concert band.

Great circus music.......2005-08-12

I needed some circus music to promote a fundraiser our Lion's club was having (a circus). I got the CD on time and it sounded great. I could not find this type of music anywhere else. Thanks.

Good music, mediocre playing.......2001-11-19

It was indeed exciting to find so many of Karl King's marches on one disc. The band's playing, however leaves a lot to be desired, as does the sound quality of the disc. The balance is poor, with a very annoying tenor sax playing loud and out-of-tune on every cut. Buy this if you are a march collector (which I am), but I do not recommend it for its entertainment value. Get the "Screamers" disc by Fennell and Eastman for a far superior set of circus marches with great playing and sound.

Review of Circus Spectacular.......2000-12-07

Certainly the best thing about this CD is that there are many of Karl King's marches that have probably never been recorded previously, which is curious, since some of them rank with his best. The curious thing about this CD, on the other hand, is that it is supposedly a circus album, but only a few marches were actually written for the "big top". This band is not the best I have heard - recommend listening with headphones, to get a much clearer, less muddled sound. King was only kind of a contemporary of Sousa, having lived 35-40 years later. He actually published more marches than Sousa, and generally wrote in a style that was "softer" than the March King. Sousa wrote mostly military-style marches (better than anyone else ever has, of course), whereas King wrote many military as well as circus marches, and marches in a simpler style, suitable for school bands.

Circus Spectacular.......2000-08-12

This recording of music by Karl King is absolutely splendid -it contains 28 tracks most of which I have certainly not heard before - I particularly liked the tempos of the marches - not too quick but just right - the band is good (although I had never heard of them) - I came across this recording by chance and I'm glad I did - highly recommended

Portraits Of Freedom: Music of Aaron Copland and Roy Harris

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The True Spirit Of America
Great Lesser-known Masterpieces
James Earl Jones Is SUPURB
Great Fourth of July album
Perfect collection of patriotic fare.

Portraits Of Freedom: Music of Aaron Copland and Roy Harris
Aaron Copland , Roy Harris , Gerard Schwarz , Seattle Symphony Orchestra , James Earl Jones , and Seattle Chorale
Manufacturer: Delos Records
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ASIN: B0000006YT
Release Date: 1994-05-03

Tracks:

Fanfare For The Common Man
Lincoln Portrait
Canticle Of Freedom
An Outdoor Overture
American Creed: Free To Dream
American Creed: Free To Build
When Johnny Comes Marching Home

Amazon.com

This is a mixture of choral and orchestral music by two great American composers, music that can only be described as patriotic. But don't let that keep you away from Copland's heartbreaking Lincoln Portrait or Roy Harris's much-neglected American Creed. James Earl Jones supplies the narration in Lincoln Portrait. American Creed is filled with Harris's usual open harmonies and melodic expansiveness and is actually a very complex triple fugue. The miking for this entire recording isn't as close to the orchestra or clear as it could be, but this is a great collection nonetheless. --Paul Cook

Customer Reviews:

The True Spirit Of America.......2006-05-18

It is often the case that the true spirit of America can be found in the artists it has given the world throughout history. And no composer embodies our nation's spirit much better than Aaron Copland, as can be gauged on this Delos recording of works by him and fellow American composer Roy Harris, as performed by the Seattle Symphony Orchestra under music director Gerard Schwarz.

The true essence of patriotism, a term too often used for less-than-honorable ends by certain political operatives throughout history, is very evident in both Copland's and Harris' works. Harris is represented by the intensely proud two-part work "American Creed", and his 1935 overture "When Johnny Comes Marching Home", based on the famous World War I song. It is also evident in Copland's rarely heard "Canticle Of Freedom", which here is sung by the Seattle Symphony Chorale.

It is in the three popular Copland pieces--"Fanfare For The Common Man"; "Lincoln Portrait"; and "An Outdoor Overture"--that the best of America lies. The towering brass chorale of "Fanfare" symbolizes, as its title surely indicates, the ability of the common man to achieve the uncommon; while "An Outdoor Overture", written in the 1930s for the Manhattan High School of Music & Art, celebrates American youth. And then there's "Lincoln Portrait", with the words of our 16th president spoken by James Earl Jones, one of our country's greatest actors and voices, with great strength and authority, allowing us to know that while we may be the greatest nation on Earth, we can ALWAYS be better. Schwarz and the Seattle Symphony provide masterful performances throughout this stunning 1992 recording. This is highly recommended for anyone wanting to know the true spirit of our nation beyond the constant and often wreckless political rhetoric that so often abounds here.

Great Lesser-known Masterpieces.......2005-11-03

Portraits of Freedom is a CD featuring works by Aaron Copland and Roy Harris which have a special emphasis on democracy. Not just a "hack" American music CD, features include the very well known to some virtually unknown compositions making this a welcome addition to the Copland/Harris recorded music oeuvre.

Fanfare for the Common Man brings nothing new, but it is such a great miniature. Less recorded is the Lincoln Portrait. Copland opens with a slow triumphant fanfare melody which gives way to a faster "Camptown Races" melody and brilliantly weaves the two together. The piece ends with a dramatic reading by James Earl Jones.

Canticle of Freedom, rarely heard, features chorus. The music and text are interesting enough to wonder why it has been neglected. Along with the Outdoor Overture, Copland uses not only uses his trademark rhythms and harmonies, but dissonance is judiciously placed to give his music an American experience.

Roy Harris' American Creed and When Johnny Comes Marching Home are also rarely heard, nonetheless recorded. Harris' music is a bit more ponderous than that of Copland, and while Harris sticks with more classical formal designs, it is interesting to note the many harmonic and orchestration similarities which exist between the two composers. Harris' energetic "When Johnny..." is also very interesting, especially when compared to the more famous American Salute by Morton Gould.

The liner notes are voluminous accounts into the background of Copland. You really get the gist of how close he was to music and patriotism and how that evolved throughout the 20th Century. The Seattle Symphony plays well on this disk; you can tell they have a real feel of the music. While you can find better recordings of Fanfare and the Outdoor Overture, you can't beat this Lincoln Portrait, and you probably won't find the other works anywhere else, especially so well performed. Copland was serious about music and democracy and it shows in these works; the lesser known ones are greatly eclipsed by his more famous works, and so you probably have to be a Copland junkie to buy this CD. In that case, this will be an easy buy for you!

James Earl Jones Is SUPURB.......2004-10-02

I have listened to several recordings of the Lincoln Portait narrated by Henry Fonda, Carl Sandberg and Katherine Hepburn. James Earl Jones surpases all of them by a wide margin. Every word James speaks comes from his heart and it is a moving experience.

An interesting note: Every speaker since James reads the following line, "government of the people, by the people, and for the people." with the emphasis on the words "of", "by" and "for". When James reads it he shift the emphasis to the word "people" each time and it makes an impressive difference. He is masterful. I've must have played this piece at least 10 times since I received it a week ago.

Buy it!

Jeff

Great Fourth of July album.......2003-01-11

If you buy this CD, you'll probably do so for Aaron Copland's "Lincoln Portrait." You won't be disappointed, either, for this is one of the best renditions of that particular symphonic war-horse in print. It's well performed, and James Earl Jones's majestic voice transcends the kitschier aspects of Copland's narration.

"Fanfare for the Common Man" is also here in all its brassy glory, although if you're like me you've heard it so often it gives you a headache. But in all likelihood you haven't heard the other Copland works on this CD: "Canticle of Freedom" and the seldom-performed "An Outdoor Overture." "An Outdoor Overture" is second-tier Copland -- a pleasant symphonic poem, nothing too remarkable. "Canticle of Freedom," on the other hand, exemplifies Copland's worst tendencies as a composer; most of it is just noisy and not musically interesting.

The real surprise here is Roy Harris's three-movement "American Creed," which is both inspiring and musically sound. It is a patriotic symphony that mostly avoids bombast, and it ought to be performed far more often. Harris is a much underrated composer, and this is one of his best works.

On the whole, this CD is a smashing good classical music collection for a Flag Day or Fourth of July holiday -- or for any time you just want to celebrate being an American.

Perfect collection of patriotic fare........1999-10-14

The inclusion of Copland's "Fanfare" and "A Lincoln Portrait" into a CD such as this is a no-brainer, but these recordings are the best of their kind--tremendous sound, and the quintessential narrator in Jones to complete it. Schwarz also blesses us with one of Copland's little-known choral works that sends a powerful patriotic message, and the "Outdoor Overture" is simply Copland at his jovial best at the prime of his composing career. The selected Harris works add further impact to the disc: the only recording available of "American Creed," along with Harris' unforgettable interpretation of "When Johnny Comes Marching Home," round it out wonderfully. The Roy Harris works may be the true highlight of the disc--if that's possible. Another splendid job by Schwarz and the Seattle Symphony.

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beautiful patriotic music
All new recordings, with a strong patriotric theme

Spirit of America

Manufacturer: Mormon Tabernacle
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ASIN: B0000A4G6H
Release Date: 2003-06-24

Tracks:

America the Beautiful
Bound for the Promised Land
This Land Is Your Land
Shenandoah
Battle Hymn of the Republic
Distant Land
They, The Builders of the Nation
House I Live In
America, The Dream Goes On
Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor
God of Our Fathers, Whose Almighty Hand
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Goin' Home
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Customer Reviews:

beautiful patriotic music.......2003-08-28

This is an excellent CD. The music, both voices and orchestra, is superb. The content of the lyrics is inspiring. It reminds me of so many reasons I'm proud to be American.

All new recordings, with a strong patriotric theme.......2003-07-16

Surprised that no one has reviewed this yet. Amazon.com doesn't give much info on this release, so I thought I'd rectify that. This is the second brand-new release on the "Mormon Tabernacle Choir" label, following their April 2003 release of "Consider the Lilies." Again, several of the arrangements are by Mack Wilberg, with direction by Craig Jessop and accompianment by the Orchestra at Temple Square. The track list is as follows:

1 America the Beautiful
Music: Samuel A. Ward

Text: Katherine Lee Bates
Arrangement: Mack Wilberg (Oxford University Press) 4:30

2 Bound for the Promised Land
Music: American folk hymn.
Arrangement: Mack Wilberg (Oxford University Press) 2:35

3 This Land is Your Land
Music: Woody Guthrie
Text: Woody Guthrie
Arrangement: Percy Faith & Michael Davis 2:40

4 Shenandoah
Music: American folk song.
Arrangement: Mack Wilberg (Oxford University Press) 4:48

5 Battle Hymn of the Republic
Music: William Steffe
Text: Julia Ward Howe
Arrangement: Peter J. Wilhousky (Carl Fischer, Inc.) 5:19

6 Distant Land
Music: John Rutter
Text: John Rutter
Arrangement: John Rutter (Hinshaw Music, Inc - ASCAP) 4:41

7 They, the Builders of the Nation
Music: Alfred M. Durham
Text: Ida R. Alldredge
Arrangement: Mack Wilberg (Deseret Book Co.) 3:28

8 The House I Live In
Music: Earl Robinson
Text: Lewis Allen
Arrangement: Michael Davis 3:26

9 America, the Dream Goes On
Music: John Williams
Text: Alan and Marilyn Bergman 3:18

10 Give My Your Tired, Your Poor
Music: Irving Berlin
Text: Emma Lazarus
Arrangement: Roy Ringwald (Shawnee Press, Inc. - ASCAP)
Orchestration: Michael Davis 3:01

11 God of Our Fathers, Whose Almighty Hand
Music: George W. Warren
Text: Daniel C. Roberts
Arrangement: Mack Wilberg (Oxford University Press) 4:12

12 Hymn for America
Music: Stephen Paulus (Paulus Publications)
Text: Michael Dennis Browne 3:08

13 The Pledge of Allegiance
Music: Charles Osgood
Text: Francis Bellamy
Arrangement: Michael Davis 2:39

14 Cohan's Big Three (Yankee Doodle Dandy, +below)
Music: George M. Cohan
Text: George M. Cohan
Arrangement: Floyd E. Werle
+Give My Regards/Brdway, You're a Grand Old Flag 3:53

15 Goin' Home
Music: Antonin Dvorak
Text: William Arms Fischer
Arrangement: Jay Welch 4:36

16 God Bless America
Music: Irving Berlin
Text: Irving Berlin

Arrangement: Roy Ringwald (Shawnee Press, Inc. - ASCAP)
Orchestration: Michael Davis 3:44

17 The Star-Spangled Banner
Music: John Stafford Smith
Text: Francis Scott Key
Arrangement: Robert Russell Bennett 2:21

18 Call of the Champions
Music: John Williams
Text: Olympic Motto 4:47

The sound on this release is, if anything, even cleaner than the previous release, with the Choir and orchestra very evenly balanced. The programming includes a mix of both traditional and brand new songs, a couple of which (Stephen Paulus's "Hymn For America," and Charles Osgood's "The Pledge of Allegiance") were commissioned especially for this recording. Additional note: several of these songs were included on the Choir's 2003 Northeastern States tour, which was a huge success. I highly recommend this recording!

This Land Is Your Land - Songs Of Freedom
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This Land Is Your Land - Songs Of Freedom
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Vanguard Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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This Land Is Your Land Live: The Folk Years

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America's Favorite Patriotic Songs

United We Stand: Songs for America

Sing America

ASIN: B00005V62S
Release Date: 2002-02-05

Tracks:

Rally 'Round The Flag - The Weavers
This Land Is Your Land - Cisco Houston
If I Had A Hammer - The Weavers
Kumbaya - The Weavers
He's Got The Whole World In His Hands - Odetta
There But For Fortune - Joan Baez
The Circle Game - Ian & Sylvia
Turn, Turn, Turn - Judy Collins
All My Sorrows - The Kingston Trio
People Get Ready - The Chambers Brothers
Battle Hymn Of The Republic - Odetta
Get Together - Judy Collins
The Universal Soldier - Buffy Sainte-Marie
Blowing In The Wind - Judy Collins
With God On Our Side - Bob Dylan
The Times They Are A-Changin' - Joan Baez

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Woody Guthrie composed "This Land Is Your Land" in 1940 as an answer to Kate Smith's version of "God Bless America," which he had heard countless times on car radios and on café jukeboxes during a cross-country hitchhiking trip. Now that numerous versions of "God Bless America" have been released since September 11, it's fitting that Guthrie's song should be resurrected as well. This Land Is Your Land: Songs of Freedom is a collection of folk songs drawn from the vaults of Vanguard Records, and includes Cisco Houston's version of "This Land Is Your Land," along with selections by performers like the Weavers, Ian & Sylvia, Judy Collins, and Odetta. Two of the tracks--Joan Baez's live version of "The Times They Are a-Changin'" and the Chambers Brothers' somber take on Curtis Mayfield's "People Get Ready"--are released here for the first time. Most of the songs were composed during the urban folk revival of the late 1950s and early 1960s, and even though tracks like "Get Together" and "The Universal Soldier" seem embarrassingly naive today, on balance the selections exhibit a blend of compassion and complexity. --Michael Simmons

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There's NO ONE Like Charlie Daniels!
AMEN Mr. Daniels!!!
great american country album
jingoistic pablum
Strong words to make you proud

Freedom and Justice For All
The Charlie Daniels Band
Manufacturer: Audium Entertainment
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Cowboy | Country | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B00009WVS9
Release Date: 2003-07-22

Tracks:

My Beautiful America
In America
(What This World Needs Is) A Few More Rednecks
America, I Believe in You
American Farmer
Still in Saigon
Simple Man
This Ain't No Rag, It's a Flag
Last Fallen Hero
Let Freedom Ring
God Bless the Mother
Freedom and Justice For All
Summer of '68
Star Spangled Banner

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There's NO ONE Like Charlie Daniels!.......2007-03-16

If only we could find a man like Charlie Daniels to lead this country back to what we once were - The Greatest Nation On Earth! He may be countrified, he may be a Simple Man, but by the grace of God he is EXACTLY what he is: a red-blooded American who pulls no punches, and leaves nothing unsaid. God bless you, Charlie Daniels, and God bless our still-great country.

AMEN Mr. Daniels!!!.......2006-02-27

A fantastic CD for any true American to have in their collection.
You don't even necessarily need to like country music to enjoy this very Patriotic music, But, loving America will pretty much guarantee you will be glad you bought it.

great american country album.......2004-08-28

i really enjoy this album. it is a must have for all of us fans of mr daniels. i feel just about like him when it comes to america. like america should be freedom of speach. he's welcome to his' just as i am and you are. he is the king of sothern country music and always will be. so but this one if you like ole charlie daniels. its a must have. you'll be glad ya did. i am.

jingoistic pablum.......2004-06-30

Mr. Daniels is clearly profiteering from the War on Iraq, just like those idiots who were selling t-shirts with pictures of the twin towers exploding a day after 9/11. Shame on you, Mr. Daniels.

Strong words to make you proud.......2004-03-05

I am not an American, but I live in this country as a foreign worker and I appreciate everything good that America stands for. I am here legally, I didn't sneak across borders, nor am I living on welfare. I love this country as though it were my own. So I despise self-hating American liberals and those who would sell out this country to the villains of the world, including the corrupt United Nations.
I thank Charlie Daniels for being one of those rare celebrities who are proud of their country and unashamed to be public about it. I listened to this entire album in Borders before I bought it. The opening track is a spoken word piece taken from Daniels' book "This Ain't No Rag." It's a beautiful description of all that's great about America.
The rest of the songs are all patriotic. Country music is not my favorite genre, but this music is good because of its lyrical content. There are even some songs that got my foot tapping, like the "Summer of '68," about the way the Vietnam Vets were persecuted by self-indulgent hippies who had neither the courage to lay down their lives nor the insight to appreciate it. "American Farmer" is a salute to the unappreciated farmers that the Democratic Party is trying to take subsidies away from. Charlie even salutes MLK Jr. on "Let Freedom Ring." "The Last Fallen Hero" is a ode to US troops currently in Iraq. It's like an anthem but it has a sound that reminds me a bit of Leonard Cohen. "Simple Man" is an expression of outrage at the lack of justice in liberal-dominated courts and Charlie suggests a few alternative means of justice!
This album is an excellent counterpoint to the empty-headed refrains of Steve Earle, the Dixie Chicks, Bruce Springsteen, Chrissie Hynde and other knee-jerk liberals.

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Authenric Music with traditional instruments.
Living history

Music of the Civil War
Americus Brass Band , B. Holmes , W.L. Hobbs , Hosea Ripley , Walter Kittridge , D.L. Downing , George Frederick Root , Gioachino Rossini , Anonymous , James P. Carrell , W.K. Batchelder , C.V. Wallace , Henry Russell , Patrick S. Gilmore , Stephen Foster , Daniel Decatur Emmett , and Giacomo Meyerbeer
Manufacturer: Summit(Classical)
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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The World Turned Upside Down

ASIN: B0000038IY
Release Date: 1993-02-02

Tracks:

When The Cruel War Is Over - Hoist Up The Flag Quick Step
Americus Quick Step
Fireman's Polka
Tenting On The Old Camp Ground
Dixie's Land Medley Quick Step
Battle Cry Of Freedom - Kingdom Coming Quick Step
Excerpt From William Tell
Sumter Light Guard March
Bonnie Eloise Quick Step
Amazing Grace
Glory Hallelujah Grand March
Scenes That Are Brightest - In Happy Moments Quick Step
Kazoodie Ko Whirl Overture
Woodman, Spare That Tree
Fireman's Quick Step
When Johnny Comes Marching Home
Civil War Folk Song Medley: Oh, Suzanna, Garry Owen, Jordan Am A Hard Road, Bonnie Blue Flag, The Girl I Left Behind Me
Coronation March

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Authenric Music with traditional instruments........2000-09-17

For those of you who enjoy the music, as it was sung and played during the Civil War, this recording is a "must!" J.A. McA.

Living history.......1999-07-31

So shoot me. I like bagpipe music and I like fife and drum recordings and I like brass bands. Recently cruisin' the Internet brought me to the website of a company called Summit Records out in Arizona; and my eye was caught by the title (DCD 126) with a group calling itself The Americus Brass Band. I obtained a copy post haste and I want to all to know about it with equal rapidity. There is just short of 55 minutes of Civil War tunes played in a style that is "historically accurate, right down to the high military pitch and the clicking of the rotary valves on the original antique instruments employed" (as the notes tell us). The history of the band is available in those notes, so let me just dwell on the "music that still produces feelings of humor, joy, sadness, and patriotic pride." Well, what music does not produce at least one of those?--and I am not entirely sure there was anything about the Civil War of which we on either side should be particularly proud. But Sing a Song of Suffering seems to be an eternal way of making the best of a rotten situation during war time; and this CD is replete with such memories as "Tenting Tonight," "Amazing Grace," "Woodman, Spare That Tree," and even a little bit of the "William Tell Overture" and a Meyerbeer opera! In short, this is not the expected line up of soldier songs but selections that are "typical of that which might have been played by a group such as the Americus Brass band." I love it. Give it a try, please.

The Spirit of Freedom: Patriotic Songs & Service Hynms

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A good choice of songs and hymns
Effete
Patriotic Songs of America
Captures the Spirit
The Spirit of Freedom: Very Good CD

The Spirit of Freedom: Patriotic Songs & Service Hynms
Washington Men's Camerata , and Thomas Beveridge
Manufacturer: Gothic Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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God Bless America

ASIN: B00000I9UH
Release Date: 1999-03-23

Tracks:

The Star-Spangled Banner (First Stanza)
Hail To The Cheif
National Hymn ('God Of Our Fathers')
Navy Hymn ('Eternal Father')
Yankee Doodle
When Johnny Comes Marching Home
You're A Grand Old Flag
Semper Paratus
The U. S. Air Force
Anchors Aweigh
The Marine Hymn
The Caissons Go Rolling Along
America ('My Country, Tis of Thee')
Chester
Cloumbia, The Gem Of The Ocean
The God Who Gave Us Life
This Land Is Your Land
The Yankee Doodle Boy
God Bless America
America the Beautiful
The Star Spangled Banner (Complete)
This Is My Country
Battle Hymn Of The Republic

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A good choice of songs and hymns.......2005-06-22

This CD is a collection of good patriotic songs and service hymns very well sung. The quality of the recording is good, the songs sound good and the Washington Men's Camerata gives an excellent performance. A good CD to buy.

Effete.......2004-10-04

I bought the CD based on other reviews. The hymnish sound is OK for songs like "America the Beautiful" but I was hoping for more robust renditions of songs like "The Marine's Hymn", "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" and "The Caissons Go Rolling Along".

Patriotic Songs of America.......2004-07-25

AWESOME!! This is the way these songs were meant to be sung. You will NOT be disappointed if you want traditional renderings by an awesome chorus.

Captures the Spirit.......2004-06-14

I ordered this CD to take to college with me, and was not at all disappointed. It always lifted my spirits to play this and remember what it is that has made our country great. We've lost so much by not passing on our heritage to this next generation, and though my parents have done their best, I myself was unaware of these rich hymns and choruses from our history. This is a stirring collection, excellently sung and recorded. Anyone interested in enjoying the best of our past and in feeling the pride of our forefathers should definitely add this to their collection.

The Spirit of Freedom: Very Good CD.......2003-07-13

I won't rehash some points other reviews above have covered. This music reminds me of some of the music used in Tom Clancy films. "America The Beautiful" arrangement sounds somewhat mournful but is stirring. I think it is appropriate considering what our country has been through in the last few years. "America" (My Country Tis of Thee) is outstanding.

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1. Freedom Band
2. Bless That Wonderful Name - Reggie Smith
3. I Shall Not Be Moved
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8. I'm in This Church - Amy Lambert
9. Angels Watching Over Me - The Oak Ridge Boys
10. Loving God, Loving Each Other - Gaither Vocal Band, The Oak Ridge Boys
11. Statue of Liberty - Ivan Parker
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14. All Rise - Babbie Mason
15. God Gave the Song
16. Longer I Serve Him
17. When God Seems So Near - Amy Rouse, Ladye Love Smith, Reggie Smith
18. Worthy the Lamb - Marshall Hall, Guy Penrod, David Phelps, Wesley Pritchard, Amy Rouse