The Great War (1916)

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• Various Artists
  • The Great War 
    • United Forces March  Time: 2:39
    • Your King And Country Want You  Time: 3:08
    • It's A Long Way To Tipperary  Time: 2:32
    • Pack Up Your Troubles  Time: 2:09
    • Good Bye-ee  Time: 2:04
    • Oh, It's A Lovely War! / Mademoiselle From Armentières  Time: 1:05
    • Roses Of Picardy  Time: 2:04
    • With Our Boys At The Front  Time: 2:29
    • In The Trenches  Time: 2:43
    • Smoke Clouds  Time: 2:21
    • If You Want To Find The Sergeant Major...  Time: 0:32
    • In Summertime On Bredon  Time: 2:05
    • Take Me Back To Dear Old Blighty / Another Little Drink  Time: 0:53
    • Keep The Home Fires Burning  Time: 2:21
    • Have You News Of My Boy, Jack?  Time: 2:59
    • Over There  Time: 2:09
    • Never Mind The Food Controller  Time: 2:28
    • A Bachelor Gay (The Maid Of The Mountains)  Time: 2:16
    • You Can't Beat Us  Time: 2:15
    • Gas Shells Bombardment (Documentary)  Time: 1:41
    • We All Went Marching Home  Time: 2:17
    • How Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down on the Farm?  Time: 2:01
    • The Grand Peace Record  Time: 2:24
    • Land Of Hope And Glory  Time: 2:32

THE GREAT WAR

1. UNITED FORCES MARCH (Entwhistlc) (Incl. French, Belgian, Russian and English airs) THE METROPOLITAN MILITARY BAND (Rec. 1914. Mat. AF 8090; HMV C 379)
    
2. YOUR KING AND COUNTRY WANT YOU (Rubens) EDNA THORNTON, contralto, with piano (Rec. 1914. HMV 03390)
    
3. IT'S A LONG WAY TO TIPPERARY (Judge/Williams) JOHN McCORMACK, tenor, with orchestra (Rec. 1914. Mat. B 15415; Victor 64476)
    
4. PACK UP YOUR TROUBLES (Powell/Asaf) MURRAY JOHNSON' (Stanley Kirkby), bar., with orch. (Rec. 1916. Mat. 42637; HMV B 605)
    
5. GOOD BYE-EE (Weston/Lee) COURTLAND and JEFFRIES, duet, with orchestra (Rec. 1918 Mat. 2-4476; HMV B 902)
    
6. OH, IT'S A LOVELY WAR! (Long/Scott) MADEMOISELLE FROM ARMENTlERES (Carlton/Tunbridge) THE JOLLY OLD FELLOWS, male ensemble, with band (Rec. 1930. Regal MR 193-A)
    
7. ROSES OF PICARDY (Wood) JOHN McCORMACK, tenor, with orchestra (Rec. 1919. Mat. B 22691; Victor 64825)
    
8. WITH OUR BOYS AT THE FRONT Narration by SERGEANT E. DWYER, V.C. (Rec. 1916. Mat. 35901; Regal G 7228)
    
9. IN THE TRENCHES (Rees) Descriptive sketch directed by MAJOR A.E. REES (Rec. 1917. Mat. 69038; Col. 2796-B)
    
10. SMOKE CLOUDS (Darewski) HERBERT PAYNE, tenor, with chorus & orchestra (Rec. 1917. Mat. Y 21180; Zonophone 1889)
     
11. IF YOU WANT TO FIND THE SERGEANT MAJOR... (Trad.) THE ROOSTERS CONCERT PARTY (Rec. 1929. Mat. WA 9050 (part); Regal G 9369)
     
12. IN SUMMERTIME ON BREDON (Peel, wds. Housman) GERVASE ELWES, tenor, acc. F.B. Kiddle, piano (Rec. 1916. Mat. 6849; Columbia 1101)
     
13. TAKE ME BACK TO DEAR OLD BLIGHTY (Mills/Scott) ANOTHER LITTLE DRINK (Ayer) THE JOLLY OLD FELLOWS, male ensemble, with band (Rec. 1930. Regal 193-B)
     
14. KEEP THE HOME FIRES BURNING (Novello) JOHN McCORMACK, tenor, with orchestra (Rec. 1917. Mat. B 20017; Victor 64696)
     
15. HAVE YOU NEWS OF MY BOY, JACK? (German/Kipling) LOUISE KIRKBY-LUNN, contralto, w. Orch./German (Rec. 1917. Mat. HO 2748; HMV 03572)
     
16. OVER THERE (Cohan) ENRICO CARUSO, tenor, with orchestra (Rec. 1918. Mat. B 22125; HMV 87294)
     
17. NEVER MIND THE FOOD CONTROLLER (Weston/Lee) FLORRIE FORDE, vocal, with orchestra (Rec. 1917. Mat. Y 21049; Zonophone X 43637)
     
18. A BACHELOR GAY ("The Maid of the Mountains" - Tate) PETER DAWSON, baritone, with orchestra (Rec. 1917. Mat. Bb 3860; HMV B 805)
     
19. YOU CAN'T BEAT US (Ball) ARTHUR FIELDS, vocal, with orchestra (Rec. 1918. Mat. 78058; Columbia A 2657)
     
20. GAS SHELLS BOMBARDMENT by British Troops advancing on Lille (Documentary) (Rec. 1918. HMV 09308)
     
21. WE ALL WENT MARCHING HOME (Hargreaves, arr. Ord-Hume) THE BLACK DIAMONDS BAND (Rec. 1915. Mat. AK 18669e; Zonophone 1438)
     
22. HOW YA GONNA KEEP EM DOWN ON THE FARM? (Donaldson) HARRY FAY, comedian, with orchestra (Rec. 1918. Mat. Y 2l6l2e; Zonophone 1950)
     
23. THE GRAND PEACE RECORD (Bull) MILITARY BAND with Supporting Artists (Rec. 1918. Mat. Y 21396e; Zonophone 1896)
     
24. LAND OF HOPE AND GLORY (Elgar, wds. Benson) CLARA BUTT, contralto, with chorus and orchestra (Rec. 1912. Mat. Z 4972f; HMV 03239)

Total playing time: 71 mins 30 secs.

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