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The march has become one of the most popular elements of concert performances by bands and orchestras and it has, of course, an extremely rich heritage stretching back to the 16th and 17th centuries and including works by some of the world's finest composers. The Central Band of the Royal British Legion always includes marches in its concert programmes and this inspirational recording draws together some of the marches that were written to mark great wartime events. The tracks are:
1. The Royal British Legio - Bidgood
2. Zeebrugge - Sumner
3. The Contemptibles - Stanley
4. 1914 - Mackenzie
5. Aces High - Goodwin
6. Under the Allied Banner = Ollerenshaw
7. Arnhem - Kelly
8. Action Front! - Blankenburg
9. Glorious Victory - Kendall
10. Vimy Ridge - Bidgood
11. Arromanches - Kelly
12. The Staffordshire Knot - Duthoit
13. Machine Gun Guards - Maréchal
14. Our Fleet - Safroni
15. Barter VC - Hays
16. The Men of Mons - Maréchal
17. Power and Glory - Sousa
Total Running Time 70.20
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