Amazing to see this again 48 years after I saw it 1976 as a young 17 yr old… had the privilege to see the opening night just last week in 2024…fabulous evening but so different to back then
My grand uncle was a Rock Ape and joined the regiment 1st January 1942, he was in RAF armoud car in middle east the to RAF Manston 1940 just before Battle of British
0:59 - Fanfare Trumpeters of the 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards. Mostly the 5(V) DG letters were surmounted by a crown, and not by the castle keep we see. Whole bands on the ramparts that we never even get a proper look at (probably 1st Bn the Kings Regiment and 1st Bn the Royal Regiment of Wales). In the (admittedly crazy) days when every Batallion had bands. Now whole Corps don't have bands. The Iniskillings lasted until 1993. Apart from the Household Cavalry, the idea of the British Army having Cavalry Bands disappeared finally a couple of years ago, when most of us were trying not to die of COVID. Wikipedia bats not eyelid as it tells the following story: As part of the 2019-20 reorganisation of the then Corps of Army Music, the band of the Royal Armoured Corps joined the Band of the King's Division and Band of the Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers to form the new larger British Army Band Catterick. However, the bands still maintain their individual traditions, while their uniforms have become standardised. So basically the last Cavalry band was shoved together with an infantry band and a Corps band to form one of the "British Army Bands" (of which there are just 4), with a standardised (not-too-inspiring) uniform, even as the regimental traditions are maintained ... NOT. The bands are good and acquited themselves very well indeed at Her Late Majesty's funeral and the Coronation... But the powers that be did not bother to save any Artillery Band in the professional arrmy (there are Reserve military bands). When I was a kid, the Royal Artillery alone still had 3 bands, and large ones too! Well, I really don't hanker for the past, and nostalgia is abolished in me. But somehow the truth about what happened was never really presented to us ... one day we just realised that bands we had taken for granted (say of the Paras, Engineers, Army Air Corps, or you name it) were no longer there ... AT ALL.
Wow I’m impressed it’s great to see the what it was like back then I wonder whoever was participating so they remember taking part also in the background was that a goat
I think you'll find the senior Drum Major on parade is D/M 'Maxi' MacDonald KOSB, Maxi was the last D/M of the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) before they disbanded in 1968. He was also D/M of the Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) during his service.
Feminism , woke, genderism and lgbqt., inclusivism, tolerance with everything and pc correctness , oh I mustn't forget BLM the evils of colonialism, that s what's gone wrong.
what do you mean by 'professionally done'? Professional just means to make money as a profession. By doing a trade. In which regsrds todays tattoos bring in so much more revenue that the 1870s tattoos! So which is really more 'professional. As someone who has performed on the tattoo several times recently, sorry there older tattoos are so dry and stiff upper lip! If the Top Secret Drum Corps were on this tattoo,THEN it would be a show!
@@walkernick86 I am not critical of the show today. It is an entertaining show. However, it isn’t really a Military Tattoo anymore. A Tattoo is a ceremonial military parade signalling the end of the evening. You mention “Stiff Upper Lip” in a disparaging way. Believe me, if our soldiers are ever to come face-to-face with Putin’s lads they will need very stiff upper lips indeed!!! That is what being military is all about. The Edinburgh Tattoo is now a misnomer- it is now “Showtime at Edinburgh Castle with a bit of military involvement” - nothing wrong with that - but it isn’t strictly speaking a martial event of ceremonial tattoo. I like stiff upper lip military events like Trooping the Colour, Guard Mounting etc and a Tattoo should be the same in style and presentation. Today’s “Showtime at Edinburgh Castle” is excellent, but it is a show, not a military parade. That was my point that I admittedly put clumsily….
It's not really a military tattoo any more, for the simple reason that Western armies are much smaller (and consequently military bands far fewer) than they were pre-1990. It's more of an 'entertainment event' in which some of the performers are military bands.
Does anyone know what the second tune is in the medley played for the march off? The first one is 'Loch Lomond' but I'm not sure about the second tune which starts at 13:18 :)))
I'm one of the Cavalry Trumpeters of the 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards on here. 2 Weeks rehearsals, 4 Weeks performances. Long job. Lost a few pounds.
Nice to read that, and thank you for your service! Above I commented that the Keep surmounted the DVG rather than the Crown, on those cloths of the fanfare trumpets. Your band ended in the 1990s, I see, and today there are not even Cavalry Bands at all... Ah well, everything changes...
wow the french Guard dared to perform "La marche des Soldats de Robert Bruce", it was a song unifying France and Scotland in the Auld Alliance, in front of THAT crowd !
Chez, very interested to know if there are other full length videos of the Tattoo from around 1965 to 1980. I know BBC did annual productions of all these years and wonder if anyone like yourself has access. These were the golden years of the Tattoo for sure.
taped this off the TV on new years day 1978 . must have played that audio cassette 200 times in the day. good to see it again @@ the glory days of the tattoo long gone .
I had the Massed Pipes and Drums set on a cassette when I was wee, it's great to actually SEE it! With an extra four tunes too!! :D thanks for sharing this Chez! Quality
there is no comparison with todays military tattoo I am afraid. I have been watching the EMT since the early 1970,s and really lost interest in the late 1990,s . today I don't even bother with it . tnx for the post !!!
Gotta move with the times I'm afraid! Sorry. If we went back to this dry format, the REMT would go bust! The more modern format introduces new young blood to the world of military music and cutlural arts!
@@walkernick86 Its true that military music has always been a mix of deep traditions and popular taste , even in the 1920s and 30s at the great tattoos they played "modern popular" tunes as well . Maybe it is me that is out of joint with the times we live in now but there it is . its not for me any longer.
That is because nowadays they feel obliged to squeeze in a gazillion acts featuring performers from all over the world, when in fact this is entirely unnecessary. I live in Asia, and if I was to travel all the way to Edinburgh to see this, I will want to see things that are distinctively Scottish. I surely wouldn't care about the Singapore Army band or the Chinese Liberation Army band.
Thank y ou so much for posting the 1977 Tattoo. A real treat and a sad example of how the show has changed so much from today. If you have other years please post.
Great to see this vintage year. I have only heard this on my LP for this year. Wonderful to see entire show. Format was so much better. It was a real Tattoo in those days. All those old regimental bands which are no more now. Great and poigant to see there here. Please share any other years you have. I can post them on my military music appreciation page on FB. Many thanks
