Where are we now in 2024? Ever since this performance 43 years ago(I don't know what we may say in history), never this many elegant musicians gathered together in one venue to share their taste of music with the audience. 81 was a special and once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Thank you for sharing with us James.
Ah, Bugle Major Colin Green BEM of the Royal Green Jackets! I always admired his panache and conduct on parade! I remember him well, he died too young in 2010. RIP
I had the chance to watch a few videos he participated like the 88 Edenbrah tattoo and some others. He gives dignity, grace, and excellence to the performance of the Greens. His Mustache is splendid. May he rest in peace.
This is one of my all-time favorite performances. All of my favorite marches - I especially love "Bond of Friendship" in the beginning - excellent tempo and well played. I only wish I could have been there to see this performance.
Only the British could pull something like this off, If you could only see one tattoo in your life , make it this. No dancers no folk groups no pop music, Tattoos as they should be but never are any more.
i was lucky enough to be part of the luton pag in 1991 as a drummer ,been part of never actually seen it from a full perspective there was way too many of us. gave me goose bumps then still gives me them now.
We true afficionados of massed military bands, and of the unprecedented Wembley Pageants in particular know that there are - and have been - various ways of filling the Stadium, but the way it happens from 1:09:00 onwards here is I really think the best and most impressive thing I've ever seen a giant band do. "All it takes" (!) is have 250 Jocks in the massed pipes and drums march, countermarch and wheel, while a column of massed bands 12 wide by 48 long (=576) marches on from the right, and another of 6 x 48 = 288 marches in from the left. Then the gap in the centre is filled by another group of 6 x 48 from the left, and then the Corps of Drums of 5 x 48 = 240 forms up at the back, before the Massed Bands of the Light Division, fanfare trumpeters, kettle-drummers and so on arrive. It takes about 6 minutes altogether and they are all the time playing really great and imposing tunes - and, yes, with that amazing, natural sound from two sources bouncing back and forth a bit before merging together in the middle in the true authentic way. As we know, what follows that is perhaps the most thrilling and moving performance of "1812" ever achieved, but the build-up to that is also a matter of sheer brilliance, IMHO.
From Canada, thank you. I love all the music and bands, but, and I will admit I am biased about it, I love the Canadians best. We might be going through a rough patch in Canada with our senior military leaders, but let there be no doubt our troops are still some of the best in the world.
Realmente impressionante! Sou brasileiro, grande admirador das bandas militares britânicas. Muito bonito; um grande evento sem dúvidas... algo monumental!
1:01:10 - Lt Col Duncan R. Beat of the Scots Guards, who went on to become Senior Director of Music to the British Army the next year (1982), succeeding Lt Col George Evans, passed away Oct 1, 2022 at the age of 91. RIP.
Living in the U.S,& having just watched the Queens funeral....I was so very impressed by the bands,& the rest of the armed forces involved...I think everyone can be proud of them, they did a fabulous job!
1:15:00 - the Light Division Bands & Bugles are playing the 'French National Defile March'. I used to play that march in a band I was in as a teenager, which ceased to exist in 2013.
You're right, The Toronto Scottish Regiment was part of this. The others are the Royal Regiment of Canada Band, and the 48th Highlanders of Canada Band, Pipes and Drums.
Atholl Highlanders/Bugle Horn - one of my favorite marches for the pipes! The man leading that sequence (Shamrock & Thistle) is Maj. Duncan Beat of the Scots Guards, who would go on to become the Director of Music at Kneller Hall, the Army's school of music. What is the name of the slow march that comes immediately after it? I have this on an old VHS tape but it is missing several of the marches, notably in the 'Shamrock & Thistle' sequence (must have been an edited version). Is this version available on DVD?
James Eadie it's not too difficult, All one has to do is listen carefully to the bass drum. And when it strikes you halt and start marking time. Hopes this helps!
@@delvinrodriguez3341 cheers for that, i was in the Army and mark time with a weapon was enough so wasn’t sure how drummers coped, i presume their is a knack to it
There was a listing of bands that followed in the credits. It includes: Life Guards Band Blues & Royals Band 1st the Queen's Dragoon Guards Band 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards Band Junior Band Royal Armored Corps Royal Artillery Band (more than 1) Royal Corps of Signals Band Royal Army Ordnance Corps Band Royal Engineers Band (more than 1) Royal Corps of Transport Band Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Band Coldstream Guards Band Grenadier Guards Band Scots Guards Band Irish Guards Band Gordon Highlanders Band Royal Irish Rangers Band (more than 1) Royal Regiment of Fusiliers Band (more than 1) Royal Welch Fusiliers Band Royal Green Jackets Band (more than 1) Duke of Wellington's Regiment Band Light Infantry Band (more than 1) Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment Band King's Own Royal Border Regiment Band Light Infantry Bugles (more than 1) Royal Green Jackets Bugles (more than 1) Scots Guards Pipes and Drums Irish Guards Pipes and Drums Royal Irish Rangers Pipes and Drums Queen's Regiment Band (2?) Green Howards Band Royal Army Medical Corps Band 16th/5th Royal Lancers Band Queen's Royal Irish Hussars Band Royal Anglian Regiment Band Staffordshire Regiment Band And probably a lot I haven't mentioned too!
Probably never. The costs would be extreme, and most of the bands you see here no longer exist. And Kneller Hall - the Army's longtime school of music - is no more. So it would be near impossible to coordinate an event like this.
First one is "Don't Dilly Dally on the Way", also known as "The Cock Linnet Song". The second is "Alberta Bound" written by Gordon Lightfoot. Neither are common for Military Bands, but the three Canadian Regiments (all from Toronto) needed to cover off all the regions, and there are really no good Alberta marches....
