It just makes you want to play now

[Joshua l.Chamberlain]

This music just makes you want to play this game now doesn't it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVJlrTmE ... re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NonQZWWe ... re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z67kvgDD ... re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0BDDtAe ... re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXoH9str ... re=related

I just love this music.

[Kerflumoxed]

You probably already knew this...but when Pickett's troops began their assault on the "copse of trees", they marched to a polka!

[Joshua l.Chamberlain]

I heard that some where but I could never remember where.

[Kerflumoxed]

Joshua l.Chamberlain wrote:

I heard that some where but I could never remember where.

I'll dig out the reference...but the first time I heard that was during the Centennial in the 1960s when a set of records was produced that included a narration by Martin Gable (I believe that was his name...he was married to Arlene Francis). Anyway, the Eastman Kodak Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Frederick Finnell (again, I think that was his name) produced two record albums with original CW musical instruments that had been refurbished and copies of original scores from the National Archives. During Gable's narration, the climax of Volume One was an "audio depiction" of Pickett's charge that included a reference to the polka-playing band. Included in the narration was the recreated First New Jersey Light Artillery firing at West Point, a group of early reenactors firing muskets, etc. and the orchestra playing one of the wartime polkas. It may seem hard to imagine now, but the combination of sounds on that record was the most stirring recreation of Pickett's charge that I ever heard or participated in, including the 125th anniversary in 1988 with over 6,000 reenactors and more than 100 artillery pieces or the charge sequence in the Gettysburg movie. :woohoo:

[bedbug]

The Smithsonian produced a record set at this time with exactly these items in it.
I had it and the sounds seemed very accurate. The cannons and crackle of musketry, the music played with existing instruments. This is probably what you are thinking of.

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bedbug wrote:

The Smithsonian produced a record set at this time with exactly these items in it.
I had it and the sounds seemed very accurate. The cannons and crackle of musketry, the music played with existing instruments. This is probably what you are thinking of.

The albums I am referring to can be found at

http://www.amazon.com/Civil-War-Its-Mus ... l_2#disc_2

Probably one of the best investments if one is interested in CW music! The narrations at the end of each disc are the ones I am referring to. As you will note, the calls for skirmishers are found on track 16 of Volume II...perhaps these could be utilized in the new game!!! Also, if you read the reviews (and this I forgot - will have to put the record on to remember!) one note mentions that a 12 pound Nap was used in the firing and includes the actual sound of cannister. Perhaps this will help the game developers! :woohoo: :laugh:

Another fine set that was produced during the CW Centennial were The Union and The Confederacy, a product of Columbia Records, recorded at the National Gallery of Art in Washington City. Included in this set is a reading of Lee's Farewell message to the ANV, recited by Robert E. Lee IV. This set can be found at

http://www.amazon.com/Civil-Richard-Nat ... 608&sr=1-1

I am not sure if the Smithsonian was involved in either of these sets...might be!

Guess I will have to re-invest in these myself as my current sets are those I obtained during the 1960s and are the old 33 1/3 RPM...well-worn! Be rather nice to hear these without the scratches, etc.