KEEP THE HOME FIRES BURNING CD [NEW] - WWI Tunes Played on 9 Fairground Organs

Description: KEEP THE HOME FIRES BURNING CD [NEW] - WWI Tunes Played on 9 Fairground Organs Featuring World War One tunes recorded on various fairground organs.Released in 2014 to commemorate the Centenary of the start of World War One. FAIR ORGAN ON THIS RECORDING:46 key Marenghi • 89 key Marenghi • 98 key Marenghi46 key Gavioli • 87 key Gavioli Grote Gavioli66 key Bursens • 65 key Gaudin • 46 keyless Chiappa • 46 key Ruth. This CD was released on the OK Rollem Productions label (aka "Old Century Sounds"). This was a small independent record label run by Ken Mellor, who produced short-run CDs of various organ recordings. Ken retired in 2023 and this is a REPACKAGED version of that release (The tracks are the same). Released: 2014.Running Time: 60.20.Code: OK37. Keep the Home Fires Burning / It’s a Long Way to Tipperary / Pack up Your Troubles (46 key Marenghi)Soldiers of the King / Sons of the Sea / The Girl I Left Behind / Land of Hope and Glory / Hearts of Oak / Rule Britannia (89 key Marenghi)Colonel Bogey (Ballads, That’s All the Band Can Play)(Grote Gavioli)Home on the Range (98 key Marenghi)Dixie Medley / Marching Thru Georgia / Star Spangled Banner / Yankee Doodle / Swanee River (98 key Marenghi)El Abanico (You’d be Far Better off in a Home) (98 key Marenghi)Anchors Aweigh (98 key Marenghi)Old Comrades March (46 key Marenghi)Freedom March (46 key Marenghi)National Emblem March (Have You Ever Caught Your Fingers in a Mangle)Who’s Your Lady Friend (46 keyless Chiappa)Over the Waves (46 keyless Chiappa)I Wouldn’t Leave my Little Wooden Hut for You (46 keyless Chiappa)Let’s All Go Down the Strand (46 keyless Chiappa)Beer, Glorious Beer (46 keyless Chiappa)American Patrol (87 key Gavioli)Over There (46 key Gavioli)Take Me Back to Dear old Blighty (46 key Gavioli)Pack up Your Troubles (46 key Gavioli)Comrades Since We Were Young(46 key Gavioli)Miner’s Dream of Home(46 key Gavioli)Imperial Echoes (66 key Bursens)Alexander’s Ragtime Band / Galloping Major (65 key Gaudin)For Me and My Gal (65 key Gaudin)By the Light of the Silvery Moon (65 key Gaudin)How Ya Going to Keep ’Em Down on the Farm (46 key Ruth)Roses of Picardy (65 key Gaudin) SLEEVE NOTES FROM 2014: One hundred years ago as a result of two pistol shots in Sarajevo, the Capital of Bosnia, or as it was more usually referred to ‘The Balkans’, sparked off the horrific war that was to turn the whole of western Europe into a hideous campaign fought out in the trenches and morass of mud that was to give the world ever lasting names like Mons, Arras, Verdun, Ypres & Somme. The killing of Archduke Franz Ferdinand was to change the 20th Century forever. It changed the lives of men who fought on land, at sea and in the air and for those who were left at home, their only comfort was often in the songs that flooded onto the world of entertainment being performed in music halls and theatres, and through a rapidly growing, although somewhat ‘scratchy’ world of the 78rpm record. For the troops at the sharp end of the action, many tunes became their only means of thoughts of home and loved ones left behind, some titles were aimed at the enemy and often mimicked their leaders. As is often the way with men who are confined and restricted, the words were often changed to suit the conditions they were enduring, the coarse humour of the changed lyrics often being their only relief from constant bombardment or trying to survive in trenches that were over their boots with mud and unspeakable residue. Some of the included tunes had more than one variation and the listener may be able to add some other lyrics that they too became familiar with, perhaps through their own military service. The war to end all wars failed to achieve that patriotic theme, nor was it all over by Christmas. As Britain marks the centenary of this senseless slaughter, some may feel that the world has failed to learn the lessons from those dark years between 1914 and 1918. Many men volunteered and failed to return to that, ‘land fit for heroes’. Many families were changed forever. The words ‘Lest we forget’ may never have been more appropriate as we celebrate this great war, the humour in many of the included tunes only serving as a reminder to what men can endure under hardship. If you join in the choruses perhaps it may be fitting to recall the words from Rupert Brooke’s war poem, The Soldier “and laughter, learnt of friends, and gentleness, in hearts at peace under an English heaven”. I run MSS Studios (aka ORGAN1st) and have specialised in mail-order organ & keyboard recordings since 1996. I have been selling used recordings since 2020. The scans/photos are the item you get, I don't use images from other sellers. I scan them all at hi-res. I have a lot of Organ CDs & DVDs. Please check out my Ebay Shop. _gsrx_vers_1680 (GS 9.8.3 (1680))

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