Four Albums of Military Song from Oscar Brand [Box set]

Oscar Brand | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 29, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Box set
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• Label: Collector's Choice
• ASIN: B000F2C8IU
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #117,409 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Save a Fighter Pilot's Ass

2. Come and Join the Air Force

3. Give Me Operations

4. Itazuke Tower

5. Sidi Slimane

6. Army Air Force Heaven

7. Bless 'Em All

8. Glory Flying Regulations

9. The Goddamned Reserves

10. Barnacle Bill, The Pilot

See all 30 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Honey Baby

2. Call out the Corps

3. Man in the Moon

4. The Reserves' Lament

5. Wake Island

6. Dinky Die

7. Gee, But I Wanna Go Home

8. The United States Marines

9. Moving On

10. Pua Pua

See all 28 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Way Warriors Were, June 4, 2008

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Junie "Junie" (New Mexico, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Four Albums of Military Song from Oscar Brand (Audio CD)

This collectors edition re-release of Oscar Brand's four classic records of American military songs recorded back in the Fifties and early Sixties is more than worth its price. Covering the Air Force, Army, Navy and Marine Corps, Brand has chosen what he considered to be representative informal songs actually written and sung by the guys who did the fighting.

The lyrics are raunchy (well, not by today's standards) and have been lightly cleaned up in places. They are humorous--the kind of humor you would expect from civilians in uniform doing a nasty job with real risks involved. The music bed is universally derived from old tunes which every grunt, zoomie, swab-jock and gyrene would have known from childhood.

For anyone who wants to catch something of the spirit of the guys who fought our wars--World Wars I and II, the Korean War, this two CD set will do the job. I hope that someone, some day does the same for the Vietnam War and our current wars. Of course, now the women get to have some music too,

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Oscar Brand Gets It Right!, September 20, 2007

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A. Laidlaw (CT) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Four Albums of Military Song from Oscar Brand (Audio CD)

There are some funny songs in this collection. I am partial to "Every Inch A Sailor" since I first heard that album when the crew of my ship played "Quantanamo Bay" over the ships intercom as we were steaming out of the harbor after an 8 week stay at Gitmo. You favorites may be based on what branch off the service you served in.

Brought back a lot of memories for me!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Amusing songs, December 10, 2006

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Jonathan Davies (Ottawa, ON, Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Four Albums of Military Song from Oscar Brand (Audio CD)

The songs on this CD are quite amusing! The only Oscar Brand recording I had ever heard before I heard this CD, was his "Sports Car Songs" album, which was given to me by a relative when I was just a kid. One bit of information lacking on this CD that I would have appreciated are the release dates of each of the 4 albums that are on it.