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Four Albums of Military Song from Oscar Brand

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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,

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!

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.

I remember hearing these songs/ditty's when I was a sailor homeported overseas on a permanetly deployed ship. They gave me and my shipmates a laugh as we would unwind with a few cool ones after a tough day. Back then they were on a scratched up (due to repeated use) LP, the quality on the CD is great and the nostalga quota was amazing.

This album brought back memories when I was a fighter pilot in Vietnam. Brand brings the Military life as a life full of fun and laughter.

Strickly drinking songs. A blast from the past. Might offend others but not this old soldier.

I have been looking for a good deal for this CD and found it. It is full of history and fun!

Oscar must have reseached every NCO & Officers club and barracks to
compile his list of songs from every service. Military humor at it's
best.

Not as good as his earlier Riverside recordings, especially American Drinking Songs, still these are great songs from Oscar Brand.I wish someone would release Bawdy Ballads on CD.