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Grossdeutschland: Von der Wachtruppe zum Panzerkorps

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The twenty tracks on this CD are relevant not only to GD, but to German military music in general, with many well known pieces. Sound quality is excellent, better than I had expected from this kind of archival material. The accompanying liner notes booklet is unusually comprehensive and provides both a brief history of GD and of the various musical selections. Highly recommended!

This CD is excellent and well worth the price, the sound quality is first class and includes rare music that you probably will not hear elsewhere.
There is also a very detailed history of the Division included with the CD, something that goes beyond the expected. Purchasers will have no regrets when buying this CD.

These are some of the world's great marches performed by some of the best instrumentalists of the time. Even though these were recorded between 65 and 80 years ago, the sound quality is excellent, which should come as no surprise since the Germans were at the forefront of recording technology at that time. This arrangement of Westerwald is the most beautiful I have ever heard.

The sound quality is excellent and the booklet is very informative. It gives you unbiased information about one of the greatest corps of the German army from the 1920's through the 1940's.

Many of the selections on this CD are hard to find.
I perticuarly like the recording of the Westerwald-lied. A well done and unique interpertation!

Most of the tracks on this CD are conducted by Friedrich Ahlers and Guido Grosch who were the bands primary leaders.

In short it is a musical portrait of an era.

As an re-enactor I like to know as much as possible about the people I re-enact. In my case Groß Deutschland 1 Co. 1e zug, in Holland. That's also the reason why I purchased this CD. German army was know to be a foot-soldiers army and marching with songs and music was common. This CD contains the music of GD's own marching band and it sounds as good as it should be. There is also a piece in wich the "wachregiment" is givven verbal orders and continues marching on the bands music. Also the "Panzerlied" "Erica" and "Westerwald is sung on this CD wich gave me the oppertunety to learn the lyrics on music, so our "troop" can also sing them when on the march. Fot what it's worth, I like the CD because the music is very recognizeble for the period of time and is very well played by the GD band.

Listening to these music takes you back to this era of history. Authentic and enjoy listening to them.

I was really pleased with the fast service and the great condition the cd was in. Am looking forward for more purchases in the future. Jamie

The sound quality is very poor. Think of the worst "big band" 78 you've ever listened to, and that's what you can expect here. The CD does contain the Panzer Lied, but if you want a rendition that will have you marching in place at your desk, get the sound track from Battle of the Bulge instead. I fully understand that post-war recordings have many technical advantages, but even compared with other CD's featuring original recordings, this one leaves a lot to be desired.