41 Great College Victory Songs

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Customer Reviews:

Iowa STATE? [Posted on 2004-12-03]
Any album that lists the "Iowa Fight Song" followed by (Iowa State) can't be any good. It's the University of Iowa Fight Song, not Iowa State University. And from the preview I heard, they didn't do it justice anyway.

Good Selections, Well Played [Posted on 2006-03-15]
This collection of college songs is large and includes more songs than other such collections. The songs are all well played and consistent with the style required for college fight songs.

School Spirit [Posted on 2006-08-15]
Used this CD at a "Show your School Spirit" event. Everyone loved it.

Left Out Cal!!?!?!?!?!?!?! [Posted on 2006-10-09]
Considering the fact that the University of California - Berkeley boasts the largest repetoire {sp?} of school songs of ANY university in the country makes the fact that this compilation has not included ANY of them problematic at the very least. Big C (or Sons of Westwood to you theiving baby bears out there) - Fight for California - Sons of California - Stanford Jonah - Golden Bear - Make Way for the Bear - Roll On - Cal Band March - California Triumph - Palms of Victory - California Indian Song - California Marching Song - One More River - All Hail - Hail to California - California, We're For You --

Take your pick - they are all fantastic - and I think I forgot a few...

To leave out Cal is either shoddy work or bad temperment.

Go Bears - Beat the Cougars!

Classic Performances of Classic Marches [Posted on 2008-05-19]
William D. Revelli was the preeminent university band conductor of the 20th century, and the Michigan Symphony Band was the top concert band at Michigan. He retired in 1971, so the selections, presumably recorded in the 1960's, reflected the repertoire during his 35-year tenure at Michigan in the middle of the 20th century. In fact, before video clips, this album used to provide the stock background audio for the ABC college scoreboard show on Saturdays. Most of the arrangements on disc 2 are by U-M alum and arranger Jerry Bilik, whose signature "Bilik endings" were just one part of establishing a sound so big and so distinctive that the Michigan Marching Band was awarded the very first Sudler Trophy by the John Philip Sousa Foundation in 1982. (That trophy is only awarded once per school, and the Michigan Band was the first band so honored.)

This album was recorded by the symphony band (with percussion and woodwind instrumentation not found on the field), pictured in the liner sitting on stage in Hill Auditorium in Ann Arbor. It's true that the dynamics and some of the tempos are more "concert" than "field," but this album has always been and still is the benchmark for balance and precision in performance of the classic college marches it contains.

If you're looking for the music of the late-comers from the SEC and the west, keep looking. If you're looking for real college football heritage, performed by the best of the college bands, you need look no further.

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