The Civil War Music Collector's Edition

In 1991, Time-Life Music produced a Civil War Collector's Edition of Civil War Music that the 1st Brigade Band was proud to be a part of.  The artists included: The Hutchinson Family Singers, The Princely Players, Norman and Nancy Blake, Will and Polly Brecht, 1st Brigade Band, Sandy Hook Fife and Drum, and John Hartford, among others.  It was available as a three tape or CD box set with a large, well-illustrated book detailing the songs and history of the collection - truly a variety of instrumental, solo, and vocal ensembles from the Civil War period.  The album is currently out of production, though it is not hard to find among re-sellers, and sites such as eBay.

Tape/Disc 1

"In Happy Moments" - America on the Eve of War		"The First Gun Is Fired!" - Fanning the Flames of War
	Hard Times Come Again No More - The Hutchinson Family Singers		The First Gun Is Fired! May God Protect the Right! - The Hutchinson Family Singers
	Jenny Lind Polka - 1st Brigade Band		The Song of the Contrabands - O, Let My People Go - The Princely Players
	Arkansas Traveler - James Bryan, fiddle		Quickstep and Battle Hymn - 1st Brigade Band
	Jordan Is a Hard Road to Travel - Bob 'n John Minstrels		Grafted into the Army - The Hutchinson Family Singers
	Get Off the Track! - The Hutchinson Family Singers		The Southrons' Chaunt of Defiance - The Hutchinson Family Singers
	Annie Laurie - Doug Green, vocal and guitar		The Bonnie Blue Flag - 1st Brigade Band
	Mockingbird Quickstep - 1st Brigade Band		Bonnie Blue Schottische - Jerry Perkins
	I Wish I Was in Dixie's Land - Bob 'n John Minstrels		Just Before the Battle, Mother - The Hutchinson Family Singers
	Hymn Medley: Come Ye Disconsolate, Pleyel's Hymn, Notting Hill - 1st Brigade Band		Dixie Quickstep - 1st Brigade Band

Tape/Disc 2

"Hard Crackers Come Again No More" - Music of the Union Camp		"Richmond Is a Hard Road to Travel" - Music of the Confederate Camp
	Reveille - Sandy Hook Fife and Drum		Richmond Is a Hard Road to Travel - Paul Ritscher
	Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! - The Princely Players		The Yellow Rose of Texas - Sandy Hook Fife and Drum
	Hard Crackers Come Again No More - Will Brecht		Stonewall Jackson's Way - 1st Brigade Band
	The Rogue's March - Sandy Hook Fife and Drum		For Bales - Will Brecht & Co.
	The Battle Cry of Freedom / Kingdom Coming - 1st Brigade Band		Natchez Under the Hill - Stones River Fiddle Band
	Aura Lea - Alan O'Bryant, vocal		Goober Peas - Norman Blake, Nancy Blake
	Opera Reel - James Bryan, fiddle		Children of the Heavenly King - The Morning Sun Singers
	There Is a Fountain Filled With Blood - The Hutchinson Family Singers		Lorena - John Hartford, Mark Howard
	Home, Sweet Home - James Bryan, Norman Blake		Tattoo - Sandy Hook Fife and Drum

Tape/Disc 3

"When This Cruel War Is Over" - The Fighting Drags On		"O, I'm a Good Old Rebel" - The Musical Legacy of the War
	Weeping Sad and Lonely, or When This Cruel War is Over - The Hutchinson Family Singers		Home, Sweet Home - 1st Brigade Band
	When Johnny Comes Marching Home - 1st Brigade Band		Booth Killed Lincoln - Pat Enright, vocal
	Go in the Wilderness - The Princely Players		Camp Chase - James Bryan, fiddle
	Marching Through Georgia - 1st Brigade Band		Roll, Jordan, Roll - The Princely Players
	The Vacant Chair - The Hutchinson Family Singers		Beautiful Dreamer - James Bryan, Norman Blake, Nancy Blake
	The Homespun Dress - Teressia Ward, Polly Brecht		O, I'm a Good Old Rebel - Alan O'Bryant
	Stonewall Jackson's Prayer - Will Brecht, Polly Brecht		Spanish Fandango - Bruce Nemerov, guitar
	General Lee's Grand March - 1st Brigade Band		Amazing Grace - The Morning Star Singers, The Princely Players

photo courtesy of Time-Life Music

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