Word: band
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...band made the recordings, which cover three vinylite records, that December in Symphony Hall, under the direction of Malcolm H. Holmes...
...look for a series of familiar tunes on the records of the new Band record album. They aren't there. Except for 'Wintergreen' and Yale medley, everything is new; the first album handled the ivy-covered schools, leaving Brown, Columbia, and Cornell for the new 6-side product...
This album has some very nice sides. It's about time 'Wintergreen' got itself recorded, and the playing--on the same side--of 'Soldiers Field' and 'Harvard's Day' is filled with the blare of the Band's beautiful trombone section. The Columbia medley calls back 33 big points in its opening bars...
...album still proves that the Band is a superb, beautifully--drilled organization. It contains excellent musicians in copious number; It plays consistently well. This album is always entertaining, though never near the quality of the first...
Monday afternoon produced a jolly get-together in the British Officers mess, to which Harvard and Princeton were invited. An enlisted men's band provided musical background while the officers bustled about and made themselves friendly. Then there was a small tete-a-tete out at the Breakers Hotel, which featured the Talbot brothers, a pair of Calypso artists. It was supposed to be a swimming party but it was too cold to swim. Five other days swimming was hampered by rain which fell in varying quantities, the main deluge coming on Thursday, the day Harvard played Yale...