Ban the Bomb: Music of Aldermaston Anti-Nuclear: Ban The Bomb: Music Of The Aldermaston Anti-Nuclear Marches / Various
Ban the Bomb: Music of Aldermaston Anti-Nuclear: Ban The Bomb: Music Of The Aldermaston Anti-Nuclear Marches / Various
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Artist: Ban the Bomb: Music of Aldermaston Anti-Nuclear
Label: El Records
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 5013929336339
Genre: Rock
Britain in the late 1950s, a country boosted by a global economic boom, finally emerging from post-war austerity. Throughout the decade, however, Cold War tensions between the USA and the Soviet Union had escalated and Britain had entered the fray to become only the third nation to develop nuclear weapons. This led to the formation of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), a group headed by Anglican priest John Collins and the philosopher Bertrand Russell. Attracting support from across a broad spectrum of the public, a march was organised from London to the atomic weapons plant near the village of Aldermaston in Berkshire, a peaceful protest involving people of all ages; united in their horror at finding themselves living in the shadow of the bomb and in their fear for the future of mankind. So, from Trafalgar Square on Good Friday 1958, in dismal weather, they marched to a soundtrack of folk songs and jazz; the protest songs of Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger, Fred and Betty Dallas and John Brunner, complemented by the revivalist New Orleans style of Ken Colyer's Omega Brass Band and standards popularised by such British jazz giants of the era as Chris Barber, Ottilie Patterson, Humphrey Lyttelton, Kenny Ball and Acker Bilk. Jeff Nuttall, in Bomb Culture: "The Aldermaston March numbers were vast, by far the largest ever for political / humanitarian aims. Teenagers among them created a carnival of optimism. It was this wild public festival spirit that spread the CND symbol through the jazz clubs and secondary schools in an incredibly short time. Protest was associated with festivity. There was a new feeling of license granted by the obvious humanitarian attitude of the ravers themselves. "
Tracks:
1.1 Interviewed at Ban the Bomb Rally-Bertrand Russell
1.2 Ewan MacColl and Betty Seeger-March with Us Today
1.3 Ewan MacColl and Betty Seeger-Brother Won't You Join in the Line?
1.4 Ewan MacColl and Betty Seeger-The Crooked Cross
1.5 Ewan MacColl and Betty Seegerthere's Better Things for You
1.6 Ewan MacColl and Betty Seeger-The Crow on the Cradle
1.7 Ewan MacColl, Peggy Seeger and Jack Elliott - Brother Won't You Join in the Line?
1.8 Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger - the Crooked Cross
1.9 Fred and Betty Dallas - Strontium 90
1.10 Fred and Betty Dallas - Hey Little Man
1.11 Fred Dallas - Doomsday Blues (Sung in the Film, March to Aldermaston)
1.12 Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger - the Ballad of the Five Fingers
1.13 Peggy Seeger - There Are Better Things to Do
1.14 The London Youth Choir - the H-Bomb's Thunder
1.15 The London Youth Choir - Song of Hiroshima
1.16 The London Youth Choir - Hoist the Window
1.17 Ron Fielder, Ray Edwards and Members of the Robin Hood Singers - That Bomb Has Got to Go
1.18 Margaret McKeown - the Dove
1.19 The London Youth Choir - the Family of Man
1.20 Chris Barber's Jazz Band with Ottilie Patterson-When the Saints Go Marching in
1.21 Chris Barber's Jazz Band-Sweet Georgia Brown
1.22 Chris Barber's Jazz Band-High Society
1.23 Chris Barber's Jazz Band with Ottilie Patterson-Down By the Riverside
1.24 Chris Barber's Jazz Band with Ottilie Patterson-Just a Closer Walk with Thee
1.25 George Melly with Mick Mulligan's Band -Magnolia
1.26 Acker Bilk and His Paramount Jazz Band-Blaze Away
1.27 Acker Bilk and His Paramount Jazz Band-Under the Double Eagle
1.28 Acker Bilk and His Paramount Jazz Band-C.R.E. March
1.29 Acker Bilk and His Paramount Jazz Band-El Abanico
2.1 Sheila Hancock and Sydney Carter-Coming Down from Aldermaston
2.2 Ken Colyer's Jazzmeneaster Parade
2.3 Ken Colyer's Jazzmenthe Original Tuxedo Rag
2.4 Ken Colyer's Jazzmenisle of Capri
2.5 Humphrey Lyttelton and His Bandice Cream
2.6 Humphrey Lyttelton and His Bandthe Onions
2.7 Humphrey Lyttelton and His Bandchristopher Columbus
2.8 The Alberts-Morse Code Melody
2.9 The Alberts-Sleepy Valley
2.10 Ken Colyer's Omega Brass Band-Isle of Capri
2.11 Ken Colyer's Omega Brass Band-Panama Rag
2.12 Ken Colyer's Omega Brass Band-Tiger Rag
2.13 Ken Colyer's Omega Brass Band-Gettysburg March
2.14 Ken Colyer's Omega Brass Band-Over in Gloryland
2.15 Ken Colyer's Omega Brass Band-Just a Closer Walk with Thee
2.16 Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen-Breezin' Along with the Breeze
2.17 Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen-Riverboat Shuffle
2.18 Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen1919 Rag
2.19 George Melly with Mick Mulligan and His Band-I'm a Ding Dong Daddy
2.20 George Melly with Mick Mulligan's Magnolia Jazz Band-There'll Be Some Changes Made
2.21 George Melly with Mick Mulligan's Magnolia Jazz Bandmama Don't Allow
2.22 Chris Barber's Jazz Band-Everybody Loves My Baby
2.23 Chris Barber's Jazz Band-Didn't He Ramble
2.24 Chris Barber's Jazz and Blues Band-Just a Little While to Stay Here
