Audio Recordings of Choir and Band from 1970 - 1971

Greetings fellow classmates: working with Dave Gangeness and Nikki Edwards on getting digital copies of all the songs from both the 1971 Choir album "Traces of 71" and also the 1970 - 1971 Senior Band Highlights album and Band of the Year album for your listening pleasure.

We had a VERY impressive choir and band in 1970 to 1971 . . . I am totally impressed by the music from both groups.

Thinking you will too . . . ENJOY!

"Highlights of 1970 - 1971 PHS Concert Band" Recordings

The links below are to Concert Band Songs sent by Nikki Edwards

ENJOY!

Click HERE to Hear "25 or 6 to 4" by Chicago

Click HERE to Hear "An Original Suite"

Click HERE to Hear "Bacharach"

Click HERE to Hear "Blue Suede Shoes"

Click HERE to Hear "Conqueror March"

Click HERE to Hear "Fiddler on the Roof"

Click HERE to Hear "Rock Around the Clock"

Click HERE to Hear "Shout"

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Don't know about you, but whenever I hear "Shout" or "Rock Around the Clock" I always get a mental image of the pep band playing at a game!  GO ARROWS!

"Traces of 71" Choir Recordings

The links below are to Choir songs either Nikki Edwards or Dave Gangeness sent ENJOY!

Click HERE to Hear "Sunshine in My Soul"

Click HERE to Hear "Give Thanks unto Our God"

Click HERE to Hear "He is Born"

Click HERE to Hear "How Excellent Thy Name, Hallelujah"

Click HERE to Hear "Both Sides Now"

Click HERE to Hear "Break Forth O Beauteous Heavenly Light"

Click HERE to Hear "Christ is the Lord"

Click HERE to Hear "Lorena"

Click HERE to Hear "I'll Never Fall in Love Again"

Click HERE to Hear "All Ye Saints Be Joyful"

Click HERE to Hear "Salvation for Us Provideth"

Click HERE to Hear "Spring"

Click HERE to Hear "Traces" The Title Cut

Click HERE to Hear "Ye Followers of the Lamb"

Click HERE to Hear "Going Out of My Head"

Click HERE to Hear "The Song of the Jolly Rodger"

Click HERE to Hear "Joy is Like the Rain"

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Music Related Stories

The Great Cymbal Crash Incident

by Michael Smith

During our senior year, Al Opland wanted to record our award-winning band in order to release a LP record album through Mark records LLC. We were playing a classical music piece (Cannot remember the name) that contained a very loud FFF (Triple F) triumphant cymbal crash about 200 rest measures into the suite. I was on cymbals for that recording. Always prided myself in keeping count as to where we were musically in selections, as it is tough to hide percussion errors!  Unfortunately, we all were very nervous because Al Opland had microphones all around the band room, wires running out of the room and his wife Anna Mae was out in the van with the Mark Records techs running the big pro tape recorders. This was not just another practice session!

 

To my horror being extremely nervous, I unfortunately lost count of the music about five minutes into this 10-minute classical piece with my mighty FFF cymbal crash coming up and the tape recorders running. Having played this music a number of times in practice, I thought I knew the exact place where the mighty cymbal crash needed to be. With Al Opland swinging the baton in his typical military precise fashion, I guessed at the cymbal crash timing.
“CRASH” went my cymbals with Al looking up at me. Knew it was the wrong place in the music right after I did it and saw Al Opland’s head start shaking with disapproval, but to my surprise Al kept the piece going to the end. He put his baton down and I thought “I am in the band doghouse now!”  

Gratefully Al called out to Anna Mae in the van and asked if Mr. Smith’s misplaced massive cymbal crash ruined the piece. To this very day I am so grateful that Anna Mae answered back “No, sounded just fine, no need to re-record” She became my hero from that day forward!

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