Michigan Marching Band releases new CD
Figure I'd post this to spread the word around.
The band just published their newest CD (first since *2012) this past weekend.
It's called Forever Valiant. You can order it on their website here.
Here is the link to the CD-
https://squareup.com/market/mmbsalescart/item/forever-valiant
Released in 2017, contains:
PREGAME:
1. Entry Cadence
2. M Fanfare
3. The Victors
4. Let's Go Blue
HALFTIME:
5. Kings Medley
Also Sprach Zarathustra, See See Rider, Jailhouse Rock, Billie Jean
6. Robin Williams Medley
Keating's Triumph, What A Wonderful World
7. El Victors Caliente
8. Health System Victors
9. Victors Valiant
10. Rain Medley
Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All The Time), It's Raining Men
11. Bond Opener
Goldfinger, Dr. No
12. Bailamos
13. Candyman
14. Skyfall
15. Beyoncé Medley
Love On Top, Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It), Crazy In Love
16. Superhero Opener
Marvel Studios Fanfare, Batman
17. Queen Medley
Fat Bottomed Girls, Crazy Little Thing Called Love
MICHIGAN TRADITIONALS
18. Cadence Series - Michigan Drumline
19. Nessun Dorma (from the opera "Turandot")
20. Calyptors
21. I Can't Turn You Loose (Blues Brothers)
22. Respect
23. Temptation
24. Hawaiian War Chant
25. Parking Lot Victors
26. Yellow & Blue
27. The Victors (trio)
September 6th, 2017 at 8:35 PM ^
Yes. Band merch is a small, but important part of the MMB budget.
September 6th, 2017 at 8:18 PM ^
Buy lots! My son is in the band and performed on it, so guess what the relatives are getting for Christmas...
September 6th, 2017 at 10:33 PM ^
Just my opinion.
September 6th, 2017 at 11:54 PM ^
I basically only have and only needed Fire Up It's Saturday.
I might bite at this one though. A new and updated Blues Brothers? It gets ironic when I hear Carl Grapentine say "by the year 2006 this music now known as the blues, will exist only in the classical record department of your local public library" during the intro.
Also, we get to hear Dr. Pasquale get introduced? I honestly believe he has restored the band back to greatness. The band was weak when the football team was weak, and suddenly, the power has returned.
AND, a recorded Parking Lot Victors and Drumline Cadence Series?
Seriously, this new CD is temptation (I'm sorry I had to...)
September 7th, 2017 at 8:26 AM ^
I know it wouldn't happen because of the cost to press a run compared to CD's, but I would love a high quality vinyl from the marching band. Outside of the Victors on compilation albums there is not much out there, and nothing past the 70s.
I do have a 45 of the victors that has a jazzy seductive female vocalist as the B side. real random and weird.
September 7th, 2017 at 12:52 PM ^
Pat Suzuki! That record is wild. Also, perfect for a slow-dance at a wedding reception.
I do love me some Halftime Classics, though. Love those quirky 70s tunes.
September 7th, 2017 at 11:14 AM ^
While I have my gripes with this CD, I do recommend it. There are no weak tracks (except Heath System Victors, but it's a version of The Victors so it gets a pass). The mix is fantastic and of course the playing is impeccable.
Full disclosure: I played on most of the tracks on this CD.
September 7th, 2017 at 11:39 AM ^
I'll say it: I'm on two, maybe three of the MMB CDs, and I only own one of them...
Also, can someone explain to me how Nessun Dorma is a "Michigan traditional"?
September 7th, 2017 at 12:39 PM ^
It's been a warmup tune since 2007 or 2008, replacing Salvation is Created (which I think was recorded on "Victors Valiant").
September 7th, 2017 at 1:05 PM ^
Wasn't it a hidden/bonus track on one of the later Nix CDs? Maybe the Blue Album? We definitely recorded it one year.
The warmup tune in 2007 was some Boerma composition. Something like "The Fugue" or "The Chorale"? The seniors all went out on the steps the morning of the OSU game and played Salvation is Created to get the whole thing out of their system...