Abide With Me (Monk) National Brass Band Festival 1932 Crystal Palace

[mrbrankin1]

i am a member of a small brass band in lancashire that was once the biggest in the area. we currently have 8 players. yet we can still make this sound good. its a brilliant hymn. as are most in the SA band books we use. it is my second favourite, 1st always has to be onward christian soldiers, both are relatively simple and yet sound the best.

[Dunollieman]

AWESOME! Scotty (Iowa USA)

[TheBitterWeed]

Trying to proselytise this.

It is so beatiful.

[overopensights]

@TheBitterWeed: Yes! Perhaps the best anthem the country could ever have

[TheBitterWeed]

@overopensights

Now that would be wishing ! Ha ha.

Best wishes.

[TheBitterWeed]

The best anthem the sport of football could ever have.

[overopensights]

Completly wonderful. It is hard to beat brass playing such music. It has a sorrowful air about it, as if only a few years earlier one can almost imagine that this is for the dead of WW1. Not intended as such but what a fitting tribute!

[tpcornet12]

Wow, very moving! The dynamics are spectacular. I wish I could have been a bandsman then.

[heasmans]

Despite the unquestionable sensitivity that went into the Black Dyke Mills Band recording, this one almost makes me want to say, "Yes, Lord, you can take me now. I'm ready!"

I find the The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards interpretation commercial and unfortuanate.

[BlauAlder]

A very moving tape, capturing the atmosphere perfectly.

[3191bm]

gosh it realy would have been amazing to be there when this was recorded. what a patrionic sound clip. thankyou for posting

[85scampi]

A wonderful atmospheric recording. I have a 12" HMV from the 1932 festival one title is 'Edwinstone'the others escape me.