Look at me, being marginally topical on Memorial Day (U. S. only, all you foreigners don't need to remember anything in particular today). This is a recording of the 1961 100th Night Show from the United States Military Academy at West Point--that's a pic of the boys above that I pinched from a web site because the album cover was lost. There were supposed to be photos of the actual show, but the link was broken, such a pity.
The album features a series of military related songs and skits which are somewhat more clever than they needed to be, backed by a really great band. There are your basic jokes about bad military food, inspection by tough generals, and the obligatory cross dressing number. I bought the record because there is a song entitled "Ballad of Dead Moose" which is about a fictional (I think--google Dead Moose and you get a lot of really gory images) Native American leader at Little Big Horn. Sadly, the record's in bad shape--I skipped the overture on side 2 altogether, and should have passed on the overture on side 1.
"Civilization" is pretty dubious song about how Native Americans have given up scalping white men and embraced indoor plumbing (so to speak)--but hey, this is before Civil Rights kicked in so it's probably no more or less PC that anyone else of the era. I'm being polite here because I reckon at some point one of the class of '61 is going to happen upon this site and I don't feel like fielding hate mail from army guys.
The 1961 100th Night Show "Points West" featuring the USMA Band, Major W. H. Schempf, conductor. Custom Pressed by Recorded Publications Company, Camden NJ A32M-80942
Side 1 rundown:
Overture
PIO
Supe's On
Kaydet Blues
General Sump
3 comments:
Got the first five listed, any clue on the track numbers for the remains?
Lord lord, I never dreamed anyone would care....I have just updated the post to include the rundown for side 1.
Got it, thanks!
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