Vintage Brass Band Recordings - Videos & DVDs
This list provides details of some of the commercial video recordings.
Information about any additional recordings not in this list will be very welcome. Please note that this list is provided for reference purposes only - it is not a stock list and no items are available for sale.
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gavin@ibew.co.uk- Alan Morrison With Mureen Smith Piano - Cornet Technique [1996] <VHS>
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- Black Dyke Band - 150th Anniversary Concert [2005] <DVD>
- Queensbury, James Kaye; Journey to the Centre of the Earth, Peter Graham; Sweet Georgia Brown, Ben Bernie arr Morrison; Nobody Does it Better, Hamlisch arr Dewhurst; Things Ain't What They Used to Be, arr Morrison; Northern Lights, Philip Wilby; Intrada - Ein Feste Burg, arr Farr; Cossack Fire Dance from Call of the Cossacks, Peter Graham; What a Wonderful World, Armstrong arr Dewhurst; The Old Rugged Cross, Trad arr Morrison; An Age of Kings, Edward Gregson; Lucerne Song, Elgar Howarth
- Black Dyke Band - Heritage [2005] <DVD>
- Heritage Fanfare, Philip Wilby; Nativity from Dove Descending, Philip Wilby; City Scape from Lowry Sketchbook, Philip Wilby; The Battle of Agincourt, Sir William Walton; Chanson De Matin, Sir Edward Elgar, arr. Wright; Jupiter from The Planets Suite, Gustav Holst, arr. Roberts; The Clash of Steel, Philip Wilby; Popular Song, Sir William Walton, arr. Watson; Polka, Sir William Walton, arr. Watson; Nimrod from Enigma Variations, Sir Edward Elgar; Spitfire Prelude and Fugue, Sir William Walton, arr. Fernie
- Black Dyke Band + International Staff Band - A Celebration in Brass: Highlights of the Eric Ball Centenary Concert [2003] <DVD + VHS>
- Interview with Stephen Cobb; Torchbearers (International Staff Band); Tribute from Lieut-Colonel Norman Bearcroft - Boyhood Images; Song of Courage (International Staff Band); Interview with Dr Nicholas Childs; Torch of Freedom (Black Dyke Band); Tribute from Colonel Brindley Boon - The Conflict Years; September Fantasy (Soloist - Lesley Howie, accompanied by Black Dyke Band); Tribute from Geoffrey Brand - Brass Band Business and Journalism; Sound out the Proclamation (International Staff Band); Journey into Freedom (Black Dyke Band); Interview with Stephen Cobb; Never Give Up! (Massed Bands); Tribute from Peter Wilson - Christian Influences; Resurgam (Massed Bands): Interview with Dr Nicholas Childs; Tribute from Lieut-Colonel Ray Steadman-Allen - Reconciliation; Songs of the Morning (Massed Bands); Introduction from Roland Cobb; Interview with Dr Nicholas Childs and Stephen Cobb; Clear Skies (Soloist - David Daws, accompanied by Massed Bands); Tribute from Dr Peter Graham - The Continuing Influence; The Kingdom Triumphant (Massed Bands); Star Lake (Massed Bands); Further reflections from Lieut-Colonel Norman Bearcroft; Interview with David Daws; Concert reflections; In conversation with Dr Nicholas Childs & Stephen Cobb
- Black Dyke Band + International Staff Band - Epic Brass (National Finals Gala Concert 2001) [2001] <VHS>
- Tour of Black Dyke bandroom; Toccata in D Minor, Bach arr Farr; Introduction to 'The Corsair'; 'The Corsair', Berlioz arr Brand; Introduction to 'Brilliante'; Brilliante (David Thornton), Graham; Euphonium Player of the year Award; Toccata from Suite Gothique, Boellmann arr Ball; Tour of the ISB bandroon; Truth Aflame, Norbury; Introduction to 'I Know Thou Art Mine' (Stephen Cobb); I Know Thou Art Mine, Ballantine; Introduction to 'Rejoice! The Lord is King'; Rejoice! The Lord is King, Downie; Wonderful Words (Duet: David Daws and Roger Webster), Heaton; Glorious Ventures (Duet: David Daws and Roger Webster), Graham; March from the Pines of Rome, Respighi arr Snell; The Lost Chord, Sullivan arr Langford
- Black Dyke Band + International Staff Band + Don Lusher Big Band - Jubilee Brass (National Finals Gala Concert 2002) [2002] <VHS>
- Flourish and Dances, Kevin Norbury; Music for a Joyful Occasion, Kenneth Downie; Dear Lord and Father (Repton), Parry, arr. Graham; The Last Amen, Peter Graham; Summon the Dragon, Peter Graham; Mexican Hat Dance, Mendez, arr. Webster; Cossack Fire Dance, Peter Graham; DL Blues, Don Lusher; Love for Sale, Porter, arr. Myers; Close Enough for Love, Mandel, arr. Shaw; Mr Anthony's Boogie, Ray Anthony; Bravura Variations on British Folk Songs, arr. Peter Graham; 1812 Overture, Tchaikovsky, arr. Wright ;I Vow to Thee, My Country, Holst, arr. Steadman-Allen
- Black Dyke Mills Band + Elton John - An Audience With Elton John [1997] <VHS>
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- British Steel Stocksbridge Band - The Full Monty [1997] <VHS>
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- Chalk Farm Band - Blood & Fire & Brass <VHS>
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- Clarence White - In Concert - With Melbourne Staff Band/Songsters Etc. [1991] <VHS>
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- Fodens Band - Fodens Live - Doyen [2000] <VHS>
- The Waltonian, Trumpet Blues & Cantabile, Chicago, Simone Rebello in Xylomania, Glyn Williams in Brillante, Lucerne Song and Gaelforce
- Grimethorpe Colliery Band - Grimey At Christmas [2002] <VHS>
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- Grimley (Grimethorpe) Band - Brassed Off [1996] <VHS>
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- Hemel Hempstead Band - Burnished Brass - A Visual Record Of The Hemel Hempstead Band [2006] <DVD>
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- Hendon Citadel Band - Visit To Sunderland Monkwearmouth 15.6.2002 [2002] <VHS>
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- Kew Band - Homelands <DVD>
- Homelands - Robin Dewhurst, Take Up Thy Cross - William Broughton, Londonderry Air - Arr. Howard Snell, Just As I Am - Wilfred Heaton, Between the Moon & Mexico - Philip Sparke, The President - William German, Chivalry - Martin Ellerby, The Jester - John Greenwood & Sosban Fach - Arr. Gareth Wood
- Muker Silver Band - A Dales Medley - MSB V-1A [1994] <VHS>
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- Pennine Brass - Around The World [2004] <VHS>
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- Pennine Brass - Pennine Brass In Concert - James Shepherd/Nick Hudson [2000] <VHS>
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- Pennine Brass - Pennine Brass In Concert Vol. 2 - Classics Meet Big Band [2001] <VHS>
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- Scratch Brass - Inc. Brian Evans/C. Aspinall - An Evening With Scratch Brass [1992] <DVD>
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- Slaithwaite Band - A Blast From The Past [1995] <VHS>
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- Various - 119th. & 120th. Durham Miners Gala 2003-2004 [2004] <DVD>
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- Various - 121st. & 122nd. Durham Miners Gala 2005-2006 [2006] <DVD>
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- Various - 1st World Brass Band Championships - 15th WMC - World Wind Music WWM 500.126 [2005] <DVD>
- Brass Band Willebroek: Intrada Ein feste Burg - R. Farr; Call of the Righteous - L.Condon; Music of the Spheres - P.Sparke. Brass Band 13 Etoiles: Music for a Moving Image - P. Wilby; The Flying Slide - E. Thompson; Homage - Jan van der Roost. National Band on New Zealand: Clouds - A. Ritchy; Prelude for Kerkrade - K. Young. Provinciale Brass Band Groningen: Prelude from the Holberg Suite - Grieg; Fantasy Op 96 - J. Hummel. Reg Vardy Brass Band: Allegro from Piano Concerto No 2 - Shostakovich; Sabre Dance - Khachaturian. Brass band Buizingen: Concertino for Xylophone & Brass Band - T. Mayuzumi. Chicago Brass Band: Black & White Rag - G. Botsford. Ratby Cooperative Band: March Star Lake - E. Ball; Of Men and Mountains - E. Gregson. Brass Band Merum-Roermond: Trittico - J. Curnow. Brassband Bacchus: Music of Thanksgiving - K. Downie. Smithills School Senior Brass Band: Hinemoa - G. Wood
- Various - Brass And Banners - 1999 & 2000 Durham & North'land Galas [2000] <VHS>
- A History Of The North East Coalfield
- Various - Brass in Concert Championship 2005 [2006] <DVD>
- Buy as you View Band - Toccata from Organ Symphony No. 5 (Widor arr. Wright); Benedictus (Jenkins arr. Small); Sellers International Band - The Circle of Life (John arr. Gilje); Glorifico Aeternum (Dean Jones); Reg Vardy Band - It's Just Talk (Pat Metheney arr. Farr); The Red Machine (Peter Graham); Whitburn Band - A Caledonian Fanfare (Patterson arr. Duncan); The Water is Wide (Trad arr. Duncan); Scottish Co-op Band - Keighley Moor (Cook); Mid all the Traffic (Shenandoah) (Ballantine); Grimethorpe Colliery (UK Coal) Band - The Duke of Marlborough Fanfare (Grainger arr. Smith); Everybody Loves the Blues (Ferguson arr. Smith); Red Sky at Night (W Hogarth Lear); A Quiet Place (Carmichael arr. Smith); Lizteria (Lizst arr. Smith); Finale from Gayaneh Ballet Suite No. 2 (Khachachurian arr. Smith); Mount Charles Band - The Melody Shop (King arr. Smalley); Battle of Trafalgar (Elms arr. Darwin); Brighouse & Rastrick Band - Caravan (Ellington arr. Sykes); Over the Rainbow (Arlen arr. Cassidy/Morrison); Papa Loves Mambo (Hoffman/Manning/Reichner arr. Newton); St. Gregory the Great from Church Windows (Respighi arr. Newton); Polysteel (Flowers) Band - Beyond the Tamar - World Tour for Brass Band (Philip Harper); Hepworth (Persimmon Homes) Band - Lights Out (McCoy arr. Bentham); Ritual Fire Dance (de Falla arr. Street); Ransome Band - Liberty Bell (Sousa arr. Hume); Highland Cathedral (Korb,Roever arr. Kerwin)
- Various - Brass in Concert Championship 2006 [2007] <DVD>
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- Various - Colliery Brass Bands and our Mining Heritage - Hotbed Media [2006] <DVD>
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- Various - European Championships 2003 - Grieghallen, Bergen [2003] <VHS>
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- Various - European Championships 2007 - World of Brass WOB123DVD [2007] <DVD>
- Music of the Spheres, Elgar Variations, Beyond the Horizon, Contest Music, The Drop, Titan's Progress, Variations on a Tyrolean Song, Vienna Nights
- Various - Hail Smiling Morn 1995 (Uppermill Whit Friday Contest) [1995] <VHS>
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- Various - Hail Smiling Morn 1996 (Uppermill Whit Friday Contest) [1996] <VHS>
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- Various - Hail Smiling Morn 1997 (Uppermill Whit Friday Contest) [1997] <VHS>
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- Various - Hail Smiling Morn 1998 (Uppermill Whit Friday Contest) [1998] <VHS>
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- Various - Hail Smiling Morn 1999 (Uppermill Whit Friday Contest) - Paul Rayner [1999] <VHS>
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- Various - Hail Smiling Morn 2000 (Uppermill Whit Friday Contest) [2000] <VHS>
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- Various - Hail Smiling Morn 2001 (Uppermill Whit Friday Contest) [2001] <VHS>
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- Various - Hail Smiling Morn 2002 (Uppermill Whit Friday Contest) [2002] <VHS>
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- Various - Hail Smiling Morn 2003 (Uppermill Whit Friday Contest) [2003] <VHS>
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- Various - Hail Smiling Morn 2004 (Uppermill Whit Friday Contest) [2004] <VHS>
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- Various - Hail Smiling Morn 2005 (Uppermill Whit Friday Contest) - Paul Rayner [2005] <DVD + VHS>
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- Various - Hail Smiling Morn 2006 (Uppermill Whit Friday Contest) - Paul Rayner [2006] <DVD + VHS>
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- Various - Hail Smiling Morn 2007 (Uppermill Whit Friday Contest) - Paul Rayner [2007] <DVD + VHS>
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- Various - Hail Smiling Morn 2008 (Uppermill Whit Friday Contest) - Paul Rayner [2008] <DVD + VHS>
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- Various - Highlights from The British Open Brass Band Championship 2004 and World of Brass Gala Concert [2004] <DVD>
- Introduction; St. Magnus (Downie) - Buy As You View Band; Interview with Robert Childs; Dalewool Auckland Band; Interview with Peter Wilson; Contest Music (Heaton) - Foden's Richardson Band; Montage (Graham) - Kirkintilloch Band; The Results; Interview with the adjudicators; Interview with Garry Cutt; Yorkshire Building Society Band: Keighley Moor (Cook); Festive Impressions (Waespi); Capriccio Brillante (Bellstedt arr. Smith); Samum (Robrecht); Memory (Lloyd Webber arr. Catherall); Hymn for Diana (Turrin); Stavanger Brass Band: Hymn of the Highlands (Sparke); Cool T (Bowie); Three Dance Episodes - On The Town (Bernstein arr. Farr); Somewhere Over The Rainbow (Arlen arr. Farr); Symphonic Dances from West Side Story (Bernstein arr. Crees)
- Various - Highlights from the Netherlands Brass Band Championships [2005] <DVD>
- Magnificat - Andrew Mackereth; Interview - Kenneth Downie; Three Part Inventions - Kenneth Downie; Interview - Jacob de Haan; Elegy 1 Jealousy - Jacob de Haan; Interview - Franz Cibulka; Suite Montreux - Franz Cibulka; Interview - Jan de Haan; Earthquake - Jan de Haan; Interview with Adjudicators
- Various - Highlights of the European Championships 2003 [2003] <DVD + VHS>
- Rousseau - Ray Ogg (European Youth Brass Band); Aubade - Dawn Songs of the Fabulous Birds - Torstein Agaard-Nilsen (Yorkshire Building Society Band); Interview with Torgny Hanson; Revelation - Philip Wilby (Buy As You View Cory Band); Interview with Jappie Dijkstra; Concerto Grosso - Derek Bourgeois (Yorkshire Building Society Band); Soloist Prize Award; Interview with Markus S. Bach; Dove Descending - Philip Wilby (Brass Band Willebroek); The Kingdom Triumphant - Eric Ball (Brøttum Brass); The Contest Results; Interview with Dr David King; Introduction to Apocalypse by Dr David King; Apocalypse - Derek Bourgeois (Yorkshire Building Society Band); The Carnival of Venice - Arban (David Childs with Buy As You View Cory Band); Tanga - Gillespie, arr. Reid Gilje (Martin Winter with Eikanger-Bjørsvik Musikklag); Gabriel's Oboe - Morricane, arr. Baadsvik (Øystein Baadsvik with European Youth Brass Band); Charivari - Iveson (Ian Williams with Buy As You View Cory Band); Stardust - Carmichael, arr. Geldard (Chris Thomas with Buy As You View Cory Band); African Odyssey - Nbutto Sumbasfu (Stavanger Brass Band); Kongalela - Jan Magne Førde (Stavanger Brass Band); Prelude from Holberg Suite - Edvard Grieg (Yorkshire Building Society Band); Interview with Øyvind Storheim; Prelude on Tallis - Peter Graham (Buy As You View Cory Band); Fnugg - Baadsvik, arr. Giske (Øystein Baadsvik with Stavanger Brass Band); Le Corsair - Berlioz (Buy As You View Cory Band); Born on the Fourth of July - John Williams (Ben Godfrey with Yorkshire Building Society Band); Interview with Helga Haukås; Florentine March - Fucik, arr. Renton (European Youth Brass Band); Reunion and Finale - Edelman (Yorkshire Building Society Band)
- Various - Highlights of the European Championships 2004 [2004] <DVD>
- Introduction; Mardi Gras in New Orleans - Trad. arr Jan Magne Forde (Stavanger Brass Band); Interview with Kenneth Downie; St Magnus - Kenneth Downie (Yorkshire Building Society Band); Cornet Concerto movements 1 & 3 - Denis Wright (Raf Van Looveren accompanied by Whitburn Band); Synneshallingen - Jens Synnes arr Pal Magne Austnes (Stavanger Brass Band); Interview with Russell Gray; Airs and Dances movement 3 - Alan Fernie (Torshavn Brass Band); Interview with Frank Renton; Domen - Jan Magne Førde (Stavanger Brass Band); The Swan - Saint Saëns arr Snell (Katrina Marzella accompanied by National Youth Brass Band of Scotland); Dundonnell from Hymn of The Highlands - Philip Sparke (Yorkshire Building Society Band); Alba - Alan Fernie (National Youth Brass Band of Scotland); Montage - Peter Graham (Brass Band Willebroek); Interview with Jappie Dijkstra; Hymns of Praise - Goff Richards (National Youth Brass Band of Scotland); Interview with David James; Music of the Spheres - Philip Sparke (Yorkshire Building Society Band); Interview with Markus Bach; Selection from Celtic Fusion - Robin Dewhurst (Yorkshire Building Society Band); Results Ceremony; Interview with David King; Finale Gala Concert (House of Edgar Shotts & Dykehead Pipe Band with Kirkintilloch Band); Flowerdale from Hymn of The Highlands - Philip Sparke (Yorkshire Building Society Band)
- Various - Highlights of the European Championships 2005 [2005] <DVD>
- Extreme Make-over, Johan de Meij - Black Dyke Band; Match-Rhythm, Jan Bosveld - Brass Band Oberösterreich; Chain, Piet Swerts - Amsterdam Brass; Concerto Grosso, Derek Bourgeois - Buy As You View Band; Journey to the Centre of the Earth, Peter Graham - Black Dyke Band; Awards Ceremony; Deep Space Nine, arr. Davies - Black Dyke Band; Caravan, Duke Ellington arr. Sykes - European Youth Brass Band; Song and Dance, Philip Sparke - Brass Band Oberösterreich; Excerpts from Land of Wind and Water - Brass Band De Bazuin Oenkerk; Children of Sanchez, Chuck Mangione arr. Gilje - Black Dyke Band; Dutch Medley - Bicycle Showband - Crescendo; Eloise, Paul Ryan arr. Broadbent - Brass Band De Bazuin Oenkerk; Crimond, arr. Richards - Brass Band Willebroek; Czardas, Vittorio Monti - Black Dyke Band; Excerpts from Land of Wind and Water - Brass Band De Bazuin Oenkerk; Extreme Make-over, Johan de Meij
- Various - Whit Friday Contest - Saddleworth - 2001 A Musical Odyssey [2001] <VHS>
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