STUCK IN THE VINYL AGAIN - UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA MARCHING BAND - PATRIOTIC SONGS OF THE USA

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"When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation."
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
"That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security."

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Good Tuesday morning to you all and welcome to the Independence Day 2023 edition of Stuck In The Vinyl Again . Today we take off work and gather with our friends family to grill hot dogs and hamburgers, lounge by pools and wish one another a "Happy 4th", all in anticipation of fireworks come dark, that terrify everyone's pets. I think a lot of the occasion gets lost in the hoopla and we forget the real reasons and history behind Independence Day, the day when the 56 signatories of the original 13 colonies unanimously declared their intent to shake off the old yokes of abusive government and establish a new government, one that recognizes the Rights of man, as equal and unalienable. 

Our Freedom themed selection for the day is Patriotic Songs Of The USA by the University Of Oklahoma Marching Band. Try as I may I cannot find a year that this LP was privately pressed by the Melody House. On it we find longtime Director of Bands at The University of Oklahoma, Gene Thrailkill, who held the position from 1971 until his retirement in 2001. The band leads us though great renditions of the Pledge Of Allegiance, the National Anthem, Stars and Stripes,  Battle Hymn Of The Republicm and more. 

A1 Reveille
A2 Pledge Of Allegiance
A3 National Anthem
A4 Stars And Stripes
A5 National Emblem March
A6 National Melodies
A7 America The Beautiful
A8 America

B1 Drum Cadence
B2 United States Army March
B3 U.S. Air Force Song
B4 Marine Hymn
B5 Anchors Aweigh
B6 Yankee Doodle Dandy
B7 Battle Hymn Of The Republic
B8 Taps

Recorded By – Garman Kimmell Studio
Directed By – Gene Thrailkill

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