“All Is Well” is from 1974 and if memory serves, this is the last of the Dance Band records recorded. I don’t recall whether there were more recorded in ’75 or ’76. I’m sure one of y’all will let me know.
Anyway, many thanks as always to the contributors, in this case, Jeff Tobin, ’74, ’76 JC for providing me with an unopened copy of the album.
Enjoy!
Dan
Another hint: It’s not Duke, though he had quite a lot to do with it.
Last hint: It’s not the Band. (Besides, I said “man” singular so the Band as a group is out.) But yeah, the Band had a little something to do with it, too.
Who’s the real hero? It’s this guy right here:
RONALD E. YOUNGS, Major, Media Specialist, Penn State University
I knew him as both a captain and a major, but Ron Youngs is really the guy to thank. He recorded every concert, every record and every other audio-worthy event during my five-year tenure at VFMA, and I suspect he did for many of the years prior to my arrival. His recordings are the genesis of the record albums that are listed here. His recordings of our concerts that he copied one at a time onto reel-to-reel tape for us to purchase are the genesis of the concert tracks that are on this site.
Without Ron, all we’d have now are distant memories of those fine musicians with whom we associated during our cadet days. Whether it’s the vinyl grooves of a record album or the ferrous oxide on the reel-to-reel tapes, it’s not just the Band on there. It’s Ron’s skill and talent on there, too. Sure, the rest of us had a little something to do with it, but Ron’s diligence and dedication helped preserve for all of us the memories of our friends, our music, and our alma mater.
On behalf of all the Bandies, thank you.
… because I updated the software that controls the appearance of the site today. Unfortunately, it was not a smooth transition, but everything seems to be back where it belongs even if the colors aren’t a match with what they were.
Should you find something that’s not working the way it ought to work or your old, tired eyes are having trouble reading the site, please let me know as I am going to try to make BandSir.com a pleasing experience for the eyes as well as the ears.
Thanks in advance!
Dan
Here’s another one that I put off posting because I didn’t know anything about the recording that Ron Youngs provided me a long time go. But I was able to ID enough of the tracks so that Bob Coulon could recognize the album, “Odyssey,” and provide me not just with a track listing, but images of the front and back covers as well.
Many thanks to both Ron Youngs, without whom there would be no recordings at all, for providing the digital files for this album and for Bob Coulon who graciously provided the album art which enabled the identification of the tracks.
Enjoy!
DW…
I’m delighted to post an album purchased and provided by David Haught, class of 79. Dave gave me this at a secret dead drop (it was really Bob Evans) last week (it was really last year — like a LONG time ago) and I digitized the record right away. (That part’s true.)
Thanks, Dave, for giving us our first Dance Band album, “Taps at Reveille!”
And thanks to you all for your patience.
-DW