AC-CENT-TCHU-ATE The Positive

[Front Runner]

Click on the link below

http://home.comcast.net/~mcflabby/index_files/AccenttchuatethePositive.mp3

[Chief of the Boat]

All kinda Big Band stuff available. I just picked up a CD of The Dinning Sisters.... a little before the Andrews'...........

COB

[shoot-kill-win]

I have a cd entitled "Those were our songs, songs of world war two"
it has accentuate the positive, boogie woogie bugle boy, stuff like that its awesome

[Front Runner]

I have a cd entitled "Those were our songs, songs of world war two"
it has accentuate the positive, boogie woogie bugle boy, stuff like that its awesome

I am a collector of 30's ad 40's popular music and big band.
My favorites are the BBC Big Band Orchestra series of releases, especially the Pearl Harbor 3 CD pack, sadly discontinued but available if you look hard enough,
I have the Rhino Collections "Songs that got us through WW2" both 1 and 2.
I have the one you mentioned plus several others.
Naxos.com also has a lot of vintage "nostalgia" recordings of artists from the era. Some from the US and some from Great Britain and the European Theater.

My post was more of a comment of support for SH4 and the DEV team as a message to the nay-sayers who refuse to take SH4 off the shelf and practice her functionality before the 1.2 patch.

Cheers!

[Chief of the Boat]

I have enjoyed the B/B era myself. Of course, it helps to 'remember' some of it! You can spend a lot of fun time if you go to amazon DOT com, select music and 'sample' listen to various artists, bands, etc... You might even find something you like, like that old nostalgic favorite 'Der Fuhrer's Face'....!!

COB

[Arclight615]

Another (http://texcorac.homestead.com/files/victoryatsea.mp3)

[Front Runner]

Another (http://texcorac.homestead.com/files/victoryatsea.mp3)

"Victory at Sea"

Good link...
My family waited for and watched the Victory At Sea series in the 50's when it was first aired and then the re-runs as they occured. My Uncle Fred, a Bosun, served in the South Pacific aboard the Destroyer Tender "DIXIE" AD-14, and had a scar on his back with the shrapnel still inside. I was in in awe of his stories "Aboard Ship"

The music of Victory at Sea always brings me back to those growing up years. I would hear that music in my head whenever I stood lookout watch aboard Tusk SS426 during my own service. The sea would be breaking over the bow and rushing up to the sail and spashing up with the backlit sunlight illuminating every splash and drop while the flying fish escorted us into Bermuda and I would be happily listening to Victory at Sea in my mind as I scanned my sector with the 7 X 50's.
I have a collection of documentaries which I recommend to everyone to view, one can either buy them for their very own collection or check them out at their local library or through the library network if your local library doesn't have them.

1. Victory At Sea
2. The World At War - Excellent documentary with many interviews of participants and survivors of many countries in WW2.
3. U-Boat War
4. The Battle of the Atlantic
5. World War II - When Lion's Roared

And if you have the time watch the entire Herman Wouk "Winds of War" and "War and Remembrance" saga mini-series. It takes a time commitment to get through the entire saga but gives you a fantastic overview of the years leading up to and through world war 2.

My first Victory At Sea music collection was on a Readers Digest LP collection which also includes many other patriotic marching songs and other recordings of interest. It was a 4 LP collection I think, I have it in my LP library back in New Mexico so I can't check the details right now.

Having the ability to listen to stateside radio and enjoy the music was a very important morale booster aboard ship. I enjoy the ability to put together music tracks and radio stations within the confines of SH4 and enjoy cruising at 1X (sometimes) while listening to the music and doing other chores around the house while my submarine tracks toward my assigned station. Of course, my family members look at me like I'm weird because I've got my computer on, playing big band music, or Abbot and Costello, while my Sub (external Camera view) sails along on the computer screen. They ask what I'm doing, and I tell them I'm commanding a submarine. They sarcastically comment, "Looks like a lot of fun" as I continue to do other chores while my sub tracks a course at 1X toward Truk Lagoon.

Remember to AC-CENT-TCHU-ATE The Positive!!
Cheers!

[tater]

gotta love johnny mercer, so many awesome songs, period, and many during the war.