The Civil War: Its Music And Its Sounds

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Album Info

Release Date: 1990

Labels: Mercury, Mercury Living Presence

Discs have individual catalog numbers, as follows:
Disc 1: 432 592-2
Disc 2: 432 593-2
Timings for Tracks 1-19 to 1-26 obtained from CD player, all others from booklet.

The music for Civil War was recorded in the Eastman Theatre in Rochester, NY, in December 1960 and May 1962; the battle sounds and other special effects were recorded in Gettysburg, PA, in October 1960 and at West Point, NY, in December 1960. All were recorded on 3-track 35mm films and 3-track half-inch tape, using 3 Telefunken 201 microphones.