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Ban The Bomb - Music Of The Al - Ban The Bomb - Music Of The Aldermaston Anti-Nuclear Marches (3CD Set) [CD]

Ban The Bomb - Music Of The Al - Ban The Bomb - Music Of The Aldermaston Anti-Nuclear Marches (3CD Set) [CD]

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  • Historic 2CD set featuring the music of the Aldermaston Anti-Nuclear Marches
  • From folk and jazz to protest songs against the bomb

Britain in the late 1950s, a country boosted by a global economic boom, finally emerging from post-war austerity. Throughout the decade, however, Cold War tensions between the USA and the Soviet Union had escalated and Britain had entered the fray to become only the third nation to develop nuclear weapons. This led to the formation of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), a group headed by Anglican priest John Collins and the philosopher Bertrand Russell. Attracting support from across a broad spectrum of the public, a march was organised from London to the atomic weapons plant near the village of Aldermaston in Berkshire, a peaceful protest involving people of all ages; united in their horror at finding themselves living in the shadow of the bomb and in their fear for the future of mankind.

So, from Trafalgar Square on Good Friday 1958, in dismal weather, they marched to a soundtrack of folk songs and jazz; the protest songs of Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger, Fred and Betty Dallas and John Brunner, complemented by the revivalist New Orleans style of Ken Colyer's Omega Brass Band and standards popularised by such British jazz giants of the era as Chris Barber, Ottilie Patterson, Humphrey Lyttelton, Kenny Ball and Acker Bilk.

Jeff Nuttall, in Bomb Culture: "The Aldermaston March numbers were vast, by far the largest ever for political / humanitarian aims. Teenagers among them created a carnival of optimism. It was this wild public festival spirit that spread the CND symbol through the jazz clubs and secondary schools in an incredibly short time. Protest was associated with festivity. There was a new feeling of license granted by the obvious humanitarian attitude of the ravers themselves."

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  • Historic 2CD set featuring the music of the Aldermaston Anti-Nuclear Marches
  • From folk and jazz to protest songs against the bomb

Britain in the late 1950s, a country boosted by a global economic boom, finally emerging from post-war austerity. Throughout the decade, however, Cold War tensions between the USA and the Soviet Union had escalated and Britain had entered the fray to become only the third nation to develop nuclear weapons. This led to the formation of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), a group headed by Anglican priest John Collins and the philosopher Bertrand Russell. Attracting support from across a broad spectrum of the public, a march was organised from London to the atomic weapons plant near the village of Aldermaston in Berkshire, a peaceful protest involving people of all ages; united in their horror at finding themselves living in the shadow of the bomb and in their fear for the future of mankind.

So, from Trafalgar Square on Good Friday 1958, in dismal weather, they marched to a soundtrack of folk songs and jazz; the protest songs of Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger, Fred and Betty Dallas and John Brunner, complemented by the revivalist New Orleans style of Ken Colyer's Omega Brass Band and standards popularised by such British jazz giants of the era as Chris Barber, Ottilie Patterson, Humphrey Lyttelton, Kenny Ball and Acker Bilk.

Jeff Nuttall, in Bomb Culture: "The Aldermaston March numbers were vast, by far the largest ever for political / humanitarian aims. Teenagers among them created a carnival of optimism. It was this wild public festival spirit that spread the CND symbol through the jazz clubs and secondary schools in an incredibly short time. Protest was associated with festivity. There was a new feeling of license granted by the obvious humanitarian attitude of the ravers themselves."

Track Listing

Interview

March With Us Today

Brother Won't You Join In The Line

The Crooked Corss

There's Better Things To Do

Crow On The Cradle

Brother Won't You Join In The Line

The Crooked Corss

Strontium

Hey Little Man

Doomsday Blues

The Ballad Of The Five Fingers

There's Better Things To Do

The H-Bombs Thunder

Song Of Hiroshima

Hoist The Window

That Bomb Has To Go

The Dove

The Family Of Man

When The Saints Go Marching IN

Sweet Georgia Brown

High Society

Down By The Riverside

Just A CLoser Walk With Me

Magnolia

Blaze Away

Under The Double Eagle

C.R.E March

El Abanico

Coming Down from Aldermaston

Easter Parade

The Original Tuxedo Rag

Wild Cat Blues

Icre Cream

The Onions

Christopher Columbus

Morse Code Melody

Sleepy Valley

Isle of Capri

Panama Rag

Tiger Rag

Gettysburg March

Over In Gloryland

Just A Closer Walk With Thee

Breezin' Along With The Breeze

Riverboat Shuffle

1919 Rag

I'm A Ding Dong Daddy

There'll Be Some Changes Made

Mama Don't Allow

Everybody Loves My Baby

Didn't He Ramble

St Louis Blues

Just A Little While To Stay Here

Details
  • Genre: Folk & Country
  • Product Type: AUDIO CD
  • Barcode: 5013929336339
  • Release Date: January 22, 2026
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