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downloadable Battlefield Band interview & music

downloadable preview/promo tracks & audio interview with the band,
intended for the German speaking territories, to coincide with the band's 'Milestone' 40th anniversary tour in January 2010. You can find full tour dates here

The music is taken from Battlefield Band's new
'Zama Zama ...try your luck...'
album, released on September 14th 2009

 

to download a file: right click the link/icon, (control click on a mac) and choose 'save file / target / link as'

audio quality: all audio tracks below are CD quality: 44.1khz, 16bit WAV files (except where clearly noted)

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Battlefield Band Interview
An interview with Alan Reid, Sean O'Donnell & Mike Katz from Battlefield Band, with a contribution from their manager & producer Robin Morton. The interview is entirely in English except for one answer from Sean O'Donnell in German.
running time: 23min 35sec

transcript of interview questions

download
119MB WAV file
approx 8 mins download

*NOTE*
- some users have had issues with downloading the interview WAV file, probably due to the file size. As an alternative, here is a high quality
mp3 file (320kpbs):
download
54MB mp3 file
approx 4 mins

Robber Barons
&
Die Raubritter

This single from the album looks at greed through the ages, from the 'Robber Barons' of the middle ages in Germany to the modern day politicians & bankers.

Two versions are available for download here - one sung in English & one in German, as discussed in the interview.

Lead Vocal - Alan Reid

Running time:
3min 12sec


info sheet
(Deutsch)


lyrics (Deutsch)

(Deutsch)


info sheet
(English)


lyrics (English)

download
Deutsch version
33.3MB WAV file
approx 2 min download


download

English version
32.3MB WAV file
approx 2 min download

Bernie's Welcome To Butner, King George IV

A set of tunes
'Bernie's...': composed by Alasdair
'King George IV': traditional

Running time: 4min 45sec

download
47.9MB WAV file
approx 3 min download
The Mines Of Golkonda
A set of 4 bagpipe tunes: the first and last tunes were written by Mike Katz & the middle two tunes are traditional, arranged by Battlefield Band.

Running time:
5min 12sec
 
download
52.6MB WAV file
approx 3.5 minute download
Plain Gold Ring

A dark tale of unrequited love, this song, which highlights the social function of gold as the 'signifier' of love, has also been recorded in the past by the great Nina Simone.

Lead vocal - Sean O'Donnell

Running time: 3min 51sec

 

download
38.9MB WAV file
approx 2.5 min download