Featuring Pandacan Original Band. Conducted by Major Ambrosio Ordoña. Arranged by Martin C. Mendoza. Produced by William Leary. Released on Wilear's Record (RM. 266 William Li Yao Building; Rizal Avenue, Manila, Philippines; TEL. 3-20-16 LOC. 16). Cover Design: Dads F. Asañon. Studio: C.A.I. Recording Studio. Technician: Ric Santos. Back blurb written by Nene Riego (a Popular Philippine Publicist).
"[O]ur native tunes will come reverberating into our ears...haunting, as though knocking into our hearts to care for them...they, being a part of our souls, our lives, our ALL...
In this album, the 24-piece Philippine Brass Band under the baton of Major Ambrocio Ordoña will bring to us a string of wonderful and undying folk songs from the Visayas, Mindanao and the Luzon provinces - Pampanga, Ilocos and Rizal."
This collection of brass band beats was made by and for the Philippines. Maybe that's why I can't find anything about it online. Regardless, it's a fantastic compilation of marching music and while we often associate such songs with football and high school, these are traditional marches from the islands themselves. Eg.: Philippine Air Medley, Atin Cu Pung Singsing, Dungdungwen Kanto, Kundiman San Roque 1800 and the Philippine National Anthem. Ambrosio's done well, very well.
Final Verdict: "To them, from us....Mabuhay!!!"
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