VA - Dead and Gone no 1- Trauermarsche-Funeral Marches 1997 torrent

Trikont, the German label whose motto is 'Our Own Voice,' weighs in with the first of two volumes dedicated to the music of death and dying. In this case it's funeral marches. The producers of these collections have assembled music from all over the globe to illustrate the various ways in which these processionals are carried out. But this isn't entirely done with academic seriousness. There is a sense of humor in everything that Trikont does and that is evident here as well.

This is what the Trikont folks do so well: They compile records that are seemingly at odds with each other - or questionable in the first place - but turn out to be wondrously artful and accessible documents that provide as much pleasure as they do education. The only drawback is that in their handsome packages,at least on this set, all the liner notes are in German without translation. (allmusic.com)

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Dead & Gone 1 - Trauermärsche, Funeral marches 1997
(München Trikont)

1. Leichenzug / Mit Blaskapelle
2. Banda De Tontontepec / Tres Marias
3. Albert Ayler / Our Prayer
4. Robert Wyatt / Song for Che
5. Brass Band & Village Drummers in the Fanti Area of Ghana / A Village Funeral
6. Tuxedo Brass Band / Nearer to My God
7. Begräbniskapelle Aus Saigon / Trauer-Sturmmarsch
8. Jopie Vrieze's Klein Bazuin / Hymn
9. Buck Funk & Reverend Anthony W Reves / Just a Closer Walk With Thee
10. Palermo / Karfreitagsprozession
11. Blaskapelle, Serbische / Begräbnismelodie
12. Central Band of the Royal Air Force / Marche Funebre
13. Olympia Brass Band / In the Sweet By and By
14. Willem Breuker / Ase's Death
15. Sogenannted Linksradikales Blasorchester / Trauermarsch
16. Mike Westbrook Orchestra / Free as a Bird
17. George Lewis Eureka Brass Band / Just a Closer Walk With Thee
18. Treme Brass Band / The Old Rugged Cross
19. Tom Waits / Anywhere I Lay My Head