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Williams Fairey Band (1937 - )

Orchestra - United Kingdom reverted to this name from “Engineering Band” 1986–2000

Releases (16)

Official

Album

  1. Brass Favourites 1991 (as Williams Fairey Engineering Band)
  2. Acid Brass 10 Nov 1997 (as The Williams Fairey Brass Band)
  3. Heralds of Victory 1998
  4. Triumphs in Brass 2006
  5. Double Champions
  6. Skyliner!
  7. Best of Brass
  8. Gala concert EBBC 1995 (as The Williams Fairey Brass Band)
  9. Golden Jubilee (as The Williams Fairey Brass Band)

Album - Live

  1. Tour of Sweden 1996 (as Williams Fairey Engineering Band)
  2. Acid Brass (live) 1997 (as The Williams Fairey Brass Band)

Album - Compilation

  1. Tournament for Brass 2004

Relationships (4)

Composers-In-Residence

  1. Martin Ellerby

Conductor

  1. Brian Hurdley (Jun 1995 - 1998)

Members

  1. Bryan Taylor cornet
  2. Massed Brass Bands of Fodens Motor Works, Fairey Aviation & Morris Motors

Recordings by (263)

  1. Entry Of The Gladiators ?:?? (1978)
  2. To A Wild Rose ?:?? (1978)
  3. La Danza ?:?? (1978)
  4. Soldiers' Chorus From "Faust" ?:?? (1978)
  5. Knightsbridge March ?:?? (1978)
  6. Elegy from A Downland Suite 4:29 (1990)
  7. The Sun Has Got His Hat On 3:59 (1990)
  8. Neapolitan Scenes 4:25 (1990)
  9. Blenheim Flourishes 2:55 (1990)
  10. Frontier ?:?? (1990)
  11. Entry of the Gladiators 2:42 (1991)
  12. Spring 4:31 (1991)
  13. Hungarian Dance No. 5 2:49 (1991)
  14. Believe Me If All Those Enduring Young Charms 4:44 (1991)
  15. Fairies of the Waters 4:19 (1991)
  16. Fame and Glory 3:46 (1991)
  17. William Tell Overture Finale 3:22 (1991)
  18. To a Wild Rose 2:27 (1991)
  19. Thunder and Lightning Polka 2:53 (1991)
  20. When the Saints Go Marching In 2:49 (1991)
  21. Famous British Marches 4:45 (1991)
  22. Take a Pair of Sparkling Eyes 3:54 (1991)
  23. Soldiers Chorus From Faust 2:38 (1991)
  24. La Danza 2:18 (1991)
  25. Angels Guard Thee 4:47 (1991)
  26. Knightsbridge March 2:30 (1991)
  27. Cambridge Variations ?:?? (1993)
  28. Triumphant Rhapsody 11:28 (1994)
  29. Portuguese Party 3:07 (1994)
  30. Simon Called Peter: Rhapsody For Brass Band 9:14 (1994)
  31. Taproom Ballade 4:42 (1994)
  32. Overture: John O'Gaunt 9:25 (1994)
  33. The Dover Coach 4:19 (1994)
  34. Variations On A Ninth 14:29 (1994)
  35. Cavatina 5:43 (1994)
  36. Symphony Of Marches: I: Maestoso / II: Grave / III: Brioso 11:45 (1994)
  37. Zampa Overture 7:45 (1995)
  38. Let's Face the Music 4:18 (1996)
  39. Postcard From Mexico 4:03 (1996)
  40. Adagio 4:58 (1996)
  41. Perpetuum Mobile 3:07 (1996)
  42. Romance 3:58 (1996)
  43. Scherzo 3:42 (1996)
  44. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot 3:46 (1996)
  45. Toccata 4:29 (1996)
  46. Schindler's List 4:20 (1996)
  47. Far and Away 7:39 (1996)
  48. National Fencibles 3:42 (1996)
  49. On With the Motley 3:21 (1996)
  50. Vistas 15:30 (1996)
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On Recordings (50)

Performer

  1. Marching Trumpets 2:34 Harry Mortimer, Morris Motors Band, Foden’s Band, Williams Fairey Engineering Band (1970)
  2. Soldiers Chorus From 'Faust' 2:48 Harry Mortimer, Morris Motors Band, Foden’s Band, Williams Fairey Engineering Band (1970)
  3. March From Tannhauser 4:15 Harry Mortimer, Morris Motors Band, Foden’s Band, Williams Fairey Engineering Band (1970)
  4. 2nd Rhapsody on Negro Spirituals 5:32 Harry Mortimer, Morris Motors Band, Foden’s Band, Williams Fairey Engineering Band (1970)
  5. Overture From 'Orpheus in the Underworld' 8:37 Harry Mortimer, Morris Motors Band, Foden’s Band, Williams Fairey Engineering Band (1970)
  6. Flanagan's Mare 2:41 Harry Mortimer, Morris Motors Band, Foden’s Band, Williams Fairey Engineering Band (1970)
  7. Watching the Wheat 3:43 Harry Mortimer, Morris Motors Band, Foden’s Band, Williams Fairey Engineering Band (1970)
  8. Selection From 'Lilac Time' 7:22 Harry Mortimer, Morris Motors Band, Foden’s Band, Williams Fairey Engineering Band (1970)
  9. The Holy City 4:52 Harry Mortimer, Morris Motors Band, Foden’s Band, Williams Fairey Engineering Band (1970)
  10. Brass Band Blues 3:08 Harry Mortimer, Morris Motors Band, Foden’s Band, Williams Fairey Engineering Band (1970)
  11. Chit Chat Polka 2:36 Harry Mortimer, Morris Motors Band, Foden’s Band, Williams Fairey Engineering Band (1970)
  12. Elizabethan Serenade 3:16 Harry Mortimer, Foden’s Band, Morris Motors Band, Fairey Aviation (1987)
  13. Zampa Overture 7:45 Williams Fairey Band (1995)

Instruments

  1. King Cotton 3:01 Williams Fairey Band, Major Peter Parkes (1995)
  2. The Beau Ideal 3:38 Williams Fairey Band, Major Peter Parkes (1995)
  3. The Picadore 3:02 Williams Fairey Band, Major Peter Parkes (1995)
  4. The Gridiron Club March 3:41 Williams Fairey Band, Major Peter Parkes (1995)
  5. The Directorate 2:41 Williams Fairey Band, Major Peter Parkes (1995)
  6. The Washington Post 2:49 Williams Fairey Band, Major Peter Parkes (1995)
  7. The Occidental 2:58 Williams Fairey Band, Major Peter Parkes (1995)
  8. The Free Lance 4:37 Williams Fairey Band, Major Peter Parkes (1995)
  9. The Crusader 3:38 Williams Fairey Band, Major Peter Parkes (1995)
  10. Manhattan Beach 2:27 Williams Fairey Band, Major Peter Parkes (1995)
  11. National Fencibles March 3:39 Williams Fairey Band, Major Peter Parkes (1995)
  12. Our Flirtations 2:46 Williams Fairey Band, Major Peter Parkes (1995)
  13. The High School Cadets 2:47 Williams Fairey Band, Major Peter Parkes (1995)
  14. El Capitan March 2:35 Williams Fairey Band, Major Peter Parkes (1995)
  15. The Corcoran Cadets 3:18 Williams Fairey Band, Major Peter Parkes (1995)
  16. Semper Fidelius 2:56 Williams Fairey Band, Major Peter Parkes (1995)
  17. The Invincible Eagle 3:51 Williams Fairey Band, Major Peter Parkes (1995)
  18. The Thunderer 3:00 Williams Fairey Band, Major Peter Parkes (1995)
  19. The Liberty Bell 3:53 Williams Fairey Band, Major Peter Parkes (1995)
  20. The Black Horse Troop 3:37 Williams Fairey Band, Major Peter Parkes (1995)
  21. The Belle of Chicago 2:28 Williams Fairey Band, Major Peter Parkes (1995)
  22. The Gladiator March 3:01 Williams Fairey Band, Major Peter Parkes (1995)
  23. The Fairest of the Fair 3:53 Williams Fairey Band, Major Peter Parkes (1995)
  24. Hands Across the Sea 2:59 Williams Fairey Band, Major Peter Parkes (1995)
  25. Concertino: I. Allegro maestoso 5:50 Brett Baker, Williams Fairey Band, James Gourlay (1996)
  26. Morceau Symphonique 7:01 Brett Baker, Williams Fairey Band, Brian Hurdley (1996)
  27. Rhapsody 12:43 Brett Baker, Williams Fairey Band, James Gourlay (1996)
  28. Annie Laurie 3:08 Brett Baker, Williams Fairey Band, Brian Hurdley (1996)
  29. The Wind Beneath My Wings 5:51 Brett Baker, Williams Fairey Band, Brian Hurdley (1996)
  30. Far and Away 7:39 Williams Fairey Band (1996)
  31. Concertino: III. Allegro maestoso 4:18 Brett Baker, Williams Fairey Band, James Gourlay (1996)
  32. Romance 3:58 Williams Fairey Band (1996)
  33. Nobody Knows the Trouble I See 4:43 Brett Baker, Williams Fairey Band, Brian Hurdley (1996)
  34. Cavatine 5:16 Brett Baker, Williams Fairey Band, James Gourlay (1996)
  35. Berceuse de Jocelyn 5:19 Brett Baker, Williams Fairey Band, Brian Hurdley (1996)
  36. Scherzo 3:42 Williams Fairey Band (1996)
  37. Brasilia 4:26 Brett Baker, Williams Fairey Band, Brian Hurdley (1996)

Credited as (41)

  1. Williams Fairey Band
  2. John Philip Sousa; Williams Fairey Band, Major Peter Parkes
  3. The Williams Fairey Brass Band
  4. Williams Fairey Engineering Band
  5. The Fodens Motor Works Band, The Williams Fairey Brass Band, Morris Motors Band, The Sale and District Musical Society & Harry Mortimer
  6. Williams Fairey Engineering Band & Grimethorpe Colliery Band
  7. Williams-Fairey Engineering Band
  8. Martin Ellerby; Williams Fairey Band
  9. Williams Fairey Band, James Gourlay
  10. Williams Fairey Band, James Gourlay, Owen Farr
  11. Williams Fairey Band, Brian Grant, James Gourlay
  12. Edward Gregson; Williams Fairey Band
  13. Gilbert Vinter; Williams Fairey Engineering Band
  14. Williams Fairey Engineering Band, Major Peter Parkes
  15. Williams Fairey Engineering Band, Major Peter Parkes, Bryan Taylor
  16. The Williams Fairey Brass Band, Brett Baker, James Gourlay, Bryan Hurdley
  17. Brett Baker, Williams Fairey Band, Brian Hurdley
  18. Brett Baker, Williams Fairey Band, James Gourlay
  19. Sandy Smith, The Williams Fairey Band, Peter Parkes
  20. Shaun Crowther, The Williams Fairey Band, Bryan Hurdley
  21. David Walsh, The Williams Fairey Band, Bryan Hurdley
  22. Fairy Engineering Works Band
  23. Williams Fairey Band, Major Peter Parkes
  24. Bryan Hurdley, The Williams Fairey Band
  25. Peter Parkes, The Williams Fairey Band
  26. Simon Stonehouse, Williams Fairey Band
  27. Philip Chalk, Bryan Taylor, Williams Fairey Band
  28. Graham McEvoy, Williams Fairey Band
  29. Shaun Crowther, Williams Fairey Band
  30. Graham Shaw, Williams Fairey Band, Alan Wycherley
  31. Brian Taylor, Williams Fairey Band
  32. Steven Walkley, Williams Fairey Band
  33. Harry Mortimer, Morris Motors Band, Foden’s Band, Williams Fairey Engineering Band
  34. The Fairey FP (Music) Band
  35. Fairey FP (Music) Band
  36. Black Dyke Mills Band, The Fairey Band, The G.U.S. Footwear Band, The Band of Yorkshire Imperial Metals, City of Coventry Band, Brighouse and Rastrick Band, Grimethorpe Colliery Band, Tredegar Junior Band, The Cory Band, Hampshire Youth Concert Band, The Rochdale Band, The Ransome Hoffman Pollard Band, CWS (Manchester) Band, The Stanshawe (Bristol) Band
  37. Harry Mortimer, Foden’s Band, Morris Motors Band, Fairey Aviation
  38. Douglas Yeo with Williams Fairey Band
  39. Nick Hudson with Williams Fairey Band
  40. Douglas Yeo & Nick Hudson with Williams Fairey Band
  41. The Black Dyke Mills Band, The Williams Fairey Brass Band, Hammonds Sauce Works Band

Links (4)

Official Homepages

  1. http://www.faireyband.com/

Wikipedia

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairey_Band

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/29759

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1513080