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Ballads of Green Beret
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SSGT BARRY SADLER, U.S. ARMY SPECIAL FORCES
BALLADS OF THE GREEN BERETS
Original 1966 album liner notes
SIDE 1
1 – THE BALLAD OF THE GREEN BERETS (2:26)
(SSgt Barry Sadler-Robin Moore)
2 – I’M A LUCKY ONE (2:52)
(SSgt Barry Sadler)
3 – LETTER FROM VIETNAM (2:29)
(SSgt Barry Sadler)
4 – BADGE OF COURAGE (2:30)
(SSgt Barry Sadler)
5 – SAIGON (2:27)
(SSgt Barry Sadler)
6 – SALUTE TO THE NURSES (2:20)
(SSgt Barry Sadler)
SIDE 2
1 – I’M WATCHING THE RAINDROPS FALL (2:08)
(SSgt Barry Sadler)
2 – GARET TROOPER (2:35)
(SSgt Barry Sadler)
3 – THE SOLDIER HAS COME HOME (2:50)
(SSgt Barry Sadler)
4 – LULLABY (2:30)
(SSgt Barry Sadler)
5 – TROOPER’S LAMENT (3:10)
(SSgt Barry Sadler)
6 – BAMIBA (2:30)
(SSgt Barry Sadler)
Public performance clearance – ASCAP.
Arranged and Conducted by Sid Bass
Produced by Andy Wiswell
Recorded in RCA Victor’s Studio A, New York City.
Recording Engineer: Mickey Crofford.
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Songs of Our Fighting Men – “The Green Berets”
Songs of wars and of the men who fight them have long been a part of our national heritage. Yankee Doodle belongs to the Revolutionary War; the Civil War gave birth to such stirring pieces as When Johnny Comes Marching Home and Battle Hymn Of The Republic. When the American fighting forces were called upon to do battle on foreign shores during the First World War, the event was recorded by George M. Cohan in Over There.
This album of plaintive Vietnam war songs is the creation of Staff Sergeant Barry Sadler (who, incidentally, is the young trooper pictured on the cover of the AVON paperback best seller, “The Green Berets”), a combat veteran of the Vietnam war.
Sergeant Sadler is a non-commissioned officer with the “Green Berets” of the U.S. Army Special Forces. The “Green Berets” are a skilled and highly trained fighting force similar to the celebrated American Rangers and the British Commandos of the Second World War. This special group within the Army carries out exacting missions beyond the scope of regular troops.
Here are the songs of men in action, sung against impending death, loneliness, despair and hardship, performed by a survivor of those experiences. Fighting men have sung their songs from the dawn of civilization; songs written on shields, battlements, helmets. Sergeant Sadler’s compositions are part of a great tradition that binds brave men together through history.
The Ballad Of The Green Berets is a tribute to his buddies. There are songs of courage (Badge Of Courage and Salute To The Nurses) and of irony (Garet Trooper, the familiar figure in every army who’s long on spit and polish and very short on combat exposure); of home (Letter From Vietnam) and of family (Lullaby), and even of lighthearted moments (Bamiba). He writes and sings in the tradition of country songs of the American West, reflecting his own personality and background; yet we’re sure that many years from now these songs of Sergeant Barry Sadler will be recalled as a true expression of the Vietnam combat soldier’s feelings during the time of that fierce encounter.
Barry Sadler is alive today only because of his rigorous training and his indomitable spirit to live. Late last spring, while leading a small combat patrol, he fell into a mantrap, and a pungi stake (a poisoned spear made of sharpened bamboo) plunged into his leg. The Sergeant, a trained medic, treated the wound which later required surgery to drain the infection. As a result of this, Sergeant Sadler carries a twelve-inch scar on his left knee. He was then evacuated to the United States to complete his recuperation. By this time he had already finished a sheaf of songs that make up the selections here.
At the time this album was released, Sergeant Sadler was on duty at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, as Medical N.C.O. for the “Green Berets.”
ARNOLD FALLEDER
Contributor, Saturday Review
® “HIS MASTER’S VOICE”
RCA VICTOR
DYNAGROOVE
RECORDING
Mono LPM-3547RE2
Stereo LSP-3547RE2
© 1966 Radio Corporation of America. Printed in U.S.A.
Tmk(s) ® Registered. Marca(s) Registrada(s). Radio Corporation of America. Made in U.S.A.
MONO DYNAGROOVE
LPM-3547
DYNAGROOVE
Dynagroove records are the product of RCA Victor’s newly developed system of recording which provides a spectacular improvement in the sound quality.
CHARACTERISTICS:
1. Brilliance and clarity – the original sound in startling definition
2. Realistic presence – sound projected in “photographic” perspective
3. Full-bodied tone – even when you listen at low level
4. Surface noise virtually eliminated!
5. Inner-groove distortion virtually eliminated!
To solve these old and obstinate problems in disc recording, highly ingenious computers – “electronic brains” – have been introduced to audio for the first time. These remarkable new electronic devices and processes grew out of an intense research program which produced notable advances in virtually every step of the recording science.
The final test of any record is in the listening – compare the sound of Dynagroove recordings!
Dynagroove recordings are mastered on RCA Magnetic Tape.
To buy this album from Amazon.com, click here: Ballads of the Green Berets
_________________________________________________
SSGT BARRY SADLER, U.S. ARMY SPECIAL FORCES
BALLADS OF THE GREEN BERETS
Original 1966 album liner notes
SIDE 1
1 – THE BALLAD OF THE GREEN BERETS (2:26)
(SSgt Barry Sadler-Robin Moore)
2 – I’M A LUCKY ONE (2:52)
(SSgt Barry Sadler)
3 – LETTER FROM VIETNAM (2:29)
(SSgt Barry Sadler)
4 – BADGE OF COURAGE (2:30)
(SSgt Barry Sadler)
5 – SAIGON (2:27)
(SSgt Barry Sadler)
6 – SALUTE TO THE NURSES (2:20)
(SSgt Barry Sadler)
SIDE 2
1 – I’M WATCHING THE RAINDROPS FALL (2:08)
(SSgt Barry Sadler)
2 – GARET TROOPER (2:35)
(SSgt Barry Sadler)
3 – THE SOLDIER HAS COME HOME (2:50)
(SSgt Barry Sadler)
4 – LULLABY (2:30)
(SSgt Barry Sadler)
5 – TROOPER’S LAMENT (3:10)
(SSgt Barry Sadler)
6 – BAMIBA (2:30)
(SSgt Barry Sadler)
Public performance clearance – ASCAP.
Arranged and Conducted by Sid Bass
Produced by Andy Wiswell
Recorded in RCA Victor’s Studio A, New York City.
Recording Engineer: Mickey Crofford.
__________________________________________________
Songs of Our Fighting Men – “The Green Berets”
Songs of wars and of the men who fight them have long been a part of our national heritage. Yankee Doodle belongs to the Revolutionary War; the Civil War gave birth to such stirring pieces as When Johnny Comes Marching Home and Battle Hymn Of The Republic. When the American fighting forces were called upon to do battle on foreign shores during the First World War, the event was recorded by George M. Cohan in Over There.
This album of plaintive Vietnam war songs is the creation of Staff Sergeant Barry Sadler (who, incidentally, is the young trooper pictured on the cover of the AVON paperback best seller, “The Green Berets”), a combat veteran of the Vietnam war.
Sergeant Sadler is a non-commissioned officer with the “Green Berets” of the U.S. Army Special Forces. The “Green Berets” are a skilled and highly trained fighting force similar to the celebrated American Rangers and the British Commandos of the Second World War. This special group within the Army carries out exacting missions beyond the scope of regular troops.
Here are the songs of men in action, sung against impending death, loneliness, despair and hardship, performed by a survivor of those experiences. Fighting men have sung their songs from the dawn of civilization; songs written on shields, battlements, helmets. Sergeant Sadler’s compositions are part of a great tradition that binds brave men together through history.
The Ballad Of The Green Berets is a tribute to his buddies. There are songs of courage (Badge Of Courage and Salute To The Nurses) and of irony (Garet Trooper, the familiar figure in every army who’s long on spit and polish and very short on combat exposure); of home (Letter From Vietnam) and of family (Lullaby), and even of lighthearted moments (Bamiba). He writes and sings in the tradition of country songs of the American West, reflecting his own personality and background; yet we’re sure that many years from now these songs of Sergeant Barry Sadler will be recalled as a true expression of the Vietnam combat soldier’s feelings during the time of that fierce encounter.
Barry Sadler is alive today only because of his rigorous training and his indomitable spirit to live. Late last spring, while leading a small combat patrol, he fell into a mantrap, and a pungi stake (a poisoned spear made of sharpened bamboo) plunged into his leg. The Sergeant, a trained medic, treated the wound which later required surgery to drain the infection. As a result of this, Sergeant Sadler carries a twelve-inch scar on his left knee. He was then evacuated to the United States to complete his recuperation. By this time he had already finished a sheaf of songs that make up the selections here.
At the time this album was released, Sergeant Sadler was on duty at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, as Medical N.C.O. for the “Green Berets.”
ARNOLD FALLEDER
Contributor, Saturday Review
® “HIS MASTER’S VOICE”
RCA VICTOR
DYNAGROOVE
RECORDING
Mono LPM-3547RE2
Stereo LSP-3547RE2
© 1966 Radio Corporation of America. Printed in U.S.A.
Tmk(s) ® Registered. Marca(s) Registrada(s). Radio Corporation of America. Made in U.S.A.
MONO DYNAGROOVE
LPM-3547
DYNAGROOVE
Dynagroove records are the product of RCA Victor’s newly developed system of recording which provides a spectacular improvement in the sound quality.
CHARACTERISTICS:
1. Brilliance and clarity – the original sound in startling definition
2. Realistic presence – sound projected in “photographic” perspective
3. Full-bodied tone – even when you listen at low level
4. Surface noise virtually eliminated!
5. Inner-groove distortion virtually eliminated!
To solve these old and obstinate problems in disc recording, highly ingenious computers – “electronic brains” – have been introduced to audio for the first time. These remarkable new electronic devices and processes grew out of an intense research program which produced notable advances in virtually every step of the recording science.
The final test of any record is in the listening – compare the sound of Dynagroove recordings!
Dynagroove recordings are mastered on RCA Magnetic Tape.
