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Oktoberfest - Circa 2001

“March Souvenir from Germany, Austria, Switzerland”
1 - Mussinan-Marsch (arr. F. Pleyer)
2 - O du mein Osterreich (arr. F. Pleyer)
4 - Defilier-Marsch (arr. F. Pleyer)
5 - Unter dem Doppeladler (Under the Double Eagle), Op. 159 (arr. F. Pleyer)
6 - Fulenbacher-Marsch (arr. F. Pleyer)
7 - Wo der Alder fliegt
8 - Zofinger Marsch (arr. F. Pleyer)
9 - Brucker-Lager-Marsch (arr. F. Pleyer)
11 - Hoch Habsburg (arr. F. Pleyer)

“Instrumental,” Original Oberkrainer Musikanten (1987)
1 - Schöne Urlaubszeit
4 - Wenn der Opa mit der Oma tanzt
6 - Morgensonne
7 - Zwei Schimmel
11 - In unserem Garten
12 - Sommernacht in Wochein
13 - Rote Schirme
I can't for the life of me find the last three tracks from Instrumental. Also, I found "Wo der Adler Fleigt" on youtube but it has people singing for part of it. Instrumentation sounds identical to what I've heard at the park, but I'm pretty sure the version at the park has zero vocals. Can anyone assist?
 
Thanks, I wasn't sure if my memory was wrong or the arrangement was. As for the three tracks from Oberkrainer, there's a clarinet (i think) based song that played in Oktoberfest (i think it still does but i'm not sure) that has a slowish tempo. I can remember how the entire song goes, but it wasn't any of the Oberkrainer songs that I was actually able to locate.
 
I have done some searching for the different albums and where to get them, but I'm stuck on the one labeled “Instrumental,” Original Oberkrainer Musikanten (1987). From what I can tell, Original Oberkrainer is the name of the band, but I can't find any album that matches with the tracks that are listed. I may not be searching hard enough, but this has really stumped me. Does anybody know where you can get the album?
 
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I made a playlist on YouTube awhile back of all the songs off the list I could find on YouTube but at the time I didn't really care whether it was from the correct album or not so I'm trying to go back and fix it up. At the moment I'm trying to upload all of the polkas from the 22 of the Greatest Polkas album so those can be accurate. It would be greatly appreciated if anybody could upload the tracks from the correct albums so the playlist can be more accurate. Some of the tracks have also been deleted since I created it so I'm not too sure what I need to add back. I figured this would be the place to get people to help me with the playlist and give suggestions if they have any. Here is the link:
 
Here's something from a site that specializes in the music -

Oberkrainer Musik was invented and popularized by the prodigious Slovenian composer and accordionist Slavko Avsenik, who has rightfully become synonymous with this style. In its full setting, Oberkrainer Musik features a tuba and/or bass, a semiacoustic guitar, a clarinet and trumpet, an accordion (typically a piano accordion) and one or more singing voices. Many pieces, however, can be played with a smaller number of musicians, thanks to their recognizable melody, their happy rhythms and the usually virtuoso instrumental part. Some of the most wonderful Polkas we play come from Oberkrainer Musik--such as Slavko’s Ich hör’ so gern Harmonikaand Grossglocknerblick
 
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I have also found two issues so far with album names. One with the marches on it (March Souvenir from Germany, Austria, Switzerland ) is on Amazon as Die schonsten marsche, vol.2, which has been mentioned above this post and the fair ground organ music is not from the album “Catch The Brass Ring - Nostalgic Carousel Music,” Band Organ Arrangements . When I went on YouTube to search the album, it came up, but the music is not the same as listed and there are only 28 songs while the original post states there are 31. (or at least they seem like mistakes, correct me if I'm wrong)
 
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Never heard that one song in that video.

Now though, I know a good chunk of the songs playing in New France currently:
Hard, Hard Times - Alan Mills
Early Morning Rain - Gordon Lightfoot
Carefree Highway - Gordon Lightfoot
Alberta Bound - Gordon Lightfoot
Streets of Fall River - Jed Marum
Midnight in Montreal - Jed Marum

I could be missing one or two, just like how I'd never heard the song in that video. But that's what I know so hopefully that helps.
 
One these two I believe are correct though they dont say original oberkrainer. This should be 4 out of 7.
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Hard, Hard Times - Alan Mills
Early Morning Rain - Gordon Lightfoot
Carefree Highway - Gordon Lightfoot
Alberta Bound - Gordon Lightfoot
Streets of Fall River - Jed Marum
Midnight in Montreal - Jed Marum

Two more: Blackwater Side by Cara Luft and The Blackfly Song by Wade Hemsworth. Love the New France soundtrack.
 
I have done some searching for the different albums and where to get them, but I'm stuck on the one labeled “Instrumental,” Original Oberkrainer Musikanten (1987). From what I can tell, Original Oberkrainer is the name of the band, but I can't find any album that matches with the tracks that are listed. I may not be searching hard enough, but this has really stumped me. Does anybody know where you can get the album?
This is the only place I've been able to find mention of the album apart from this thread.
 
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