This month we continue with the excellent music list prepared by Mr. Nicky Hughes. (Used with permission). A few of these tapes may occasionally be available at sutlers, but for the most part one has to order them. First we Þnish last month's list of compact disks, and then list a few cassette tapes.

Where Home Is; Life in Nineteenth-Century Cincinnati, Crossroads of the West.. Harmoneion Singers, New World Records 80251-2 (very good presentation of period vocals).

The Yankee Brass Band; Music from Mid-19th Century America. American Brass Quintet, New World Records NW312-2 (accurately done, but by a small ensemble).

Saxton's Cornet Band: Live July 4th Concert at the Old Courthouse, St. Louis.. Saxton's Cornet Band, Box 4582, Frankfort, KY 40604 (Since Mr. Hughes prepared this list, they have produced at least one more tape, and a CD in progress).

The Amoskeag Players: Minstrels of Great Reknown. The Amoskeag Players (probably the most historically accurate representation of minstrel music available, but the technical quality of the recording leaves much to be desired).

19th Century Banjo Classics. Joe Ayers, Tuckahoe Music, Bremo Bluff, VA (four volumes, each dealing with a different period playing method &endash; but all recorded on a banjo thought to date from the 1890s).

The Civil War, Vol. 2: Transferred to the Army of the Cumberland. Camp Chase Fifes "&" Drums, Box 146, Groveport, OH 43125 (probably the best all-Civil War Þfe and drum recording available).

There are of course other recordings available of correct music, but unfortunately these are greatly outnumbered by those which are nothing at all like what was played then. If you have any titles of which you are particularly fond, please send them in and we will share them with everyone.