Wikipedia:Featured sound candidates/The Thunderer

John Philip Sousa's The Thunderer (1889), performed in 1896 by the United States Marine Corps Band

The Thunderer is one of John Philip Sousa's earliest successful compositions. This file adds significantly to the following articles:

Nominate and support. TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 04:22, 12 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose This is not well recorded, even for 1896. It documents the fact that The USMC Band made an early recording of the work, but is not very listenable. There were other cylinder and disc recordings old enough to be public domain which would be more representative of how the march should sound. Edison (talk) 15:34, 12 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Edison is slightly wrong: the problem is actually a hideously bad restoration; you can get far better out of a reasonably-well-preserved cylinder. The U.S. Marine Band insists on offering restored versions; they don't actually know how to restore them, but this doesn't stop 'em. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 04:00, 13 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I thought it was just the ineptitude of Columbia rather than bad restoration. One particular note is FF while all else is pianissamo. Edison (talk) 05:32, 14 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per Adam, sounds like restored phonautograph sounds. —James ^{(Talk • Contribs)} • 2:26pm • 04:26, 13 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose It's good to see TTT staying with us and branching out from speeches, goodness knows we need more sound hunters to nominate things. However this recording itself is tinfoily. Sven Manguard Wha? 20:55, 13 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Withdrawn per WP:SNOW.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 21:22, 13 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]