The Edinburgh Military Tattoo 2005 CD

(2005) 11 tracks (74 mins): Fanfare for The First Sea Lord * Massed Pipes and Drums * Band and Bugles of The Light Division * Massed Highland Dancers * Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force Steel Orchestra * Russian Cossack State Dance Company * The Guard of His Majesty The King of Norway * The Massed Military Bands * The Combined Massed Military Bands and Massed Pipes and Drums * Finale and Lone Piper * March Out.

The Official Edinburgh Military Tattoo CD, recorded live on Edinburgh Castle Esplanade in the summer of 2005 and celebrating music from around the world.

The 56th Edinburgh Tattoo includes performers and music from Trinidad and Tobago, Russia, Norway, Scotland's regiments and others from across the Commonwealth.

Acclaimed by many as the greatest show on earth and one of the world's most breathtaking spectacles. Celebrating the 200th Anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar in the company of over 200 Royal Marine bandsmen and the largest gathering of pipers and drummers ever to appear at the Tattoo.

Popular tunes for 2005 include the Paul McCartney hit Mull of Kintyre, Dougie MacLean's Caledonia and the finale Band of Brothers.

Other tunes include Mhairi's Wedding, When You And I Were Young Maggie, Fear a Bhata, The Meeting Of The Waters, The Cock Of The North, Road To The Isles, Zorba The Greek, Loch Lomond, Andy Renwick's Ferret, Yellow Bird, Jamaican Farewell, We're No Awa' Tae Bide Awa', Flower of Scotland, Kalinka, A Life On The Ocean Wave, Scotland The Brave and Auld Lang Syne.

Regiments include 1st Battalion Scots Guards, 1st Battalion Irish Guards, 1st Battalion The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment), 1st Battalion The Royal Highland Fusiliers (Princess Margaret's Own Glasgow and Ayrshire Regiment), 1st Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers, 1st Battalion The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment), 1st Battalion The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons), 1st Battalion the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's), 1st Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles, Scotland's Universities Officer's Training Corps, The Rats of Tobruk, City of Wellington and the South African Irish Regiment.

Other performers included The Edinburgh Military Tattoo Highland Spring Dancers with The Highland Dancers from New Zealand, The Royal Marines Display, The Band of HM Royal Marines Plymouth, The Band of HM Royal Marines Scotland, The Band of HM Royal Marines Britannia Royal Naval College, The Highland Band of the Scottish Division, The Band of The Light Division, The Tattoo Choir (Kevock Choir) and the Lone Piper.