Heritage of the March

[1] Most records featured the marches of two composers (one per side) played by a military, college, high school, or community band.

The liner notes also stipulated that "The marches selected have rarely, if ever, appeared in commerically [sic] recorded form.

All of these early albums were performed by the United States Navy Band under the direction of Donald W. Stauffer.

The "lettered" portion of the series presented additional music by composers who had already been featured in the numbered albums.

[7] The first album was recorded by the United States Navy Band for release in 1973 and featured marches composed by Robert Browne Hall and Carl Teike.

Some of the most recorded include Fred Jewell, Karl L. King, Monroe Althouse, Russell Alexander, Thomas Brooke, Roland F. Seitz, James M. Fulton, Hermann Blankenburg, Charles Barnhouse, Julius Fučík, and W. P. Chambers.

Robert Hoe obtained most of the sheet music himself for the collection, which was meticulously cataloged and inspected by him and his "staff".

Every album contains notes on topics such as the Heritage of the March series, historical backgrounds on composers, instrumentation, the band recorded, or various personal stories.