January - February 2009 - Worlds Records

VOCALION
6149 LEO REISMAN AND HIS ORCHESTRA DRUMS IN MY HEART I Like To Do Things For You (a)
• I Remember You From Somewhere (a) • When You’re Counting The Stars Alone (b) • Waters Of The Perkiomen
(Aguas Del Perkiomen) • Say “Oui” Cherie (a) • Love Is Like A Song (a) • You Will Remember Vienna
(c) • I Bring A Love Song (c) • Maybe It’s Love (c) • Someday I’ll Find You (d) • If I Have To Go On Without
You (e) • By A Waterfall (f) • Honeymoon Hotel (c) • We’ll Make Hay While The Sun Shines (c) • Our Big
Love Scene (c) • Drums In My Heart (c) • Love Walked In (Entro El Amor) (g) • My Lost Love (Nostalgias)
• April In Paris • Poor Butterfly (Pobre Mariposa) • Mimi (h) • Limehouse Blues (Blues De Limehouse) •
What Is This Thing Called Love? (Que Es El Amor?) (i) • Penthouse Serenade (When We’re Alone) (Cuando
Estamos Solos) (Vocalists: a- Lew Conrad; b- L Levin; c- Frank Luther; d- Frances Maddux; e- Ben Gordon;
f- Arthur Wright; g- Felix Knight; h- Jack Kilty; i- Anita Boyer) [1926-1941] The band led by Leo Reisman
was once dubbed ‘The String Quartet of Dance Bands’ by Jerome Kern, and the sweet sounds purveyed by
Reisman and his musicians is much in evidence on this release. Born in Boston in 1897, Reisman initially
studied the violin, and his first professional job was as first violinist with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.
He began his recording career in 1921, but the recordings heard here span the years 1926-41 and feature a
variety of vocalists including Lew Conrad (Reisman’s long-serving violinist), Frank Luther, Frances Maddux and Felix Knight. [Item Code: 63456
CD: $13.00]
6150 STAN GREENING STAN GREENING’S BANDS PADDLIN’ MADELIN’ HOME Keep Your Skis Down, Mary Ann • Ukelele Lullaby
• Paddlin’ Madelin’ Home • Wildflower • What’s The Good Of Leaving • The Dear Old Home? • Since I
Met Mary Jane (a) • Together (b) • Yummy Yum Yum (a) • Elizabeth • It’s An Old Spanish Custom (c) • Puttin’
On The Ritz – Selection (d) • The Punch And Judy Show • Now I Am In Love (d) • Laughing At Life •
Underneath The Spanish Star (e) • I’ll Keep You In My Heart Always (Adios Muchachos) (d) • On A Cold And
Frosty Morning (c) • On A Little Balcony In Spain (f) • Would You Like To Take A Walk? (f) • Blue Again (f)
• Them There Eyes (d) • Wedding Bells Are Ringing For Sally (f) • Under The Roofs Of Paris (h) • Au Revoir,
Pleasant Dreams (d) • The Laughing Policeman (Laughing Song) (i) Vocalist: a- Robert Carr; b- John Thonre;
c- Fred Douglas; d- Tom Barratt; e- Richard Neller; f- Joe Sargent; g- Dan Donovan; h- Cavan O’Connor;
i- Charles Penrose) (Personnel: Raymond Dance Band, The Rhythmic troubadours, The Society Serenaders,
The Midnight Minstrels, Laughing Comedian With Orchestra) [1925-1931] The prolific and versatile Stan
Greening studied cello, piano and composition at London’s Royal Academy of Music. He started his career
as a cellist, and in 1919 played under Adrian Boult for a season of the Diaghilev Ballet at the Empire Theatre,
Leicester Square. However, in 1923 he turned his attention to the world of popular music, taking up
the banjo. In that year he also became a bandleader and ‘session fixer’ – someone who books musicians
for recording sessions. This release covers Stan’s recording activities from 1926-1931 and features various
bands he led under various titles – the Raymond Dance Band, The Rhythmic Troubadours, The Society Serenaders and The Midnight Minstrels. The
pleasant, melodic sounds of these bands are heard in twenty-five superb tracks, the tunes including It’s an Old Spanish Custom, I’ll Keep You in My
Heart (Adios Muchachos), Would You Like to Take a Walk? and A Little Balcony in Spain. The disc concludes
with Charles Penrose singing the eternally popular The Laughing Policeman, for which Stan Greening’s band
provided the backing. Other vocalists featured include Fred Douglas, Dan Donovan, Joe Sargent, Tom Barrat
and Robert Carr. [Item Code: 63452 CD: $13.00]
6151 VICTOR SILVESTER AND HIS BALLROOM ORCHESTRA IT’S MAGIC My Honey’s Lovin’ Arms
• You’re The Dream, I’m The Dreamer • Time Waits For No One • It’s Magic • Twilight In Buenos Aires •
Pretending • Pale Hands I Love (“Kashmiri Song”) • A Thousand And One Nights Quick • So Dumb But So
Beautiful • This Heart Of Mine • There Must Be A Way • Argentina • The “Star” • Too Many Irons In The
Fire • Atacama Samba • September Song • You Moved Right In • Summer Evening Quick • Dipsy Doodle
• Cochabamba • Spring Will Be A Little Late This Year • A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening • Give Me
The Stars • Long Ago (And Far Away) [1940s] Victor Silvester, doyen of music for ballroom dancing, is
back on Vocalion with another fine release, once again charting his 1940s recordings. This charming selection
features a variety of rhythms including waltzes, sambas, foxtrots, tangos and quicksteps, and is ideal for
dancing or just listening. Among the twenty-four tracks are Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year, Long Ago
(and Far Away), Pretending, This Heart of Mine, Pale Hands I Love, September Song and There Must Be a
Way. [Item Code: 63453 CD: $13.00]
6153 GEORGE SCOTT WOOD AND HIS SIX SWINGERS VOLUME 3 - JAZZ IN THE RAIN You’re An Eyeful Of Heaven (a) • The Snoop
• Is It True What They Say About Dixie? (a) • When A Lady Meets A Gentleman Down South (a) • So You
Left Me For The Leader Of A Swing Band (a) • Two Gun Dan • Jazz In The Rain • You’ve Got To Blow Your
Own Trumpet (a) • I’m Gettin’ Sentimental Over You • Spooky Takes A Holiday (Aka Satan Takes A Holiday)
• Rockin’ Chair (b) • Whoa! Babe! • Dere’s Jazz In Dem Dere Horns (a) • Georgianna (a) • Nighttime In
Cairo • You’re An Education (c) • Swing And Sway • Time And Time Again (a) • Stop Beatin’ Round The
Mulberry Bush – Take 1(a) • Stop Beatin’ Round The Mulberry Bush – Take 2 (a) • Joseph! Joseph! (a) •
You Gotta Know How To Dance (a) • Georgia’s Got A Moon (a) • Cradle Lullaby (a) (Vocalist: a- Sam Costa;
b- Frank kerslake; c- Georgette Vedey) [1936-1938] Bandleader and pianist George Scott Wood provides
the music on this Vocalion release. As the leader of his Six Swingers, Scott Wood was one of Britain’s early
jazz and swing pioneers; in fact, he was the first bandleader to record, broadcast and televise swing music
in Britain. Indeed, in 1938 Scott Wood’s orchestra was voted top of all radio entertainment in the Daily Mail
‘Radio Popularity Poll’. Throughout his career he also worked with many famous musicians from outside the
dance band world, writing arrangements for Gracie Fields, Richard Tauber, Campoli, Ivor Novello, Sir Harry
Lauder and a host of other British, American and Continental stars too numerous to mention. [Item Code:
63454 CD: $13.00]
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