The Great British Dance Bands_ 1920s 30s 40s Popular Orchestras, Great Maestros (Past Perfect)

1. 00:00:00 Jack Hylton Did You Mean It? 2. 00:02:59 Ambrose & His Orchestra I Guess I’ll Have To Change My Plan 3. 00:06:04 Henry Hall Got to Dance My Way to Heaven (Foxtrot) (Foxtrot) 4. 00:08:43 Joe Loss You Go To My Head 5. 00:11:48 Brian Lawrance One In a Million 6. 00:14:18 Roy Fox I’ve Got Beginners Luck 7. 00:17:04 Carroll Gibbons From The Top Of Your Head 8. 00:19:48 Louis Levy The Eyes of the World are On You 9. 00:23:00 Billy Cotton My Heart Belongs To Daddy 10. 00:26:22 Jay Wilbur Just As Long As The World Goes Round and Around 11. 00:29:26 Nat Gonella Mister Rhythm Man 12. 00:32:30 Jack Jackson You Turned Your Head (Quickstep) (Quickstep) 13. 00:34:55 Mantovani Let’s Fall in Love for the Last Time (Waltz) (Waltz) 14. 00:37:48 Harry Roy Temptation Rag 15. 00:40:44 Geraldo Walkin’ By the River 16. 00:44:12 Victor Silvester Crazy Rhythm 17. 00:46:59 Jack Payne Organ Grinder’s Swing 18. 00:49:57 Mrs Jack Hylton Plain Mary Jane 19. 00:52:47 Lew Stone Stars Fell on Alabama 20. 00:55:56 Bert Firman My Pet 21. 00:59:17 Sid Phillips Palais De Danse (Quickstep) (Quickstep) 22. 01:02:28 Ray Noble Shout For Happiness © Past Perfect Limited ℗ Past Perfect Limited Demand for the melodious sounds produced by British Dance Bands in their halcyon days remains very strong. One can view them as a refuge from the discordant mish-mash that constitutes today’s world of popular music. To meet this need, we are pleased to present this collection of twenty-two tracks, each one by a different orchestra, transferred from the original discs, all of which were issued between 1928 and 1943. How appropriate that the first track is by Jack Hylton and his Orchestra. This was the great show band of the 1930s. Not for them the routine of the fixed hotel, restaurant or ballroom engagement. Prestige was maintained and enhanced by regular appearances on stage at theatres and halls not only throughout Britain, but also on the continent. Frequent sessions in the recording studios produced a flow of 78s on the HMV and Decca labels for almost twenty years. Did You Mean It? was made in December 1936, just as Edward VIII’s predicament was belatedly revealed to the nation; happily, this did not affect a sparkling performance by Jack’s orchestra and his own vocal group, The Swingtette.