Ray Noble #7 All recorded 1934 CD352g

This is the final disc in this set devoted entirely to Ray Noble's British recordings. The Rhythm Section Ray Noble played very rarely with the NMDO, hiring Raie Da Costa - who seemed to appear on only recordings 1929 - 1930. I understand that she was a friend of fellow South African pianist Harry Jacobson. She was born in Cape Town in 1905 and made her way to England by 1924, attempting a concert pianist's career, but she had more success with her flamboyant improvisation, recording for Parlophone and HMV until her untimely death in 1934 from appendicitis - a condition that nowadays is rarely fatal. Fortunately, many of her recordings with Ray Noble give her lots of room to strut her stuff. Jack Evetts, along with Bert Thomas and Bill Harty played also with the Savoy Orpheans. Jack seems to be better known during the mid to late thirties. Ray Noble never used the tuba in his arrangements, and at times used the bass drum prominently as in 'Living In Clover'. Tiny Winters played with Ambrose,George Chisholm and his Jive Five, Eddie Carroll and his Swing Music, Joe Danield and his 'Hot shots' in Drumnastics,Teddy Foster and his Kings Of Swing,Roy Fox,Harmonica player Max Geldray,Nat Gonella,Coleman Hawkins,Edgar Jackson,Lew Stone, and seems to have had one recording session under his own name as 'Tiny Winters and his Bogey Seven',all during the early to late thirties. Spike Hughes did a substantial number of recordings with his own band, and hired many of the NMDO musicians for his own recordings. Some of these fellows were so busy - spreading themselves too thin - that they would doze off when they ween't actively playing during gigs and recording. Scottish born in 1904, Arthur Young stands out for reaching out to Stephane Grappelly for recording, and for his back up of Vera Lynnwhere he played novochord -an early electronic keyboard. He was a member of The Four Bright Sparks with Len Fillis, Van Phillips, and Rudy Starita and recorded for Columbia. Bill Harty-d-vib was the one musician who made the change when Ray chose to move to the USA and a business partner for Ray Noble. Spike Hughes- was a prolific string bass player - you can hear his playing behinf Fred Astaire's 1930 recording of 'Crazy Feet', and recorded extensively under his own name.

Ray Noble and the New Mayfair Dance Orchestra Disc 7 CD352G

This album features a 1934 version of 'Hold My Hand'composed by Yellen-Caesar-Henderson

1. NEVERMORE VIC 24749 02/22/34 OB5914 COWARD CONVERSATION PIECE
2. AN HOUR AGO THIS MINUTE THREE GINX VIC 24700 03/07/34 OB5927 GREEN-DYRENFORTH
3. WAGON WHEELS AL BOWLLY HMV B6469 03/12/34 OB4792 BILLY HILL-DE ROSE
4. YOU HAVE TAKEN MY HEART AL BOWLLY HMV B6477 04/05/34 OB6858 MERCER-JENKINS
5. ONE MORNING IN MAY AL BOWLLY HMV B6478 04/05/34 OB6859 PARISH-CARMICHAEL
6. YOU OUGHTA BE IN PICTURES AL BOWLLY HMV B6477 04/09/34 OB6860 HEYMAN-SUESSE
7. IN A SHELTER FROM A SHOWER INST HMV B6478 04/13/34 OB5974 WHITING-LEVEEN-BREUER
8. VERY THOUGHT OF YOU AL BOWLLY VIC 24657 04/21/34 OB6874 RAY NOBLE 59
9. SPIN A LITTLE WEB OF DREAMS THREE GINX HMV B6469 05/07/34 OB5928 FAIN-KAHAL FASHIONS OF 1934
10. AT THE COURT OF OLD KING COLE GRACIE FIELDS HMV B8192 05/17/34 OB7223 BOYLE-RAIE DA COSTA
11. SHOW IS OVER AL BOWLLY HMV B6492 05/31/34 OB6956 COSLOW-CONRAD-DUBIN
12. I LOVE YOU TRULY AL BOWLLY VIC 24806NC 05/31/34 OB6957 BOND 59
13. EVERGREEN-SELECTIONS INST VIC 36141 06/27/34 2B7426 WOODS-HART-RODGERS When You've Got A Little Spring Time In Your Heart/Tinkle Tinkle/ Dancing On The Ceiling
14. I'LL STRING ALONG WITH YOU AL BOWLLY HMV B6503 06/28/34 OB7428-2 DUBIN-WARREN
15. FAIR AND WARMER AL BOWLLY HMV B6503 06/28/34 OB7429-2 DUBIN-WARREN
16. HOLD MY HAND(DIFFERENT) AL BOWLLY HMV B6499 06/28/34 OB7430-1 YELLEN-CAESAR-HENDERSON
17. NASTY MAN DOROTHY CARLESS HMV B6499 06/28/34 OB7431 YELLEN-CAESAR-HENDERSON GEORGE WHITE'S SCANDALS
18. REMEMBER ME AL BOWLLY HMV B6508 07/06/34 OB7434 MILLER-SEYMOUR59
19. HAPPY! AL BOWLLY HMV B6507 07/06/34 OB7437 LUPINO-GAY
20. MOON COUNTRY AL BOWLLY HMV B6507 07/06/34 OB7438 CARMICHAEL
21. ALL I DO IS DREAM OF YOU AL BOWLLY HMV B6508 07/11/34 OB7442-2 BROWN-FREED
22. PRIZE WALTZ AL BOWLLY HMV B6516 08/24/34 OEA803 SIGLER-GOODHART-HOFFMAN
23. MOONLIGHT IS SILVER INST HMV B6516 08/24/34 OEA804 ADDINSELL
24. GRINZING AL BOWLLY VIC 24771 08/24/34 OEA805 BENATZKY
25. ISLE OF CAPRI AL BOWLLY VIC 24771 08/30/34 OEA816 GROSZ-KENNEDY

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