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The Golden Age of Light Music - Light Music While You Work 2 | Guild - Light Music GLCD5137

The Golden Age of Light Music - Light Music While You Work 2

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Label: Guild - Light Music

Cat No: GLCD5137

Barcode: 0795754513721

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 1st October 2007

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Contents

Works

Coates
Calling All Workers – excerpt

Ganne
Marche Lorraine

Novello
“The Dancing Years” – Selection from show (1939)

Moss
The Floral Dance

Tchaikovsky
Sleeping Beauty Waltz

Myers
Pierrot Comes To Town

Myers
Butterflies In The Rain

Lehar
Lehar In The Ballroom

Scott
Toy Trumpet

Gershwin
Girl Crazy – Selection

J Strauss II
Die Fledermaus – Waltz (arr Ronnie Munro)

J Strauss II
Emperor Waltz (arr Ronnie Munro)

Strachey
Theatreland

Blon
Sizilietta

Ancliffe
Castles In Spain

Boulanger
One Exciting Night – Selection from film (1944)

Glogan/King
Fashionette

F P Schubert
Moment Musical

Thomas
Scarlet And Gold

Lincke
Softly Unawares

Warren/Robin
Journey To A Star

Warren/Robin
No Love No Nothing

Fletcher
Bal Masque (from Two Parisian Sketches)

Starke
With Sword And Lance

Traditional
Turkey In The Straw (arr. Harry Davidson)

Weill/Gershwin
Lady In The Dark – Selection from show (1941) and film (1944)

Artists

Scottish Variety Orchestra
London Coliseum Orchestra
Theatreland Orchestra

Conductors

Harry Davidson
Harold Collins
Wynford Reynolds
Reginald Pursglove
Ronnie Munro
Harry Fryer
David Java
Richard Crean
Reginald Burston
Phil Green
Eric Coates

Works

Coates
Calling All Workers – excerpt

Ganne
Marche Lorraine

Novello
“The Dancing Years” – Selection from show (1939)

Moss
The Floral Dance

Tchaikovsky
Sleeping Beauty Waltz

Myers
Pierrot Comes To Town

Myers
Butterflies In The Rain

Lehar
Lehar In The Ballroom

Scott
Toy Trumpet

Gershwin
Girl Crazy – Selection

J Strauss II
Die Fledermaus – Waltz (arr Ronnie Munro)

J Strauss II
Emperor Waltz (arr Ronnie Munro)

Strachey
Theatreland

Blon
Sizilietta

Ancliffe
Castles In Spain

Boulanger
One Exciting Night – Selection from film (1944)

Glogan/King
Fashionette

F P Schubert
Moment Musical

Thomas
Scarlet And Gold

Lincke
Softly Unawares

Warren/Robin
Journey To A Star

Warren/Robin
No Love No Nothing

Fletcher
Bal Masque (from Two Parisian Sketches)

Starke
With Sword And Lance

Traditional
Turkey In The Straw (arr. Harry Davidson)

Weill/Gershwin
Lady In The Dark – Selection from show (1941) and film (1944)

Artists

Scottish Variety Orchestra
London Coliseum Orchestra
Theatreland Orchestra

Conductors

Harry Davidson
Harold Collins
Wynford Reynolds
Reginald Pursglove
Ronnie Munro
Harry Fryer
David Java
Richard Crean
Reginald Burston
Phil Green
Eric Coates

About

The enthusiastic response to Guild’s first dip into the catalogue of music recorded in the 1940s for Decca’s Music While You Work label (on Guild GLCD 5128) has meant that a second volume simply had to follow. This time there are some new names, but the general concept follows the same pattern.
 
In summary, the title ‘Music While You Work’ was the name of a BBC radio programme that was first broadcast at 10.30am on Sunday 23 June 1940. It soon became something of an institution in British broadcasting, where it was to remain in the schedules for an unbroken run of 27 years. It was resurrected for short runs in the 1980s and 1990s before the very last broadcast was heard in 1995.
 
The man credited with the original idea – and its successful implementation – was Wynford Reynolds (1899-1958). ‘Live’ musicians were usually engaged for the programme, ranging from solo performers such as organists, to small groups, dance bands, light orchestras and military bands. The shows were aimed at factory workers during the Second World War, and it was hoped that the choice of music would relieve the boredom of many repetitive tasks and thus assist productivity.
 
However the factories soon realised that they needed to provide such music throughout the day, and gramophone records were the obvious answer to fill those periods when suitable music was not being broadcast by the BBC.
 
Someone at Decca proposed that a special series of 78s would suit this purpose admirably and their own “Music While You Work” label was born; sensibly they sought Wynford Reynolds’ advice from the outset, and he even made some of the 78s with his own orchestra. These were not intended to be an accurate carbon copy of the BBC broadcasts, and the orchestras on the Decca records (mostly their contract artists) did not necessarily also perform on the radio. But they did succeed in conveying the ‘feel’ of the programme and have provided a fascinating subject for collectors to study over the years.
 
This time several contributors to Decca’s MWYW series – missing from volume 1 – have been included, notably Reginald Burston with the London Coliseum Orchestra, Harold Collins, David Java and the man credited with coming up with the idea in the first place, Wynford Reynolds.
 
Contents: 
1 
 Calling All Workers – excerpt (Eric Coates)
 ERIC COATES and SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
 Columbia DB 1945   1940
2 
 Marche Lorraine (Louis Ganne)
 LONDON COLISEUM ORCHESTRA Conducted by REGINALD BURSTON
 Decca Music While You Work MW 315   1945
3 
 “The Dancing Years” – Selection from show (1939) (Ivor Novello)
 HARRY FRYER AND HIS ORCHESTRA
 Decca Music While You Work  MW 63   1943   
4 
 The Floral Dance (Katy Moss)
 HARRY DAVIDSON AND HIS ORCHESTRA
 Decca Music While You Work  MW 389   1946
5 
 Sleeping Beauty Waltz (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky)
 RICHARD CREAN AND HIS ORCHESTRA
 Decca Music While You Work  MW 98   1943
6 
 Pierrot Comes To Town (Sherman Myers, real name Montague Ewing)
 HAROLD COLLINS AND HIS ORCHESTRA
 Decca Music While You Work  MW 167   1944
7 
 Lehar In The Ballroom (Franz Lehar)
 WYNFORD REYNOLDS AND HIS ORCHESTRA
 Decca Music While You Work  MW 280   1945
8 
 Toy Trumpet (Raymond Scott)
 REGINALD PURSGLOVE AND HIS ORCHESTRA
 Decca Music While You Work  MW 128   1944
9 
 Girl Crazy – Selection (George Gershwin)
 STUDIO ORCHESTRA Conducted by PHIL GREEN
 Decca Music While You Work  MW 186   1944
10 
 Die Fledermaus – Waltz (Johann Strauss, arr. Ronnie Munro)
 RONNIE MUNRO AND HIS SCOTTISH VARIETY ORCHESTRA
 Decca Music While You Work  MW 236   1944
11 
 Theatreland (Jack Strachey)
 HARRY FRYER AND HIS ORCHESTRA
 Decca Music While You Work  MW 251   1944
12
 Sizilietta (Franz Von Blon)
 DAVID JAVA AND HIS ORCHESTRA
 Decca Music While You Work  MW 175   1944
13 
 Castles In Spain (Charles W. Ancliffe)
 LONDON COLISEUM ORCHESTRA Conducted by REGINALD BURSTON
 Decca Music While You Work  MW 301   1945  
14 
 One Exciting Night – Selection from film (1944) (Georges Boulanger and others)
 PHIL GREEN AND HIS THEATRELAND ORCHESTRA
 Decca Music While You Work  MW 246   1944
15 
 Fashionette (Jack Glogan, Robert A. King)
 HAROLD COLLINS AND HIS ORCHESTRA
 Decca Music While You Work  MW 148   1944
16 
 Moment Musical (Franz Peter Schubert)
 RICHARD CREAN AND HIS ORCHESTRA
 Decca Music While You Work  MW 165   1944
17 
 Scarlet And Gold (Lloyd Thomas)
 LONDON COLISEUM ORCHESTRA Conducted by REGINALD BURSTON
 Decca Music While You Work  MW 390   1946
18 
 Softly Unawares (Paul Lincke)
 HARRY DAVIDSON AND HIS ORCHESTRA
 Decca Music While You Work  MW 242   1944
19
 Journey To A Star; No Love No Nothing (both by Harry Warren, Leo Robin)
 STUDIO ORCHESTRA Conducted by PHIL GREEN
 Decca Music While You Work  MW 245   1944
20 
 Emperor Waltz (Johann Strauss, arr. Ronnie Munro)
 RONNIE MUNRO AND HIS WALTZ ORCHESTRA
 Decca Music While You Work  MW 320   1945
21 
 Butterflies In The Rain (Sherman Myers, real name Montague Ewing)
 HAROLD COLLINS AND HIS ORCHESTRA
 Decca Music While You Work  MW 166   1944
22 
 Bal Masque (from Two Parisian Sketches) (Percy Fletcher)
 RICHARD CREAN AND HIS ORCHESTRA
 Decca Music While You Work  MW 202   1944
23 
 With Sword And Lance (Lance Starke)
 LONDON COLISEUM ORCHESTRA Conducted by REGINALD Burston
 Decca Music While You Work  MW 390   1946
24 
 Turkey In The Straw (Trad. arr. Harry Davidson)
 HARRY DAVIDSON AND HIS ORCHESTRA
 Decca Music While You Work  MW 389   1946
25 
 Lady In The Dark – Selection from show (1941) also film (1944) (Kurt Weill, Ira Gershwin))
 PHIL GREEN AND HIS THEATRELAND ORCHESTRA
 Decca Music While You Work  MW 244   1944
26 
 Calling All Workers – excerpt (Eric Coates)
 ERIC COATES AND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
 Columbia DB 1945   1940

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