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Alan Lancaster: Take The ‘A’ Train: Keyboards: Two-Step Recordings (OLI 006) Added 23/03/13

Track
Dance
Music Titles

Data on CD
Reviewed Data

Time

bpm

bpm

Seq
Grades

1

Jive

Take the ‘A’ train / Shuffle off to Buffalo

3:22

36

35

7

X

2

Jive

Java jive

2:55

36

35

6

X

3

Foxtrot

I can’t get started / Let’s fall in love

3:28

29.5

29.5

6

X

4

Foxtrot

Have you met Miss Jones? / Don’t get around much anymore

3:28

29.5

29.5

6

X

5

Tango

Hernando’s hideaway / Woman in love

3:04

28

33

6

P

6

Tango

I can’t tell a waltz from a tango / Whatever Lola wants

3:04

28

33

6

P

7

Quickstep

It’s just the time for dancing

2:07

48

48

6

P

8

Quickstep

One morning in May

2:07

48

48

6

X

9

Rumba

Autumn leaves / Cry

3:46

27

27

6

P

10

Rumba

The good life / Tonight

3:46

27

27

6

P

11

Swing

Avalon / Everyone loves my baby

2:08

48

48

6

P

12

Swing

Black bottom / Charleston

2:07

48

48

6

P

13

Saunter

If I didn’t care / It all depends on you / I hadn’t anyone till you

3:44

27

27

6

X

14

Saunter

A little on the lonely side / Near you

3:45

27

27

6

P

15

Cha Cha

Kiss me honey honey / The more I see you

3:15

31

31

6

P

16

Cha Cha

Money money money

2:44

31

31

5

P

17

Foxtrot

I’ll walk alone / If I were a bell

3:28

29.5

29.5

6

X

18

Foxtrot

I’ll string along with you / Long ago (and far away)

3:28

29.5

29.5

6

P

 19

M. Waltz

You’re breaking my heart / If I should fall in love again

3:25

30

30

6

P

20

M. Waltz

You don’t have to tell me (I know) / I wonder who’ kissing her now

3:27

30

30

6

P

Total Playing Time: 62 minutes

Grades: P (good music) X (‘uninspiring’)

 

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Alan Lancaster: Strike Up The Bands: Keyboards: Two-Step Recordings (OLI 005) Added 23/03/13

Track
Dance
Music Titles

Data on CD
Reviewed Data

Time

bpm

bpm

Seq
Grades

1

Quickstep

Strike up the band / It happened in Sun Valley

2:06

48

48

6

X

2

Quickstep

Come dancing / Here’s to the next time

2:06

48

48

6

X

3

Tango

Majahna / Serenade in the night

3:03

28

33

6

X

4

Tango

The good, the bad, the ugly / Goldfinger

3:03

28

33

6

X

5

Foxtrot

At last / My blue heaven

3:27

29.5

29.5

6

X

6

Foxtrot

Here comes that rainy day / And the angels sing

3:27

29.5

29.5

6

X

7

Jive

Chatanooga choo choo

3:21

35.5

35.5

7

P

8

Jive

Elmer’s tune / Pennsylvania 65000

2:53

35.5

35.5

6

X

9

Rumba

Stranger in paradise / My own

4:21

27

27

7

X

10

Rumba

Afraid to love / I got it bad

3:45

27

27

6

X

11

Saunter

Everybody loves somebody / Bewitched, bothered and bewildered

3:44

27

27

6

P

12

Saunter

I surrender dear / I’m getting sentimental over you

3:44

27

27

6

X

13

Cha Cha

Rose garden / For once in my life

3:14

31

31

6

X

14

Cha Cha

Sunshine of my life / Secret love

3:45

31

31

7

X

15

Swing

Shine / I love my baby

2:06

48

48

6

P

16

Swing

When I’m cleaning windows / Don’t dilly dally on the way

2:06

48

48

6

X

17

Mambo

South of the border

2:56

40

40

(7)

XX

18

Mambo

South American Joe

2:31

40

40

6

X

 19

M. Waltz

My wonderful one / Mistakes

3:24

30

30

6

X

20

M. Waltz

When your old wedding ring was new / The last waltz

3:56

30

30

7

X

Total Playing Time: 62 minutes

Grades: P (good music) X (‘uninspiring’) X (out of sequence/phase)

 

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Alan Lancaster: Look For The Silver Lining: Keyboards: Two-Step Recordings (OLI 004) Added 23/03/13

Track
Dance
Music Titles

Data on CD
Reviewed Data

Time

bpm

bpm

Seq
Grades

1

Foxtrot

Look for a silver lining / You stepped out of a dream

3:27

30

29

6

X

2

Foxtrot

Too marvellous for words / You brought a new kind of love to me

3:27

30

29

6

X

3

Tango

At the balalaika / Softly as in a morning sunrise

3:04

33

33

6

P

4

Tango

Goodnight Vienna

3:04

33

33

6

P

5

M. Waltz

The boy next door

3:24

30

30

6

X

6

M. Waltz

When you hear Big Ben / London by night

3:24

30

30

6

X

7

Cha Cha

I’m just an old fashioned girl / Cocktails for two

3:15

31

31

6

P

8

Cha Cha

Atmosphere / Beautiful Sunday

3:15

31

31

6

P

9

Swing

Thats my weakness now / I wonder where my baby is tonight

2:07

48

48

6

P

10

Swing

I’ve never seen a straight banana / Oh yes, we have no bananas

1:47

48

48

5

P

11

Saunter

I know why / Perfidia

3:38

28

28

6

X

12

Saunter

Stairway to the stars / Stardust

3:38

28

28

6

X

13

Jive

This ole house / Sweet old fashioned girl

2:52

36

36

6

P

14

Jive

Lipstick on your collar / Singing the blues

2:52

36

36

6

P

15

Rumba

Wind beneath my wings

3:45

27

27

6

X

16

Rumba

Autumn concerto / Indian summer

3:45

27

27

6

X

17

Foxtrot

Why do I love you / They didn’t believe me

3:27

30

29

6

X

18

Foxtrot

Night and day

3:27

30

29

6

X

 19

Quickstep

Say it with music / I’m just wild about Harry

2:06

28

48

6

X

20

Quickstep

We’re in the money / Beyond the blue horizon

2:06

28

48

6

X

Total Playing Time: 62 minutes

Grades: P (good music) X (‘uninspiring’)

 

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Alan Lancaster: A Fresh Approach (Vol 2): Keyboards: Two-Step Recordings (OLI.002) Added 27/05/08

Track
Dance
Music Titles

Data on CD
Reviewed Data

Time

bpm

bpm

Seq
Grades

1

M. Waltz

Charmaine/It’s a sin to tell a lie/If I had my life to live over

3:24

30

30

6

X

2

M. Waltz

Tennessee waltz / Carolina moon / Together

3:24

30

30

6

X

3

Tango

Los Pastors

3:06

32

33

6

X

4

Tango

Amapola / Always in my heart

3:06

32

33

6

X

5

Saunter

We’ll gather lilacs / Dream

3:39

28

28

6

P

6

Saunter

It had to be you / I’m always chasing rainbows

3:39

28

28

6

P

7

Swing

You were meant for me / Aint she sweet / Whispering

2:06

48.5

48.5

6

X

8

Swing

When your smiling/California/I’m looking over a four leaved clover

2:06

48.5

48.5

6

X

9

Rumba

I won’t send roses / Arriverderci Roma

3:47

27

27

6

X

10

Rumba

It could happen to you / Out of nowhere

4:22

27

27

7

P

11

Foxtrot

Embraceable you / Make believe / Love walked in

3:29

30

29.5

6

P

12

Foxtrot

You’re my everything / What a difference (a day makes)

3:29

30

29.5

6

P

13

Cha Cha

Tea for two / Cherry pink

3:11

31.5

31.5

6

X

14

Cha Cha

Is this the way to Amarillo

3:11

31.5

31.5

6

X

15

Quickstep

Dancing in the dark / Downhearted / Dance little lady

2;05

48.5

48.5

6

X

16

Quickstep

Just one of those things / Best things in life are free

2:05

48.5

48.5

6

X

17

Mambo

Carioca

2:36

39

39

6

X

18

Mambo

La cucaracha

2:12

39

39

5

X

19

Gavotte

In the shadow / Rendezvous

4:53

24

24

7

X

20

Gavotte

Stephanie gavotte /Vilia

4:13

24

24

6

P

21

Harry Lime Foxtrot

Harry Lime theme

2:58

29

29

5

X

22

Mississippi Dip

On the Mississippi

2:51

59

59

10

P

23

Cuckoo Waltz

Cuckoo waltz

3:14

47

47

9

P

Total Playing Time: 74 minutes

Grades: P (good music) X (‘uninspiring’)

 

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Alan Lancaster: A Fresh Approach Vol. 1: Keyboards: Two-Step Recordings (OLI 001) Added 23/03/13

Track
Dance
Music Titles

Data on CD
Reviewed Data

Time

bpm

bpm

Seq
Grades

1

M. Waltz

Would you? / Alice blue gown

3:24

30

30

6

X

2

M. Waltz

Reconciliation

3:27

30

30

6

P

3

Saunter

I should care / I’m in the mood for love

3:41

28

28

6

X

4

Saunter

Laura / Poor butterfly

4:15

28

28

7

X

5

Tango

Bambina / Florianopolis

3:06

33

33

6

X

6

Tango

Jealousy

4:04

33

33

8

P

7

Swing

Home – in Pasadena / Bill Bailey

2:45

49

49

8

X

8

Swing

That’ a plenty

2:46

49

49

8

X

9

Rumba

I wish you love

3:49

27

27

6

X

10

Rumba

It’s now or never / Feelings

4:24

27

27

7

X

11

Foxtrot

A certain smile / I left my heart in San Francisco

3:57

30

30

7

P

12

Foxtrot

From here to eternity / Don’t laugh at me

3:26

30

30

6

P

13

Cha Cha

It’s so impossible / Answer me

3:43

31

31

7

X

14

Cha Cha

Fly me to the moon / Toy balloons

2:43

31

31

5

X

15

Jive

I’m gonna sit right down / Jersey bounce

3:17

37

37

7

X

16

Jive

Blueberry hill / Five foot two

2:52

37

37

6

X

17

Quickstep

Diamonds are a girl’s best friend / Lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer

2:27

49

49

7

P

18

Quickstep

A fine romance / S’wonderful

2:46

49

49

8

P

 19

M. Waltz

The shadow waltz / Where the blue of the night

3:24

30

30

6

P

20

M. Waltz

Melody of love / Moon of Manakoora

3:57

30

30

7

X

Total Playing Time: 68 minutes

Grades: P (good music) X (‘uninspiring’)

 

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Page last revised 23 March 2013

 

 

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