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Come Dancing in sequence

~ a review of sequence dance CDs ~

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David Read

David Read: I’m In Heaven: Keyboards: Maestro Records (CDTS 125) Added 12/12/06

Track	Dance	Music Titles	Data on CD		Reviewed Data
			Time	bpm	bpm	Seq	Grades
1	Quickstep	Cheek to cheek / They all laughed	2:09	48	48	6	P
2	Quickstep	42^nd street / We’re in the money	2:09	48	48	6	PP
3	Foxtrot	When I fall in love	3:29	29	29	6	P
4	Foxtrot	Over the rainbow	3:29	29	29	6	X
5	M. Waltz	Reach out and touch / You light up my life	3:24	30	30	6	XX
6	M. Waltz	Close every door to me	3:25	30	30	6	PPP
7	Tango	I could have danced all night	3:12	32	30	6	P
8	Tango	Who will buy	3:07	32	30	6	P
9	Rumba	Can you feel the love tonight	3:56	26	26	6	XX
10	Rumba	I’ve never been to me	3:56	26	26	6	XX
11	Cha Cha	If I were a rich man	3:10	32	32	6	P
12	Cha Cha	Eye level	3:10	32	32	6	PP
13	Blues	Wizard of Oz medley	3:33	29	29	6	P
14	Blues	Beatles medley	3:33	29	29	6	P
15	Swing	Who wants to be a millionaire	2:08	48	48	6	P
16	Swing	Glen Miller medley	2:08	48	48	6	P
17	Salsa	Ob la di ob la da	2:56	36	32	5+	PP
18	Salsa	Music box dancer	2:39	36	32	5	XX
19	Bossa Nova	Blame it on the bossa nova	2:35	40	40	6	P
20	Bossa Nova	Sometimes when we touch	2:43	36	38	6	XX
21	Caribbean Calypso	Dance the night away	2:51	36	36	6	PP
22	Caribbean Calypso	Hello Mary Lou	2:50	36	36	6	PP
23	In Line Cha Cha	Sway	3:10	32	32	6	P
24	In Line Cha Cha	Don’t stop movin’	3:11	32	32	6	PP

Total Playing Time: 68 minutes

Grades: P (good music) X (uninspiring) X (non-standard introduction)

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David Read: Keep Young And Beautiful: Keyboards: Maestro Records (CDTS 118) Added 17/03/09

Track	Dance	Music Titles	Data on CD		Reviewed Data
			Time	bpm	bpm	Seq	Grades
1	Quickstep	Keep young and beautiful	2:09	48	48	6	PP
2	Quickstep	Putting on the Ritz	2:09	48	48	6	PP
3	Foxtrot	Ain’t misbehavin’	3:28	29	29	6	PP
4	Foxtrot	Lullaby of Broadway	3:28	29	29	6	P
5	M. Waltz	Sunrise sunset	3:24	30	30	6	PP
6	M. Waltz	I dreamed a dream	3:24	30	30	6	PP
7	Tango	Habanera (Carmen)	3:08	32	32	6	PP
8	Tango	Winner takes it all	3:08	32	32	6	P
9	Rumba	The last farewell	3:53	26	26	6	X
10	Rumba	Words	3:54	26	26	6	X
11	Cha Cha	Flashdance	3:11	31	32	6	X*
12	Cha Cha	Sunny	3:11	31	32	6	PP
13	Swing	Walk in the Black Forest	2:07	48	48	6	P
14	Swing	Mac and Mabel / Barnham	2:08	48	48	6	P
15	Blues	Summer holiday	3:27	29	29	6	P
16	Blues	When I’m sixty four	3:27	29	29	6	P
17	Jive	Under the moon of love	2:50	36	36	6	P
18	Jive	My guy	2:49	36	36	6	P
19	Rumba	Just when I needed you most	3:51	26	26	6	X**
20	Rumba	Born free / Black beauty	3:54	26	26	6	PP
21	V Waltz	Upstairs downstairs	1:43	60	60	6	P
22	V Waltz	Mapp and Lucia	1:43	60	60	6	X
23	Salsa	Pizziricco	2:38	38	39	6	P
24	Salsa	Mah na mah na	2:43	38	38	6	X

Total Playing Time: 72 minutes

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

* Good music but the Cha Cha rhythm is ill-defined

** Good music spoiled by final sequence

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	Page last revised 31 July 2009

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