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Harry Davidson: Those Were The Days Vol 3: Orchestral: Savoy Records (SAV 365CD): Added 28/10/14

Track
Dance
Music Titles

Data on CD
Reviewed Data

Time

bpm

bpm

Seq
Grades

1

OT Waltz

Frivolity

4:44

-

49

14

XX

2

Two Step

Boston tea party

3:02

-

46

8

P

3

Saunter

I bring a love song/September in the rain/Let the great big world keep turning

3:51

-

27

6

XX

4

Dutch Foursome

The village band

4:06

-

61

15

P

5

Tango

Love bells

3:35

-

28

6

XX

6

Valse Martine

Vienna, city of my dreams

3:12

-

43

8

XX

7

Eva 3-step 6/8

Lass of Killicrankie/Rising early in the morning/Tobermory/The waggle o’ the kilt

4:43

-

53

15

P

8

Polka Mazurka

Violetta

4:00

-

44

11

PX

9

OT Waltz

The Blue Danube

3:49

-

55

12

PXX

10

La Miltaire

Birdcage waltz

4:12

-

52

13

P

11

OT Waltz

Comin’ thru’ the rye/Bluebells of Scotland/Ye banks and braes/Bonnie Dundee

4:27

-

47

12

XX

12

On Leave Foxtrot

Hors d’oeuvres

3:58

-

29

7

P

13

Tango

Blue twilight

4:01

-

29

7

XX

14

OT Waltz

Love, here is my heart

4:11

-

47

12

XXX

15

Naval 3 Step

Blaze of glory

3:57

-

58

14

PP

16

Barn dance

Those were the days (V)

3:51

-

31

7

PX

17

OT Waltz

The first waltz / I’ll always love you / Song of the free French

3:07

-

43

8

X

18

Tango

Where the cafe lights are gleaming

3:44*

-

32

7

P

19

Gavotte

Way of the heart

4:12

-

24

6

X

Total Playing Time: 75 minutes

Grades: P (good music) X (‘uninspiring’) X (out of sequence/phase) X (non-standard introduction) X (breaks)

*  Time not given on label

 

Harry Davidson: Those Were The Days Vol 4: Orchestral: Savoy Records (SAV 366CD): Added 28/10/14

Track
Dance
Music Titles

Data on CD
Reviewed Data

Time

bpm

bpm

Seq
Grades

1

OT Waltz

Missouri waltz

4:29

-

42

11

XXX

2

Marine 4 Step

The middy

3:22

-

48

10

PX

3

Barn Dance

Her golden hair

3:58

-

30

7

PX

4

Saunter

Don’t tell a soul

4:32

-

30

8

XX

5

Heather Waltz

Flower o’ the heather/The wedding of Sandy .. /Rising early in .. /We parted on the shore

3:39

-

47

10

X

6

One Step

Aba daba honeymoon

3:51

-

52

12

PX

7

Tango

Twilight

3:59

-

30

7

P

8

Anniversary Two Step

Jolly good company/Give yourself a pat ../I’m happy when I’m ../There’s a good time ..

4:22

-

54

14

PX

9

Veleta

Queen Mary

3:48

-

44

10

XX

10

Two Step

Down Windsor way

3:40

-

51

11

PX

11

OT Waltz

Down in the glen / The lass O’Lourie / A gordon for me

3:35

-

44

9

XX

12

Lingering Blues

Am I blue / Tiptoe through the tulips

3:47

-

35

8

XX

13

Tango

Flower of the pampas

3:47

-

32

7

XXX*

14

Polka

Annen polka

2:22

-

50

7

PP

15

Two step

Gay parade

2:51

-

47

8

X

16

OT Waltz

Mighty lak’ a rose

3:33

-

56

12

XXX

17

Georgella Blues

Mountain greenery

3:00

-

45

8

X

18

Tango

Oh! Donna Clare

3:47

-

31

7

XX

19

Mazurka

Oriental mazurka (La Czarine)

4:27

-

48

12

P

20

Tango

La paloma

2:01

-

34

4

P

Total Playing Time: 73 minutes

Grades: P (good music) X (‘uninspiring’) X (out of sequence/phase) X (non-standard introduction) X (breaks)

*  Good tune if sound levels are adjusted

 

Harry Davidson: Those Were The Days Vol 5: Orchestral: Savoy Records (SAV 367CD): Added 28/10/14

Track
Dance
Music Titles

Data on CD
Reviewed Data

Time

bpm

bpm

Seq
Grades

1

Doris Waltz

Original music

3:41

-

53

11

PX

2

Boston Two Step

Original music

3:57

-

58

13

PP

3

Imperial Waltz

Original music

4:04

-

49

12

PXX

4

Jazz Twinkle

Original music

3:50

-

34

7

P

5

Truro Gavotte

Original music

4:04

-

25

6

P

6

Royal Empress Tango

Original music

4:05

-

33

8

PX

7

Valse Superbe

Original music

4:14

-

48

12

PXX

8

Society Foxtrot

Original music

4:13

-

28

7

PXX

9

Society Tango

Original music

4:09

-

30

5*

XX

10

Highland Schottisch

Original music

3:56

-

34

8

PP

11

Tango Waltz

Original music

3:47

-

51

12

PX

12

Hurndilla

Original music

3:55

-

52

12

PXX

13

Veleta

Original music

4:33

-

45

12

PXX

14

Stephanie Gavotte

Original music

4:17

-

25

6

PXX

15

Latchford Schottisch

Original music

4:14

-

34

8**

PXX

16

Florentine Waltz

Original music

4:26

-

40

14

PXX

17

Camellia Tango

Gypsy why does your violin weep

4:10

-

32

8

PXX

18

Chivalry March

Two Step

3:41

-

46

10

P

19

The Haystack

Barn dance

3:14

-

29

5

P

Total Playing Time: 76 minutes

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

*      24-bar sequence

**   12-bar sequence

 

Harry Davidson: Those Were The Days Volume 2: Orchestral: Savoy Records (SAV 235CD): Added 08/10/12

Track
Dance
Music Titles

Data on CD
Reviewed Data

Time

bpm

bpm

Seq
Grades

1

Pride of Erin Waltz

That’s an Irish lalaby

4:42

-

50

14

XXX

2

On Leave Foxtrot

Poor John

4:04

-

29

7

P

3

Manhattan Blues

Chinatown my Chinatown

4:43

-

48

14

P

4

Eugene Tango

Majanah

4:18

-

31

8

P

5

Yearning Saunter

Yearning

4:03

-

29

7

X

6

Skaters Waltz

Les patineurs

4:47

-

49

14

PPX

7

Maxina

Maxina

4:24

-

28

7½

P

8

Square Tango

El choclo

3:26

-

30

6

PX

9

Gay Gordons

Cock of the north

3:57

-

58

14

P

10

Mississippi Dip

On the Mississippi

3:56

-

62

14

PX

11

Merry Widow Waltz

Merry widow waltz

4:11

-

49

12

PX

12

Royal Two Step

Fall in and follow me

3:43

-

56

12

PX

13

Waltz Selection

When you and I were seventeen

4:09

-

42

10

XX

14

Eva Three Step

The teddy bears picnic

4:17

-

54

14

PX

15

Tango Fascination

Tell me I’m forgiven

4:07

-

28

7

X

16

Esperano Barn Dance

Esperano barn dance

4:06

-

32

7+

X

17

Saunter

Love sends a little gift of roses

4:43

-

28

8

P

Total Playing Time: 73 minutes

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

 

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Harry Davidson: Those Were The Days Vol 1: Orchestral: Savoy Records (SAV 234CD): Added 02/02/14

Track
Dance
Music Titles

Data on CD
Reviewed Data

Time

bpm

bpm

Seq
Grades

1

Destiny Waltz

Destiny waltz

4:26

-

47

  6 *

PX

2

Square Tango

Jealousy

4:18

-

32

8

P

3

Moonlight Saunter

Moonlight on the Nile

4:25

-

29

8

PXX

4

Dinkie One Step

At ze Moulin Rouge

4:15

-

56

14

PX

5

Chrysanthemum Waltz

Wild roses

3:56

-

52

6

PX

6

Lola Tango

Lola tango

4:24

-

30

8

X

7

Imperial Two Step

Oh! Paris

4:14

-

55

14

X

8

Moonlight Mazurka

Coppellia

4:17

-

39

10

P

9

Dashing White Sergeant-Medley

The original-medley

3:54

-

51

12

PX

10

Primrose Waltz

Maid of the mountains-medley

4:29

-

46

12

XXX

11

Eva Three Step

Secrets

4:19

-

30

15**

P

12

Slow Waltz

Song d’automne

3:50

-

25

6

XXX

13

Donnybrook

Macnamara’s band

4:10

-

54

14

X

14

Bonnie Lassie Two Step

I love a lassie-medley

4:26

-

53

14

X

15

Canadian Barn dance

I was only teasing you-medley

4:12

-

31

7½

P

16

La Rinka

La Rinka

3:20

-

35

7***

P

17

The Last Waltz

The pink lady

3:46

-

58

13

PXX

Total Playing Time: 71 minutes

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

*       2-bar sequence

**      8-bar sequence

***  24-bar sequence

 

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Page last revised 28 October 2014

 

 

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