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Robert Davies: Crazy Rhythm; Keyboards: Maestro Records (CDTS 071) Added 03/04/08

Track	Dance	Music Titles	Data on CD		Reviewed Data
			Time	bpm	bpm	Seq	Grades
1	Rumba	Stranger in paradise	3:11	27	27	5	X
2	Rumba	Rumba two	3:10	27	27	5	X
3	Cha Cha	Farrago	3:13	30	30	6	X
4	Cha Cha	Monkey dance	3:13	30	30	6	X
5	Foxtrot	Swing easy	2:53	29	29	5	X
6	Foxtrot	Blue eyed blues	2:53	29	29	5	X
7	Tango	Kiss of fire	2:35	32	33	5	P
8	Tango	Echos of Argentina	2:36	32	33	5	X
9	Quickstep	Mack the knife	1:47	48	48	5	X
10	Quickstep	Dancing in the dark	1:47	48	48	5	X
11	M. Waltz	Western sunset	2:52	30	30	5	X
12	M. Waltz	May each day	3:24	30	30	5	X
13	Foxtrot	Bewitched bothered and bewildered	2:54	29	30	5	X
14	Foxtrot	Just loving you	2:51	29	30	5	X
15	Quickstep	Crazy rhythm	1:47	48	48	5	X
16	Quickstep	All I do is dream of you	1:47	48	48	5	X
17	Rumba	Who can I turn to	3:09	27	27	5	X
18	Rumba	Rumba amour	3:46	27	27	6	X*
Total Playing Time: 50 minutes
Grades: P (good music) X (‘uninspiring’)

* Develops into a good tune but spoilt by earlier sections

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Robert Davies: For Sentimental Reasons: Keyboards: Maestro Records (CDTS 063) Added 03/04/08

Track	Dance	Music Titles	Data on CD		Reviewed Data
			Time	bpm	bpm	Seq	Grades
1	Foxtrot	For sentimental reasons	2:58	30	29	5	P
2	Foxtrot	House of dreams	2:52	30	30	5	P
3	M. Waltz	Always	2:51	30	30	5	P
4	M. Waltz	Around the world	2:52	30	30	5	P
5	Cha Cha	So nice	2:43	31	31	5	X
6	Cha Cha	Blue Bayou	2:43	31	31	5	X
7	Rumba	Let it be me	3:05	27	28	5	X
8	Rumba	A perfect year	3:05	27	28	5	X
9	Jive	A taste of honey	2:55	36	35	6	P
10	Jive	Happy birthday sweet sixteen	2:55	36	35	6	X
11	Cha Cha	The entertainer	2:43	31	31	5	X
12	Cha Cha	Tangerine	2:43	31	31	5	X
13	M. Waltz	Faith	2:50	30	30	5	P*
14	M. Waltz	Eternally	2:51	30	30	5	PP
15	Quickstep	This can’t be love	1:46	48	49	5	X
16	Quickstep	Let’s face the music and dance	1:46	48	49	5	X
17	Tango	At the balalaika	2:36	32	33	5	X
18	Tango	The café continental	2:36	32	33	5	X
19	Foxtrot	Zwei in einer grossen stadt	2:52	30	30	5	X
20	Foxtrot	My blue heaven	2:53	30	30	5	X
Total Playing Time: 55 minutes
Grades: P (good music) X (‘uninspiring’)

* Intermittent sections of the tune are truly beautiful but spoilt by the remainder

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Robert Davies: My Favourite Things: Keyboards: Maestro Records (CDTS 056) Added 21/02/08

Track	Dance	Music Titles	Data on CD		Reviewed Data
			Time	bpm	bpm	Seq	Grades
1	Quickstep	My favourite things	1:46	48	49	5	X
2	Quickstep	How high the moon	1:45	48	49	5	P
3	Foxtrot	Without a song	2:52	30	30	5	P
4	Foxtrot	Somewhere in time	3:54	30	30	6	P
5	M. Waltz	Fascination	3:22	30	30	6	PP
6	M. Waltz	Song of the seashore	2:50	30	30	5	PP
7	Tango	Fifi	2:36	32	33	5	X
8	Tango	Whatever Lola wants	2:35	32	33	5	X
9	Rumba	Here’s the rainy day	3:04	27	28	5	X
10	Rumba	My prayer	3:05	27	28	5	PP
11	Cha Cha	Sway	2:42	31	32	5	X*
12	Cha Cha	Angelo	2:42	31	32	5	PP
13	Samba	Eso beso	2:32	50	53	8	P
14	Samba	Copacabana	1:58	50	53	6	PP
15	Rumba	Song for Guy	3:39	27	28	6	X
16	Rumba	History of love	3:04	27	27	5	PP
17	Foxtrot	Try a little tenderness	2:50	29	30	5	PP
18	Foxtrot	Harbour lights	2:55	29	30	5	PP
19	Quickstep	Guaglione (the Guinness ad)	2:04	48	49	6	X
20	Quickstep	Give my regards to Broadway	1:46	48	49	5	X
Total Playing time: 54 minutes
Grades: P (good music) X (uninspiring)

* Beautiful music spoilt by intermittent ‘twangs’

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Robert Davies: Fascinating Rhythm: Keyboards: Maestro Records (CDTS 050) Added 17/08/08

Track	Dance	Music Titles	Data on CD		Reviewed Data
			Time	bpm	bpm	Seq	Grades
1	Cha Cha	The shoop shoop song / The more I see you	3:10	31	32	6	X
2	Cha Cha	Por favor / Fascinating rhythm	3:10	32	32	6	X
3	Rumba	From Russia with love	3:10	27	27	5	X
4	Rumba	The wind beneath my wings	3:45	27	27	6	PP
5	Quickstep	On the street where you live / C’est magnifique	2:03	49	49	6	X
6	Quickstep	I got rhythm / Lady be good	2:03	49	49	6	P
7	Foxtrot	They can’t take that away from me / Our love is here to stay	3:27	29	29	6	X
8	Foxtrot	Close to you / Only you (and you alone)	3:26	29	29	6	P
9	M. Waltz	All kinds of everything / Last of the summer wine	3:18	30	30	6	P
10	M. Waltz	Loves last word is spoken / Let me be loved	3:17	30	30	6	P
11	Tango	Carioca / Echo of a serenade	3:06	32	32	6	X
12	Tango	Pablo the dreamer / Green eyes	3:07	32	32	6	X
13	Blues	Days of wine and roses / Unforgettable	3:26	29	29	6	P
14	Blues	There I’ve said it again / Anytime	3:25	29	29	6	X
15	Rumba	New kid in town / Carnival	3:45	27	27	6	X
16	Rumba	By the fireside / Because of you	3:46	26	27	6	P
17	Quickstep	Hello young lovers	2:03	48	49	6	X
18	Quickstep	Anything goes / The best things in life are free	2:04	49	49	6	P
19	Saunter	Closer / Our very own	3:25	29	29	6	P
20	Saunter	Autumn leaves / Time on my hands	2:51	29	29	5	P
Total Playing Time: 64 minutes
Grades: P (good music) X (‘uninspiring’)

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	Page last revised 17 July 2012

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