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Sydney Thompson: I Could Have Danced All Night: Orchestral: Worldwide Record WRD (CD 6897): Added 08/11/13

Track	Dance	Music Titles	Data on CD		Reviewed Data
			Time	bpm	bpm	Seq	Grades
1	Cha Cha	I could have danced all night	2:08	32	32	4	P
2	Cha Cha	Sweet and gentle	2:08	32	32	4	P
3	Cha Cha	Ma, he’s making eyes at me	2:08	32	32	4	P
4	Cha Cha	Last night on the back porch (V)	2:08	32	32	4	P
5	Samba	Soul-limbo	1:51	54	54	6	P
6	Samba	Matilda	1:51	54	54	6	P
7	Samba	Fantastico (V)	1:51	54	54	6	X
8	Rumba	Cuban love song (V)	2:31	27	27	4	X
9	Rumba	Melodie d’amour	2:31	27	27	4	X
10	Rumba	Dancing in the sun	2:31	27	27	4	X
11	Jive	Hawaii five-o	1:55	44	43	5	X
12	Jive	Rock-a-bye your baby	1:55	44	43	5	X
13	Jive	Yes sir, that’s my baby	1:55	44	43	5	X
14	Paso Doble	For you, Rio Rita	2:08	62	61	8	P
15	Paso Doble	Don Valero (V)	1:56	62	62	7	PX
16	Quickstep	Something’s gotta give	2:00	50	49	6	X
17	Quickstep	For once in my life	2:00	50	49	6	X
18	Quickstep	I ain’t got nobody	2:00	50	49	6	X
19	Quickstep	I’ve found a new baby	2:00	50	49	6	X
20	Foxtrot	Lovely to look at	2:16	30	30	4	X
21	Foxtrot	Nobody knows	2:16	30	30	4	X
22	Foxtrot	Body and soul	2:16	30	30	4	X
23	M. Waltz	Diane	2:16	30	30	4	X
24	M. Waltz	The flower waltz from Carmen	2:16	30	30	4	X
25	M. Waltz	If you are but a dream	2:16	30	30	4	X
26	Tango	Goodnight Vienna	2:04	33	33	4	P
27	Tango	Leonora	2:04	33	33	4	P
28	Tango	Time to tango	2:04	33	33	4	X
29	V. Waltz	My resistence is low	1:42	60	58	6	X
30	V. Waltz	I was never kissed before	1:42	60	58	6	X
Total Playing Time: 63 minutes
Grades: P (good music) X (‘uninspiring’) X (non-standard introduction)

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Sydney Thompson: Dancing Highlights: Orchestral: Worldwide Record WRD (CD 6895): Added 04/10/13

Track	Dance	Music Titles	Data on CD		Reviewed Data
			Time	bpm	bpm	Seq	Grades
1	Quickstep	American girl	2:00	50	50	6	X
2	Quickstep	Darling Lili	2:00	50	50	6	X
3	Quickstep	I’ll give you three guesses	2:00	50	50	6	P
4	Quickstep	Who stole my heart away	2:00	50	50	6	X
5	Foxtrot	Call me irresponsible	2:16	30	30	4	X
6	Foxtrot	The very thought of you	2:16	30	30	4	X
7	Foxtrot	What a difference a day made	2:16	30	30	4	X
8	M. Waltz	Shadow waltz	2:16	30	30	4	X
9	M. Waltz	Say no more	2:16	30	30	4	X
10	M. Waltz	Wonderful one	2:16	30	30	4	X
11	Tango	Crepuscle	2:04	33	33	4	P
12	Tango	Oh! Donna Clara / Play to me gypsy!	2:04	33	33	4	X
13	Tango	Blue tango	2:04	33	33	4	P
14	V. Waltz	A night in Venice	1:42	60	60	6	X
15	V. Waltz	My favourite things	1:42	60	60	6	X
16	Cha Cha	Trumpet cha cha cha	2:10	32	32	4	X
17	Cha Cha	Eso es el amor	2:10	32	32	4	P
18	Cha Cha	Chica gitana (V)	2:10	32	32	4	P
19	Samba	Copacabana	1:51	54	54	6	X
20	Samba	A banda	1:51	54	54	6	P
21	Samba	Love me now (V)	1:51	54	54	6	X
22	Rumba	Poinciana (V)	2:31	27	27	4	XX
23	Rumba	Baia	2:31	27	27	4	X
24	Rumba	Rumba Tina	2:31	27	27	4	X
25	Rumba	The breeze and I (V)	2:31	27	27	4	X
26	Jive	Rock around the clock	1:55	44	44	5	X
27	Jive	I wanna be like you	1:37	44	44	4	X
28	Jive	Don’t bring Lulu	1:55	44	44	5	X
29	Paso Doble	Conquistador	1:37	62	61	6	X
30	Paso Doble	El pico	1:37	62	61	6	X
Total Playing Time 65 minutes
Grades: P (good music) X (‘uninspiring’) X (non-standard introduction)

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Sydney Thompson: Championship Old Time Dancing: Orchestral: Worldwide Record WRD (CD 6894): Added 08/11/13

Track	Dance	Music Titles	Data on CD		Reviewed Data
			Time	bpm	bpm	Seq	Grades
1	Military Two Step	National anthem	2:05	48	48	6	P
2	Military Two Step	With sword and lance	2:25	48	48	7	P
3	Boston Two Step	Good old Vienna	2:05	48	48	6	P
4	Boston Two Step	76 Trombones	2:05	48	48	6	P
5	Premier Two Step	The middy march	2:17	44	43	6	P
6	Premier Two Step	Regimental daughters	2:17	44	43	6	P
7	Latchford Schottische	Original music	2:10	24	24	4*	P
8	Gainsborough Glide	Original music	2:10	24	24	3	P
9	Gavotte	Frasquita serenade	2:50	24	24	4	P
10	Tango	At the balalaika	2:08	32	32	4	X
11	Tango	Marta	2:08	32	32	4	X
12	OT Waltz	Edelweiss	2:24	42	42	6	X
13	OT Waltz	Wonderful season of love	2:24	42	42	6	X
14	Fylde Waltz	Wiener burger	2:30	40	40	6	P
15	Fylde Waltz	Gold and silver	2:30	40	40	6	X
16	Lilac Waltz	Sweetheart tree	2:17	44	43	6	X
17	Lilac Waltz	Wonderful things to me	1:55	44	43	6	X
18	Veleta	Original music	2:24	42	42	6	P
19	Veleta	Petite waltz	2:24	42	42	6	X
20	Britannia Saunter	Whispering	2:26	28	28	4	P
21	Britannia Saunter	Love is the sweetest thing	2:26	28	28	4	X
22	Britannia Saunter	The alley cat song	2:26	28	28	4	X
23	Britannia Saunter	Grandfathers clock	2:28	28	28	4	P
24	Barn Dance	Medley – shine	2:26	28	28	4	P
25	Barn Dance	Medley – maybe	2:26	28	28	4	P
26	St Bernards Waltz	I’m shy marl Ellen I’m shy	2:05	48	48	6	P
27	Pride of Erin Waltz	Medley – that’s an Irish	2:24	46	44	6	X
28	Gypsy Tap	The King and I selection – I whistle	1:56	52	51	6	P
29	Gypsy Tap	Mexican medley – the three	1:56	52	51	6	X
30	Quickstep	The roaring twenties medley – yes sir	2:00	50	50	6	X
31	Quickstep	That’s a plenty	2:00	50	50	6	X
32	Swing Waltz	Waltzing in the clouds	1:56	52	52	6	X
Total Playing Time: 73 minutes
Grades: P (good music) X (‘uninspiring’)

12-bar sequence

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Sydney Thompson: Happy Feet: Orchestral: Worldwide Record WRD (CD 6893): Added 08/11/13

Track	Dance	Music Titles	Data on CD		Reviewed Data
			Time	bpm	bpm	Seq	Grades
1	Quickstep	Happy feet	2:03	50	50	6	P
2	Quickstep	Star	2:05	50	50	6	P
3	Quickstep	Second hand Rose	2:04	50	50	6	P
4	Quickstep	Is it true what they say about Dixie?	2:04	50	50	6	P
5	Foxtrot	Let’s fall in love	2:18	30	30	4	X
6	Foxtrot	Time on my hands	2:16	30	30	4	X
7	Foxtrot	It had to be you	2:18	30	30	4	X
8	M. Waltz	A shanty in old shanty town	2:18	30	30	4	P
9	M. Waltz	Edelweiss	2:13	30	30	4	X
10	M. Waltz	If you could care	2:20	30	30	4	X
11	Tango	Goodnight Vienna	2:09	33	33	4	P
12	Tango	La Cumparsita	2:09	33	33	4	P
13	Tango	El choclo	2:05	33	33	4	P
14	V. Waltz	I’m falling in love with someone	1:40	60	61	6	X
15	V. Waltz	Wunder bar	1:42	60	61	6	P
16	Cha Cha	Carioca	2:10	32	32	4	P
17	Cha Cha	Salsa me cha cha cha (V)	2:08	32	32	4	X
18	Cha Cha	Esta noche bailamos	2:06	32	32	4	P
19	Samba	Cuanto le gusta	1:58	54	52	6	P
20	Samba	Cavaquinho	2:10	54	54	7	P
21	Samba	Shaba samba (V)	1:53	54	54	6	P
22	Rumba	Yellow bird	2:34	27	26	4	X
23	Rumba	Feelings (V)	2:30	27	26	4	P
24	Rumba	Plage solitare	2:36	27	26	4	X
25	Rumba	Love affair in Roma (V)	2:36	27	26	4	P
26	Jive	In the mood/American patrol/Chattanooga choo choo/String of pearls	1:58	44	44	5	X
27	Jive	Come on over to my place	2:02	44	44	5	X
28	Jive	Mame	1:37	44	44	4	P
29	Paso Doble	Y viva Espana	1:53	62	62	7	P
30	Paso Doble	Spanish gypsy dance	2:02	62	62	(6½)	PX
Total Playing Time 64 minutes
Grades: P (good music) X (‘uninspiring’) X (out of sequence/phase)

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Sydney Thompson: Come Dance With Me: Orchestral: Worldwide Record WRD (CD 6892): Added 08/11/13

Track	Dance	Music Titles	Data on CD		Reviewed Data
			Time	bpm	bpm	Seq	Grades
1	Cha Cha	Wheels	2:10	-	31	4	XX
2	Cha Cha	Cherry pink and apple blossom white	2:05	-	31	4	X
3	Cha Cha	Kiss me honey honey kiss me	2:05	-	31	4	P
4	Samba	Rio de Janiero	1:51	-	53	6	X
5	Samba	Tropical	1:49	-	53	6	X
6	Samba	Holiday in Brazil (V)	1:49	-	53	6	P
7	Samba	Mary Ann (V)	1:49	-	53	6	P
8	Rumba	Spanish eyes	2:30	-	27	4	X
9	Rumba	Non-dimenticar	2:30	-	27	4	X
10	Rumba	Come closer to me (V)	2:32	-	27	4	X
11	Rumba	Green eyes (V)	2:32	-	27	4	P
12	Jive	Goody goody	1:42	-	43	(4½)	XX
13	Jive	Paganini jive	1:38	-	44	(4¼)	X
14	Jive	You’re sixteen	1:38	-	41	4	X
15	Paso Doble	March of the matadors*	1:36	-	62	6	X
16	Paso Doble	Ven-a-bailir	1:34	-	62	6	P
17	Foxtrot	I’m gonna sit right down and write myself a letter	2:16	-	30	4	X
18	Foxtrot	Isn’t she lovely	2:14	-	30	4	X
19	Foxtrot	There’s a kind of hush	2:16	-	30	4	X
20	Quickstep	It’s only a paper moon	2:00	-	49	6	X
21	Quickstep	Beyond the blue horizon	2:00	-	49	6	X
22	Quickstep	Maggie May	2:18**	-	49	7	X
23	Quickstep	So long dearie	2:16**	-	50	7	X
24	M. Waltz	Cavatina	2:12	-	30	4	X
25	M. Waltz	Mary Rose (V)	2:12	-	30	4	P
26	M. Waltz	Dancing with tears in my eyes (V)	2:12	-	30	4	P
27	Tango	Guitars of Almeria	2:02	-	33	4	X
28	Tango	Juliet Bravo	2:02	-	33	4	X
29	Tango	The Pearl Fishers tango	2:04	-	33	4	X
30	V. Waltz	The belle of New York	1:42	-	58	6	P
31	V. Waltz	Wonderful Copenhagen	1:38	-	60	6	X
Total Playing Time 64 minutes
Grades: P (good music) X (‘uninspiring’) X (out of sequence/phase) X (non-standard introduction)

* March of the toreadors

** Actual times 2:28/2:26 min

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Sydney Thompson: Music For Leisure: Orchestral: Sydney Thompson Records (CD 6891): Added 16/07/14

Track	Dance	Music Titles	Data on CD		Reviewed Data
			Time	bpm	bpm	Seq	Grades
1	Cha Cha	Rum punch	2:10	-	32	4	X
2	Cha Cha	El burro en la playa (V)	2:10	-	32	4	P
3	Cha Cha	La campana metrae receurdos (V)	2:12	-	32	4	P
4	Samba	Un dia nas corridas	1:53	-	54	6	X
5	Samba	Samba d’amor (V)	1:54	-	54	6	XX
6	Samba	Son nativo de mi pais	1:53	-	54	6	XX
7	Samba	Tico tico	1:55	-	54	6	P
8	Rumba	Amor perdido	2:32	-	27	4	X
9	Rumba	Here with you (V)	2:33	-	27	4	X
10	Rumba	La veneziana	2:32	-	27	4	X
11	Rumba	Theme from Howards’ Way	2:32	-	27	4	X
12	Jive	Opus one	1:39	-	43	4	X
13	Jive	Java jive	1:39	-	43	4	X
14	Jive	When I take my sugar to tea	1:44	-	43	4	X
15	Paso Doble	Alma de Espana	2:01	-	60	7	X
16	Paso Doble	Spanish gypsy dance	2:52	-	60	10	PX
17	Foxtrot	The touch of your lips	2:18	-	30	4	X
18	Foxtrot	Softly, as I leave you	2:16	-	30	4	P
19	Foxtrot	Don’t get around much anymore	3:20	-	30	6	XX
20	Quickstep	Why do I love you	2:00	-	50	6	XX
21	Quickstep	Zing! Went the strings of my heart	2:02	-	50	6	X
22	Quickstep	Alexander’s rag-time band	2:04	-	50	6	X
23	Quickstep	Mack the knife	2:24	-	51	7	XX
24	M. Waltz	Valzer at the embassy	2:19	-	30	4	X
25	M. Waltz	Sleepy lagoon	2:14	-	30	4	X
26	M. Waltz	Summer night	2:13	-	30	4	X
27	Tango	Tokay	2:09	-	33	4	P
28	Tango	The great lover tango	2:04	-	33	4	X
29	Tango	Theme from love story	2:05	-	33	4	P
30	V. Waltz	The pink lady	2:21*	-	59	6	X
31	V. Waltz	The Blue Danube	1:44	-	59	6	P
Total Playing Time: 68 minutes
Grades: P (good music) X (‘uninspiring’) X (out of sequence/phase) X (non-standard introduction)

* Actual time 1:47 min

Not advertised as a sequence dance CD. Sound levels of several tracks need to be adjusted

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Sydney Thompson: More.. Waltzes & V. Waltzes: Orchestral: Worldwide Record WRD (WRSTCD-5012): Added 08/11/13

Track	Dance	Music Titles	Data on CD		Reviewed Data
			Time	bpm	bpm	Seq	Grades
1	M. Waltz	Where the blue of the night	2:27	29	29	4	P
2	M. Waltz	You always hurt the one you love	2:22	29	29	4	P
3	M. Waltz	May each day	2:23	29	29	4	P
4	M. Waltz	More	2:23	29	29	4	P
5	M. Waltz	When it’s springtime in the Rockies	2:25	29	29	4	X
6	M. Waltz	Somewhere my love	2:22	29	29	4	P
7	M. Waltz	Memories	2:25	29	29	4	P
8	M. Waltz	I’ll be with you in apple blossom time	2:23	29	29	4	P
9	V. Waltz	Blue Danube	1:47	59	58	6	P
10	V. Waltz	Anniversary song	1:47	59	58	6	P
11	V. Waltz	I was never kissed before	1:44	59	58	6	X
12	V. Waltz	I’m falling in love with someone	1:47	59	58	6	X
13	V. Waltz	My resistance is low	1:46	59	58	6	X
14	V. Waltz	The belle of New York	1:47	59	58	6	P
15	V. Waltz	Wonderful Copenhagen	1:46	59	58	6	X
16	V. Waltz	Waltzing in the clouds	1:47	59	58	6	P
Total Playing Time: 33 minutes
Grades: P (good music) X (‘uninspiring’)

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Sydney Thompson: Waltzes & V. Waltzes: Orchestral: Worldwide Record WRD (WRSTCD-5007): Added 08/11/13

Track	Dance	Music Titles	Data on CD		Reviewed Data
			Time	bpm	bpm	Seq	Grades
1	M. Waltz	Waltz of my heart	2:23	29	29	4	P
2	M. Waltz	All kinds of everything	2:23	29	29	4	X
3	M. Waltz	True love	2:23	29	29	4	P
4	M. Waltz	I’ll see you again	2:23	29	29	4	X
5	M. Waltz	What’ll I do	2:23	29	29	4	X
6	M. Waltz	Fascination	2:23	29	29	4	X
7	M. Waltz	It happened in Monterey	2:21	29	29	4	X
8	M. Waltz	Together	2:23	29	29	4	X
9	V. Waltz	Oom pah pah	1:44	59	59	6	P
10	V. Waltz	My favourite things	1:46	59	59	6	X
11	V. Waltz	Upstairs - downstairs	1:46	59	59	6	X
12	V. Waltz	Pink lady	1:47	59	59	6	X
13	V. Waltz	Wunderbar	1:45	59	59	6	X
14	V. Waltz	Boom bang-a-bang	2:01	59	59	7	X
15	V. Waltz	A night in Venice	1:45	59	59	6	X
16	V. Waltz	The Christmas waltz	1:47	59	59	6	X
Total Playing Time: 35 minutes
Grades: P (good music) X (‘uninspiring’)

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Sydney Thompson: Tangos & Paso Dobles: Orchestral: Worldwide Record WRD (WRSTCD-5006): Added 08/11/13

Track	Dance	Music Titles	Data on CD		Reviewed Data
			Time	bpm	bpm	Seq	Grades
1	Tango	Blue tango	2:08	33	33	4	P
2	Tango	La Cumparsita	2:08	33	33	4	P
3	Tango	Theme from ‘Love Story’	2:08	33	33	4	P
4	Tango	Song of the rose	2:09	33	33	4	P
5	Tango	Two guitars	2:09	33	33	4	P
6	Tango	No other love	2:08	33	33	4	X
7	Tango	Good night Vienna	2:09	33	33	4	P
8	Tango	La violetera	2:07	33	33	4	X
9	Paso Doble	The Spanish gypsy dance	2:06	60	60	(6½)	PX
10	Paso Doble	Y viva Espana	1:58	60	60	7	P
11	Paso Doble	For you rio Rita	2:14	60	60	8	P
12	Paso Doble	Van a bailir	1:43	60	60	6	P
13	Paso Doble	March of the toreadors	1:43	60	60	6	X
14	Paso Doble	Bularias	1:43	60	60	6	P
15	Paso Doble	El gato montes	2:03	60	58	7	P
16	Paso Doble	Amparita roca	2:01	60	59	7	P
Total Playing Time: 33 minutes
Grades: P (good music) X (‘uninspiring’) X (out of sequence/phase)

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Sydney Thompson: Quicksteps & Foxtrots: Orchestral: Worldwide Record WRD (CD 5005): Added 04/10/13

Track	Dance	Music Titles	Data on CD		Reviewed Data
			Time	bpm	bpm	Seq	Grades
1	Quickstep	Top of the world	2:03	50	50	6	P
2	Quickstep	Sing	2:04	50	50	6	X
3	Quickstep	I love Paris	2:03	50	50	6	P
4	Quickstep	I like life	2:04	50	50	6	P
5	Quickstep	The entertainer	2:03	50	50	6	P
6	Quickstep	Make believe	2:04	50	50	6	P
7	Quickstep	Borsalino	2:05	50	50	6	XX
8	Quickstep	The old fashioned way	2:03	50	50	6	X
9	Foxtrot	On mother Kelly’s doorstep	2:24	29	29	4	X
10	Foxtrot	I left my heart in San Francisco	2:24	29	29	4	P
11	Foxtrot	Love & marriage	2:26	29	29	4	P
12	Foxtrot	It had to be you	2:25	29	29	4	X
13	Foxtrot	Put your head on my shoulder	2:26	29	29	4	X
14	Foxtrot	Lovely to look at	2:26	29	29	4	X
15	Foxtrot	Kiss me goodbye	2:23	29	29	4	X
16	Foxtrot	Funny girl	2:26	29	29	4	X
Total Playing Time 36 minutes
Grades: P (good music) X (‘uninspiring’) X (non-standard introduction)

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Sydney Thompson: Old Tyme Dancing: Orchestral: Hallmark* Added 24/12/08

Track	Dance**	Music Titles	Data on CD		Reviewed Data
			Time	bpm	bpm	Seq	Grades
1	Tango	Tango of the night	2:44	-	31	5	X
2	Gavotte	Gavotte from the Gondoliers	2:59	-	23	4	P
3	Two-Step	Old comrades	2:51	-	48	8	P
4	Gavotte	Trudie	2:32	-	27	4	PX
5	OT Waltz	Love makes the world go round	2:01	-	43	5	P
6	? 4/4 Time	Gay Hussars	2:31	-	48	7	P
7	OT Waltz	Edelweiss	2:27	-	42	6	P
8	Tango	Leonora	2:12	-	32	4	P
9	Two-Step	March of the first regiment	2:20	-	51	7	P
10	OT Waltz	Petite Waltz	2:27	-	42	6	P
11	Two-Step	Good old Vienna	2:32	-	47	7	P
12	OT Waltz	Wiener Burger	3:15	-	42	8	P
13	OT Waltz	The gypsy baron	2:54	-	41	7	P
14	OT Waltz	Lovely lady	3:20	-	41	8	P
15	Foxtrot	Love is the sweetest thing	2:31	-	28	4	P
16	Tango	Tokay	2:12	-	32	4	P
17	Reel	Scottish celebrations	2:13	-	55	7	P
18	Quickstep	A walk in the Black Forest	2:25	-	49	7	P
19	Two-Step	The old timers’ march	2:19	-	51	7	P
20	Gavotte	The bell schottische	2:19	-	24	3	PX
21	Quickstep	The lonely goatherd	2:12	-	47	6	P
22	Reel	The dashing white sergeant	2:33	-	54	8	PX
Total Playing Time: 56 minutes
Grades: P (good music) X (‘uninspiring’) X (out of sequence/phase) X (non-standard introduction)

* Not advertised as a sequence dance CD but contains good music suitable for old time sequence dances.

However, sound levels among several of the dances need to be adjusted for maximum enjoyment.

** Dances not advertised and so are suggested here only as a guide.

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