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Tony Gilbert: The Roaring 20’s: Instrumental: Maestro Records (CDTS 213): March 2014 release: Added 18/03/14

Track	Dance	Music Titles	Data on CD		Reviewed Data
			Time	bpm	bpm	Seq	Grades
1	Swing	Charleston	2:10	48	48	6	P
2	Swing	Black bottom	2:10	48	48	6	P
3	Blues	Makin’ whoopee	3:32	29	29	6	P
4	Blues	Cecilia	3:30	29	29	6	P
5	Blues	Am I blue	3:32	29	29	6	P
6	Tango	No cantes Victoria	3:12	32	32	6	PP
7	Tango	Tango in the park	3:12	32	32	6	P
8	Quickstep	Won’t you Charleston with me	2:10	48	48	6	P
9	Quickstep	Puttin’ on the Ritz	2:10	48	48	6	X
10	Foxtrot	It had to be you	3:32	29	29	6	X
11	Foxtrot	My blue heaven	3:00	29	29	5	X
12	M. Waltz	All alone	3:26	30	30	6	X
13	M. Waltz	Together	3:26	30	30	6	X
14	Swing	Margie / Ma he’s making eyes at me	2:48	48	48	8	X
15	Swing	12^th Street rag	2:10	48	48	6	P
16	Saunter	I wanna be loved by you	3:32	29	29	6	X
17	Saunter	Ain’t misbehavin’	3:32	29	29	6	X
18	Saunter	Tiptoe through the tulips / Me and my shadow	3:32	29	29	6	X
19	Quickstep	I’ll see you in my dreams	2:10	48	48	6	X
20	Quickstep	You’re the cream in my coffee	2:10	48	48	6	X
21	NV Waltz	Three o’clock in the morning	2:37	52	52	8	X
22	NV Waltz	What’ll I do	2:37	52	52	8	X
Total Playing Time: 65 minutes
Grades: P (good music) X (‘uninspiring’)

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Tony Gilbert: Putting Your Best Foot Forward: Instrumental: Maestro Records (CDTS 208): June 2013 release: Added 02/07/13

Track	Dance	Music Titles	Data on CD		Reviewed Data
			Time	bpm	bpm	Seq	Grades
1	Blues	Always dreaming of you	3:32	29	29	6	X
2	Blues	Manhattan dawn	3:32	29	29	6	X
3	Cha Cha	Butterfly cha cha	2:46	31	31	5	X
4	Cha Cha	The ghost walks	2:46	31	31	5	P
5	Jive	Slow train blues	3:02	34	31	6	P
6	Jive	Blackpool rock	3:02	34	31	6	P
7	Rumba	Santorini blue	3:50	27	27	6	P
8	Rumba	The dancer	3:49	27	27	6	X
9	Quickstep	It’s great to be with you again	2:11	48	48	6	X
10	Quickstep	Putting your best foot forward	2:10	48	48	6	X
11	Foxtrot	New York calling	3:33	29	29	6	X
12	Foxtrot	The invitation	3:33	29	29	6	P
13	M. Waltz	Haunted balloon	3:25	30	30	6	X
14	M. Waltz	Knowing that you care	3:25	30	30	6	X
15	Tango	Ladies of Madrid	3:11	32	32	6	P
16	Tango	Tango royale	3:14	32	32	6	P
17	Swing	Turkish delight	2:10	48	48	6	P
18	Swing	The karaoke song (V)	2:11	48	48	6	P
19	Samba	Just a little samba	2:42	50	50	8	X
20	Samba	Punta langosta	2:37	50	50	8	P
21	NV Waltz	Anyone can learn how to dance	2:30	54	54	8	P
22	NV Waltz	St Petersburg waltz	2:30	54	54	8	P
23	Argentine Stroll	Silver stiletto	2:45	32	32	5	PP
Total Playing Time: 70 minutes
Grades: P (good music) X (‘uninspiring’)

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Tony Gilbert: The Swinging Sixties: Keyboards: Maestro Records (CDTS 199): September 2012 release: Added 30/09/12

Track	Dance	Music Titles	Data on CD		Reviewed Data
			Time	bpm	bpm	Seq	Grades
1	Quickstep	Congratulations / Puppet on a string	2:15	48	48	6	X
2	Quickstep	Tell him	2:10	48	48	6	X
3	Foxtrot	Diane / Marie	3:32	29	29	6	P
4	Foxtrot	My kind of girl / The alley cat song	3:32	29	29	6	P
5	Tango	Guitar tango	3:13	31	32	6	P
6	Tango	Theme from Exodus	3:10	31	32	6	P
7	M. Waltz	The last waltz	3:26	30	30	6	P
8	M. Waltz	London by night	3:26	30	30	6	X
9	Jive	Swinging safari	3:02	34	34	6	P
10	Jive	A taste of honey / House of the rising sun	3:02	34	34	6	P
11	Cha Cha	It’s my party / Big girls don’t cry	3:16	31	31	6	P
12	Cha Cha	Sugar sugar / A hard days night	3:16	31	31	6	P
13	Swing	The night has a thousand eyes	2:11	48	48	6	P
14	Swing	Walking back to happiness	2:10	48	48	6	P
15	Blues	Why / Do you mind	3:33	29	29	6	P
16	Blues	Witchcraft	3:33	29	29	6	X
17	Rumba	Ferry cross the Mersey	3:45	27	27	6	X
18	Rumba	Green green grass of home / A man without love	3:50	27	27	6	X
19	Samba	Dream baby	2:04	50	50	6	P
20	Samba	Quando quando quando	2:04	50	50	6	P
21	NV Waltz	Boom bang a bang	2:37	52	52	8	X
22	NV Waltz	A windmill in old Amsterdam / Tulips from Amsterdam	2:39	52	52	8	X
Total Playing Time: 67 minutes
Grades: P (good music) X (‘uninspiring’)

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Tony Gilbert: Showstoppers: Keyboards: Maestro Records (CDTS 192): April 2012 release: Added 12/04/12

Track	Dance	Music Titles	Data on CD		Reviewed Data
			Time	bpm	bpm	Seq	Grades
1	Blues	All that jazz / Razzle dazzle	3:33	29	29	6	X
2	Blues	Mame	3:31	29	29	6	P
3	Quickstep	Blue skies	2:09	48	48	6	X
4	Quickstep	So in love	2:10	48	48	6	X
5	M. Waltz	Edelweiss / This nearly was mine	3:26	30	30	6	X
6	M. Waltz	I remember it well	3:25	30	30	6	X
7	Saunter	Singin’ in the rain / Rain	3:33	29	29	6	P
8	Saunter	Vilia	3:31	29	29	6	P
9	Swing	Come to the cabaret / Willkommen	2:10	48	48	6	P
10	Swing	The trolley song	2:11	48	48	6	P
11	Foxtrot	One singular sensation / New York New York	3:31	29	29	6	P
12	Foxtrot	They say that falling in love is wonderful/They didn’t believe me/Can’t help lovin’ dat man	3:31	29	29	6	P
13	Tango	Cell block tango / Hernando’s hideaway	3:11	32	32	6	P
14	Tango	Goldfinger	3:12	32	32	6	X
15	NV Waltz	Chim chim cheree / Let’s go fly a kite	2:33	54	54	8	P
16	NV Waltz	I feel pretty	2:30	54	54	8	P
17	Cha Cha	If I were a rich man	3:16	31	31	6	P
18	Cha Cha	Cuban Pete	3:16	31	31	6	P
19	Rumba	What kind of fool am I / Once in a lifetime	3:48	27	27	6	X
20	Rumba	September song / I won’t send roses	3:48	27	27	6	P
21	Jive	GI blues	3:03	34	34	6	P
22	Jive	Honeysuckle rose	3:04	34	34	6	P
Total Playing Time: 70 minutes
Grades: P (good music) X (‘uninspiring’)

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Tony Gilbert: We Need A Little Christmas: Keyboards: Maestro Records (CDTS 174) November 2009 release: Added 19/11/09

Track	Dance	Music Titles	Data on CD		Reviewed Data
			Time	bpm	bpm	Seq	Grades
1	Swing	We need a little Christmas	2:10	48	48	6	P
2	Swing	Jingle bells / Ding dong merrily on high	2:10	48	48	6	P
3	Foxtrot	I’ll be home for Christmas	3:30	29	29	6	P
4	Foxtrot	Let it snow / It’s beginning to look like Christmas	3:31	29	29	6	P
5	NV Waltz	St Petersberg waltz	2:29	54	54	8	PP
6	NV Waltz	We three kings / I saw three ships	2:37	52	52	8	P
7	Rumba	Mary’s boy child / O little town of Bethlehem	3:49	27	27	6	X
8	Rumba	Last Christmas	3:50	27	27	6	X
9	Blues	Blue Christmas	3:33	28	28	6	P
10	Blues	Winter wonderland / Santa baby	3:36	28	28	6	X
11	Quickstep	Sleigh ride	2:10	48	48	6	X
12	Quickstep	I’ve got my love to keep me warm / Button up your overcoat	2:10	48	48	6	P
13	Saunter	Christmas song / White Christmas	3:34	28	28	6	P
14	Saunter	I saw mummy kissing Santa Claus / Rudolph the red nosed reindeer	3:34	28	28	6	P
15	M. Waltz	Sleigh bells / Silver bells	3:24	30	30	6	X
16	M. Waltz	Knowing that you care	3:26	30	30	6	P
17	Cha Cha	I just called to say I love you	3:15	31	31	6	X
18	Cha Cha	Frosty the snowman / Santa Claus is coming to town	3:15	31	31	6	X
19	Jive	Jingle bell rock	2:32	35	36	5	P
20	Jive	Rocking around the Christmas tree	2:33	35	36	5	P
Total Playing Time: 62 minutes
Grades: P (good music) X (‘uninspiring’)

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Tony Gilbert: Those Fabulous Fifties: Keyboards: Maestro Records (CDTS 170) September 2009 release: Added 10/09/09

Track	Dance	Music Titles	Data on CD		Reviewed Data
			Time	bpm	bpm	Seq	Grades
1	Swing	Istanbul	2:10	48	48	6	P
2	Swing	Music music music / Joey’s song / The poor people of Paris	2:10	48	48	6	P
3	Blues	Singing the blues / The story of my life	3:30	29	29	6	P
4	Blues	Personality	3:30	29	29	6	P
5	M. Waltz	Vaya con dios	3:30	30	30	6	P
6	M. Waltz	Cara mia / My September love / Let me go lover	3:30	30	30	6	P
7	Saunter	A white sport coat / Gilly gilly ossenfeffer	3:35	29	29	6	P
8	Saunter	Memories are made of this / Love letters in the sand	3:35	29	29	6	P
9	Cha Cha	Breaking up is hard to do / Yellow polka dot bikini	3:15	31	31	6	P
10	Cha Cha	Hey there / If I give my heart to you	3:15	31	31	6	P
11	Rumba	Love is a many splendoured thing / Stars shine in your eyes	3:45	27	27	6	P
12	Rumba	Too young / Here in my heart	3:45	27	27	6	P
13	Jive	Hey good looking	2:35	34	34	5	P
14	Jive	Living doll	2:35	34	34	5	X
15	Quickstep	Mr Sandman	2:10	48	48	6	P
16	Quickstep	Tweedle dee	2:10	48	48	6	P
17	Foxtrot	Be my love / You are my special agent	3:30	29	29	6	P
18	Foxtrot	Stranger in paradise / I have dreamed	3:30	29	29	6	P
19	Tango	Jezebel / No other love	3:10	32	32	6	X
20	Tango	My prayer / Catch a falling star	3:10	32	32	6	X
21	NV Waltz	The loveliest night of the year	2:40	52	52	8	P
22	NV Waltz	Hot diggity / Hi Lili hi lo	2:40	52	52	8	P
Total Playing Time: 69 minutes
Grades: P (good music) X (‘uninspiring’)

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	Page last revised 21 March 2014

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