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| Name | Artist | Album | Year | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Carioca | Lyn Larsen, Jack Bethards and His Orchestra | A Salute To The Swinging Years [Beldale CD] | 2001 | 4-37 Wurlitzer, Plummer Auditorium, Fullerton, CA |
| Canadian Sunset | Rob Richards | Rob! [OSP CD] | 4-46 Wurlitzer, Organ Stop Pizza, Mesa, AZ | |
| For Me And My Gal | Unknown | Pipe Organ and Percussion [Diplomat RFM 64] | ||
| The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise | Three Suns | Midnight for Two [Sony Collectibles COL-CD-2742] | 1957 | Ray Bohr, Radio City Music Hall Wurlitzer |
| Broadway Selection (Part 1) | Quentin Maclean and The Regal Cinema Orchestra | Rhapsody in Blue [Sterndale 3-CD] | 1929 | 4-36 Christie, Regal/Odeon Cinema, Marble Arch, London; Regal Cinema Orchestra cond. Emanuel Starkey; voc Leslie Sarony |
| If I Could Paint A Memory | The Organ, The Dance Band and Me | Let’s Be Buddies [NTOT Kinura NCM 213] | 1942 | 3-9 Compton, EMI Studios, London; Billy Thorburn, piano; H. Robinson Cleaver, organ; Julie Dawn, vocal |
| Diga-Diga-Doo | Unknown | Pipe Organ and Percussion [Diplomat RFM 64] | ||
| Tuxedo Junction | Buddy Cole and All-Star Orchestra | The Golden Age of the Dance Bands [Alshire LP] | 3-27 Wurlitzer-Morton, Buddy Cole Studio, North Hollywood (3-17 Wurlitzer Ex United Artists Theatre, Los Angeles & 3-9 Robert Morton from Capitol Theatre, Marshalltown, Iowa) |
Ahhhh, I enjoy those ol’ British cinema orchestras!!
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I do think that the Larsen/Bethards corroborations are nearly as precise as the Billy Thorburn productions. Somewhere I read that Thorburn’s recording sessions often involved a single performance to cut a track.
Stan – You are correct: many of Thorburn’s recordings were made with a run-through or two and the one take. The musicians were all experienced dance band pros who could sight read an arrangement and produce a top-notch performance immediately. Several sides were, therefore, recorded in one half-day session, and they sold well. What more could a record company want? 🙂