| Fred Elizalde and his ‘Varsity Band |
(From the Quinquaginta Club, Cambridge)
Fred Elizalde (p,arr) directing John d’Arcy Hildyard (t), Dick Battle (t,fh), Manuel “Lizz” Elizalde-Jack Donaldson (cl,ss,as), “Dan” Wyllie (as,bsx), Maurice Allom (cl,as,ts,bar), George Cosmo Monkhouse (bj,g), “Bud” Williams (bb), Eric Sandars (d). |
| Shepherd’s Bush, London, March 30, 1927 |
| 1. |
High-High-High Up In The Hills (Lewis-Young-Abrahams) |
Br 1000 |
| 2. |
Muddy Water ((Trent-de Rose-Richman) |
Br 1000 |
| 3. |
Ain’t She Sweet (Yellen-Ager) |
Br 1001 |
| 4. |
Hurricane (Mertz & Nichols) |
Br 1001 |
| |
| Fred Elizalde and his Cambridge Undergraduates |
| Same personnel. |
| Hayes, Middlesex, June 22, 1927 |
| 5. Bb-11050-1 |
Stomp Your Feet (Elizalde) |
HMV B-5315 |
| 6. Bb-11051-2 |
Clarinet Marmalade (Shields & Ragas) |
HMV B-5315 |
| |
| George Monkhouse and his Cambridge University Quinquaginta Ramblers |
| George Cosmo Monkhouse directing R. D. Bickford-John Churchill (t), L.H. Kittredge (cl,as,bar), Muir Glen (cl,as), Murray Ainsley (cl,ts), C. H. E. Pickering (p), John Thornton (bj,g), Nigel Ryland (bb), Richard Marker (d), Tristram Eeles (v). |
| London, c. December 17, 1929 |
| 7. E-2991-1 |
So The Blackbirds And The Bluebirds Got Together (B. Moll-H. Harris) |
Par R-561 |
| 8. E-2992-2 |
Birmingham Bertha (Grant Clarke-Harry Akst)-vTE |
Par R-560 |
| 9. E-2993-2 |
Stamp Your Feet (Fred Elizalde)-vTE |
Par R-560 |
| |
| Same personnel. |
| London, March 12, 1930 |
| 10. E-3139-2 |
Singapore Sorrows (Le Soir – Doll, arr. Philpott) |
Par R-656 |
| 11. E-3140-1 |
Avalon (Jolson – Rose, arr. Philpott) |
Par R-656 |
| 12. E-3141-2 |
Cryin’ All Day (Morehouse-Trumbauer-Arr. Hayton) |
Par R-657 |
| |
| Richard Philpott, Piano Solos |
| London, c. February, 1931 |
| 13. E-3846-2 |
Baby (Fields-McHugh) |
Par R-845 |
| 14. E-3847-1 |
Whispering (Schonberger) |
Par R-845 |
| |
| London, c. May, 1931 |
| 15. E-4059-1 |
Once Again (Philpott) |
Par R-950 |
| 16. E-4060-1 |
Flight Of Fancy (Philpott) |
Par R-950 |
| |
| London, c. February, 1932 |
| 17. E-4453-1 |
Here Is My Heart (Richard Philpott) |
Par R-1171 |
| 18. E-4454-1 |
If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight) (Creamer-Johnson) |
Par R-1171 |
| |
| John Greening, Piano Solos |
| Levys Sound Studios, London, c. July, 1932 |
| 19. |
After You’ve Gone (---)/ Some Of These Days (---) |
Oriole 12” Private Recording |
| |
| Cambridge University Quinquaginta Ramblers |
Directed by John Ainswoth (sic) and Robert Greenish
J. Ainsworth (ts) and Robert Greenish (cl,as) directing Peter Nicholson-Peter Griffiths (t), W. G. M. “Gec” Sanders (cl,as), John Greening (p), B. F. Dill-Russell (bj,g), Briant Aspinall (sb), Tony Hadingham (d), Jimmy Dale (arr). |
| London, May 6, 1933 |
| 20. CE-6053-1 |
Chinatown My Chinatown (William Jerome-Jean Schwartz) |
Par PO-19 |
| 21. CE-6054-1 |
Who’s Sorry Now (Kalmar-Snyder)-arrJD |
Par PO-19 |
| 22. CE-6055-1 |
Bugle Call Rag (Jack Pettis-Irving Mills-Elmer Schoebel) |
Par PO-20 |
| 23. CE-6056-1 |
Chicago (Fred Fisher)-arrJD |
Par PO-20 |
| |
| Cambridge University Quinquaginta Ramblers |
| Full personnel unknown, but includes Bill Trethowan (t), Geoff Kitchin (p), Malcolm McDonald (g) and John Gordon (d). |
| Levys Sound Studios, London, c. May, 1936 |
| 24. |
Sweet Sue (---) |
Oriole Private Recording |
| 25. |
Lady Be Good (---) |
Oriole Private Recording |
| |
BONUS TRACKS
Edinburgh University Review, Selections from Eura-Optimists, 1936. Played by Alec Gracie and his Varsity Madhatters. |
| Unknown personnel, apart from (presumably) Alec Gracie (probably cl and saxes). |
| Girmac Recording Studios, Glasgow, c. June, 1936 |
| 26. Gir-98 |
St. Louis Blues (---) |
Girmac 98 |
| |
| Unknown female (v), Don Martin (p). |
| Girmac Recording Studios, Glasgow, c. June, 1936 |
| 27. Gir-99 |
Medley from EURA-OPTIMISTS, 1936 (---)-v |
Girmac 99 |
