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Ambrose & His Orchestra
Legendary 1929 Sessions
Genres: Dance & Electronic, International Music, Jazz, Pop

Track Listings (16) - Disc #1
1. Mean To Me
2. Do Something
3. Sugar Is Back
4. Walking With Susie
5. Reaching For Someone
6. Dear Little Cafe
7. Hitting The Ceiling
8. Im Bringing A Red, Red Rose
9. Button Up Your Overcoat
10. I Want To Be Bad
11. My Lucky Star
12. You Wouldnt Fool Me, Would You?
13. Thou Swell
14. Lovable And Sweet
15. My Dream Memory
16. Down On Jollity Farm

CD Details

All Artists: Ambrose & His Orchestra
Title: Legendary 1929 Sessions
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Sounds of Yesteryear
Original Release Date: 1/1/2008
Re-Release Date: 11/18/2008
Genres: Dance & Electronic, International Music, Jazz, Pop
Styles: Europe, Britain & Ireland, Swing Jazz, Dance Pop, Easy Listening
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 5019317070694

Synopsis

Product Description

Personnel: Bert Ambrose directing Sylvester Ahola and Dennis Radcliffe (trumpets); Ted Heath (trombone); Danny Polo (clarinet, alto and baritone saxophones); Joe Crossman (clarinet; alto, tenor and baritone, saxophones); Joe Jeannette (clarinet, tenor saxophone and flute when used); Bert Read (piano and arranger); Joe Brannelly (banjo); Dick Escott (brass and string bass); Max Bacon (drums); Phil Arnold (vocal). 'The Bert Ambrose Orchestra of 1929 as recording artists and resident dance orchestra at the May Fair Hotel was a friendly group of excellent musicians who took pride in their work. There were no alcoholics, no tardiness on sessions or at the hotel. It was quite a group of gentlemen in formal attire, wing collars and stiff shirts. Jimmy Dorsey, in London with Ted Lewis, said we were the worlds greatest dance orchestra. The Ambrose band had the steadiest beat of any band I ever played for!' -Sylvester Ahola (1980).

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CD Reviews

Worst. Audio. Remastering. Ever.

Thomas Bumbera | Maplewood, NJ USA | 11/26/2008

(2 out of 5 stars)

"The audio quality of the transfers used for this set is easily the worst I've heard in the last ten years, at least. These recordings (wonderful tunes and performances) sound as if they were recorded from a tinny transistor radio speaker. What a travesty. What a shame."

SHORT MEASURE, AND BETTER ALTERNATIVES AVAILABLE

Barry McCanna | Normandy, France | 05/05/2009

(2 out of 5 stars)

"Many years have elapsed since Halcyon produced an LP of Ambrose' Decca "M" series recordings (the other being by Saville), so a CD reissue was long overdue. There was a Pegasus CD released in 2001 ("Happy Days Are Here Again" PGN CD 843) but it only included seven such tracks, as opposed to a dedicated CD. Sadly, this Sounds of Yesteryear CD is a carbon copy of the Halcyon LP, and weighs in at a mere 16 tracks. Fortunately, two others were released near simultaneously, that is by Vocalion and Retrieval. Both offer at least two dozen tracks, and only "Reaching For Someone" on the Sounds of Yesteryear compilation does not appear on either of those other two CDs."