CAVALACADE
(Play with Songs)

Composer: Noel Coward
Lyricist: Noel Coward

Opened: October 24, 1931, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London
Performances: 405

Note: A 1936 radio cast recording was issued as Cavalcade, CD/AEI AEI-CD 033. Unidentified medleys can also be found on 78/Decca K-619 (Jack Hylton Orchestra with uncredited vocals); 78/HMV C-2330 (uncredited soloists and chorus with narrationby Henry Oscar); and 78/Eclipse 8" SC-96 (Grosvenor Light Opera Company).

Alexander's Ragtime Band (M/L: Irving Berlin):

I have not attempted to compile discological information for this number beyond composer renditions.
1. 78/HMV C-2431 (Noel Coward with the New Mayfair Orchestra conducted by Ray Noble) [reissued on The Master's Voice: Noel Coward, CD/Angel CDP 7 54919 2]


Epilogue (dialogue):

1. 78/HMV C-2289 (Noel Coward with the New Mayfair Orchestra conducted by Ray Noble) [reissued on The Master's Voice: Noel Coward, CD/Angel CDP 7 54919 2; Cavalcade, CD/AEI AEI-CD 033 (bonus track)]


Everybody's Doing It (M/L: Irving Berlin):

I have not attempted to compile discological information for this number beyond composer renditions.
1. 78/HMV C-2431 (Noel Coward with the New Mayfair Orchestra conducted by Ray Noble) [reissued on The Master's Voice: Noel Coward, CD/Angel CDP 7 54919 2]


Goodbye, Dolly Gray (M: Paul Barnes; L: Will L. Cobb):

I have not attempted to compile discological information for this number beyond composer renditions.
1. 78/HMV C-2431 (Noel Coward with the New Mayfair Orchestra conducted by Ray Noble) [reissued on The Master's Voice: Noel Coward, CD/Angel CDP 7 54919 2]


Goodbye, My Bluebell (M/L: M. Christian):

I have not attempted to compile discological information for this number beyond composer renditions.
1. 78/HMV C-2431 (Noel Coward with the New Mayfair Orchestra conducted by Ray Noble) [reissued on The Master's Voice: Noel Coward, CD/Angel CDP 7 54919 2]


I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside (M/L: John A. Glover-Kind):

I have not attempted to compile discological information for this number beyond composer renditions.
1. 78/HMV C-2431 (Noel Coward with the New Mayfair Orchestra conducted by Ray Noble) [reissued on The Master's Voice: Noel Coward, CD/Angel CDP 7 54919 2]


If You Were The Only Girl In The World (M: Nat D. Ayer; L: Clifford Grey):

I have not attempted to compile discological information for this number beyond composer renditions.
1. 78/HMV C-2431 (Noel Coward with the New Mayfair Orchestra conducted by Ray Noble) [reissued on The Master's Voice: Noel Coward, CD/Angel CDP 7 54919 2]


Keep The Home Fires Burning (M/L: Ivor Novello):

I have not attempted to compile discological information for this number beyond composer renditions.
1. 78/HMV C-2431 (Noel Coward with the New Mayfair Orchestra conducted by Ray Noble) [reissued on The Master's Voice: Noel Coward, CD/Angel CDP 7 54919 2]


Let's All Go Down The Strand (M/L: Harry Castling; C.W. Murphy):

I have not attempted to compile discological information for this number beyond composer renditions.
1. 78/HMV C-2431 (Noel Coward with the New Mayfair Orchestra conducted by Ray Noble) [reissued on The Master's Voice: Noel Coward, CD/Angel CDP 7 54919 2]


The Mirabelle Waltz (aka "Lover Of My Dreams"):

1. 78/HMV B-4001 (Noel Coward with the New Mayfair Novelty Orchestra) [also 78/Victor 24332; reissued on The Master's Voice: Noel Coward, CD/Angel CDP 7 54919 2; Cavalcade, CD/AEI AEI-CD 033 (bonus track)]
2. 78/HMV C-2431 (Noel Coward with the New Mayfair Orchestra conducted by Ray Noble) (part of medley) [reissued on The Master's Voice: Noel Coward, CD/Angel CDP 7 54919 2]
3. 78/HMV rejected (Noel Coward with the New Mayfair Orchestra conducted by Ray Noble)
4. 78/HMV C-2289 (New Mayfair Orchestra conducted by Ray Noble) (part of "Epilogue") [reissued on The Master's Voice: Noel Coward, CD/Angel CDP 7 54919 2]
5. 78/Columbia CB 369 (Jack Payne and His B.B.C. Dance Orchestra)
6. The Master's Choice, CD/AEI Green Room AEI-CD 605 (Victoria Campbell)
7. The Great British Dance Bands Play The Music Of Noel Coward, CD/EMI 5207282 (unknown performer)


Overture:

1. Cavalcade, CD/AEI AEI-CD 033 (1936 radio cast orchestra)


Prologue (dialogue):

1. 78/HMV C-2289 (Noel Coward accompanied by Robert Russell Bennett) [reissued on The Master's Voice: Noel Coward, CD/Angel CDP 7 54919 2; Cavalcade, CD/AEI AEI-CD 033 (bonus track)]


Soldiers Of The Queen (M/L: Leslie Stuart):

I have not attempted to compile discological information for this number beyond composer renditions.
1. 78/HMV C-2431 (Noel Coward with the New Mayfair Orchestra conducted by Ray Noble) [reissued on The Master's Voice: Noel Coward, CD/Angel CDP 7 54919 2]


Take Me Back To Dear Old Blighty (M/L: Arthur J. Mills; Fred Godfrey; Bennett Scott):

I have not attempted to compile discological information for this number beyond composer renditions.
1. 78/HMV C-2431 (Noel Coward with the New Mayfair Orchestra conducted by Ray Noble) [reissued on The Master's Voice: Noel Coward, CD/Angel CDP 7 54919 2]


There's A Long, Long Trail (M: Alonzo "Zo" Elliott; L: Stoddard King):

I have not attempted to compile discological information for this number beyond composer renditions.
1. 78/HMV C-2431 (Noel Coward with the New Mayfair Orchestra conducted by Ray Noble) [reissued on The Master's Voice: Noel Coward, CD/Angel CDP 7 54919 2]


Toast To England (Dialogue):

1. Noel Coward: The Great Shows, CD/EMI 5 21808 2 (Noel Coward)
2. Noel Coward On The Air, CD/Flapper PAST CD 7840 (Noel Coward) (as "Toast Speech")


Twentieth Century Blues:

1. 78/HMV B-4001 (Noel Coward with the New Mayfair Novelty Orchestra) [reissued on The Master's Voice: Noel Coward, CD/Angel CDP 7 54919 2]
2. 78/HMV C-2431 (Noel Coward with the New Mayfair Orchestra conducted by Ray Noble) (part of medley) [reissued on The Master's Voice: Noel Coward, CD/Angel CDP 7 54919 2]
3. 78/HMV rejected (Noel Coward with the New Mayfair Orchestra conducted by Ray Noble)
4. 78/Columbia CB 369 (Jack Payne and His B.B.C. Dance Orchestra)
5. 78/Victor 24090 (The New Mayfair Novelty Orchestra)
6. 45/Polydor PD-14180 (Lily Tomlin) Noel Coward In New York, Columbia ML 5163 (Noel Coward with orchestra direction and piano accompaniment by Peter Matz) [reissued as CD/DRG 19038]
7. Elisabeth Welch, World Records SH233 (Elisabeth Welch with orchestra conducted by Zach Laurence)
8. Cowardy Custard, RCA (S) LSO-6010 (Elaine Delmar) [reissued as CD/Masterworks Broadway 88883 72394 2]
9. Conversation Piece, Proscenium (M) CD 4003 (Dick Hyman, piano)
10. The Songwriters (Vol. 1), BBC (M) REB 325 (Marti Webb with music direction by Ken Moule)
11. Noel Coward: A Portrait, CD/Aquarius AQCD543 (Peter Pringle)
12. Barbara Lea And Keith Ingham Are Mad About The Boy: The Songs Of Noel Coward, CD/Challenge CHR 70073 (Barbara Lea with Keith Ingham, piano, and rhythm accompaniment)
13. Twentieth Century Blues: The Songs Of Noel Coward, CD/EMI 7243 49463127 (Neil Tennant with orchestral contractor Isobel Griffiths)
14. Twentieth Century Blues: The Songs Of Noel Coward, CD/EMI 7243 49463127 (Elton John)
15. The Noel Coward Songbook, CD/EMI Classics 5 57374 2 (Ian Bostridge with Jeffrey Tate, piano)
16. 20th Century Blues, CD/RCA Victor 74321-38656-2 (Marianne Faithfull)
17. If Love Were All, CD/Varese Sarabande 302 066 083-2 (Twiggy with musical direction by Tom Fay)
18. Noel/Cole "Let's Do It!," CD/Silva Screen SONGCD 910 (Liz Robertson and Louise Gold with Jason Carr and Paul Bateman, pianos, Steve McManus, bass, and Richard Cole, drums)
19. The HMV Sessions, Vol. 2: 1930-1934, CD/Dutton Vocalion CDEA 6010 (Al Bowlly with Ray Noble and His Orchestra)
20. Bright Young People: The Songs Of Noel Coward, CD/Writers' Theatre (Kate Fry, Rob Lindley, and John Sanders with Doug Peck, piano)
21. In The Limelight, CD Living Era 5655 (Frank Chacksfield and His Orchestra)
22. Just Imagine…, CD/DRG 5231 (Karen Akers)
23. Jubilee, CD/Arbors 19224 (Daryl Sherman and Dave McKenna)
24. The Words And Music Of Noel Coward, CD/EMI 5207272 (Al Bowlly with Ray Noble and His Orchestra)
25. A Changing World, CD/Reynolds Ensemble REYNOLDSCD02 (Simon Green with David Shrubsole, piano)
26. A Talent To Amuse, CD/Must Close Saturday Records MCSR 3048 (Elisabeth Welch with musical direction by Grant Hossack)
27. Bonnie Langford, CD/EPL Records EPL01 (Bonnie Langford)

Unrecorded Coward Songs:

All The Fun Of The Farm
The Girls Of The C.I.V.