THE
CO-OPTIMISTS (1926) (12th Programme)
Composer: Melville
Gideon
Lyricist: Various
Opened: c. October 18, 1926, His Majesty’s Theatre, London
Performances: Unknown
(We Will Got To) Amsterdam (L: Archibald De Bear) (added for the subsequent tour):
1. 78/HMV C1284 (Melville
Gideon with the Berkeley Trio) [reissued on The Co-Optimists,
World SHB25]
Captain Stratton’s Fancy (M: Deems
Taylor; L: John Masefield):
1. Songs For Seafarers,
CD/Proper Records CLCD 12803 (The Sheringham Shantymen)
An unverified radio transcription performed by Lawrence Tibbett
with Andre Kostelanetz and His Orchestra is also known to exist.
I Used To Sing (L: Austin Melford):
1. 78/HMV B2358 (Melville
Gideon, piano and voice, with The Berkeley Trio) [reissued on
The Co-Optimists, World SHB25]
Lacquer Lady (L: Clifford Seyler):
1. 78/HMV C1284 (Melville
Gideon with The Berkeley Trio) [reissued on The Co-Optimists,
World SHB25]
Lindy Lou (L: H.A. Dawson):
1. 78/HMV B2358 (Melville
Gideon, piano and voice, with The Berkeley Trio)
2. 78/HMV C-2441 (Melville Gideon with orchestra conducted by
Ray Noble)
The Pirate’s Dilemma (L: Archibald De
Bear) (added for the subsequent tour):
1. 78/HMV B2269 (Melville
Gideon with alto saxophone, violin, and piano accompaniment) (as
“The Pirates’ Lullaby”) (unverified)
2. 78/HMV C1131 (Stanley Holloway) (as “The Pirate’s Song”)
(unverified)
Tears (M/L: R.P. Weston; Bert Lee):
1. 78/Columbia 4183
(Gilbert Childs with orchestra)
Thank The Moon (L: Graham John):
1. 78/HMV B2358 (Melville
Gideon) [reissued on The Co-Optimists, World SHB25]
What? No Spinach? (M: Dinty
Moore; L: William Tracey; Hugh Aitken):
1. 78/Victor 20117 (Phil
Saxe with Irving Aaronson and His Commanders) [reissued on Let’s
Misbehave: 1926-1928, CD/Rivermont 1155]
2. 78/Columbia 674 D (Billy Jones and Ernest Hare with
orchestral accompaniment)
Unrecorded Material:
Finale
The Ghost Trade (L: Austin Melford)
Mary-Rose-Marie (L: Reginald Arkell)
One-Way Street (L: Archibald De Bear)
Operatic Cricket (sketch?)
Orpheus, Cupid, And Bacchus (L: Dan Leno, Jr.)
The Perambulator Walk (L: Austin Melford)
Proposals (L: Austin Melford)
The Skipper (M: Wolseley Charles; L: Austin Melford)
That Friday Afternoon (L: Clifford Seyler)
Three Little School-Girls (L: Clifford Seyler)