THE CO-OPTIMISTS (1922) (3rd Programme)

Composer: Melville Gideon
Lyricist: Davy Burnaby; Laddie Cliff; Archibald De Bear

Opened: April 1922, Palace Theatre, London
Performances: Unknown

(Too Much) Coal-Black Mammy (M: St. Helier; L: Laddie Cliff):

1. 78/HMV B1289 (George Baker (as Walter Jefferies) with orchestra conducted by George W. Byng)
2. 78/Path 020820 (Majestic Dance Orchestra) [also 78/Perfect 14046]
3. 78/Muse 272 (Velvetone Dance Orchestra) [also 78/Cameo 272]
4. 78/Gennett 4945 A  (Ernest Hare with orchestral accompaniment)
5. 78/Federal 5208 (Nathan Glantz and His Orchestra)
6. 78/Winner 3625 (Southern Rag-A-Jazz Band)
7. 78/Columbia A 3697 (Eddie Elkins’ Orchestra)
8 . 78/Victor 18939 (Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra)
9. 78/Columbia A 3854 (Al Jolson with orchestral accompaniment) [reissued on Al Jolson, Vol. 2: The Salesman Of Song 1911-1923, CD/Pearl Flapper PASTCD 9796]
10. 78/Okeh 4677 (Aileen Stanley with orchestra)
11. Hail Variety, CD/Lismor LCOM 5249 (Jack Hylton & Orchestra)
12. The Essential Collection, CD/Avid/West End Records AVC 947 (Freddy Gardner)
13. The Banjo’s Back In Town, CD/Rex REXX 329 (Big Ben Banjo Band)
14. HMV Sessions, Vol. 2: 1930-1934, CD/Dutton/Vocalion CDEA 6010 (Al Bowlly with Ray Noble and His Orchestra)
15. Stephane’s Tune: Original Recordings, Vol. 1 1938-1942, CD/Naxos Jazz 8120570 (Stephane Grappelli)
16. The Black And White Minstrel Show, CD/Hallmark 709962 (The George Mitchell Minstrels)


Coaling (M/L: W. Helmore):

1. 78/Velvet Face 1135 (Stanley Holloway)
2. 78/HMV C2800 (Effie Atheron, Webster Booth, Olive Groves, and Stuart Robertson with orchestra conducted by George Scott Wood)


Conversation(s):

1. 78/HMV B1443 (Phyllis Monkman and Laddie Cliff with Melville Gideon and H.B. Hedley, pianos) [reissued on The Co-Optimists, World SHB 25]


Down With The Whole Darn Lot! (L: Noel Coward):

1. 78/HMV C2800 (Effie Atheron, Webster Booth, Olive Groves, and Stuart Robertson with orchestra conducted by George Scott Wood)


Isadore (M/L: Fisher; Rice):

1. 78/HMV B1442 (Gilbert Childs)


Meandering (aka “Meanderin’”):

1. 78/Zonophone 2246 (Melville Gideon)


(There’s) Only One Girl (L: Eric Blore):

1. 78/Zonophone 2247 (Melville Gideon)


Raggedy Man:

1. 78/HMV B1804 (Gilbert Childs and Phyllis Monkman)


Wun Lung Tu:

1. 1. 78/Zonophone 2283 (Melville Gideon, piano and voice)
2. 78/HMV B1335 (George Baker (as Walter Jefferies) with orchestra conducted by George W. Byng)


Unrecorded Material:

Bakerloo (M/L: Reg. Low)
Bow-Wow!
Brighter London
Eastern Butterfly (M: H.B. Hedley; L: Stanley Holloway)
Finale
A Good Time Coming (L: Edward Knoblock)
Gwennie
Half-Past
“I” Said The Sparrow Or Shall We Join The Babies
The Last Shot
Operatic Fishing (L: Davy Burnaby; Stanley Holliday)
Primrose Path (M: Elsa McFarlane; L: Harold Simpson)
Slide Along
The Spanish Lover (L: Leopold Spero)
They Toil Not
The Town Crier (M/L: P.J. O’Reilly; John Holliday)