THE
CO-OPTIMISTS (1923) (6th Programme)
Composer: Melville
Gideon
Lyricist: Davy Burnaby; Laddie Cliff; Archibald De Bear
Opened: February 1923, Prince Of Wales’ Theatre, London
Performances: Unknown
1. 78/HMV B1442 (Gilbert
Childs with Melville Gideon and H.B. Hedley, pianos) [reissued
on The Co-Optimists, World SHB 25]
2. 78/HMV C2800 (Effie Atheron, Webster Booth, Olive Groves, and
Stuart Robertson with orchestra conducted by George Scott Wood)
(We’ll Go To) Church On Sunday (L:
Adams; Athurs) (added for the subsequent tour):
1. 78/HMV B1443 (Laddie
Cliff and Phyllis Monkman with Melville Gideon and H.B. Hedley,
pianos) [reissued on The Co-Optimists, World SHB 25]
The Cobbler (M: Herman Lohr; L: Dena
Tempest):
1. 78/HMV B1550 (Stanley
Holloway) [reissued on The Co-Optimists, World SHB 25]
Currant Puns (added for the
subsequent tour):
1. 78/HMV C2800 (Effie
Atheron, Webster Booth, Olive Groves, and Stuart Robertson with
orchestra conducted by George Scott Wood)
The Ghost Of A Chance (L: Clifford
Grey; Laddie Cliff) (added for the subsequent tour):
1. 78/HMV B1441 (Melville
Gideon, piano and voice) [reissued on The Co-Optimists, World
SHB 25]
I Ain’t A-Goin’ Roaming:
1. 78/HMV B1552 (Laddie
Cliff and Melville Gideon)
2. 78/Zonophone 2367 (Melville Gideon, piano and voice)
I’m Tickled To Death I’m Single (L:
Clifford Seyler):
1. 78/Zonophone 2340
(Melville Gideon, piano and voice)
2. 78/HMV B1551 (Melville Gideon, piano and voice) [reissued on
The Co-Optimists, World SHB 25]
3. 78/HMV C2800 (Effie Atheron, Webster Booth, Olive Groves, and
Stuart Robertson with orchestra conducted by George Scott Wood)
Isadore (M/L: Fisher; Rice) (added for
the subsequent tour):
1. 78/HMV B1442 (Gilbert
Childs)
Olga Petrovotski (M/L: R.P. Weston;
Bert Lee):
1. 78/HMV B1553 (Betty
Chester, Laddie Cliff, Stanley Holloway, Elsa Macfarlane, and
Phyllis Monkman with Melville Gideon and H.B. Hedley, pianos)
2. Round The Town: Following Grandfather’s Footsteps - A Night
At The London Music Hall, CD/Bear Family Records 16021 (Laurie
Jay) (unverified)
On The Banks Of The Nile (L: Debean):
1. 78/Zonophone 2322
(Melville Gideon, piano and voice)
2. The Cheeky Chappie Entertains, CD/See For Miles MAGPIE 4 (Max
Miller) (unverified)
Pierrot Moon:
1. 78/HMV B1553 (Betty
Chester with Melville Gideon and H.B. Hedley, pianos) [reissued
on The Co-Optimists, World SHB 25]
Sea Fever (M: John Ireland; L: John Masefield):
1. 78/HMV B1445 (Betty
Chester)
2. 78/Gramophone J.O. 157 (Paul Robeson with Lawrence Brown,
piano) [also 78/Gramophone B. 9257; reissued on The Complete EMI
Sessions 1928-1939, CD/EMI 2155862]
Secrets:
1. 78/Zonophone 2367
(Melville Gideon)
Shopping (L: Clifford Seyler) (added
for the subsequent tour):
1. 78/HMV B1445 (Davy
Burnaby, Betty Chester, Laddie Cliff, and Stanley Holloway)
When The Sun Goes Down (L: Laddie
Cliff):
1. 78/Zonophone 2322
(Melville Gideon, piano and voice)
2. 78/HMV B1551 (Melville Gideon, piano and voice) [reissued on
The Co-Optimists, World SHB 25]
3. 78/HMV C2800 (Effie Atheron, Webster Booth, Olive Groves, and
Stuart Robertson with orchestra conducted by George Scott Wood)
The Wild Men Of Borneo (added for the
subsequent tour):
1. 78/HMV B1441 (Gilbert
Childs, Laddie Cliff, Melville Gideon, and Stanley Holloway with
Melville Gideon, piano) [reissued on The Co-Optimists, World SHB
25]
You’re The Sort Of Girl (M: H.B.
Hedley; L: Laddie Cliff):
1. 78/HMV B1552 (Laddie
Cliff and Phyllis Monkman with Melville Gideon and H.B. Hedley,
pianos) [reissued on The Co-Optimists, World SHB 25]
Unrecorded Material:
Bluebeard’s 8th Wife
Bow-Wow!
Carissima
East Of Suez
Fiddler Youth (added for the subsequent tour)
Finale
The Junior Turf
The Last Shot (added for the subsequent tour)
Loyalties
My Lady’s Eyes (sketch? by Stanley West) (added for the
subsequent tour)
A Roundalay (M: John Holliday)
Slay It With Music
What The Devil Do We Care (added for the subsequent tour)