THE CO-OPTIMISTS (1923) (7th Programme)



Composer: Melville Gideon
Lyricists: Davy Burnaby; Archibald De Bear

Opened: November 26, 1923, Prince Of Wales’ Theatre, London
Performances: Unknown



Alouette:

1. 78/Columbia 3407 (Melville Gideon, piano and voice)
2. 78/HMV C1146 (Gilbert Childs and Stanley Holloway with Wolsey Charles, piano) [reissued on The Co-Optimists, World SHB 25]


Almira:

1. 78/Columbia 3480 (Melville Gideon, piano and voice)


Battersea (L: Clifford Grey):

1. 78/Columbia 3480 (Melville Gideon, piano and voice)


Golfing Love (L: Clifford Grey):

1. 78/HMV B1725 (Melville Gideon, piano and voice) [reissued on The Co-Optimists, World SHB 25]
2. 78/Zonophone 2434 (Melville Gideon, piano and voice)


Lena (L: Clifford Seyler):

1. 78/Zonophone 2408 (Melville Gideon, piano and voice)


London Town (You Haunt Me) (L: A.E. Illingworth):

1. 78/HMV B1725 (Melville Gideon and Stanley Holloway) [reissued on The Co-Optimists, World SHB 25]
2. 78/Columbia 3405 (Melville Gideon, piano and voice) [reissued on The Co-Optimists, World SHB 25]



Memory Street (M: Elsa MacFarlane; L: Clifford Seyler):

1. 78/HMV B1724 (Stanley Holloway and Elsa MacFarlane) [reissued on The Co-Optimists, World SHB 25]


Miss Lemon (M: Philip Braham):

1. 78/HMV B1724 (Davy Burnaby, Stanley Holloway, Elsa MacFarlane, Austin Melford, and Clifford Witley) [reissued on The Co-Optimists, World SHB 25]


Pirate Song (M: Henry F. Gilbert; L: adapted from R.L. Stevenson):

1. 78/HMV C1131 (Stanley Holloway) (as “The Pirate’s Song”)
2. 78/HMV B2269 (Melville Gideon with alto saxophone, violin, and piano accompaniment)  (as “The Pirate’s Lullaby”)  (unverified)


Prairie Moon (L: Reg. Low):

1. 78/Zonophone 2408 (Melville Gideon, piano and voice)
2. 78/HMV B2191 (Betty Chester)


Secrets:

1. 78/Zonophone 2367 (Melville Gideon)


Spare A Little Love (L: Clifford Grey):

1. 78/Zonophone 2434 (Melville Gideon, piano and voice)
2. 78/Columbia 3407 (Melville Gideon, piano and voice)


There May Be Days (L: Noel Coward):

1. 78/Columbia 3481 (Melville Gideon, piano and voice)


To Think Such Things Should Happen In Old England (M/L: R.P. Weston; Bert Lee):

1. 78/HMV B1801 (Gilbert Childs, Stanley Holloway, Elsa Macfarlane, and Austin Melford)


You’ve Such A Lot (M: Fred Astaire; L: Austin Melford):

1. 78/HMV B1804 (Austin Melford and Phyllis Monkman) [reissued on The Co-Optimists, World SHB 25]


Unrecorded Material:

Along The Fairway (L: Arthur Anderson) (added for the subsequent tour)
Autumn Leaves
Bill And Oliver
Bow-Wow!
Finale
Lackaday (M/L: Rex Newman; Wolseley Charles)
Old Wine In New Bottles (sketch? by Donovan Parsons)
A Rose I Offer
Wow! Wow!