THE OPTIMISTS

Composer: Melville Gideon
Lyricists: Clifford Grey; Austin Melford; Greatrex Newman

Opened: January 30, 1928, Casino De Paris Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 24

Note: Based on various editions of THE CO-OPTIMISTS.

Amapu (L: Edward Knoblock) (originally used in THE CO-OPTIMISTS OF 1921) (1st Edition):

1. 78/HMV C-1039 (Mayfair Orchestra conducted by George W. Byng)
2. 78/Zonophone 2247 (Melville Gideon, piano and voice)
3. 78/Zonophone 2297 (Melville Gideon, piano and voice) [reissued on The Co-Optimists, World Records SHB25]


Dreamy Days :

1. 78/HMV rejected (Elsa MacFarlane with Melville Gideon, piano) (as "Dream Days")


Golfing Love:

1. 78/Zonophone 2434 (Melville Gideon with H. B. Hedley, piano)
2. 78/HMV B-1725 (Melville Gideon, piano and voice) [reissued on The Co-Optimists, World Records SHB25]


(Little) Lacquer Lady (L: Clifford Seyler):

1. 78/HMV C-1284 (Melville Gideon, piano and voice, with the Berkeley Trio) [reissued on The Co-Optimists, World Records SHB25]
2. 78/HMV rejected (Melville Gideon, piano and voice, with the Berkeley Trio)


London Town (You Haunt Me) (M/L: Melville Gideon; Illingsworth):

1. 78/Columbia 3405 (Melville Gideon, piano and voice) [also 78/Re G-8209]
2. 78/HMV B-1725 (Melville Gideon and Chorus (including Stanley Holloway) with Wolseley Charles, piano) [reissued on The Co-Optimists, World Records SHB25]


(I Promise I'll Be) Practically True To You (L: Clifford Grey) (originally used in THE CO-OPTIMISTS OF 1921) (1st Edition):

1. 78/HMV C-1039 (Mayfair Orchestra conducted by George W. Byng)


Rolling Stone:

1. 78/HMV B-2295 (Melville Gideon with Carroll Gibbons, piano)


Spare A Little Love:

1. 78/Zonophone 2434 (Melville Gideon with H.B. Hedley, piano)
2. 78/Columbia 3407 (Melville Gideon)
3. 78/HMV rejected (Melville Gideon, piano and voice)
4. 78/Re G-8209 (Melville Gideon, piano and voice)
5. 78/HMV C-2441 (Melville Gideon with orchestra conducted by Ray Noble)


Unrecorded Material:

Bow-Wow (The Opening)
I Made Them Step
If I Gave You A Rose (M/L: Granville English)
Isn't There A Man For Me?
Love's Agony
Neuftette
Russianata
Three Little School-Girls
To The Races
We All Play The Grand Piano