Very Best Of British Dance Bands CD

25 tracks from the golden years (1930-39), feat. Jack Hylton/Pat O'Malley, Harry Leader, Sam Browne, Lew Stone, Oscar Rabin, Anne Lenner, Ambrose, Billy Cotton, Geraldo, Joe Loss, Carroll Gibbons +

Personnel: Carroll Gibbons, Charlie Kunz (spoken vocals, piano); Eddie Pullen (guitar, banjo); Arthur Watkins (guitar, cello); Noel "Chappie" d'Amato (guitar, alto saxophone); Bert Thomas, Curt Smith, Bill Tringham, Eddie Freeman, Sydney Delmonte, Harry Pike, Lou Goldsmith, Cyril Halliday, Joyce Taylor, Georges Dickson, Jack Uwewllyn, George Dickinson, Ivor Mairants, Jack Cooper, Alex Morris, Jack Hill, Jack Llewelyn, Harry Davis, Harold Sherman, Alan Breeze (guitar); Con Lamprecht (steel guitar, tenor saxophone); Sonny Farrar (banjo); Harry Chapman (harp); Jimmy Shankland (violin, cello, clarinet, tenor saxophone); Lew Davis (violin, clarinet, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, trombone); Fred Bruce (violin, clarinet, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone); George Melachrino (violin, clarinet, alto saxophone, bass saxophone); Johnny Swinfen (violin, clarinet, alto saxophone); Stan Andrews (violin, alto saxophone); Freddie Ballerini (violin, tenor saxophone); Al Morgan (violin, baritone saxophone); Brian Lawrance (violin, trombone); Phil Phillips, Eric Percival, Geoff Howard, Dick Willows, Eric Siday, Len Leon, Bert Howell, Bob Easson, Harry Freedman , Ernie Lewis, George Hurley, Eric Peercival, Johnny Finneran, Carl Tauber, Joseph Hitchenor, Phil Silverstone, Sydney Williamson, Eugene Pini, Cyril Hellier, Jim Dunlop, Maurice Loban, Jack Harris , Jean Pougnet, Johnny Miller, Johnny Rosen, Sydney Lipton, Benjamin Frankel, Billy Miller, Reg Leopold (violin); Harry Berly (viola, ocarina, clarinet, tenor saxophone); Allen Warren (cello, clarinet, oboe, tenor saxophone); E.O. Pogson (flute, clarinet, oboe, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone); Rex Owen (flute, clarinet, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone); Harry Carr, Jos Jeannette, Joe Jeanette, John Bristol (flute, alto saxophone); Harry Gold (clarinet, oboe, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Sid Millward, Simon Millward (clarinet, oboe, alto saxophone); Joe Crossman (clarinet, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone); Burton Gillis, Leon Mack, Johnny Raitz (clarinet, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Laurie Payne, Bob Wise, Danny Miller , Dave Shand, Eddie Platt , Freddy Gardner, Michael Krein, Eddie Cromar, Jack Scott, Jim Easton, Sid Phillips, Danny Polo (clarinet, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone); Cyril Grantham, Dave Stephenson, Chips Chippendall, Sam Freed, Bob Winnette, Edgar Bracewell, Freddy Williams, George Wright, Frank Kenyon , Teddy White, Phil Trix, Ted Simpkins, Tom Bonney, Norman Barker, Alex Baum, Billy Walker (clarinet, alto saxophone); Les Lambert (clarinet, tenor saxophone, trumpet); Sid Brown (clarinet, tenor saxophone, piano); Stan Quiddington, Jimmy Durrant, Benny Greenwood, Roy Martin , Billy Amstell, George "Harmonica" Smith, Jack Halsall (clarinet, tenor saxophone); Art Christmas, Hugh Tripp, Ernest Ritte (alto saxophone, baritone saxophone); Stan Osborne, Freddie Schweitzer, Jimmy Gordon (alto saxophone); Bob Findlay, George Evans , Reg Brewster, Les Williams, Billy Ternent (tenor saxophone); Freddy Gibson, Mick Burberry (baritone saxophone); Oscar Rabin (bass saxophone); John "Johnny Genius" Murphy, Paul Fenoulhet, John Murphy (trumpet, trombone); Max Goldberg, Bill Shakespeare, Alfie Noakes, Jack Edwardson, Jack Raine, Tich Charlton, Harry Owen, Arthur Williams , Jimmy Macaffer, Frenchie Sartell, Tom Balderson, Dick Kyte, Andy Hodgkiss, Jack Jackson & His Band, Sid Fearn, Fred Brooks, Cliff Woodridge, Frank Wilson , Stanley Roderick, Bobby Hutchinson, Billy Burton, Bert Bullimore, Clinton Ffrench, Stanley Howard, Archie Craig, Harry Letham, Clem Stevens, Wally Talbot, Bill Shapespeare, Cliff Garlick, Eddie Fearn, Billy Higgs, Harry MacFarlane, Jack Doyle, Teddy Jepsen, Jack