The Blue And The Gray (fragment) 1955

The Blue And The Gray
9th November 1955
Written and produced by Charles Chilton
(last 3 minutes only)

I just remembered I also have a fragment of another Charles Chilton work. The rest of the reel seemed to have been recorded over sometime in the 60's but this remained at the end.  I know that the music from the show was released as a Decca LP in 1961 but I don't know if they used audio from the show or re-recorded it.

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Church Service & Latin-American Music 1961-62

c.1961/62

10:36 - 11:00am
The Litany & Ante-Communion from the Temple Church, London
Officiant: Rev W. D. Kennedy-Bell.
Organist & Choirmaster: Dr. George Thalben-Ball


11:00am pips & announcer (tells us that at 11:30 there'll be an abridged version of of "An Inspector Calls" and at 12:00 "Rendezvous With Spring" a talk by Harry Soan(sp?).)


11:00 - 11:05am
Programme of Latin-American Music

with The Chico McDermott Latin Music
1. Intro
2. Maria's Her Name
3. The End Of The World (vocal - Sonny McKenzie, arrangement by Hal Green) (fades out)


This is what was taped over the start of the Dennis Lotis recording (Sept/Oct/Nov 1961) and has to be sometime after that date.

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Dennis Lotis, Oct 1961

Dennis Lotis
BBC Light Programme
Sept/Oct/Nov 1961
(18 minutes)

01 Dennis Lotis - ?
02 Judd Proctor - Kon Tiki
03 ? - [instrumental]
Johnny Douglas introduces his pianist Ronnie Price
04 Ronnie Price with the Ivor Raymond singers - All The Things You Are
05 Johnny Douglas Orchestra - Santa Margarita / medley
06 Dennis Lotis - Soon It's Gonna Rain
07 Judd Proctor - [Instrumental. Introduction mentions Alligators which presumably hints at the song title.]

The main clue to the date is the introduction to Kon Tiki - "Riding the waves of the current hit parade is Kon Tiki" (This song Was a hit for The Shadows, Sept'61, re-entry Nov'61).

The first part of the reel (29 minutes) had been recorded over and most likely contained the first part of the show from the start.  This 18-minute portion fades out at the end with no indication it's the end of the show, so what we have here is probably more-or-less the third quarter of a 1-hour show.

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Army Bandstand #145 (1961)

Army Bandstand #145
with guest Archie Bleyer
1961

This 15 minute show starts with "Hernando's Hideaway", the start is cut but apart from that the show is complete.  Then Jim the shows host chats with Archie, followed by "Water Boy" by Don Shirley & his trio, then a commercial for joining the army, more chat with Archie, then "The Poor People Of Paris" by Archie Bleyer Orchestra - a preview from his forthcoming and as yet untitled album (which was released later in 1961, titled "Moonlight Serenade"), then another army commercial.

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