The Fun of the Fair, Vol. 1

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Tracklist

▼CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Cabaret
organ [Gavioli Troubadour]:
[mechanical instruments] (music boxes, mechanical harmoniums, clocks, etc)
recorded at:
Turner’s Musical Merry‐Go‐Round in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
instrumental recording of:
Cabaret (title song from the Kander & Ebb musical)
lyricist:
Fred Ebb
composer:
John Kander
part of:
Cabaret (musical)
Kander & Ebb2:42
2Me and My Shadow
organ [Gavioli Troubadour]:
[mechanical instruments] (music boxes, mechanical harmoniums, clocks, etc)
recorded at:
Turner’s Musical Merry‐Go‐Round in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
instrumental recording of:
Me and My Shadow
lyricist:
Billy Rose (lyricist and Broadway producer)
additional writer:
Al Jolson
composer:
Dave Dreyer
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher) and Larry Spier Inc.
Rose, Jolson, Dreyer3:04
3Ciribiribin
organ [Gavioli Troubadour]:
[mechanical instruments] (music boxes, mechanical harmoniums, clocks, etc)
recorded at:
Turner’s Musical Merry‐Go‐Round in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
instrumental recording of:
Ciribiribin (They’re So in Love) (Harry James theme song)
lyricist:
Harry James (US big band leader, trumpeter & actor) and Jack Lawrence (US songwriter)
composer:
Alberto Pestalozza
is based on:
Ciribiribin (original Italian version)
part of:
Hit the Deck (1955 movie)
Pestalozza, James, Lawrence2:30
4The Stripper
organ [Hooghuys Showmans Organ]:
[mechanical instruments] (music boxes, mechanical harmoniums, clocks, etc)
recorded at:
Turner’s Musical Merry‐Go‐Round in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
recording of:
The Stripper
composer:
David Rose (songwriter, pianist and orchestra leader)
publisher:
Bregman, Vocco & Conn Ltd. and David Rose Publishing Co.
Rose1:42
5Can-Can
organ [Hooghuys Showmans Organ]:
[mechanical instruments] (music boxes, mechanical harmoniums, clocks, etc)
arranger:
Gus Kahn
recorded at:
Turner’s Musical Merry‐Go‐Round in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Orphée aux enfers : Can-can (Ouverture / Acte II. Galop infernal) (arrangement for barrel organ)
composer:
Jacques Offenbach
arranger:
Gus Kahn
version of:
Orphée aux Enfers: Acte II, Scene 2. Galop Infernal (widely known as “Can-can”)
Offenbach, arr. Kahn2:04
6My Blue Heaven
organ [Hooghuys Showmans Organ]:
[mechanical instruments] (music boxes, mechanical harmoniums, clocks, etc)
recorded at:
Turner’s Musical Merry‐Go‐Round in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
instrumental recording of:
My Blue Heaven
lyricist:
George A. Whiting (popular songwriter) (in 1924)
composer:
Walter Donaldson (in 1924)
publisher:
Leo Feist, Inc.
Whiting, Donaldson2:01
7Viva Espana
organ [Decap Jazz ‘Atomic’ Organ]:
[mechanical instruments] (music boxes, mechanical harmoniums, clocks, etc)
recorded at:
Turner’s Musical Merry‐Go‐Round in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
instrumental recording of:
Eviva España (1971 song)
lyricist:
Leo Rozenstraten (Actor, playwright, songwriter)
writer:
Leo Caerts (Leo Caerts Sr; Belgian songwriter, producer) and Leo Rozenstraten (Actor, playwright, songwriter)
composer:
Leo Caerts (Leo Caerts Sr; Belgian songwriter, producer)
publisher:
Basart Belgium Editions
Caerts, Rozenstraten2:02
8Twelfth Street Rag
organ [Decap Jazz ‘Atomic’ Organ]:
[mechanical instruments] (music boxes, mechanical harmoniums, clocks, etc)
recorded at:
Turner’s Musical Merry‐Go‐Round in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
recording of:
12th Street Rag
publisher:
Euday L. Bowman (on 1914-01-30)
lyricist:
James S. Sumner
composer:
Euday L. Bowman
arrangement of:
Twelfth Street Rag
Bowman, Razaf3:03
9I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside
organ [Gavioli Trumpet Organ]:
[mechanical instruments] (music boxes, mechanical harmoniums, clocks, etc)
recorded at:
Turner’s Musical Merry‐Go‐Round in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
instrumental recording of:
I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside
lyricist and composer:
John A. Glover-Kind
Glover-Kind2:13
10Darktown Strutters Ball
organ [Gavioli Trumpet Organ]:
[mechanical instruments] (music boxes, mechanical harmoniums, clocks, etc)
recorded at:
Turner’s Musical Merry‐Go‐Round in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
instrumental recording of:
Darktown Strutters’ Ball
lyricist and composer:
Shelton Brooks (in 1917)
publisher:
Leo Feist, Inc.
part of:
For Me and My Gal (1942 movie)
Brooks2:21
11King Cotton
organ [Gavioli Trumpet Organ]:
[mechanical instruments] (music boxes, mechanical harmoniums, clocks, etc)
recorded at:
Turner’s Musical Merry‐Go‐Round in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
recording of:
King Cotton
composer:
John Philip Sousa (conductor and composer) (in 1895)
Sousa1:14
12Al Jolson Medley: Waiting for the Robert E. Lee / Carolina in the Morning / Pretty Baby / Toot Toot Tootsie Goo’bye / I’m Sitting on Top of the World / I’m Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover / Chinatown My Chinatown / Baby Face / California Here I Come / Avalon
organ [Mortier]:
[mechanical instruments] (music boxes, mechanical harmoniums, clocks, etc)
recorded at:
Turner’s Musical Merry‐Go‐Round in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
medley including a instrumental recording of:
Avalon
writer:
B. G. DeSylva, Al Jolson and Vincent Rose (early-20th century violinist, pianist, composer & bandleader)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Stephen Ballentine Music, Warner Bros. Music (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23) and Jerome H. Remick & Co. (on 1920-09-04)
medley including a instrumental recording of:
Baby Face
lyricist:
Benny Davis (US vaudeville performer and songwriter) (in 1926)
composer:
Harry Akst (in 1926)
publisher:
B & G Akst Publishing Co. and Benny Davis Music
medley including a instrumental recording of:
California Here I Come
lyricist:
Buddy DeSylva and Al Jolson
composer:
Joseph Meyer (US songwriter)
publisher:
M. Witmark & Sons (on 1924-01-07)
medley including a instrumental recording of:
Carolina in the Morning
lyricist:
Gus Kahn (in 1922)
composer:
Walter Donaldson (in 1922)
medley including a instrumental recording of:
Chinatown, My Chinatown
lyricist:
William Jerome (in 1910)
composer:
Jean Schwartz (in 1910)
publisher:
Beuscher and Sim (Related to Éditions Sim)
medley including a instrumental recording of:
I’m Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover
writer:
Mort Dixon (in 1927)
composer:
Harry M. Woods (American 1920/30s songwriter) (in 1927)
medley including a instrumental recording of:
I’m Sitting on Top of the World (First line: “Don’t want any millions, I’m getting my share…”)
lyricist:
Sam M. Lewis (1930s lyricist) and Joe Young (US lyricist)
composer:
Ray Henderson
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!) and Leo Feist, Inc.
medley including a instrumental recording of:
Pretty Baby
lyricist:
Gus Kahn (in 1916)
composer:
Egbert Van Alstyne (in 1916) and Tony Jackson (New Orleans ragtime pianist) (in 1916)
part of:
Broadway Rhythm (film)
medley including a instrumental recording of:
Toot, Toot, Tootsie (Goo’ Bye)
writer:
Ernie Erdman, Gus Kahn and Dan Russo
publisher:
Salabert
medley including a instrumental recording of:
Waitin’ for the Robert E. Lee
lyricist:
L. Wolfe Gilbert
composer:
Lewis F. Muir
Muir, Gilbert / Donaldson / Van Alstyne, Jackson / Erdman, Fiorito, King / Henderson / Woods / Schwartz / Davis, Akst / Meyer, De Sylva, Jolson / Jolson, Rose, De Sylva6:53
13Little Boogie
organ [Mortier]:
[mechanical instruments] (music boxes, mechanical harmoniums, clocks, etc)
recorded at:
Turner’s Musical Merry‐Go‐Round in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
C. Dupree, W. Dupree1:53
14Skoklaan
organ [Mortier]:
[mechanical instruments] (music boxes, mechanical harmoniums, clocks, etc)
recorded at:
Turner’s Musical Merry‐Go‐Round in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
instrumental recording of:
Skokiaan
lyricist:
Tom Glazer
composer:
August Msarurgwa
publisher:
Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
Msarurgwa, Glazer1:18
15Annen Polka op. 117
organ [Wellershaus 70 Key-Less]:
[mechanical instruments] (music boxes, mechanical harmoniums, clocks, etc)
recorded at:
Turner’s Musical Merry‐Go‐Round in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Annen‐Polka, op. 117
premiered in:
Wien, Austria (on 1852-07-24)
composer:
Johann Strauss (Austro-German composer, „Walzerkönig“, Johann Strauss II, Sohn, Jr., the Younger, the Son) (in 1852)
part of:
Works of Johann Strauss Jr. by opus number (number: op. 117)
Strauss4:28
16A Day Trip to Bangor
organ [Bursens 68 Key Organ]:
[mechanical instruments] (music boxes, mechanical harmoniums, clocks, etc)
recorded at:
Turner’s Musical Merry‐Go‐Round in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Day Trip to Bangor
lyricist and composer:
Debbie Cook ("Daytrip to Bangor")
Cook1:39
17Roses From the South
organ [Bursens 68 Key Organ]:
[mechanical instruments] (music boxes, mechanical harmoniums, clocks, etc)
recorded at:
Turner’s Musical Merry‐Go‐Round in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Rosen aus dem Süden, op. 388
composer:
Johann Strauss (Austro-German composer, „Walzerkönig“, Johann Strauss II, Sohn, Jr., the Younger, the Son)
part of:
Works of Johann Strauss Jr. by opus number (number: op. 388)
Strauss3:36
18Eleanor Waltz
organ [Verbeeck & Son 72 Key Organ]:
[mechanical instruments] (music boxes, mechanical harmoniums, clocks, etc)
recorded at:
Turner’s Musical Merry‐Go‐Round in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Eleanor Waltz
composer:
John Alastair Walker (composer)
Walker2:15
19Dinah / Alexanders Rag Time Band
organ [Decap Robot 105 Key Organ]:
[mechanical instruments] (music boxes, mechanical harmoniums, clocks, etc)
recorded at:
Turner’s Musical Merry‐Go‐Round in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
medley including a instrumental recording of:
Alexander’s Ragtime Band
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1911)
publisher:
Williamson Music, Inc.
medley including a instrumental recording of:
Dinah
lyricist:
Sam M. Lewis (1930s lyricist) and Joe Young (US lyricist)
composer:
Harry Akst
publisher:
B & G Akst Publishing Co., EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated) and Morley Music Corp.
part of:
The Girl’s Suite
Akst, Lewis, Young / Berlin2:12

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manufactured in:the U.K.
manufactured by:PDO (Philips DuPont Optical, Blackburn, UK)
copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by:Sovereign Music (in 1992)