Bertini & The Blackpool Tower Dance Band

[TheMrSheehan]

I have "By that qaint little Church on the Hillside" / "When the wild wild roses bloom" by this band Aaron

[TheMiditzermad]

whats the first song called

[Aaron1912]

Hello Everybody



[TheMiditzermad]

@Aaron1912 do you have any idea were i can find it

[Aaron1912]

I got the Bertini music CD from Amazon.

[davidglow3]

Lovely ballroom but what a pedestrian band played there.Terrible limp rhythm section.Such a big venue deserved a sharper snappier band

[Aaron1912]

Bertini recorded these songs in a small London studio. Normally he would have a huge brass section but for sound purposes it had to be toned down, especially when he recorded on the radio and on home records.

To hear what his band sounded like inside the ballroom, I recommend the below record which is on youtube.

1928 Amateur Ballroom Championships



[1912cunard]

I love the tower ballroom, so unique. I have in my collection quite a few bertini's 78s. I play them still and the sound is remarkably good. I reckon he is underated as he not up there with the likes of hylton, ambrose, payne, nobel and hall etc. I enjoyed both the recordings and the pictures of the ballroom. Well put together. Look at the ballroom full of people! I would loved to have been a fly on the wall..many thanks for loading this.

[Organsk8er]

Great video!

[keith6400]

What a fabulously made video - excellent

[barkerkennell]

i am after anything about the steve kennell showband who played at the tower ballroom and the winter gardens..footage posters anything ta

[BCraven04]

BEAUTIFUL! What city is this gem of a place in?

[blackpoolbarmpot]

The Tower Ballroom, is located on the Promenade, in a town called Blackpool, in the county of Lancashire, situated on the Northwest coast of England. It is still as beautiful, even after a disasterous fire nearly completely distroyed it in 1956. It was completely rebuilt much to the original specifications. The world famous 'Wurlitzer' Organ (installed in 1935, and repaired after the fire) is still there and played regularly by its resident Organist 'Phil Kelsall' and guest Organists.

[BCraven04]

Do they still have dances there?

[blackpoolbarmpot]

Yes they still have Dances there, mainly using the Wurlitzer Organ and an electronic 'Versi' Organ which take it in turn to provide the music. I believe there is also an Orchestra that plays there sometimes, but I have never been there when they are on. The Dances are still the traditional types i.e. Waltzes, Gavottes Foxtrots etc.

[blackpoolbarmpot]

'Versi' should read 'Wersi'.... Sorry!

[barneyboscoe]

@BCraven04 please go to 'Phil Kelsall' he's the resident organist at the Blackpool tower,there are some beautiful photographs of the ballroom interior.

[muscleco]

A great selection. You've done wonders with the old Eclipse records! Much better than the terrrible digital noise reduction with have got used to in recent years.

Alex Mac

[spudweiser0]

Great nostalgic video of the ballroom and its past. It surely is a national treasure! Its just a place that never really changes, and hopefully it shall remain that way.

[mic33george]

Excellant compilation!Well known to me from those little "eclipse"78s,and one "currys".Is the 20s dancing clip from the silent film "Hindle wakes"?

[azzx96]

There is white jazz and black jazz of the 20s, like this. I love te white jazz/

[HarborGuy]

How wonderful to have been there at the time for all this it must have been great..........

[busternuckles]

Don't know this band but they havethe great sound of the 20's