Take A Step. The Romanie Orchestra directed by Debroy Somers. 1924.

[stagehand19]

It comes from a music comedy called Toni, and stared my hero Jack Buchanan, and open at the Shaftesbury theatre in 1924. Jack recorded it on 28th may 1924. It is on Columbia A907.

Regards

Chris (Portsmouth,Hants.)

[uslines]

Long live acoustic!

[Corrie121]

Very pleasant listening experience.

Thank you for sharing.

[henry814]

This is so good! I often neglect these acoustic records in favor of the early electrics, but every now and then an outstanding one will come along. Percival Mackey on Columbia and those Teddy Brown Cafe de Paris Imperials spring to mind, but this one has proven addictive. I have a few of those old British cigarette cards too, mostly period beauties but a few bandleaders and celebrities as well!

[85scampi]

I am the same as you henry!. I can go for a long period not listening to these acoustics and then have a 'run on them'!. The artist who designed those cards by the way was a chap called Alick P. Ritchie?.

[85scampi]

The Caricatures are left to right; H.H Asquith, G.K Chesterton, ?, Kipling, Beaverbrook, Lloyd George, Sir Henry J.Wood, Lord Birkenhead.

[ginnykaren]

Fabulous sounding record!

[85scampi]

The older acoustic records sound top - notch on an acoustic Gramophone.

[jackpaynefan]

Your memory does serve you right. "Take a step" is from the Jack Buchanan revue "Toni". He did record it - Columbia 3451, which I had to play as soon as I heard this cheery version.

[mic33george]

An early Somers!Nice tune.I forget how pleasant some of these earlier recordings can be!The gram fairly sparkles,which reminds me of a requested upload!

[fredflange1]

You know good onions mic33,