tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3224037410105354251.post2343161576770338673..comments2024-03-25T04:55:45.033-07:00Comments on A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE: AL BOWLLY: THE EARLY YEARSUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3224037410105354251.post-64589320215481308032013-01-08T02:14:03.289-08:002013-01-08T02:14:03.289-08:00Thank you for this item , David. An interesting si...Thank you for this item , David. An interesting sidelight is that Ray Noble himself did not have an orchestra at all at this time, The orchestra used in the recordings was the "house band" of the record company HMV, who called it "The New Mayfair Dance Orchestra". Although many of it's members were regulars, they also had regular "night time" jobs with dance bands at various London venues. The band recorded with other leaders, (sometimes using Bowlly, eg "Venetian Nights" of 6 April 1933 with Clifford Greenwood as director) and Ray Noble himself was an employee of HMV. Of course he later struck out on his own, migrating (with Bowlly) to America.<br />Initially HMV labelled the band as being "The New Mayfair Dance Orchestra directed by Ray Noble" later putting Noble in first position, but by 1932 calling it "Ray Noble and His Orchestra" Jarbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02305108771390534094noreply@blogger.com