My first introduction to the music of Jack Payne & his band was the record of "Jack Payne's memories", issued on the Imperial label after he had relinquished his tenure at the BBC. Jack introduces a number of songs featured around 1930 by the BBC Dance Orchestra, including Fairy on the clock, Fire! Fire! Fire!, Sing holly go whistle hey hey, Lady of Spain, On the sunny side of the street, Little white lies & The king's horses, before concluding with a few bars of Say it with music. Strangely, four of the songs featured were not recorded at the time by Jack Payne, so this record provides us with the only versions of these songs by his band. So popular was this record on its initial release, that it was reissued in 1934 on the Rex label after Imperial was discontinued.
Crystalate, the company that manufactured Imperial, often released alternative takes. Most copies of this record have 6317-2 for side 1, but this video features 6317. Notice a small difference to the lyric of "Fire! Fire! Fire! and small differences in emphasis in Jack Payne's commentary.
11 дек 2023
