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That's My Weakness Now - Raymond Dance Band

Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2016 4:59 pm
by bart1927
This record is a bit of a mystery to me. It's Regal G9198. The Raymond Dance Band is one of the various pseudonyms used on these UK Regals. In this particular case I really don't know which orchestra it is, actually. It definitely sounds British to me. UK Regals usually feature reissues of Columbia material, so it must be a British orchestra that was under contract with Columbia at the time (1928).

https://app.box.com/s/n4j2vaf5oiyhisdg56x5yyfuzmfw5zer

Re: That's My Weakness Now - Raymond Dance Band

Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2016 8:43 am
by Curt A
That's a great record and I agree that it sounds British... Maybe Al Starita?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZUe-pXaT_o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPnepKtBvCk

Re: That's My Weakness Now - Raymond Dance Band

Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 3:56 am
by bart1927
Thanks Curt, I already thought it might be Starita, but since a Google search didn't turn up any Starita recordings of this tune, I couldn't verify it. If I only had a copy of Rust's "British Dance Bands" I could know it for sure, but unfortunately whenever these turn up for sale they're more expensive than a 78 of the Charleston ;)