Jack Hylton and his Orchestra plus RICHARD TAUBER
stunning 1930 Berlin recordings:
Berlin 5 October 1930
Just a Gigolo (Handsome Gigolo) - the famous 1928 German hit song about a male lover-for-hire
Yours is my Heart Alone (Dein ist mein ganzes Herz) - Franz Lehar's hit operetta "Land of Smiles" with the famous Richard Tauber recording played back in the middle of the song.
London 25 February 1930:
The US Hit Song Body & Soul (Concert Arrangement) - Vocal Pat O'Malley
The records are being played on the first British Record Changer, Hist Master's Voice Model 1 Automatic. This example in a unique Hepplewhite inlaid satinwood period cabinet was built in the summer of 1929, it is state of the art in high fidelity of its time, with a sophisticated No 5A soundbox and one of the largest internal Re-entrant horns ever built for a phonograph.
To learn more about the HMV Model 1 Automatic, check my website at:
http://myvintagetv.com/updatepages1/changer%20videos/changer_videos.htm
For more about Jack Hylton check:
http://www.weimarrundfunk.com/artists/hylton_01.html