John Wadley

☰︎

Engineer and studio technician, active from the early 1960s, especially known for his transfers of 78s.

ALBA

Jack Jackson And His Orchestra

Things Are Looking Up

1993, CD, Album, Mono, Saville Records, Conifer Records Ltd.,

"Fats" Waller & His Rhythm*

Dust Off That Old Pianna (The First Twenty Titles From 1935)

Bix Beiderbecke

"The Beiderbecke File" (Featuring The Real Bix)

Top Hat, White Tie & Tails - The Inimitable Fred Astaire

James P. Johnson*

Singin’ In The Rain: Famous Stage And Screen Personalities

Ambrose & His Orchestra

Midnight In Mayfair

1989, CD, Album, Mono, Num, RM, Saville Records

Everybody Shuffle: American Hot Bands Of The 1930's

"Nice Work" Fred Astaire Sings Gershwin

"Got To Dance" (Broadway Melodies Of Stage And Screen Played By British Dance Bands)

Henry Hall And The BBC Dance Orchestra

Seein' Is Believin'

1988, LP, Album, Comp, Saville Records

Harry Roy And His Orchestra

Truckin' On Down

1988, LP, Comp, Mono, Saville Records,

Jack Hylton And His Orchestra

Song Of Happiness

1987, LP, Comp, Saville Records,

Shooting High (Solo Recordings By British Dance Band Vocalists)

1987, LP, Comp, Mono, Saville Records

Carroll Gibbons And The Savoy Hotel Orpheans

1987, 2xLP, Comp, Mono, Saville Records

Ray Noble And His Orchestra Featuring Al Bowlly

Over On The Sunny Side

1986, LP, Comp, Mono, Old Bean Records,

Roy Fox And His Band*

Invitation To A Dance

1986, LP, Comp, Mono, Saville Records

Layton And Johnstone

When You're Smiling

1986, LP, Comp, Mono, Saville Records

Ambrose & His Orchestra

'S Wonderful (Ambrose & His Orchestra 1928 to 1930)

1986, LP, Comp, Mono, Saville Records,

Fats Waller And His Rhythm*

Armful O' Sweetness

Lucky Day (Top American Bands Of The 1920's)

1985, LP, Comp, Mono, Saville Records

Carroll Gibbons And The Savoy Hotel Orpheans*

Brighter Than The Sun

“Amazing Gracie” The Incomparable Gracie Fields

Jack Hylton And His Orchestra

Lovable And Sweet (1929 - 1931)

1984, LP, Comp, Old Bean Records

The London Sessions (1928-1930)

1981, LP, Comp, Mono, Saville Records

Joe Daniels And His Hot Shots

Steppin' Out To Swing

LP, Album, Comp, Mono, Saville Records,

Ray Starita And His Ambassadors Band

Rhapsody In Rhythm

LP, Comp, Mono, Saville Records

KOMPILACE +

The Original East Side Stompers

Algiers Strut 1985

1985, LP, Album, VJM, VJM

Layton And Johnstone

Harmony Heaven: American Duetists With Piano

2017, CD, Comp, Halcyon Records (3)

The Dick Morrissey Quartet

Have You Heard?

The Genius Of George Gershwin

2007, 2xCD, Comp, Sounds Of Yester Year

Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra

Jamboree: Original 1935/6 Recordings

2006, CD, Comp, Sounds Of Yester Year,

Jerome Kern, Richard Rodgers

Sunny, Showboat & Lido Lady

1994, CD, Album, Pearl

Jack Hylton And His Orchestra

She Shall Have Music — Recordings 1935–1939

1992, CD, Comp, Saville Records,

Sing A Song Of Sunbeams

1992, CD, Comp, Mono, Saville Records

The Dance Band Years - The 1930's

Oscar "Papa" Celestin's Original Tuxedo Jazz Orchestra* / Sam Morgan's Jazz Band

New Orleans Classics (Complete And Chronological)

Hot Coffee (Rare Jazz Moments Played By British Dance Bands)

1991, CD, Comp, Saville Records

Cole Porter, Various

A Centenary Tribute 1891/1991

1991, CD, Comp, Old Bean Records

Say It With Music (100th Birthday Tribute To Irving Berlin)

Albert Brunies And The Halfway House Orchestra*

New Orleans Shuffle

1987, LP, Comp, VJM

Ken Colyer's Jazzmen & George Lewis

1957 - A Very Good Year

1987, LP, Album, Mono, K C Records, K C Records,

Comic Cuts Vol 2 1928-36

1987, LP, Comp, Mono, Old Bean Records,

Billy Cotton And His Band

Nobody’s Sweetheart

1987, 2xLP, Comp, RE, Saville Records, Saville Records,

Persian Rug (Unusual Patterns In Jazz)

1986, LP, Comp, Mono, RM, VJM,

Ambrose And His Orchestra*

I Only Have Eyes For You

1986, LP, Comp, Mono, Old Bean Records,

Henry Hall And The BBC Dance Orchestra

What A Perfect Combination

1986, LP, Comp, Mono, Saville Records,

The Missourians / Cab Calloway And His Orchestra

The Missourians And Cab Calloway

1986, LP, Comp, Mono, VJM

Jazz And Hot Dance In Belgium 1909-1952

1986, LP, Comp, Mono, Harlequin

Billy Cotton And His Band

Somebody Stole My Gal

1986, LP, Comp, Mono, Old Bean Records,

Complete Recordings In Chronological Order (August 1924 To July 1925)

James P. Johnson*

Lew Stone And His Band With Featured Vocalist Al Bowlly

Right From The Heart

1985, LP, Album, Comp, Mono, Old Bean Records,

Ambrose And His Orchestra*

The Golden Age Of Ambrose And His Orchestra

1985, LP, Comp, Mono, EMI

1985, LP, Comp, Mono, Halcyon Records (3)

Lew Stone And His Orchestra

The Golden Age Of Lew Stone And His Orchestra

1985, LP, Comp, Mono, EMI, EMI,

Hits Of The Forties

George Gershwin

The Two Sides Of George Gershwin

Roy Fox & His Band

This Is Romance (At The Kit-Cat Restaurant) 1933

1984, LP, Comp, Mono, Saville Records,

Sir Adrian Boult, Ludwig van Beethoven, Carl Maria von Weber, Richard Wagner, Engelbert Humperdinck

Dr. Adrian Boult - Beethoven Symphony No 8 Weber Humperdinck Wagner

1983, LP, Comp, Mono, Pearl

A Million Dreams (Solos 1932 to 1933)

Red Nichols & Miff Mole

Red & Miff (1926-1931)

1982, LP, Comp, Mono, Saville Records

I'm Just A Vagabond

1982, LP, Comp, Mono, Decca,

Billy Cotton And His Band

That Rhythm Man

1982, LP, Comp, Mono, Saville Records,

Charlie Kunz, His Piano And The Casani Club Orchestra

1982, LP, Comp, Mono, Decca

Ambrose And His Orchestra* Featuring Sam Browne

Faithfully Yours (1930 to 1932)

1982, LP, Comp, Mono, Saville Records,

Sydney Lipton And His Grosvenor House Orchestra*

1982, LP, Album, Comp, Mono, Decca,

Jack Payne And His BBC Dance Orchestra*

Radio Nights (Jack Payne And His BBC Dance Orchestra 1928 to 1931)

1982, LP, Album, Comp, Mono, Saville Records,

Ben Pollack And His Park Central Orchestra

Futuristic Rhythm (1928-1929)

1982, LP, Comp, Mono, Saville Records,

Geraldo And His Orchestra

1982, LP, Comp, Mono, Saville Records

The Squadronaires

Goodnight Sweetheart (Al Bowlly - 1931 Sessions)

Harry James And His Orchestra

Sounds Familiar

Hits Of The Forties Volume 3 The Vocalists

Ridin' In Rhythm

Flanagan And Allen

Yesterday's Dreams

1981, LP, Comp, Mono, RM, Decca,

Primo Scala And His Accordion Band*

Primo Scala And His Accordion Band

1981, LP, Comp, Decca

Hits Of The Forties Volume 2

1981, 2xLP, Comp, Decca,

Big Band/Ballad

With My Ukelele

1981, LP, Comp, Mono, RM, Decca,

Music Hall/Comedy

Roy Fox & His Band

1981, LP, Comp, Mono, RM, Decca

Lew Stone And His Band

1981, LP, Comp, Mono, RM, Decca,

Ambrose & His Orchestra

Happy Days - 1929 To 1930

1981, LP, Comp, Mono, Saville Records,

Georgia On My Mind

1981, LP, Comp, Mono, Decca,

Hatchett's Swingtette Featuring Stephane Grappelli*

1981, LP, Comp, Decca

Louis Armstrong

The Louis Armstrong Legend 1926-27

Louis Armstrong And His Hot Five*

The Louis Armstrong Legend 1925-1926 — The Hot Fives & Sevens Complete 1925-1926

Louis Armstrong

The Louis Armstrong Legend 1928-29

Louis Armstrong

The Louis Armstrong Legend 1927-28

Ambrose & His Orchestra Featuring Vera Lynn

Ambrose And His Orchestra Featuring Vera Lynn

"The Street Singer" South Of The Border

1980, LP, Comp, Mono, Decca

And The Bands Played On

Hot Aire (American Hot Dance Bands Of The 1920's)

Hits Of World War II Vol 1 - The Great British Dance Bands 1939 - 1940

The Great British Dance Bands 1941 (Hits Of World War II Vol. 3)

Swing/Easy Listening

The Essential Duke Ellington: March 22nd 1927 To December 19th 1927

1979, LP, Comp, Mono, VJM

Sir Thomas Beecham Conducts Richard Strauss, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

The Closing Scenes From Ariadne Auf Naxos & Elektra

1979, LP, Album, Mono, RCA

Complete Recordings In Chronological Order Volume One (December 1923 To April 1924)

The Great British Dance Bands Play The Music Of Vivian Ellis

Big Band/Music Hall

The Great British Dance Bands 1940-1941 (Hits Of World War II Vol. 2)

Roy Fox & His Orchestra

Strictly Instrumental

1978, LP, Comp, Halcyon Records (3)

1978, LP, Comp, Mono, Halcyon Records (3)

Geraldo And His Orchestra Featuring Al Bowlly, Cyril Grantham, Eve Becke & The Top Hatters

Geraldo And His Orchestra Featuring Al Bowlly (Unissued 1939 Recordings)

More Pennies From Heaven

Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers

Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers

Scott Wood* & His Six Swingers*

1977, LP, Comp, Mono, RE, RM, World Records (6),

1977, 2xLP, Comp, Mono, RM, World Records (6),

Music Hall/Comedy

Felix Mendelssohn's Hawaiian Serenaders*

Aloha On The Steel Guitar 1940-1945

1977, LP, Comp, World Records (6)

Annette Hanshaw

Vol 2 She's Got "It"

1977, LP, Comp, Mono, World Records (6)

Sydney Lipton And His Grosvenor House Band

For You, Just You, My Baby

1977, LP, Comp, World Records (6),

The Man With The Ukelele

1977, 4xLP, Comp, Mono, World Records (6)

Lew Stone & His Band* Featuring Al Bowlly And Nat Gonella

The Echo Of A Song

Hits Of World War II (The Great British Dance Bands 1939-1945)

Big Band/Swing/Vocal

Hits Of World War II 6 (The Great British Dance Bands 1943-1944)

Louis Levy And His Gaumont British Symphony

Music From The Movies

The Voice Of Romance

1977, 4x Vinyl, Box Set,

Operetta/Musical

Sigmund Romberg

The Desert Song & The New Moon (Original Cast Recording)

The Original Dixieland Jazz Band*

The London Recordings

The Great British Dance Bands 1942-1943 (Hits Of World War II Vol. 5)

Hits Of World War II 7 (The Great British Dance Bands 1944-1945)

The Vince Hill Collection

1976, LP, Comp, One-Up, One-Up

The Vipers Skiffle Group

1976, LP, Comp, One-Up, One-Up

Jerome Kern's Showboat And Sunny

1976, LP, Comp, Mono, World Records (6),

Operetta/Musical

New York Jazz 1927-30

1976, LP, Comp, VJM, VJM,

In London 1914-23 The Early Years

1976, 2xLP, Comp, Mono, Gat, World Records (6)

The Great British Dance Bands Play The Music Of Irving Berlin 1921-31

1976, LP, Comp, Mono, World Records (6)

New York Jazz 1927-30

1976, LP, Comp, VJM, VJM,

The Matt Monro Collection

Easy Listening/Vocal

Harry Roy & His Famous Band* / Nat Gonella & His Georgians

Jazz In The Thirties

1976, 2x Vinyl Gatefold,

The Golden Age Of Sophie Tucker

The Copper Family*

Tracks From "A Song For Every Season" (A Sampler)

1975, LP, Smplr, Leader (2)

1975, LP, RE, One-Up,

Music Hall/Field Recording/Comedy

Leslie A. Hutchinson At The Piano

1975, 2xLP, Comp, Mono, World Records (6), World Records (6), World Records (6)

1975, 2xLP, Comp, Mono, RM, World Records (6),

The Bert Firman Bands 1925-1931

1975, 2xLP, Comp, Mono, World Records (6)

Makin' Whoopee - The Music Of Walter Donaldson

1975, LP, Comp, Mono, RM, World Records (6),

John And Ross Harding

Yesterday Today Forever

1975, 2xLP, Album, Dovetail,

Art Rock/Psychedelic Rock/Vocal

Featuring Jack Teagarden

1975, LP, Comp, Mono, MCA Records, MCA Records, MCA Records,

The Band Of H.M. Royal Marines Plymouth Division* , conducted by Major F. J. Ricketts*

Alford Conducts Alford

1975, LP, Comp, Mono, One-Up, One-Up,

Military/Marches

The Golden Age Of British Dance Bands

1975, 7x Vinyl, Vinyl, Box Set,

Sixteen Big Band Greats

Easy To Dance With

The Water Gipsies / Bless The Bride

The Very Best Of Harry Lauder

Jack Hylton & His Orchestra*

Good News! Jack Hylton & His Orchestra Play The Music Of DeSylva, Brown & Henderson

1974, LP, Comp, World Records (6)

Britain Can Take It!

1974, LP, Comp, Mono, World Records (6)

The Goofus Five

The Goofus Five 1925-1926

1974, LP, Comp, Mono, Parlophone, Parlophone,

Clarence Williams' Jazz Kings

1927 To 1929 New York Columbia Records In Chronological Order

1974, LP, Comp, Mono, VJM

Clarence Williams' Jazz Kings

1927 To 1929 New York Columbia Records In Chronological Order

Vintage 1932-45

Movie Star Memories

Fred Astaire And Ginger Rogers

Swing Time / The Gay Divorcee

Geraldo And His Orchestra

Geraldo And His Orchestra

The Maid Of The Mountains (Original 1917 Cast)

Ivor Novello - The Great Shows

Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers

Top Hat / Shall We Dance - Original Soundtracks

Presenting Lew Stone 1934-1935

1973, 2xLP, Comp, Mono, RM, World Records (6),

Lucille Hegamin

Blue Flame (Early Recordings)

1973, LP, Comp, VJM, VJM,

Johann Strauss (3rd)*

Strauss Plays Strauss

1973, LP, Comp, Starline, Starline

Jannette Carruthers

Happiness Is The Lord

Time To Take Account

1973, LP, Album, Myrrh Gold,

Soft Rock/Religious

1973, LP, Album, Word

Rodgers & Hart In London

1973, LP, Comp, Mono, RM, World Records (6), World Record Club

The Carroll Gibbons Story

A Talent To Amuse

The Great Shows

The Stars Sing World War Hits

Layton & Johnstone*

Turner Layton & Clarence Johnstone

Andy Kirk And His Twelve Clouds Of Joy*

Andy Kirk & His 12 Clouds Of Joy - March 1936

Chas. Creath's Jazz-O-Maniacs*, Fate Marable's Society Syncopators, Benny Washington's Six Aces, St. Louis Levee Band

Jazz from St.Louis 1924-1926

The Band That Jack Built (Jack Hylton 1935-1939)

Ishmael And Andy

Water Into Wine Band

Hill Climbing For Beginners

The King Of Syncopation

Louis Armstrong With Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra

The Black Bottom Stompers

Live At London's "100" Club

1972, LP, Album, VJM, VJM,

This Is Roy Fox

Henry Hall And The B.B.C. Dance Orchestra*

It's Five-Fifteen And Time For Henry Hall And The B.B.C. Dance Orchestra

Roger Nicholson

Nonesuch For Dulcimer

Unto Brigg Fair

1972, Vinyl Blue / Silver Labels ,

Derek* And Dorothy Elliott

Derek & Dorothy Elliott

1971, LP, VJM, VJM

The Midway Dance Orchestra / Parenti's Liberty Syncopators / Tony Parenti's New Orleanians

The Midway Dance Orchestra And Parenti's Liberty Syncopators

1971, LP, Comp, VJM,

The Copper Family*

A Song For Every Season

Folk/Vocal/Ballad

Under The Greenwood Tree

The High Level Ranters

The Border Minstrel

The Charleston Chasers With Miff Mole, Red Nichols, Jimmy Dorsey, Fud Livingston

1970, LP, Comp, VJM

Doc Cook, Johnny Dunn

Doc Cook And His Dreamland Orchestra And 14 Doctors Of Syncopation / Johnny Dunn And His Band With Jelly Roll Morton

Ken Colyer's Jazzmen

Live At The Dancing Slipper 1969

1969, LP, Mono, VJM

Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra*

1923-1924 New York Columbia Sessions In Chronological Order

1969, LP, Comp, VJM,

Volume Two 1925-6

The New Orleans Owls*

The New Orleans Owls

Volume One (1923 Recordings In Chronological Order)

Haydn*, Dartington String Quartet

Quartet In F, Op. 50 No. 5 'The Dream'

1966, LP, Mono, Minerva (2)

Johnny Dunn's Original Jazz Hounds

Rogers' FAMOUS Rag Aces

Rogers' Rag Aces

1965, LP, Album, VJM

Cosmopolitan Man

1962, LP, Album, Folklore Records,

1961, 7", EP, VJM

The Golden Age Of British Dance Bands 1938-1939

LP, Comp, RM, World Records (6),

Easy Listening/Big Band/Swing

Maurice Winnick And His Orchestra

The Sweetest Music This Side Of Heaven

LP, Album, Comp, Mono, RM, World Records (6)

Music Hall - Top Of The Bill

2xLP, Comp, Mono, World Records (6), World Records (6), World Records (6)

The Golden Age Of Jack Buchanan

LP, Album, Comp, Mono, The Golden Age, The Golden Age,

Ambrose And His Orchestra*

Ambrose And His Orchestra

2xLP, Comp, Mono, Gat, World Records (6),

Henry Hall And The BBC Dance Orchestra

Help Yourself To Happiness

LP, Comp, Mono, Saville Records,

The Golden Age Of British Dance Bands 1931-1934

LP, Comp, World Records (6), World Records (6),

The New Mayfair Dance Orchestra

LP, Comp, Mono, Saville Records,

Jack Hylton & His Orchestra*

'Swing' 1935-1940

LP, Comp, Mono, Saville Records,

Those Dance Band Hits

LP, Comp, Mono, RM, World Records (6), World Records (6),

Ragtime/Swing/Big Band

Ben Selvin And His Orchestra*

Cheerful Little Earful (Ben Selvin And His Orchestra 1929-1932)

LP, Comp, Mono, Saville Records,

Hot Dance Bands Of The Twenties 1926-1930 (Instrumentals)

LP, Comp, Mono, MCA Coral, MCA Coral,

Jack Hylton And His Orchestra

The Talk Of The Town

LP, Comp, Mono, Saville Records

Roberto Inglez And His Orchestra

The Melody Maker

LP, Comp, Mono, World Records Limited, Retrospect Series

Ridin' In Rhythm

2xCD, Album, Comp, Disques Swing, Disques Swing,

Dixieland/Piano Blues

Ken Colyer's Jazzmen

Live At The Dancing Slipper 1969

CD, Album, RE, Azure (2)

Let's Dance At The Make Believe Ballroom

Paul Fenoulhet & The Skyrockets Dance Orchestra

Stairway To The Stars: Paul Fenoulhet And The Skyrockets Dance Orchestra - 1943 To 1948

The Dance Band Years - The 1920's

Stage And Screen

Bands Across The Sea

Water Into Wine Band

Hill Climbing For Beginners

2005, CD, Album, RE, Unofficial, Radioactive (2)