DESCRIPTION:
Though the Blue Lyres was the name given to a band directed by Arthur Lally which played in the ballroom of London's Dorchester Hotel between 1931 and 1932, the Zonophone records issued under this name are actually by Ambrose and his Orchestra without the violin trio present on their HMV recordings. The Rolls-Royce of British dance bands is heard here at the apex of their powers with a striking and urbane treatment of this depression-era tune. Vocal by Sam Browne, pictured in an early-30's signed photograph from my collection.

The Blue Lyres (at the Dorchester Hotel, London)
(Ambrose and his Orchestra)

Bert Ambrose dir. Max Goldberg - Harry Owen - t / Ted Heath - tb / Joe Crossman - cl - as - bar / Billy Amstell - cl - as - ts / Harry Hines - as / Joe Jeannette - cl - ts / Bert Read - p - a / Joe Brannelly - g / Don Stuteley - sb / Max Bacon - d / Sam Browne - v.

My Silent Love
fox trot

Zonophone 6163
mx. OY-2988-2

London, July 22, 1932.