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You Tube... A link from Jimmy's great niece Hytho to a recording by 'The Masked Singer', a name Jimmy used in the early 1930s. The song 'Isn't this a night for love' comes from he 1933 RKO film 'Melody Cruise'... Click on the button below which will take you to the website... Leon Martel has come up with another opportunity to view Jimmy on the web, playing with the Percival Mackey band in 1933. The sequence runs for over two minutes and due to the fact that Jimmy is sitting in the centre of the band he is seen clearly throughout playing guitar and indeed has one brief close up with a slightly crooked smile. This film is very easy to access... 1. Click on the button below which will take you to the website... 3. Click on the link on the left titled "View this story"... 4. Your computer will load Windows media player and start downloading the sequence. The words "buffering x%" will appear and when you reach 100% it is ready to play. Turn your sound on and click the play button on the Windows media player screen. Time needed to download will vary depending on your connection but is unlikely to be more than a few minutes... 5. There are options to view stills... British Pathe... It is possible to download an extract of film from the British Pathe website (www.britishpathe.com) of Jimmy singing 'Dinah' with Percival Mackey's band... This an extract from a recording at the Leicester Square theatre in London dated 22/9/1932 from a short film entitled ' Both sides of the curtain'. It features a number of music hall acts. The website shows a number of 'stills' from the film including a young Jimmy Mesene (singing and holding a guitar). There is an opportunity to download a short video clip at no cost. It is also possible to download the whole film although this must be paid for... 1. Go to the British Pathe web site... 2. Type into the search box 'both sides of the curtain' 3. A box will come up with three films listed - 'both sides of the curtain' is the middle one 4. There are options to view stills, download the short video clip, which includes an extract of Jimmy singing, or pay for the whole film - take it from there! It costs so litttle...(This appears to be no longer available) Jimmy's made his last recording in 1942 with The Organ, the Dance Band and Me. This can be heard on the internet. There is a superb site covering the major theatre organists called - "Sounds of British Theatre Organists" which gives the opportunity to listen to many old recordings. If the above button does not work, or you get an error message go to the website 'http://theatreorgans.com' and then put 'The Organ, the Dance Band and me', into the search engine on the site at the top of the home page then follow the instructions above... Three web links that are of interest, all of Jimmy duetting with Al Bowlly: "Only Forever 1940": https://archive.org.details/AlBowlyJimmyMesene-OnlyForever1940 "When that man is dead and gone": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhaHJH5u44Q "Nicky the Greek" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvU8JLcERGI&feature=player_detailpage Hytho, April, 2014 |
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