Light Music Makers

SHELLWOOD PRODUCTIONS
Shellwood, St. Leonards Road, Thames Ditton, Surrey, KT7 ORN, England
Telephone: +44 (0)208 873 1280 email: shell.wood@shellwood.co.uk

Shellwood is dedicated to recording light music, mostly from the 1920-40s.
We record artistes who re-create this kind of music today. 
    Shellwood seeks out rare performances by artistes and composers on 78 records from which, after digital cleaning, CDs are made for our Shellac series.
       We are recording a series of CDs from period piano rolls using a genuine American 88 note PIANOLA pushed-up to a top class grand piano.
        The Billy Mayerl Society meets in the music/recording room at Shellwood ten times a year; of these meetings, four are recitals by leading pianists - all well attended
by an ever growing band of enthusiastic light music lovers .
For more information please email us with your questions/details.
 
Video clips of some of the artistes performing on these CDs can be found at:
 www.youtube.com   just put  Shellwood  in the search window.
 
cd index catalogue

LATEST ADDITIONS
(September 2008)

SWCD38 Just A Little Thing Called Rhythm
Rhythmic Piano Rolls 1917-1936
Pianolist: Julian Dyer
[Track List]
Those of you who bought SWCD23 "Tiger Rag" will remember the name Julian Dyer because of his excellent pianola pedalling. On this CD Julian's playing features on every track bringing a light touch to these terrific examples of rhythmic rolls from the heyday of the idiom. In his spare time Julian edits the magazine of the www.playerpianogroup.org.uk which exists to promote and preserve piano rolls and player-pianos.
 
TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 75.39
 

SWCD37 Wallermania
Tribute to Fats Waller by Alex Hassan
[Track List]
The whole point of this CD is the exploration of Fats' tunes that were overshadowed by his more famous titles.

Alex brings his usual panache to this lively but thoughtful CD full of rarely heard gems from Waller's seemingly inexhaustible supply. Alex's sensitive rendition of the "London Suite" will, surely, become a collector's "must have". Great playing!
 

TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 69.08
 SWCD38 Just A Little Thing Called Rhythm Julian Dyer
 SWCD37 Wallermania Alex Hassan
 SWCD36 Fidgety Digits Shellwood Shellac
 SWCD35 Bugatti Step Alex Hassan
 SWCD34 Sport Model Encore Alex Hassan
 SWCD33 Dizzy Fingers Philip Legg
 SWCD32 The Park Avenue Tatum Cy Walter
 SWCD31 Piano Classics Benjamin Grosvenor
 SWCD30 When I Hear Music Youth Showchoir of London
 SWCD29 Taking a Chance on Love Alex Hassan
 SWCD28 Billy Mayerl - Honeymoon For Three Alex Hassan, Robert Petillo, and Alison Taffs
 SWCD27 The Piano Music of William Blezard Vol. 2 Eric Parkin
 SWCD25 Ray Turner - The Hollywood Pianist Ray Turner
 SWCD23 Tiger Rag (J. Lawrence Cook, piano rolls) Various Pianolists
 SWCD22 Jelly Roll Morton (piano rolls) Julian Dyer
 SWCD21 Jeepers Creepers Alex Hassan
 SWCD20 The Genius of Billy Mayerl (2 CDs) Eric Parkin
 SWCD19 Nighthawks Eric Parkin
 SWCD18 Raie da Costa Vol. 2 Shellwood Shellac
 SWCD17 June Night On Marlow Reach (Reginald King) (2 CDs) Eric Parkin
 SWCD16 Lullaby of Shearing Eric Parkin
 SWCD15 Clarinet & Flute Sonatas Philip Gates
 SWCD14 Jack Wilson - After All These Years Shellwood Shellac
 SWCD11 Sunny Morning (Ernst Fischer) Alex Hassan
 SWCD10 Patricia Rossborough Shellwood Shellac
 SWCD9 Postman’s Knock (Billy Mayerl) Eric Parkin
 SWCD8 Raie da Costa Vol. 1 Shellwood Shellac
 SWCD7 Cocktail Shakers Erles Jones
 SWCD5 Step Lightly Shelley Van Loen
 SWCD4 Pastoral Sketches (Billy Mayerl) Peter Jacobs
 SWCD3 Robots (Billy Mayerl) Eric Parkin
 SWCD2 Razor Blades Erles Jones
 SWCD1 Rediscoveries Vol. 1 (Billy Mayerl and Lothar Perl) Alex Hassan

© Shellwood Productions
Version 3.3 (Sep 2003)