No.1 Summer
1994
Susan Tomes
Recital |
John
Smith |
3 |
What Went
Wrong? |
Mike
Harth |
4 |
Roy Howat
Recital |
John
Smith |
5 |
How I Discovered
Billy Mayerl |
Phillip
Legg |
6 |
Music Room in
Progress |
Mike
Lorenzini |
10 |
A Page from the
Past |
John
Watson |
14 |
Off the Record
(No.1) |
John
Watson |
15 |
In the
Pipeline |
The
Editor |
18 |
Crossword
No.1 |
Krypto |
19 |
No.2
January 1995
Editorial |
|
2 |
CD
Reviews |
John Archer,
Phillip Legg |
3,
5, 18 |
Off the Record
(No.2) - Patricia Rossborough |
|
6 |
The B.M.S.
Archive |
John
Smith |
10 |
Crossword
No.2 |
Krypto |
11 |
What Went Wrong?
(Part 2) |
Mike
Harth |
12 |
Letter to the
Editor |
John
Smith |
14 |
Challen Multitone
Piano Orchestra |
John Archer
|
16 |
CD
Review |
John Archer,
Phillip Legg |
18 |
Crossword
No.1 |
Solution and
Notes |
18 |
Billy and
Me |
Peter
Hoyle |
19 |
Recordings of
Interest |
John
Playle |
19 |
Discovering
Billy's Music |
John
Playle |
22 |
No.3
Summer 1995
Editorial |
|
2 |
Inaugural Concert
- Susan Tomes |
John
Smith |
4 |
Letters to the
Editor |
|
7 |
William Davies
Concert |
|
8
|
A. E. Turner
Speaking |
John
Watson |
9 |
Getting It Right
First Time |
Dr. Brian
Wharton |
12 |
Classic FM -
Letter |
|
13 |
Concert News
|
|
15 |
Billy Mayerl Cup
Award |
Kathy
Lorenzini |
16 |
Transcriptions |
|
17 |
Lightning Fingers'
- Review |
Peter
Joelson |
18 |
The Three
R's |
Mike
Harth |
20 |
Off the
Record |
John
Watson |
22 |
No.4
January 1996
Officers' Reports
to the end of 1995 |
|
3, 4, 18 |
From the Editor's
Desk |
|
4 |
A Trip to
Stockholm |
R. W.
Howarth |
6 |
Modern
Technology |
Mike
Harth |
8 |
Crossword
No.3 |
Krypto |
11 |
New
Recordings |
Diskologue |
12,
22, 24 |
Off the Record
No.4 |
John
Watson |
14 |
This and That
No.2 |
A. E.
Turner |
15 |
Archive
Acquisition |
|
17 |
Billy Mayerl,
Light Music Crusader |
J. F.
Archer.. |
19
|
A Letter from Alex
Hassan |
|
23 |
Letters |
The
Editor |
25 |
Pedalling and the
Pianist |
Billy
Mayerl |
26 |
John Lord: A Life
in Music |
John
Watson. |
28 |
Recordings of
Interest No.3 |
Mike
Harth. |
32 |
No.5
Summer 1996
From the Editor's
Desk |
|
3 |
Alex Hassan - A
Profile |
|
6 |
This 'n' That
No.5 |
Alan
Turner |
12 |
Archive News
|
Mike
Lorenzini |
17 |
Fantasy Football -
with Music |
Terry
Wilkinson |
18 |
Has the Piano had
its Day? |
John
Archer.. |
20 |
Alex Hassan:
Shellwood Concert Revue |
Peter
Joelson |
22 |
The Piano
Transcription |
Alex
Hassan |
25 |
Related
Organisations |
|
27 |
No.6
January 1997
Editorial |
|
1 |
Reminiscenses |
Eric
Bird |
2 |
Reminiscences |
Syd
Mooney |
3 |
Interview with
Mrs. Sheila Frankel |
|
5 |
Poem |
Sat
Seinette |
9 |
Nostalgia |
Peter
Kingsford |
10 |
Weekend
Convention |
Mike
Lorenzini |
11,
12 |
Random Ramblings
on recordings |
John
Watson |
13 |
Interview with Dr.
Richard Head |
|
17 |
Review: The Rhythm
Pianists |
Peter
Joelson |
19 |
Billy on
Screen |
Alex
Gleason |
21 |
This 'n' That
No.6 |
Alan
Turner |
23 |
Roy Howat &
Wendy Hiscocks - Review |
Peter
Joelson |
26 |
Erc Parkin Recital
- Review |
John
Archer |
27 |
Do You Consider
Yourself the World's Worst Piano Player? |
John
Archer |
29 |
Sir Richard Rodney
Bennet - Review |
Mike
Harth |
30 |
No.7
Summer 1997
Malcolm Riley
Concert |
|
2 |
Lothar Perl |
|
3 |
Reminders to
Members |
|
4 |
Billy Mayerl Rediscoveries
Vol.1 - CD Review |
|
6 |
Razor Blades - CD
Review |
Mark
Nicholls |
< |
A Lifetime More or Less Off
the Beat |
Rosemary
Harley |
8 |
British Light Music - Book
Review |
|
9 |
Fred and Hilda
Mayerl |
|
10 |
A Musical
Leviathan |
|
11 |
This 'n' That No.7 |
A. E.
Turner |
16 |
The Billy Mayerl
School |
|
18 |
Meet Sidney Torch - An
Interview with Billy Mayerl |
|
19 |
Sidney Torch - CD
Review |
|
22 |
Dear Editor - Postscript to
BMS Mag.4 |
John
Archer |
22 |
I Was Monty's Trouble - Monty
Worlock |
John Watson
|
23 |
No.8
January 1998
Light Music
Society |
John
Archer |
3 |
Eric Bird - A
Tribute |
Mike
Lorenzini |
5 |
Billy Mayerl
Convention |
Rosemary
Harley |
6 |
The Night I
Danced to Glen Miller |
Gwen
Shirley |
7 |
Discovering the
Whole Billy Mayerl |
David
Ebbage |
9 |
Jazz Singing -
Review |
Bruce Crowther
& Mike Pinfold |
11 |
Song Title
Quiz |
Eric
Lawrence |
13 |
The Great British
Experience - CD Review |
Peter
Joelson |
18 |
Spa Palm Court
Orchestra |
Peter
Joelson |
18 |
Alan Turner -
Obit. |
John
Watson |
19 |
Convention
Dictates |
John
Watson |
21 |
The First Billy
Mayerl Convention |
John
Watson |
22 |
No.9
Summer 1998
Roy Wainwright
writes |
|
2 |
'The Parplophone
Girl' - CD Review |
|
3 |
'Postman's Knock'
- CD Review |
|
5 |
Time to Take
Note |
Peter
Starr |
7 |
Notable Visits
|
Peter
Starr |
9 |
Patricia
Rossborough CD |
|
10 |
John Lord -
Obit. |
John
Watson |
11 |
More Keyboard
Wizards - CD Reviews |
John
Watson |
12 |
London Pride and
the Grand - CD Reviews |
|
19 |
Stanley Black
Concert |
Mike
Lorenzini |
21 |
Light
Music |
John
Archer |
22 |
No.10
January 1999
1999 Concert
Details |
|
3,
4 |
Billy Mayerl
School Mag. - extract |
|
4 |
Songtitle
Puzzle |
|
5 |
Christmas 1998 -
Concert |
|
6 |
Pedalling by Billy
Mayerl |
Billy
Mayerl |
10 |
Billy's
Studies |
|
12 |
Clive Richardson
- Obit. |
|
14 |
Charlie
Kunz |
John
Archer |
16 |
Patricia
Rossborough |
John
Watson |
19 |
Robinson
Cleaver |
|
23 |
No.11
Summer 1999
Carroll
Gibbons |
Carroll
Gibbons |
3 |
Johanna
Mayerl |
Mike
Lorenzini |
7 |
Bert Firmin -
Obit. |
Guy
Rowland |
9 |
Jack
Wilson |
Guy
Rowland |
13 |
Patricia
Rossborough - CD Review |
Mike
Harth |
16 |
Jack Wilson - CD
Review |
Mike
Harth |
16 |
David Ebbage Trio
- Concert Review |
Mike
Lorenzini |
19 |
Snap, Crackle,
Pop! |
Peter
Hendriksma |
20 |
Nicholas Durcan -
Concert Review |
Mike
Harth |
21 |
Billy's Hands |
Mike Harth |
22 |
No.12
January 2000
Convention
2000 |
Mike
Lorenzini |
3 |
Pianola
Conceert |
Mike
Harth |
4 |
Marigold - Book
Review |
Mike
Harth |
6
|
Bert Read
O.B.E. |
John
Archer |
8 |
British Dance
Bands - Book Review |
Mike
Harth |
11 |
Letter from Jack
Wilson |
|
12 |
David Willison and
Helen Ridout - Review |
Mike
Harth |
14 |
What Went
Right? |
John
Watson |
15 |
Philip Gates - CD
Review |
Mike
Harth |
19 |
Angel Community
Radio |
Julie
Legg |
20 |
Walter Hiller -
Obit. |
John
Watson |
21 |
Syncopation
Returns to Trinity College |
John
Watson |
22 |
At Last, a Club
Badge |
Mike
Lorenzini |
23 |
No.13
Summer 2000
Lullaby of
Shearing - CD Review |
Gwen
Shirley |
1 |
Notes from the
Music Room |
Mike
Lorenzini |
4 |
Absolutely No
Smoking! |
Peter
Kingsford |
6 |
Bert Read
Revisited |
John
Watson |
8 |
Ernst Fisher - CD
|
Mike Lorenzini
|
10 |
List of available
BMS Concert videos |
|
11 |
Marianne Olyver
and Helen - Concert Review |
Mike
Lorenzini |
15 |
Vintage Children's
Favourites - CD Review |
Mike
Lorenzini |
16 |
Peter Jacobs -
Concert Review |
Mike
Harth |
18 |
October Concert
|
Mike
Lorenzini |
19 |
Reginald
King |
John
Archer |
20 |
Cocktail Shakers -
CD Review |
Mike
Harth |
22 |
No.14
January 2001
The Genius of
Billy Mayerl - CD Review |
Gwen
Shirley |
3 |
Philip Gates &
Roy Willox - Concert Review |
Mike
Harth |
4 |
Note
Pad |
Peter
Starr |
6 |
CD
Bonanza |
Mike
Lorenzini |
7 |
Rags, Blues and
Parodies - CD Review |
Mike
Harth |
9 |
Rare Records
Found |
Mike
Lorenzini |
10 |
Convention 2000
|
Mike
Harth |
14 |
Billy
Munn |
John
Archer |
16 |
Billy Mayerl's
Intermediate Bars |
Richard
Head |
18 |
Sunny Morning - CD
Review |
Mike
Harth |
19 |
A Handful of Keys |
John Archer |
20 |
Rhythm Piano on CD - Review |
John Watson |
21 |
Billy Mayerl Talks about Touch |
|
22 |
No.15 Summer 2001
Billy in
Bangor |
Rodney
Bambrick |
3 |
Erles Jones and
Hilary Cohen - Concert Review |
Mike
Harth |
4 |
Ray Turner,
Hollywood Pianist - CD Review . |
Mike
Harth |
6 |
Fascinating
Fingers - CD Review |
Peter
Kingsford |
7 |
An 88-note Aeolian
Pianola Push-up |
Mike
Lorenzini |
8 |
Serenade: Marianne
Olyver - CD Review |
Mike
Lorenzini |
9 |
David Lee -
Concert Review |
Mike
Harth |
10 |
Roy Howat and
Wendy Hiscocks - Concert Review |
Mike
Harth |
11 |
Billy
Thorburn |
John
Archer |
12 |
Raie da Costa
Vol.2 - CD Review |
Mike
Harth |
14 |
Keep Fit Exercises
for the Left Hand |
H. Keith
Williams |
16 |
Centenary
Stamps |
Mike
Lorenzini |
18 |
|
No.16
January 2002
Tricks of the
Showman Pianist |
Billy
Mayerl |
4 |
Kay Kavendish -
Obit. |
Mike
Lorenzini |
6 |
Christine Blair -
Concert Review |
Mike
Harth |
7 |
Ralph Sutton -
Obit. |
Peter
Kingsford |
8 |
Monia
Liter |
John
Archer |
10 |
Trinity College
Hangs Billy |
Mike
Lorenzini |
12 |
Jelly Roll Morton
- CD Review |
Mike
Harth |
12 |
Suffixes that
Suffice |
John
Watson |
14 |
Singers and
Smaller Bands - New Book |
|
15 |
J. Lawrence Cook -
CD Review |
Mike
Harth |
16 |
Reginald King - CD
Review |
Mike
Harth. |
17 |
Centenary
Mugs |
|
19 |
No.17
Summer 2002
Editorial |
Mike
Harth |
3 |
David Ebbage -
Obit. |
Mike
Lorenzini |
4,
5 |
Reginald King - A
Personal View |
John
Smith |
6 |
Cakewalks to
Concert Halls |
Mike
Harth |
8 |
Helen
Crayford |
|
11 |
Vernon Duke
|
John
Archer |
12 |
This and
That |
Mike
Lorenzini |
14 |
Alex
Hassan |
|
15 |
Robert Petillo
(tenor) |
|
16 |
Concert
Programmes |
|
17 |
No.18
January 2003
Editorial |
Mike
Harth |
3 |
Harry Engelman -
Obit. |
Guy
Rowland |
6 |
Pianola
Concert |
Mike
Harth |
9 |
CD
Review |
Mike
Harth |
10 |
'Marigold' and
More |
John
Watson |
12 |
Alex
Hassan |
Mike
Harth |
13 |
Alex Hassan -
Concert Review |
Mike
Harth |
14 |
Xmas
Concert |
Mike
Harth |
16 |
The Sedalia
Ragtime Festival |
Mike
Lorenzini |
18 |
Centenary Concert
- Review |
Mike
Harth |
19 |
The Centenary Year
Tributes |
John
Watson |
22 |
No.19
Summer 2003
Editorial
|
Mike Harth
|
3 |
Mike Thomson -
Concert Review |
Mike
Harth |
4 |
New Billy Mayerl
CDs |
John
Watson |
6 |
Susan Tomes at the
Wigmore |
John
Watson |
7 |
Bertha Egnos - A
Tribute |
John
Watson |
8 |
Geoffrey de Coup
Crank - Obit. |
Mike
Lorenzini |
10 |
Additions to the
Mayerl Centenary List |
|
10 |
Billy in
Advertising |
Mike
Lorenzini |
10 |
Reginald Leopold
- Obit. |
Edward
Berkley |
11 |
Malcolm Riley -
Concert Review |
Mike
Harth |
12 |
BM Magazine Editor
Emigrates |
|
14 |
Ben Grosvenor: Our
youngest Member |
Mike
Harth |
15 |
From the
President's Chair: August 1939 |
Billy
Mayerl |
18 |
No.20
January 2004
Editorial
|
Mike
Harth |
3 |
A Member
Writes |
Keith W. Mason
|
4 |
Honeymoon for
Three - CD Review |
Peter
Jacobs |
5 |
Visions du
Passe |
Richard Head
|
6 |
Wiltons Music
Hall |
|
8 |
Billy as a
Background |
John
Watson |
12 |
Neil Crossland -
Concert Review |
|
13 |
Meet the Pianist:
Ian Stewart |
John
Archer |
14 |
Philip Gates -
Concert Review |
Mike
Harth |
16 |
Members' Meeting -
Review |
John
Watson |
17 |
Zez Confrey - CD
Review |
Mike
Lorenzini |
18 |
Ben at 10 CD out
now! |
|
19 |
No.21
Summer 2004
Ben at 10 - CD
Review |
Mike
Harth |
3 |
Neil Crossland -
Concert Review |
Mike
Harth |
4 |
Young Musician of
the Year Semi-Finals |
Mike
Harth |
5 |
A Wimbledon
Theatre Programme |
|
6 |
Vernon Duke - CD
Review |
Mike
Harth |
7 |
Shellwood - A
Retrospective (Part 1) |
Mike
Harth |
9 |
Nighthawks - CD
Review |
Mike
Harth |
12 |
William Blezard
(Vol.2) - CD Review |
Mike
Harth |
13 |
Cecil
Norman |
John
Archer |
14 |
A Lesson on
'Railroad Rhythm' by Billy |
Billy
Mayerl |
17 |
No.22
January 2005
Gwen Shirley -
Tributes |
Rosemary
Harley |
2 |
Harvey Morris -
Obit. |
Mike
Lorenzini |
3 |
Benjamin
Grosvenor |
John
Smith |
4 |
Ena Baga -
Obit. |
John
Watson |
5 |
Edythe
Baker |
Mike
Lorenzini |
6 |
Shellwood - A
Retrospective (Part 2) |
Mike
Harth |
8 |
Robert Howarth - A
Tribute |
John
Archer |
13 |
Billy Mayerl
Memorabilia |
John
Watson |
15 |
Cole Porter in
London |
Mike
Harth |
16 |
Musical Comedy
|
Mike
Harth |
19 |
No.23
January 2006
Jack Wilson -
Obit. |
Guy
Rowland |
3 |
Meet the Pianist:
Pat Dodd |
John
Archer |
7 |
Niel du
Preez |
|
9 |
Martin
Litton |
|
9 |
Pianola Concert -
Julian Dyer |
Mike
Harth |
10 |
Keith
Nichols |
|
12 |
Rare Photo of
Billy |
|
13 |
Howat-Hiscocks -
Concert Review |
Mike
Harth |
14 |
Billy and
'Schnozzle' Durante |
|
15 |
Layton and
Johnstone |
Roy
Wainwright |
15 |
Robert Howarth
Bequest |
Mike
Lorenzini |
18 |
Alex Hassan -
Concert Review |
Mike
Harth |
20 |
Follies of the Air
- Photo |
|
22 |
The Boomerang Club
- Photo |
|
23 |
No.24
January 2007
Autumn
Crocus |
John
Watson |
3
|
Niel Du Preez -
Concert review |
Mike
Harth |
4 |
Edwardian musical
comedy |
Mike Harth
|
5 |
Cy Walter piano
solos - CD review |
Mike
Harth |
8 |
The Billy Mayerl
Group |
John Watson
|
10 |
Keith Nichols -
Concert review |
Mike Harth
|
11 |
Billy's prize
crossword |
Mike Harth
|
13 |
Talking Tempo
|
John Watson
|
14 |
No.25
January 2008
Dizzy Fingers - CD
Review |
Alex Hassan
|
3 |
'Sport Model
Encore' - CD Review |
Mike Harth
|
4 |
Sometimes When We
Touch |
John Watson
|
6 |
Edwardian Musical
Comedy |
Mike Harth
|
9 |
My Friend Bill
|
John Archer
|
12 |
Bugatti Step - CD
Review |
Mike Lorenzini
|
15 |
Fidgety Digits -
CD Review |
Mike Lorenzini
|
15 |
No.26
January 2009
Lothar Perl
|
Brian
Willey |
3 |
Fidgety Digits -
CD Review |
Peter Joelson
|
4 |
Ena Baga
|
Brian Willey
|
7 |
George Shearing :-
A Tribute |
Brian
Willey |
8 |
Wallermania - CD
Review |
Mike Harth
|
10 |
Christopher
Duckett - Concert Review |
Mike
Harth |
12 |
Piano
toning/voicing |
Mike Lorenzini
|
13 |
Shallow Waters
|
John Watson
|
14 |
Just a Little
Thing Called Rhythm - CD review |
Mike Harth
|
15 |
Julian Dyer piano
recital |
|
16 |
Sid O'Connell -
Obituary |
Granville Cooper
|
18 |
No.27
January 2010
History of the
Pianola & the Player Piano |
Brian Willey
|
4 |
Life and times of
Stanley Black |
Brian Willey
|
6 |
eBay find
|
Mike
Lorenzini |
8 |
Julie Legg -
Obit. |
Harold Legg
|
8 |
Hutch sings Cole
Porter |
Mike Harth
|
10 |
Billy's Birthday
Concert - Review |
Mike Harth
|
11 |
Runaway Love - CD
Review |
Mike Harth
|
13 |
Simon Mulligan -
Concert Review |
Mike
Harth |
?? |
Fidgety Digits -
CD review |
Mike Harth
|
17 |
Maurice Bentley
|
Mike
Lorenzini |
18 |
Rhythm piano
digest |
John Watson
|
18 |
Runaway Love - CD
review |
Mike Harth
|
23 |
No.28
January 2011
Geoffrey Wright -
Obit. |
John
Watson |
2 |
New Deal Rhythm -
CD Revue |
Mike Harth
|
3 |
Life and Times of
Frank Eyton |
Brian
Willey |
5 |
'Runaway Love' -
CD review |
Peter
Jacobs |
8 |
Gold Badge Award
for Brian Willey |
Mike
Lorenzini |
8 |
Christopher
Duckett Recital - Review |
Mike Harth
|
9 |
Light Music
|
Mike Harth
|
10 |
Recollections of
The British Dance Band Era |
Lorayne
Northfield |
12 |
No.29
January 2012
Ken Russell who
promoted Billy on TV |
John Watson
|
3 |
Ethan Uslan -
Recital Revue |
Mike Harth
|
4 |
The Life &
Times & Music of Ray Noble |
Brian
Willey |
5 |
Rhythm pianists on
Desert Island Discs |
John Watson
|
7 |
Billy's Desert
Island Discs |
Graham
Bowler |
9 |
Christopher
Duckett Recital Review |
Mike
Harth |
11 |
John Smith
Obit. |
Mike
Lorenzini |
13 |
Richard Rodney
Bennett the complete musician |
A Meredith &
P. Harris |
13 |
British Light
Music Part 2 |
Mike
Harth |
14 |
No.30
January 2013
Piano
Exaggerations - CD Review |
Brian
Willey |
3 |
Life and Times of
Carroll Gibbons |
Brian
Willey |
4 |
Alex Hassan
concert 2012 |
Mike
Harth |
7 |
Pianola concert: Julian Dyer |
Mike
Harth |
8 |
BMS
business |
Mike
Lorenzini |
9 |
Coleridge-Taylor |
Mike
Harth |
10 |
Desert Island
Billy: Peter Jacobs concert review |
Mike
Harth |
11 |
Piano Profile:
Tommy Burton |
John
Archer |
12 |
Cecile
Chaminade |
Mike
Harth |
14 |
Obit.: Richard
Rodney Bennett 1936-2012 |
Mike
Lorenzini |
15 |
No.31
February 2014
Semprini |
Brian
Willey |
3 |
Philip Martin
CD review |
Mike
Harth |
6 |
Christopher
Duckett concert DVD |
Mike
Harth |
7 |
Sir Malcolm
Arnold CD review |
Mike
Harth |
8 |
Frederick
Hodges concert DVD |
Mike
Harth |
9 |
Alex Hassan concert DVD |
Mike
Harth |
12 |
Lionel
Monckton |
Mike
Harth |
14 |
BMS business |
Mike
Lorenzini |
15 |
No.32
February 2015
Sir Malcolm
Arnold |
Brian
Willey |
3 |
Ethan Uslan &
Christopher Duckett conerts |
Mike
Harth |
5 |
Carroll
Gibbons an old photo |
Brian
Willey |
6 |
Farewell to
Shellwood Productions |
Mike
Harth |
8 |
Stephanie and
Paolo's visit from USA |
Mike
Lorenzini |
11 |
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