The Last Spring
Sidney Torch and His Orchestra
Cover - Photograph by Anthony Guyther
Recorded in Europe by Parlophone
Coral Records CRL 37007
1955
From the back cover: The title of this collection is self-descriptive, and if any man can export the very latest of light music from across the sea, that man is Sidney Torch. A native Londoner (born in 1908) Torch was devoted to music from birth, a child prodigy who performed so brilliantly at the piano that he seemed destined to become concert pianist. However, after studying at the Royal Academy of Music, he became a vital part of the world of entertainment.
In the 1920's Sidney Torch became eminent not only as a pianist and conductor of musical comedies, but as an arranger. He taught himself to play the organ; for several years after 1930 he was solo organist at some of the largest cinema palaces in London. His career was interrupted when Touch joined the R.A.F' but when the war was over, he resumed the making of orchestral arrangements.
His varied talents are revealed in the present collection. This successor to his previous Coral album display new facets of his skill. No mood music has ever been rendered with greater smoothness, subtlety and sympathy.
From Billboard - May 28, 1955: Britain's Sidney Torch and his orchestra are featured here with lush deep-toned treatments of 12 lovely instrumentals. With the exception of an Alec Wilder's "I'll Be Around" and a couple of George Siravo melodies, most of the tunes are unfamiliar. But they all convey a haunting mood of melodic melancholy and deejays should find them eminently suitable for romantic programming. The cover features an eye-catching montage photo, with a close-up of a beautiful girl projected against a only expanse of ocean.
It's True
Falling In Love All Over Again
The Last Spring
Should I Dream
The Long Hours
This Is A Dreamers Romance
Open Up Your Heart
That's The Time I Dream Of You
La Femme
Spring It Was
Melancholy Waltz
I'll Be Around
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