Robin Timms Tunes
The late Robin Timms, a member of MBSGB, was a Church Organist, Choirmaster, Singing Teacher and also the only person in the UK who arranged lots of new tunes for the 11 inch (28cm) Polyphon.
He mostly arranged directly from the sheet music and composed two tunes himself especially to be punched on these discs. It has been felt that his work was rather unique and important and worth preserving in some way.
Over the past 30 years the discs were punched by Patch Pierce and now Lester Jones (Renaissance Discs), who has master discs for most of these 94 tunes. Kevin McElhone acquired most, but not all, of his self-arranged discs from the executors of his estate and has recorded all of these tunes for others to enjoy. Kevin also has some of the discs for sale. Contact details for Kevin and Lester Jones can be found on the links page.
Robin's work on these tunes is detailed in a series of three articles in The Music Box Summer, Autumn and Winter 1981.
So far there are 5 titles missing from these recordings so if you have any of the missing discs, Kevin would be grateful if you could send in recordings so this work may be made completed. The missing disc numbers are - 9002, 9026, 9077, 9084, 9089.
To listen to each tune just click on the "Play" arrow >, on the bar below the tune title, making sure your computer sound is ON.
9001 Blow the Wind Southerly.
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9002 Sesame Street. Sunny Days. RECORDING NOT YET AVAILABLE |
9003 New Moon. Softly as in a Morning Sunrise. Audio Player |
9004 Sesame Street. Oh how I Miss My X! Audio Player |
9005 Where the Bee Sucks. Audio Player |
9006 To Daisies. Audio Player |
9007 The Parade of the Tin Soldiers. Audio Player |
9008 Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal. Audio Player |
9009 Blue Skies Audio Player |
9010 The Mikado. Tit Willow. Audio Player |
9011 Oliver. Pick a Pocket or Two. Audio Player |
9012 A Roving Audio Player |
9013 Old Turf Fire. Audio Player |
9014 She's like the Swallow. Audio Player |
9015 The Stripper. Audio Player |
9016 The Trout. Audio Player |
9017 None but the Weary Heart. Audio Player |
9018 The Water of Tyne. Audio Player |
9019 The Streams of Lovely Nancy. Audio Player |
9020 Ding Dong Merrily on High. Audio Player |
9021 Rinaldo. Let Me Lament. Audio Player |
9022 The Wizard of Oz. Somewhere over the Rainbow. Audio Player |
9023 Moonlight. Audio Player |
9024 Bard of Eve. Audio Player |
9025 Loved with Everlasting Love. (Robin Timms composition) Audio Player |
9026 Gestillte Sehnsucht. RECORDING NOT YET AVAILABLE |
9027 South Pacific. Some Enchanted Evening. Audio Player |
9028 In the Garden. Audio Player |
9029 San Toy. A.B.C. Audio Player |
9030 The Arcadians. Arcady is ever Young. Audio Player |
9031 The Arcadians. The Pipes of Pan. Audio Player |
9032 The Arcadians. The Girl with a Brogue. Audio Player |
9033 The Arcadians. Somewhere. Audio Player |
9034 The Arcadians. Charming Weather. Audio Player |
9035 Sesame Street. You Know How. Audio Player |
9036 Sesame Street. Reach your Hand up High. Audio Player |
9037 Who Believed in You? Audio Player |
9038 The Arcadians. All Down Piccadily. Audio Player |
9039 The Arcadians. Come back to Arcady. Audio Player |
9040 Samoan Samba. Audio Player |
9041 The Toreador. Keep off the Grass. Audio Player |
9042 A Country Girl. Yo Ho, Little Girls. Audio Player |
9043 The Bells of Corneville. Legend of the Bells. Audio Player |
9044 The Quaker Girl. A Quaker Girl. Audio Player |
9045 The Quaker Girl. Come to the Ball. Audio Player |
9046 A Country Girl. My Own Little Girl. Audio Player |
9047 A Country Girl. The Pink Hungarian Band. Audio Player |
9048 The Arcadians. Half Past Two. Audio Player |
9049 San Toy. The One in the World. Audio Player |
9050 San Toy. The Little China Maid. Audio Player |
9051 San Toy. Samee Gamee. Audio Player |
9052 San Toy. A Post from over the Sea. Audio Player |
9053 San Toy. Six Little Wives. Audio Player |
9054 The Bullfrog Audio Player |
9055 The Taste of Manna. Audio Player |
9056 Bird without Nest. Audio Player |
9057 Sparks of Peace. Audio Player |
9058 The Geisha. Star of My Soul. Audio Player |
9059 The Geisha. Love, Love. Audio Player |
9060 San Toy. The Mandarin. Audio Player |
9061 San Toy. Pynka Pong. Audio Player |
9062 San Toy. Seaward the Breeze is Blowing. Audio Player |
9063 San Toy. The Whole Story. Audio Player |
9064 San Toy. The Emperor's Own. Audio Player |
9065 San Toy. Courtly Creatures. Audio Player |
9066 San Toy. Little China Ladies. Audio Player |
9067 Crappy Latours Capers. (Robin Timms composition) Audio Player |
9068 The Salley Gardens. Audio Player |
9069 Greensleeves. Audio Player |
9070 Lovely Joan. Audio Player |
9071 San Toy. Farewell to My Quiet Garden. Audio Player |
9072 San Toy. We'll keep the Feast. Audio Player |
9073 San Toy. When You are Wed to Me. Audio Player |
9074 San Toy. entrance of English Visitors. Audio Player |
9075 Say, Persianna, Say. Audio Player |
9076 The Yeoman of the Guard. I have a Song to Sing O. Audio Player |
9077 Princess Ida. If Kindly Death. RECORDING NOT YET AVAILABLE |
9078 I saw from the Beach Audio Player |
9079 The Gondoliers. Take a Pair of Sparkling Eyes. Audio Player |
9080 Turtle Dove. Audio Player |
9081 San Toy. Sometimes Y. Audio Player |
9082 San Toy. Back to London Audio Player |
9083 One Night as I lay on My Bed. Audio Player |
9084 Jabberwocky. Foxtrot. RECORDING NOT YET AVAILABLE |
9085 Nymphs and Shepherds. Audio Player |
9086 The Banks of Sweet Primroses. Audio Player |
9087 The King and I. Getting to Know You. Audio Player |
9088 The King and I. We Kiss in a Shadow. RECORDING NOT YET AVAILABLE |
9089 Nesting Time. Audio Player |
9090 Florodora. I've an Inkling. Audio Player |
9091 Florodora. Flowers a-blooming so Gay. Audio Player |
9092 Florodora. The Queen of the Philippine Islands. Audio Player |
9093 Florodora. I want to be a Military Man. Audio Player |
9094 The Violet of Montmartre Audio Player |