Tommy Reilly Discography 4 Music Library

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Tommy Reilly, David Reilly and James Moody recorded a large amount of music to be used as incidental or background music (Music Library or Production Music).
Some of the tracks were selected and used as theme music for TV and Radio shows such as The Navy Lark (Trade Wind Hornpipe) and the 1968 Children’s Adventure Weekly on the BBC and the Canadian Children’s programme Bobino (Double March).
A series of alias were used for the composer’s name including Max Martin and Dwight Barker.Some of the early music was released on 78 rpm recordings but most were released later as LPs along with some later compositions.
Solo Harmonica with Guitar Accompaniment – Conroy Recorded Music Library, Berry Music, BLMP 088 – Composers: D & T Reilly. Tommy Reilly, harmonica, David Reilly, guitar. Side A: Knights and Dragons; Morning Ride; Children’s Fountain; Canals and Bridges; Sad Waltz; Moaning Bird; Bistro; Bossa Petite; The Daylight Song. Side B: Thingamajig; Bicycle Bill; Dream Day; Once upon a Time; Almost Mozart; Ha Harmonica; Boy Soldier; Grass Roots; Cantina.
Each track is typically 1 to 2.5 mins.
Harmonica – Conroy Recorded Music Library, Berry Music, BMLP 160 (1976) – Composer: D Barker. – Side A: Sophisticated Party; Wind in her hair; Trade Wind Hornpipe; Child’s Play; Hurry, Hurry; Pins and Needles; Night Out; Shooting the Rapids; Alley Cat; Mirabelle; Closing Tab 1; Closing Tab 2; Crown and Anchor; Beauty Queen; Evening Stroll; Keep it Steady; Jaunty Joe; Conjuring Trick; Gangway; Capstan Hornpipe; Liberty Special; Double March; Rolling Stone; Saucy Jack; Tall Story; Cocked Hat, Deck Games. Side B: Criss Cross; Royal Jester; Highway; Fly by Night; Follow Through; Top Dog; Easy Going; Smartie; Caught Out; Flip Flap; Ridin’ Herd; Whistling Star; Cricket on th Spree; Alpine Echoes; Downlown Blues; Another Spring; More Haste; Pay Off; River Queen; Blue Dawn; Lost Patrol; Blue Sails; Roundabout Romance.
Each track is typically 30-60 seconds in length.
They came from earlier recordings – Side A: BM 118 (1958) (1/5), BM 201 (1559)-(6/18), BM 251 (1960 (19-27) – solo harmonica and small orchestral accompaniment – Side B: BM 252 (1960) (1-11), BM 253(1960) (12-18), BM 254 (1960) (19-23) – harmonica with rhythm accompaniment.
There was another 78rpm issued – BM 126 (1958): Side A – Montmarte Mood – Rolling Along: Side B – Grim Jim, Suspense in Crime, Stealthy Criminal.BM 254B (1960): Yokohama Holiday is a Dwight Barker composition but no harmonica. BM 255 (1960): Side A was written by Dwight Barker but it has no harmonica.
Harmonica Moods – Boosey and Hawkes Library Music, SBH 3091 – Composer: David Holland. Soloist: Tommy Reilly, Harmonica. Side A: The Hamelin Piper; The Lady of the Lake; Ghost Town; Irish Navy Run; Slow Gold; Objets d’art. Side B: Oliver’s Theme; Florintina; Texas Trail; Languid Lady; Thru’ the Rockies; Convolution.
Each track is typically 2-3 mins seconds in length. Harmonica solos, duets and harmonica/guitar.

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Tommy Reilly Discography 3 CDs

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Serenade – Chandos – CHAN 8486 – Bulgarian Wedding Dance (Moody), Pavane Op. 50 (Faure), Romance (Faure), Norwegian Dance no. 2 (Grieg), Adagietto (George Martin), Aviator (David Reilly), Serenade (Tommy Reilly), Sonata (Handel, arr. Moody), Au bord de l‘eau (Faure), Bruyeres (Debussy), On Wings of Song (Mendelssohn), My Lagan Love (trad., arr. Tommy Reilly), Two Beatle Girls (Lennon-McCartney, Martin) – with the Academy of St. Martin-in-the Fields Chamber Ensemble – (1986)
Tommy Reilly and Skaila Kanga Play British Folk-Songs – Chandos – CHAN 8559 – Skye Boat Song, Early One Morning, Blow the Wind Southerly, Scarboro‘ Fair, Londonderry Air, Trotting to the Fair, Drink to me only, Kathleen Mavoureen, Morning has broken, The Lark in the Clear Air, Cherry Ripe, Ash Grove, David of the White Rock, Keel Row, Ye Banks and Braes, Endearing Young Charms, Dashing away with the Smoothing Iron, My Love is like a Red, Red Rose, She moved thro‘ the Fair, The Rising of the Lark – with Skaila Kanga, Harp – (1987)
Works for Harmonica and Orchestra – Chandos – CHAN 8617 – Romance (Ralph Vaughan Williams), Concertino (Vilem Tausky), Little Suite (James Moody), Five Pieces (Gordon Jacob) – with the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, conducted by Sir Neville Marriner – originally on the Argo label (ZRG 856) – (1988)
Thanks for the memory – Chandos – CHAN 8645 – Over the Rainbow (Arlen), Medley: There‘s a Small Hotel (Rodgers-Hart), Once in a While (Green-Edwards), A Pretty Girl is like a Melody (Berlin), I‘ll Follow my Secret – Heart (Coward), In a Sentimental Mood (Ellington), Medley: A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (Sherwin- Maschwitz), Dancing on the Ceiling (Rodgers-Hart), Love is the Sweetest Thing (Noble), Misty (Garner), Medley: Goodnight Vienna (May), I am Getting Sentimental over You (Bassman), The Way you Look Tonight (Kern), Sweet and Lovely (Arnheim-Tobias-Lemare), Medley: When you Wish upon a Star (Harline-Washington), Because I Love You (Berlin), I‘m a Dreamer (DeSylva-Brown- Henderson), Smoke gets in Your Eyes (Kern), Medley: A Room with a View (Coward), Tenderly (Lawrence-Grosz), The Breeze and I (Lecuona), Thanks for the Memory (Rainger-Robin), Medley: Getting to Know You (Rodgers-Hammerstein), September Song (Weill-Anderson), Someday I‘ll Find You (Coward), Body and Soul (Green), Medley: One Night of Love (Schertzinger), The Very Thought of You (Noble), Love Walked In (Gershwin) – with James Moody, piano – (1988)
Tommy Reilly, Skaila Kanga, harp, Hindar Quartet – Chandos – CHAN 8802 – Divertimento for harmonica and string quartet (Gordon Jacob), Suite dans le style francais (James Moody), Quintet for harmonica and string quartet (James Moody) – with the Hindar Quartet und Skaila Kanga, harp – originally released in 1975 on the Argo label (ZDA 206) and in 1981 on the Philips label (9500 997)- 1990
Serenade, vol 2 – Chandos – CHAN 6568 – Spanish Dance No.2 (Moszkowski), Siciliano (Bach), Ballet Music from „Faust“ (Gounod), Aria from „Bachianas Brasileiras“ no.5 (Villa-Lobos), La Fille aux Cheveux de Lin (Debussy), Allegro (Fiocco), Gymnopedie no.1 (Satie), Gavotte en Rondeau (Bach, arr. Reilly), The Fog is Lifting from the Play „The Mother“ (Nielsen), Pizzicato from „Sylvia“ (Delibes), Meditation de Thäis (Massenet), Merrily-Go-Round (Kanga), Estrellita (Ponce), Eastern Motif (Kanga), Gavotte from „Mignon“(Thomas), Ave Maria (Bach-Gounod), Elegy (Fisher), Sleepy Shores (Pearson), Song in the Night (Salzedo), Canzonetta (Kanga), Valsentino (Reilly), Cavatina (Myers) – with Skaila Kanga, harp – (1992)
Tommy Reilly Plays Harmonica Concertos and Virtuoso Works – Chandos – CHAN 9248 – Concerto for Harmonica and Orchestra (Michael Spivakovsky) – with the Münchner Rundfunkorchester, cond. Charles Gerhardt – Concerto for Harmonica and Orchestra (Malcolm Arnold) – with the Basel Radio Sinfonieorchester, cond. Cedric Dumont – Concerto for Harmonica and Orchestra (Heitor Villa-Lobos) – with the Rundfunkorchester des Südwestfunks, cond. Emmerich Smola – Toledo, Spanish Fantasy for Harmonica and Orchestra (James Moody) – with the Münchner Rundfunkorchester, cond. Robert Farnon – Prelude and Dance for Harmonica and Orchestra (Robert Farnon) – with Robert Farnon and his orchestra – (1993)
Classique Nostalgie: Harmonica Recital – London (Japan) – POCL-3683 – Waltz in D-flat Major, op. 64 no.1 (Chopin), Jasmin (Hazell), Popular Song (Walton), Air and Rondo (Händel), Fair Maid of Perth (Bizet), Cancion y Danza (Mompou), Italien Dance (Dring), The Swan (Saint-Saens), Humoresque (Reizenstein), Chanson Russe (Stravinsky), Sonatine (Scarlatti), Gymnopedie no. 1 (Satie), Trotting to the Fair, (trad., arr. Moody), Sonatina (Saunders) – – with James Moody, piano, and Skaila Kanga, harp – it is a Japanese release of “Harmonica Recital“, Argo ZK 55 – (1994)
Tommy Reilly – Classic People (Korea) – CPCD-07 – Scarborough Fair (trad., arr. Kanga), Kathleen Mavoureen (trad., arr. Moody), David of the White Rock (trad., arr. Kanga), Pavane (Fauré, arr. Langford), Norwegian Dance no.2 (Grieg, arr. Langford), On Wings of Song (Mendelssohn, arr. Langford), One Night of Love (Schertzinger), The Very Thought of You (Noble), Love Walked In (Gershwin), In a Sentimental Mood (Ellington), Concertino for Harmonica and Orchestra: 1st Movement (Vilem Tausky), Little Suite for Harmonica and Orchestra: Cantilena (James Moody), Harmonica Quintet: 3rd Movement (James Moody) – with Skaila Kanga, harp, Academy of St. Martin-in-the- Fields Chamber Ensemble, James Moody, piano, Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, conducted by Sir Neville Marriner – (1995)
Harmonica Parisien – Sterndale Records STE 3461 – La Vie en Rose (Louiguy-Piaf), Plaisir d‘amour (Martini), Sous le ciel de Paris (Giraud-Brun), Quand je reviendrai (Rey), J‘attendrai (Olivieri, Rastelli, Poterat), Clopin Clopant (Coquatrix-Dudan-Goell), Les feuilles mortes (Kosma-Prevert), Moulin Rouge (Auric-Larue), La Ronde de L‘Amour (Straus-Ducreux), Hymne à L‘Amour (Monnot-Piaf), Le Mer (Trenet-Lasry), Les trois cloches (Villard), Valsentino (T. Reilly), Shadow Valse (Dubois), Le Grisbi (Wiener-Lanjean-Parsons), Un Homme et une Femme (Lai-Barouh), Loin du Bal (Gillet), La Mattchiche (Borel-Briolette-Lelievre), Poupée Valsante (Poldini-Kreisler), Objet d‘art (Holland), Berceuse (Fauré), I‘ll remember today (Piaf-Engvick), La Petite Tonkinoise (Scotto-Christine) – Title 1-12: Tommy Reilly and his orchestra, the remaining: with different accompaniments – (1999)
A Life in Music (Vintage Tommy Reilly) – Chandos – CHAN 20143 – Zigeunerweisen (Pablo de Sarasate), Sonata. L 338. KK450 (Domenico Scarlatti), Gigue from Partita no. 3. BWV 1006 (Johann Sebastian Bach), Serenade (Serge Rachmaninoff), Age of Innocence (David Reilly / Robert Farnon). Italian Dance (Madeleine Dring), Spanish Dance No. 2 (Moritz Moszkowski), Voice from the Past (Tommy Reilly/James Moody), Firebrand (Alan Langford), Deep Purple (Peter de Rose), Dance of the Comedians (Bedrich Smetana), Overture to ‘Le Nozze di Figaro’ (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart), Midnight in Mayfair (Newell Chase), Cumbanchero (Rafael Hernandez Marín), Jealousy (Jacob Gade), Dinah (Sam M. Lewis/Joe Young/Harry Aksi), Bop! Goes the Weasel (Jack Bentley/Reginald Owen), Firefly (Donald Phillips), Begin the Beguine (Cole Porter), Gin ginger (Bobby Young), No limit (Tommy Reilly/Bobby Young), Bulgarian Wedding Dance (James Moody), Hora Staccato (Grigoras Dinicu/Jascha Heifeizi), 18th Century Rock (Jimmy Leach), Irish Medley (traditional), The Breeze and I (Ernesto Lecuona), Le Grisbi (Jean Wiener), The Red Flame (Tommy Reilly/Maurice Arnold), Waltz. Op. 64 No. I (Minute Waltz’ (Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin), Golden Girl (Tommy Reilly/James Moody)
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Featured artist recording and DVDs

Midnight Cowboy (Barry) – Polydor – NH 59323 – with John Scott and his orchestra – (1969)
Valdres March (Hanssen, arr. Richards),
Memories (D. Reilly-Durham) – Polydor – 2052 001 – (1969)
The Music of Robert Farnon – Polydor – 2382 008 – Prelude and Dance for Harmonica and Orchestra, with Robert Farnon and his orchestra. Also on the Baby Grand label (SE 1047) – (1971)
Quand je reviendrai (Rey), Les Trois Cloches (Villard) – Decca – FR 13274 – Tommy Reilly and his orchestra – (1971)
The Entertainer (Joplin), Turkey Trot (M. Martin) – Polydor – 2052 101 – with Kaare Ørnung, piano – (1974)
Bing Crosby reading Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain – Argo – ZSW 561-3 – with music, written by David Reilly and played by Tommy Reilly, David Reilly, Billy Bell and Chris Hazell – 1976
Flåklypa Grand Prix (film soundtrack) – Polydor – 2382 066 – Music by Bent Fabricius-Bjerre and played by Tommy Reilly – (1976)
Tarka the Otter (Film-Soundtrack) – Argo – ZSW 613 – Music by David Fanshawe, played by Tommy Reilly and his ensemble – (1979)
Winnetou Melodien – Teldec – 6.24965 AS – Old Shatterhand-Melodie, Apanatschi, Winnetou Melodie, Grand Canyon-Melodie, Chinla-River-Song (Böttcher) – with the Münchner Rundfunkorchester, conducted by Martin Böttcher – also on CD – (1981)
Siesta – SCD 15069 – GRCD 4140 – CD by Sigmund Groven with Tommy Reilly as guest: Serenade, aus dem Trio D-Dur, op. 8 no. 1 (Beethoven, arr. Moody-Bjerkestrand) with Sigmund Groven, 2nd Harmonica, Ivar Anton Waagaard, piano, and Kjetil Bjerkestrand, synthesizer – (1993)
Bernard Herrmann: “Night Digger” – Scenario Macabre for Orchestra (Filmmusik) – X (Australia) – LXCD 12 – with Sessions of London, conducted by Bernard Herrmann – (1994)
André Gagnon: Romantique – Star (Canada) – STR-CD-8057 – Le pianiste envolé (Gagnon) – – with the National Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. John Coleman – (1994)
Concerto for Harmonica and Orchestra, op. 46 (Malcolm Arnold) – BBC Radio Classics – BBCRD 9103 – “Walton, Grainger, Smetana, Borodin, Arnold” – with the BBC Concert Orchestra, cond. Henry Krips – (1995)
Serenade for unaccompanied Harmonica (Tommy Reilly) – BBC Radio – BBCRD 9115 – “Walton, Arnold, Farnon, Coates“- (1995)
The Navy Lark: Trade Wind Hornpipe (James Moody- Tommy Reilly), 
The Grove Family: Family Joke (Erik Spear) – EMI Premier – 7243 83499625 – “Vintage Themes from British Radio, Television & the Newsreels” – with Orchestra, conducted by James Moody and Eric Spear – (1996)
I godt lag – Sonet – SCD 15102, later Grappa – GRCD 4142 – CD by Sigmund Groven with Tommy Reilly as guest: Duettino (Fried Walter), with Sigmund Groven, 2nd harmonica, and the Berliner Rundfunkorchester, conducted by Fried Walter – Three Irish Airs (trad., arr. James Moody) – with Sigmund Groven, 2nd harmonica, and Kaare Ørnung, piano – (1996)
This information is taken from a range of sources including our own collection and the extensive listing in Uwe Warschkow’s excellent book Harmonica Lessons with Tommy Reilly, produced with the help of Sigmund Groven.

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Tommy Reilly Discography 2 LPs/33rpm

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The Life of Reilly – World Sound- T 541 – Irish Traditionals: The Humours of Limerick, Thady‘s Wattle, St. Patrick‘s Day, The Irish Washerwomen, The Meeting of the Waters, The Rakes of Kildare, Dumph‘s Hornpipe, Coming through the Field, Castle of Dromore, Killarney, Tatler Jack Welsh, Kathleen Mavoureen, The Gentle Maiden, The Minors of Wicklow, The Mug of Brown Ale, The Last Rose of Summer, Snowy Breasted Pearl, The Showman‘s Fancy, The Fairy Reel, Love Thee Dearest, Maggie Morrissey, The Green Fields of Erin, Lark in the Clear Air, The Rakes of Mallow, My Lagan Love, Go to the Devil, Old Women, Black Thorn Stick – with James Moody and his players – (1965)
Chromonica Rallye mit Tommy Reilly Concorde – ORL-ST 5002 – Cobra – FLLP 207 – The Peanut Vendor (Simon), Midnight Party (Haensch), Sinfonie (Alstone), Flirt in Rio (Reilly-Arnold), No Time (Rundle-Morris), Esmeralda (Rundle-Morris), Piccolino (Berlin), Acapulco Holiday (Martin), To pass the time (Fruth), In the dusk (Jojic), Colonel Bogey (Alford), Tokyo (Rundle-Morris) – with The Continentals – (1967)
Colours of my Life – Polydor – 236 507 – Paper-hearted Friend (D. Reilly-Durham), If it‘s a Game (D. Reilly-Durham), Slavonic Patrol (Martin), Can‘t make up my mind (D. Reilly-Durham), Bachanalia (Moody), Colours of my Life (D. Reilly-Durham), The Night Knows All (Gert), Badinerie (Bach), Chanson Russe (Stravinsky), In the Evening (Trad., arr. E. Groven), Seventeen Come Sunday (Trad., arr. Morris), Strawberry Fair (Trad., arr. Morris), One Summer Day (Richards), Berceuse (Faure) – with the Hindar Quartet, rhythm group and Johan Ųian, piano – (1968)
Tommy Reilly Harmonica Course – Hohner – FP 1969 – with two LP discs or a cassette. Reissued privately 2006
Melody Fair – Polydor – 222 002 – Angelin is always Friday (Woodley-Paxton), What a wonderful World (Weiss-Douglas), Lead on Light (D. Reilly-Durham), Yours to the end (arr. W. Last), Canadian Sunset (Heywood), Melody Fair (Farnon), La Source (Dijan-Faure-Bonnet), Kiss me goodby (Reed-Mason), The Legend of Xanadu (Howard-Blaikley), A Man without Love (Livraghi-Panzeri-Pace), My First Dance (W. Last-Loose), Tomorrow is far away (W. Last-Bader) – with the Kai Warner singers and orchestra – (1969)
Latin Harmonica – Polydor – 2418 021 – 2 The Pearlfishers (Bizet), Cumana (Allen-Spina-Hillmann), Beso triste (Steffanowski), The man who stood (D. Reilly), Baiao cacula (Gennari-Tedesco), Ba-tu-ca-da (Alfonso-Trinidade), Poinciana (Simon), Quando, quando (Renis), Serenata (Anderson-Parish), Pueblo Bossa (W. Last), Golden Earrings (Young-Livingston-Evans), If it‘s all the same to you (D. Reilly) – with Kai Warner and his orchestra – (1970)
The Harmonica of Tommy Reilly – Polydor – 2382 002 – Sonata in g-minor (Scarlatti), Drink to me only with thine eyes (Trad., arr. Moody), Gavotte en Rondeau (Bach), Gigue (Bach), Serenade (Rachmaninoff), Age of Innocence (D. Reilly-Farnon), Bulgarian Wedding Dance (Moody), Italian Dance (Dring), Voice from the Past (T. Reilly-Moody), Spanish Dance (Moszkowski), My World for Love (D. Reilly-Moody), Caprice (Duck), Firebrand (Langford) – with Kaare Ųrnung, piano, and string quartet – (1971)Wand‘rin‘ Star – Polydor – 2384 029 – I‘m an old cowhand (Mercer), This river flows to New Orleans (D. Reilly), Ragtime Cowboy Joe (Muir- Abraham-Clarke), Streets of Laredo (arr. D. Reilly), Don‘t fence me in (Porter), Birmingham Jail (arr. D.Reilly), The Big Country (Moross), Wand‘rin‘ Star (Loewe-Lerner), Yellow Rose of Texas (arr. D. Reilly), Red River Valley (arr. D. Reilly), Beautiful Brown Eyes (Wynne-James), Riverboat Queen (D. Reilly), Buttons and Bows (Livingston-Evans) – 1971)
Tommy Reilly Plays Fried Walter – Apollo – AS 1008 – The Adventures of Corporal Smith – Cascade – Duettino*, Arabesque – Ballade and Tarantella (alle von Fried Walter) – with the Berlin Studio Players, conducted by Fried Walter and *Sigmund Groven, harmonica) – (1971)
Harmonica Parisien – Polydor – 2382 016, 2922 053, 2484 044 – La Vie en Rose (Louiguy), Plaisir d‘amour (Martini), Sous le ciel de Paris (Giraud-Brun), Quand je reviendrai (Rey), J‘attendrai (Olivieri-Rastelli-Poterat), Clopin Clopant (Coquatrix-Dudan-Goell), Les feuilles mortes (Kosma-Prevert), Moulin Rouge (Auric-Larue), La Ronde de L‘Amour (Straus-Ducreux), Hymne a L‘Amour (Monnot-Piaf), La Mer (Trenet-Lasry), Les Trois Cloches (Villard) – Tommy Reilly and his orchestra – also on the Philips label (6382 062) – (1972)
Warm Latin Sounds – Philips – 6382 081 – Sunshine of my Life (Wonder), Wave (Jobim), Baubles, bangles and beads – (Wright-Forrest), Triste (Jobim), Corcovado (Jobim), Light my Fire (TheDoors), Girl from Ipanema (Jobim-de Moraes), It‘s Impossible (Manzanero), Desafinado (Jobim), The Secret (Rey), Shadow of your Smile (Mandel-Webster), Brazil (Barroso) – Tommy Reilly and his orchestra – (1975)
The Silver Sound of the Harmonica – ARGO ZDA 206 – Divertimento for harmonica and string quartet (Gordon Jacob), Suite dans le style francais (James Moody), Quintet for harmonica and string quartet (James Moody) – with the Hindar Quartet und Skaila Kanga, harp – also released in 1981 on the Philips label (9500 997)- 1975
Music for two harmonicas – Polydor – 2922 008 – Seventeen-Seventy-One (James Moody), Tźte-ą-Tźte (Robert Farnon), Introduction and Galop (Gordon Jacob), A Summer Romance (Grųttum), Invention (Max Saunders), Bohemian Carnival (Vilem Tausky), The Rose of Telemark (Tommy Reilly-Sigmund Groven-David Reilly), Love Theme from Tom Sawyer (David Reilly-Tommy Reilly), Blow, Silver Wind (Sigmund Groven-Erik Bye), Valsentino (Tommy Reilly), Sicilian Interlude (James Moody), Window of the World (David Reilly) – with Sigmund Groven, harmonica, Armon String Quartet, Skaila Kanga, harp, David Reilly, guitar, Frank Clarke, bass, Russ Stableford, bass (1976)
Works for Harmonica and Orchestra – Argo – ZRG 856 – with the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, directed by Neville Marriner – Little Suite (James Moody), Five Pieces (Gordon Jacob), Concertino (Vilem Tausky), Romance (Ralph Vaughan Williams) – (1977)Harmonica Recital – Argo – ZK 55 – Waltz in D-flat Major, op.64 no.1 (Chopin), Jasmin (Hazell), Popular Song (Walton), Air and Rondo (Händel), Fair Maid of Perth (Bizet), Cancion y Danza (Mompou), Italian Dance (Dring), The Swan (Saint-Saens), Humoresque (Reizenstein), Chanson Russe (Stravinsky), Sonatine (Scarlatti), Gymnopedie (Satie), Trotting to the Fair (arr. Moody), Sonatina (Saunders) – with James Moody, piano, und Skaila Kanga, harp – (1978)
Tommy Reilly Plays Villa Lobos Harmonica Concerto – Argo – ZRG 905 – Harmonica Concerto (Villa-Lobos), Harmonica Concerto (Malcolm Arnold), Harmonica Concerto (Arthur Benjamin) – with the London Sinfonietta, conducted by David Atherton – (1979)
Romantic Melodies – Philips – 9500 997 – Ave Maria (Bach-Gonoud), Ballet Music from “Faust“ (Gounod), Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 (Villa-Lobos), Eastern Motif (Skaila Kanga), Cavatina (Myers), Gavotte from “Mignon“ (Thomas), Siciliano (Bach), Suite dans le style francais (Moody) – with Skaila Kanga, harp – (1981)
Tommy Reilly und Pluche – Nova-Zembla NZR 85001 – Valencia (Padilla), Falling in Love Again (Hollaender), Loin du Ball (Gillet), Over the Rainbow (Arlen), Poupee Valsante (Poldini), Romance op. 97 (Shostakovitch), Golden Girl (Martin), La Petite Tonkinoise (Scotto), Drink to me only with thine eyes (trad., arr. Morris), Georgian Rumba (Slaney), Smoke gets in your eyes (Kern), Believe me if all those endearing young charms (trad., arr. Morris), La Mattchiche (Borel-Clerc), Sunshine Rag (Martin) – arranged by James Moody – with the Pluche Salon Orchestra – (1985)
Serenade – Chandos – ABRD 1202 – Bulgarian Wedding Dance (Moody), Pavane Op. 50 (Faure), Romance (Faure), Norwegian Dance no. 2 (Grieg), Adagietto (George Martin), Aviator (David Reilly), Serenade (Tommy Reilly), Sonata (Handel, arr. Moody), Au bord de l‘eau (Faure), Bruyeres (Debussy), On Wings of Song (Mendelssohn), My Lagan Love (trad., arr. Tommy Reilly), Two Beatle Girls (Lennon-McCartney, Martin) – with the Academy of St. Martin-in-the Fields Chamber Ensemble – (1986)
Tommy Reilly and Skaila Kanga Play British Folk-Songs – Chandos – LBRD 017 – Skye Boat Song, Early One Morning, Blow the Wind Southerly, Scarboro‘ Fair, Londonderry Air, Trotting to the Fair, Drink to me only, Kathleen Mavoureen, Morning has broken, The Lark in the Clear Air, Cherry Ripe, Ash Grove, David of the White Rock, Keel Row, Ye Banks and Braes, Endearing Young Charms, Dashing away with the Smoothing Iron, My Love is like a Red, Red Rose, She moved thro‘ the Fair, The Rising of the Lark – arranged by Skaila Kanga – with Skaila Kanga, Harp – (1987)
Works for Harmonica and Orchestra – Chandos – ABRD 1306 – Romance (Ralph Vaughan Williams), Concertino (Vilem Tausky), Little Suite (James Moody), Five Pieces (Gordon Jacob) – with the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, conducted by Sir Neville Marriner – originally (1977) Works for Harmonca and Orchestra – Argo – ZRG 856 – (1988)
Thanks for the memory – Chandos – LBRD 020 – Over the Rainbow (Arlen), Medley: There‘s a Small Hotel (Rodgers-Hart), Once in a While (Green-Edwards), A Pretty Girl is like a Melody (Berlin), I‘ll Follow my Secret Heart (Coward), In a Sentimental Mood (Ellington), Medley: A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (Sherwin- Maschwitz), Dancing on the Ceiling (Rodgers-Hart), Love is the Sweetest Thing (Noble), Misty (Garner), Medley: Goodnight Vienna (May), I am Getting Sentimental over You (Bassman), The Way you Look Tonight (Kern), Sweet and Lovely (Arnheim-Tobias-Lemare), Medley: When you Wish upon a Star (Harline-Washington), Because I Love You (Berlin), I‘m a Dreamer (DeSylva-Brown- Henderson), Smoke gets in Your Eyes (Kern), Medley: A Room with a View (Coward), Tenderly (Lawrence-Grosz), The Breeze and I (Lecuona), Thanks for the Memory (Rainger-Robin), Medley: Getting to Know You (Rodgers-Hammerstein), September Song (Weill-Anderson), Someday I‘ll Find You (Coward), Body and Soul (Green), Medley: One Night of Love (Schertzinger), The Very Thought of You (Noble), Love Walked In (Gershwin) – with James Moody, piano – (1988)
This information is taken from a range of sources including our own collection and the extensive listing in Uwe Warschkow’s excellent book Harmonica Lessons with Tommy Reilly, produced with the help of Sigmund Groven.

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Parlophone – R 3354 – Medley – Side One: I didn‘t slip, I wasn‘t pushed, I fell, Who‘ll be the next one to cry over you, Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo – Side Two: Can anyone explain, You‘re heartless, Autumn Leaves – (1951)
Parlophone – R 3364 – El Cumbanchero (Hernandez), Midnight in Mayfair (Chase)
also on the Odeon label – ND 7028 – (1951)
Parlophone – R 3389 – The Saturday Waltz (Johanson), Capricious (Harding)- (1951)
Parlophone – R 3415 – Cuban Holiday (Phillips), Teddy Bears‘ Picnic (Bratton) – (1951)
Parlophone – R 3444 – Ciribiribin on the Mandolin (Hoffman, Corday, Carr), So Deep My Love (Stone-Drake-Shirl) – (1951)
Parlophone – R 3458 – Jealousy (Gade), Laura (Raksin)- (1951)
– all the above recordings were with the Vic Hammett Quartet
Hohner Nr.1 – Londonderry Air (Irish Trad., arr. Tommy Reilly), Träumerei (Schumann)- (1951)
Hohner Nr. 2 – Minuet (Boccherini), Badinerie (Bach) – (1951)
both singles with Adela Kotowska, piano
Parlophone – R 3511 – Melody on the Move (Richardson), Parade of the Tin Soldiers (Jessel) – (1952)
Parlophone – R 3524 – Dinah (Lewis, Young, Akst), That old black Magic (Arlen, Mercer) – (1952)
Parlophone – R 3560 – Martinique (Warren), Toy Trumpet (Scott) – (1952)
all singles with the Vic Hammett Quartet
Parlophone – R 3598 – Bop! goes the Weasel (Bentley, Owen) – – with the Vic Hammett Quartet – Side Two – Sonny Terry – Hootin’ Blues – (1953)
Parlophone – R 3645 – Lazy Cowboy (Guthrie), Limping Man Theme from the film Street of Shadows (Spear) – with orchestra, conducted by Eric Spear – (1953)
Parlophone – R 3693 – Strictly Personal (Spear), Theme from The Night of the Fourth (May) – with orchestra, conducted by Eric Spear – (1953)
Parlophone – R 3860 – Family Joke (Spear), High Horse (Spear) – with orchestra, conducted by Eric Spear – (1954)
Parlophone – R 3924 – Rip van Twinkle (Nelson), The High and the Mighty (Tiomkin) – with the Ernie Bragg Quintet. also on the Odeon label (ND 7243) – (1954)
Nixa – NMEP 33 – Firefly (Phillips), Stormy Weather (Arlen), Begin the Beguine (Porter), Blue Moon (Rodgers) – with Reinhold Svensson and his Quartet – also on the Metronome label (MEP 24021)- (1954)
Oriole – CB 1316 – Rififi (Paris by Night) – (Larue, Gerard, Fishman) – with the Maple-Leaf Four and the Ted Astley Band – (1956)
Oriole – CB 1329 – Theme from The Intimate Stranger (Trevor Duncan), Side Two: Lonnie Donegan, The Passing Stranger – with Johnny Gregory and his orchestra – (1956)
Oriole – CB 1426 – An Ordinary Copper from Dixon of Dock Green (Darnell, Warner), On the way up (Burnaby, Mainwaring) – with the Johnny Gregory orchestra – a Jack Warner song – (1958)
Fontana label – H 104 – Barnacle Bill‘s Hornpipe (Addison), Count five and die (Wooldridge) – with Mike Sammes Singers and the Johnny Gregory Orchestra – (1958)
Hohner – T 4007 – The Navy Lark, The Sailing Valse, Before The Breeze, Hoopla (Reilly, Moody) – music from the film not the BBC Radio show – with James Moody, piano, and rhythm group – (1960)
Hohner – T 7003 – Chromonica – Swiss Merry-go-round (Reilly), A la Francaise (Martin), No Limit (Young), Bulgarian Wedding Dance (Moody) – with James Moody, piano, and rhythm group – (1960)
Decca – F 11490 – My Lost Love (Sherman) – with the Ivor Raymonde Orchestra – (1960)
RCA – RD 27175 – Dale Robertson Presents Western Classics – Wells Fargo Theme (Thompson), Take me back to my boots and saddle (Samuels, Whitcup, Powell), Ole faithful (Carr, Kennedy), The old Chisholm Trail (arr. McPhail), – with Roland Shaw and his orchestra – also on the RCA label (LPM 2158) – (1960)
Tivoli – 43008 – The New Sound of Tommy Reilly – College Girl, Blue Violets, Far, Fortune‘s Favourite – (1960)
Tivoli – 43009 – The Virtuosity of Tommy Reilly, Never, Days of Yearning, Lotus, Someday Soon – both singles with orchestra, conducted by Bob Hueting – (1960)
Tivoli – 62030 – Bavarian Woodpecker (Martin), Umbala (Martin) – with ensemble, conducted by Coen van Orsow – (1960)
Philips – PN 1094 – Theme from The Sundowners (Tiomkin), Down under (Tiomkin)- with Wally Stott and his orchestra – (1960)
Philips – BBE 12413 – Harmonica Magic – Down under (Tiomkin), Theme from The Sundowners (Tiomkin), Yokohama Holiday (Barker), The Green Leaves of Summer (Tiomkin) – with Wally Stott and his orchestra – (1961)
Philips – BF 326 543 – Blow, Man, Blow (Reilly, Warren), No Dice (Reilly, Warren) – (1962)
Philips – PB 1248 – So Little Time (Tiomkin), Moon Fire (Tiomkin), both from the film 55 Days at Peking – with the Ivor Raymonde choir and orchestra – (1963)
Oriole – CB 1833 – Dakota (Alan), S.O.S (Alan) – Tommy Reilly and The Tradesmen – (1963)
Polydor – NH 66808 Paper-hearted Friend (D. Reilly-Durham), Colours of my Life (D. Reilly-Durham) – (1967)
Polydor – NH 59323 – Midnight Cowboy (Barry) – with John Scott and his orchestra – (1969)
Polydor – 2052 001 – Valdres March (Hanssen, arr. Richards), Memories (D. Reilly-Durham) – (1969)
This information is taken from a range of sources including my own collection, the extensive listing in Uwe Warschkow’s excellent book Harmonica Lessons with Tommy Reilly, and produced with the help of Sigmund Groven.

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