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ROBINSON CLEAVER playing "SLEIGH RIDE" (Leroy Anderson) on the small 2/5 Compton
in the REGENT CINEMA in LEAMINGTON SPA, Warwickshire.
Recording from the Compton Lodge Studios Archive Collection
taken from a BBC radio broadcast circa 1958.
The REGENT CINEMA, Regent Grove, Leamington Spa was originally built in 1883,
designed by OSBORNE & REEDING with C.J. PHIPPS as the OPERA HOUSE,
re-named THEATRE ROYAL in 1908. Closed late 1934 and re-built internally as an Art Deco Cinema, and re-opened in 1935 as the REGENT. There was a 2/5 Compton with illuminated console,
opened by John E. Francis. By 1984 it was derelict and was later demolished.
Robbie plays a stylish and entertaining arrangement of "Sleigh Ride"
but notice the rather out of tune top notes.
At the beginning and end of the track Robbie seems to have an assistant
with some "Sleigh Bells" - manually operated!
Video produced and uploaded by ComptonLodgeStudios, Compton Lodge, Sapcote, Leicester.