Episode 586 – Granada! Then & Now

This week Damon features four Granada organs in their current and original homes.

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Music Played

Lady Be Good/Sophisticated Lady/Fascinating Rhythm/Trolley SongBryan RodwellGranada, Clapham Junction, London

3c/8 Wurlitzer
Private Recording1978
You Made Me Love YouSimon GledhillOrgue De Cinéma, Collège Claparède, Genèva

3c/8 Wurlitzer
AAOCCC, Genève2017
Little Girl/Just In TimeJackie BrownGranada Edmonton

3/10 Wurlitzer
Private Recording1966
Stars Fell On AlabamaLen RawleOrgan Theatre, St. Albans

3/10 Wurlitzer
St Albans Musical Museum Society
(CAS 1011)
1994
Canadian CapersRobinson CleaverGranada, Welling

3c/8 Wurlitzer
Nostalgia Direct (AZCD214)2011
Cheek To Cheek/They Say It’s WonderfulDeclan PooleWurlitzer Hall, Leisure Centre, Woking

3/19 Wurlitzer
Private Recording2024
Bells Across The MeadowDudley BeavanGranada, Woolwich

3c/8 Wurlitzer
Private Recording1938
El AdornoDavid LoweNeuadd Pendre, Tywyn

3c/8 Wurlitzer
OS Digital (OS239)1998

Episode 585 – Holbeach Calling

This week John Leeming has an extended show where he focuses on the organ installed in David Shepherds residence.

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Music Played

Coliseum MarchDavid ShepherdDolby House, Holbeach

3m 6 pipe ranks + 5 Electrone stops
Cinema Organ Society (COS 107)1984
Long Ago and Far AwayDavid ShepherdDolby House, Holbeach

3m 6 pipe ranks + 5 Electrone stops
Cinema Organ Society (COS 107)1984
Love for SaleTom HazletonDolby House, Holbeach

3/9 Compton-plus
Private Recording 1987
VanessaSimon GledhillDolby House, Holbeach

3/9 Compton-plus
Cinema Organ Society (COS115)1989
ExperimentRichard HillsDolby House, Holbeach

3/20 Compton-plus
Cinema Organ Society (COS125)2000
My Silent LoveLyn LarsenDolby House, Holbeach

4/22 Compton-plus
Private Recording2000
SiroccoDavid GrayDolby House, Holbeach

4/22 Compton-plus
Private Recording2016
Russian LullabyJim RiggsDolby House, Holbeach

4/22 Compton-plus
Private Recording2004
Together Wherever We GoBarry BakerDolby House, Holbeach

4/22 Compton-plus
Private Recording1997
I Left My Heart at the Stage Door CanteenDudley SavageDolby House, Holbeach

4/22 Compton-plus
Private Recording2002
The Flat Foot Floogie with the Flaw FlawMark HermanDolby House, Holbeach

4/22 Compton-plus
Private Recording2022
All Strings and Fancy FreeDavid ShepherdDolby House, Holbeach

4/22 Compton-plus
Private Recording1996
Runaway Rocking HorseSimon Gledhill (organ) and Richard Hills (piano and Dulcimer)Dolby House, Holbeach

4/22 Compton-plus
Private Recording2015

Episode 584 – Broadcasting Blackpool

This week Damons has some archive tracks featuring five of the Blackpool organs.

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Music Played

Out Of The BlueReginald DixonTower Ballroom, Blackpool

3/14 Wurlitzer
Private Recording (TOEnc Archive)1954
Tunes Of The Moment: Absent Friends/Look Homeward Angels/Sentimental/The Man Who Plays The Mandolino/Heart/Cinco Robles/Rock Mr PiperHorace FinchOpera House, Blackpool

3/13 Wurlitzer
Private Recording (TOEnc Archive)1957
Mary Popins Selection: A Spoonful Of Sugar/Feed The Birds/Chim Chim Cher-ee/Lets Go Fly A Kite/SupercalifragilisticexpialidociousErnest BroadbentEmpress Ballroom, Blackpool

3/13 Wurlitzer
Private Recording (TOEnc Archive)1967
In The Mood/Smoke Gets In Your EyesEna BagaTower Ballroom, Blackpool

3/13 Wurlitzer
Private Recording (TOEnc Archive)1941
DreamingWatson HolmesPalace Ballroom, Blackpool

3/8 Wurlitzer
Private Recording (Wayne Ivany Collection)
‘South Pacific’ Selection: Bali Hai/I’m In Love With A Wonderful Guy/I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair/Some Enchanted EveningReginald HollandOdeon, Blackpool

4/13 Conacher
Private Recording (TOEnc Archive)2024
Tunes Of The Day: A Wonderful Time Up There/A Very Precious Love/Tulips From Amsterdam/Lollipop/I Do Like To Be Beside The SeasideReginald DixonTower Ballroom, Blackpool

3/14 Wurlitzer
Private Recording (TOEnc Archive)1958

Episode 583 – Entwinement

This week Robert Hope-Jones intertwines piano and organ.

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Music Played

East of the SunBryan RodwellGranada Theatre, Tooting

4/14 Wurlitzer
VIS B-3
Hello BluebirdJim Riggs & Vincent LopezLittle River Studio, Miller, Wichita

3/19 Wurlitzer
Jim Riggs Records2006
Moonlight On the GangesJim Roseveare & Peter MintunOhio Theatre in Columbus, Ohio

4/26 Robert Morton and piano
Private
Recording
1986
Time and Time AgainRalph Wolf & Rob RichardsNethercutt Collection, San Sylmar, CA

Bosendorfer grand, 4/70 Wurlitzer
HPR-1080CD2010
BabaluKorla PanditHammond, PianoDJV-012-22007
StardustPierre FracalanzaParamount Organ Works 332Private2011
Limehouse BluesEverett Nourse & Frank DenkeRodgers 36-E, Model O SteinwayDoric 14021971
Canyon CaballeroSimon Gledhill & Richard HillsDolby House, Lincolnshire

4/22 Compton hybrid, Steinway Piano
Private2015
My IdealJohnny DuffyUnspecified Organ/ Mason & Hamlin grand pianoEdison Int. SDL 1011959

Episode 582 – From The Archive: David Lowe

This weeks show is from the archive and features David Lowe, at the Regal/Scala Rotherham.

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Music Played

1. Sig Tune: I’m Beginning To See The Light
2. The Regal March
3. James Bond Theme/The Good, The Bad And The Ugly/Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
4. Bedouin In Baghdad
5. The Girl From Ipanema/Choo Choo Samba
6. Tuba Tube D
7. Cheerful Classics
8. Sig Tune: I’m Beginning To See The Light

All tracks played on the 3/9 Conacher in the Regal/Scala Rotherham, broadcast 16th November 1983. Recording from the Nigel Ogden Archive.

Episode 581 – In Concert

This week John Leeming has recordings from past concerts.

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Music Played

I Got Rhythm/Jeepers CreepersArnold LoxamGranada Theatre, Walthamstow

3/12 Christie
Private recording (John Leeming)1977
Serenade from ‘The Student Prince’Simon GledhillNew Gallery, Regent Street, London

2/8 Wurlitzer
Private Recording (John Leeming)1985
Georgia On My Mind/Taking a Chance on LovePeter HoltSouth Bank University, London

4/24 Wurlitzer
Private Recording (John Leeming)1993
Spanish Dance No. 1 by MoszkowskiDavid ShepherdCameo Poly Cinema, London

2/6 Compton
Private Recording (John Leeming)1982
Moonlight in VermontAlec LeaderThe Plough Inn, Great Munden

3/11 Compton
Private Recording (John Leeming)1984
I Write the SongsChris PowellSt John Vianney Church, Clayhall

3/7 Compton
Private Recording (John Leeming)2011
My Blue HeavenArmsbee BancroftMarston Green Hospital

3/10 Compton
Private recording (Bill Ravenall/COS Archive)1977
Exactly Like YouBryan RodwellGranada Theatre, Kingston-on-Thames

3/10 Wurlitzer
Private Recording (John Leeming)1979
What’s NewJackie BrownABC Ritz, Richmond-upon-Thames

3/8 Wurlitzer
Private Recording (Geoff Day/COS Archive)1965

Episode 580 – Sunshine

This week Damon features tracks of a sunny nature.

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Music Played

Powder Your Face With SunshineStanley TudorGaumont Manchester

4/14 Wurlitzer
Deroy Records
(Deroy 845)
1973
You Are The Sunshine Of My LifeMatthew RossRegal Uxbridge, London

2/5 Compton
Private Recording1975
My Sunshine Is YouJim RiggsParamount Oakland CA

4/27 Wurlitzer
RTR Productions
(RTC103C)
1989
Sunshine TangoBobby PaganRitz Richmond

3/8 Wurlitzer
Private Recording1968
On The Sunny Side Of The StreetJohn AtwellCapri Theatre, Adelaide

4/15 Wurlitzer
TOSA1987
Dancing In The SunGeorge BlackmoreOrgan Power No. 2 San Diego CA

5/27 Möller
Doric Recordings
(DO (Q) 1503)
I Got The Sun In The MorningMichael WooldridgeTown Hall Clydebank

3/13 Wurlitzer
Merlin Productions (MP107)2003
Parade Of The SunbeamsWilliam DaviesGranada Tooting

4/14 Wurlitzer
BC Records
(REC 72M)
1969
The Sunshine Of Your SmileReginald DixonTower Ballroom, Blackpool

3/14 Wurlitzer
Private Recording1964
Painting The Clouds With SunshineRichard HillsSanfilippo Music Salon, Barrington Hills IL

5/80 Wurlitzer
ATOS 20232023

Episode 579 – A Feminine Touch

This week Robert Hope-Jones introduces us to the great ladies of song.

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Music Played

Once in Love with AmyJack Anderson QuintetBaldwin electronic organAudio Fidelity (5856)1958
LauraBuddy ColeBuddy Cole Residence, Hollywood CA

3/9 Morton
Columbia Records (CL 974)1958
Li’l Darlin’George WrightPortland Theatre, Oregon

3/19 Wurlitzer
Private
Recording
1961
Jeannine, I Dream of Lilac TimeJohn SengSt. Mary of the Lake Seminary, Mundelein

4/19 Howell-Wurlitzer
HP30012016
ChloeVic HammettDendy Theatre, Australia

3/15 Wurlitzer
Private1968
LouiseGordon KibbeeRich Vaughn Residence, LA

5/21 Wurlitzer
Starlite1958
RubyIan McleanVTPOPrivate2017
Stella by StarlightChester SmithFox Special Midi-organYouTube
Have You Met Miss JonesTom HazeltonBattersea Town Hall

4/41 Hope-Jones, Hill Norman & Beard
Private1986

Episode 578 – Recent Tracks

This week Damon features tracks recorded/released in 2024.

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Music Played

Jive: Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter/In The Mood/Darktown Strutters BallCameron LloydAssembly Hall, Worthing

3/23 Wurlitzer
Private Recording2024
Climb Every MountainRobert WolfeTroxy Stepney London

4/25 Wurlitzer
Private Recording2024
Petticoats Of PortugalDamon CoxStudio Standaart, Woking

2/9 Standaart
Private Recording2024
When I Fall In LoveZach FrameOrgan Piper Muisc Palace, Milwaukee WI

3/30 Kimbal/Wurlitzer
C-2 Productions LLC (op0002)2024
Lullaby Of BirdlandDavid LoweStudio Standaart, Woking

2/9 Standaart
Private Recording2024
Ballroom Waltz: Summer Night/Always/Around The World/The Story Of TiniaAlec WaltersAssembly Hall, Worthing

3/23 Wurlitzer
Private Recording2024
Sailors SambaMark Laflin & Dave NevilleTroxy Stepney London

4/25 Wurlitzer
Private Recording2024

Episode 577 – Playhouse Memories

This week Damon features tracks recorded on the BBC Playhouse Studio Wurlitzer.

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Music Played

Oh, Lady Be Good/PasadenaReginald DixonBBC Playhouse Manchester

3/13 Wurlitzer
Columbia Records (SCX 6496)1972
Musetta’s Waltz SongReginald FoortBBC Playhouse Manchester

3/13 Wurlitzer
Private Recording (N.O Archive)1972
Rodgers And Hart: With A Song In My Heart/Mountain Greenery/The Lady Is A TrampPeter JebsonBBC Playhouse Manchester

3/13 Wurlitzer
Private Recording (N.O Archive)
As Time Goes ByBryan RodwellBBC Playhouse Manchester

3/13 Wurlitzer
Private Recording (N.O Archive)1983
Toytown TrumpetersDavid ShepherdBBC Playhouse Manchester

3/13 Wurlitzer
Private Recording (N.O Archive)1986
Whats Another Year/Making Your Mind UpPhil KelsallBBC Playhouse Manchester

3/13 Wurlitzer
Private Recording (N.O Archive)1982
Heres That Rainy DayLen RawleBBC Playhouse Manchester

3/13 Wurlitzer
Private Recording (N.O Archive)1983
Taint No SinRobin RichmondBBC Playhouse Manchester

3/13 Wurlitzer
Private Recording (N.O Archive)1982
WhisperingNigel Ogden & Robin RichmondBBC Playhouse Manchester

3/13 Wurlitzer & Technics U90
Private Recording (N.O Archive)1982