The Organist Encores

Episode 675 – From The Archive: George Blackmore

With Damon away north of the border, heres something suitably Scottish!

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Music Played

1. Over The Scottish Hills
2. Lady Of The Wheel Selection: My/Love Is/Wish I Knew/I Won’t Fall In Love Today/Siesta/She’s Got Everything
3. Roulette
4. Border Serenade (Helyer)
5. Samba Galore
6. Alive And Kicking Selection
7. Jealousy
8. Scotch Broth Selection

All tracks played on the Astoria Cinema, Aberdeen 3/8 Compton, broadcast 21st July 1959. Recording from the Nigel Ogden Archive. Photo from the Wayne Ivany Collection.

Episode 674 – Master Tapes 2

This week Damon continues his mini series going through the Lancastrian Theatre Organ Trusts commercial releases.

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Music Played

Broadway Melody/Bei Mir Bis Du Schon/S’ Wonderful	Len Rawle	Paramount/Odeon Manchester 4/20 Wurlitzer	Acorn Records (CF245)/TOEnc Archive	1973
Foxtrots And ‘You’: It Had To Be You/Have You Ever Been Lonely?/You Were Meant For Me	Len Rawle	Gaumont Manchester 4/14 Wurlitzer	Acorn Records (CF245)/TOEnc Archive	1973
Butterflies In The Rain	William Davies	Gaumont Manchester 4/14 Wurlitzer	Acorn Records (CF250)/TOEnc Archive	1974
Brighton Blues: When The Blue Of The Night/Blue Skies/My Blue Heaven/Goodbye Blues	Douglas Reeve	Gaumont Manchester 4/14 Wurlitzer	Acorn Records (CF255)/TOEnc Archive	1974
Moonlight Saunter: Underneath The Stars	Eric Barlow	Gaumont Manchester 4/14 Wurlitzer	Acorn Records (CF260)/TOEnc Archive	1975
After You’ve Gone	Robin Richmond	Gaumont Manchester 4/14 Wurlitzer	Acorn Records (CF265)/TOEnc Archive	1975
What The World Needs Now/Wives And Lovers	Nigel Ogden	Free Trade Hall, Manchester 4/20 Wurlitzer	Acorn Records (CF275)/TOEnc Archive	1977
Blue Moon	Louis Mordish	Free Trade Hall, Manchester 4/20 Wurlitzer	Lancastrian Theatre Organ Trust (LTOT 8017)/TOEnc Archive	1980
12th Street Rag	Robert Wolfe	Free Trade Hall, Manchester 4/20 Wurlitzer	Lancastrian Theatre Organ Trust (LTOT 8017)/TOEnc Archive	1980

Episode 673 – Master Tapes 1

This week Damon has the first of a mini series going through the Lancastrian Theatre Organ Trusts commercial releases.

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Music Played

In The Hall Of The Mountain King	Gerald Shaw	Paramount/Odeon Manchester 4/20 Wurlitzer	Acorn Records (CF220)/TOEnc Archive	1973
A Fancy	Simon Wright	Town Hall Manchester 5/64ss Cavaille-Coll	Acorn Records (CF220)/TOEnc Archive	1973
How Am I To Know?	Eric Lord	Paramount/Odeon Manchester 4/20 Wurlitzer	Acorn Records (CF225)/TOEnc Archive	1973
That’s A-Plenty	Noel Briggs	Gaumont Manchester 4/14 Wurlitzer	Acorn Records (CF225)/TOEnc Archive	1973
Overture: Si J’Etais Roi	Ernest Broadbent	Paramount/Odeon Manchester 4/20 Wurlitzer	Acorn Records (CF235)/TOEnc Archive	1973
How About The Weather?: Powder Your Face With Sunshine/Keep Your Sunnyside Up/We’ll All Go Riding On A Rainbow/Singin’ In The Rain	Ernest Broadbent	Gaumont Manchester 4/14 Wurlitzer	Acorn Records (CF235)/TOEnc Archive	1973
I’ll See You Again/For You	Ernest Broadbent & Enid Powell	Paramount/Odeon Manchester 4/20 Wurlitzer	Acorn Records (CF240)/TOEnc Archive	1973

Episode 672 – Shall We Dance?

This week John Leeming presents music chosen by Wayne Ivany.

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Music Played

Merrymakers’ Dance	John Mann	Granada Cinema, Sutton 3/10 Compton	Private recording	1973
Moonbeams Dance	Terance Casey	Regent Cinema, Brighton 2/9 Wurlitzer	Columbia Records (DB260)	1930
Dance Of the Blue Marionettes	Sydney Gustard	EMI Abbey Road Studio No.1 3/8 Compton	Services Library Record	1943
Times Square Dance	Reginald Dixon	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Starline Records (SR5056)	1971
Love Dance Intermezzo	Charles McNicol	The Plough, Great Munden 3/11 Compton	Private recording	1976
Dancing with Tears in My Eyes	Sandy Macpherson	Empire Theatre, Leicester Square, London 4/20 Wurlitzer	HMV Records (B3642)	1930
Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4	Eric Spruce	Granada Theatre, Harrow 3/8 Wurlitzer	Private recording	c1975
Save the Last Dance for Me	Quentin Maclean	Trocadero Cinema, Elephant and Castle, London 4/21 Wurlitzer	Columbia Records (DB759)	1932
Dance of the Hours	Robinson Cleaver	Granada Cinema, Welling 3/8 Wurlitzer	Parlophone Records (F1904)	1939

Episode 671 – All Original Part 4

This week Damon continues his series looking at UK original Installations that have survived.

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Music Played

Theres No Business Like Showiness	Michael Wooldridge	Granada Harrow 3c/8 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Recording	2026
Blue Moon/Bugle Call Rag	Damon Cox	Granada Harrow 3c/8 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Recording	2026
Yesterday/Can’t Buy Me Love	Michael Wooldridge	Granada Harrow 3c/8 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	2026
‘The Boyfriend’ Selection: The Boy Friend/A Room In Bloomsbury/Fancy Forgetting/It’s Never Too Late To Fall In Love/I Could Be Happy With You	Keith Beckingham	Granada Harrow 3c/8 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1968
By A Sleepy Lagoon	John Mann	Granada Harrow 3c/8 Wurlitzer	Wayne Ivany Collection
Play To My Gipsy	Vic Hammett	Granada Harrow 3c/8 Wurlitzer	Wayne Ivany Collection
Fate In Santa Lucia	Louis Mordish	Granada Harrow 3c/8 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1992
Says My Heart	Damon Cox	Granada Harrow 3c/8 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Recording	2026

Episode 670 – Tin Hau

This week Robert Hope-Jones look at Tin Hau.

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Music Played

Thunder And Lightning Polka	Simon Gledhill	Castro Theatre, San Francisco
China Doll Parade	Quentin Maclean	Trocadero Cinema, Elephant and Castle, London 4/21 Wurlitzer
I Cover The Waterfront	Dan Bellomy	Orpheum Theatre, Los Angeles 3/13 Wurlitzer		1996
Victory at Sea Scenario (excerpt)	Walt Strony	Sanfilippo Victorian Palace, Illinois 5/80 Wurlitzer/hybrid		2007
House of Bamboo	Earl Grant	Hammond/orchestra	Decca	1960
At the Codfish Ball	Jim Riggs	Shea’s Buffalo Theatre 4/28 Wurlitzer	Private	2009
Harbour Lights	Ken Griffin	Lowery organ

Episode 669 – More New Tapes

This week Damon delves more into the latest batch of tapes.

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Music Played

Cockney Capers	Gerald Shaw	Odeon Leicester Square, London 5c/17 Compton	TOEnc Archive	1961
Dinkie Donkey	Reginald Porter-Brown	BBC Theatre Organ No.2, Hoxton, London 5/27 Möller	TOEnc Archive	1963
I’ll Follow My Secret Heart	Vic Hammett	Granada, Tooting London 4/14 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1967
Little Brazilian Soldier	George Blackmore	Gaumont State, Kilburn 4/16 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1963
There’s No Business Like Show Business/I Talk To The Trees/Dinah/Tenderly/Pretty Little Black-Eyed Suzie	Joseph Seal	Ritz Richmond 3/8 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1954
Strike Up The Band/Oh Lady Be Good/I Got Rhythm	Reginald Porter-Brown	BBC Theatre Organ No.2, Hoxton, London 5/27 Möller	TOEnc Archive	1963
I Can Give You The Starlight/It’s Only A Paper Moon/Now Is The Hour	Horace Finch	Empress Ballroom, Blackpool 3/13 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1962
The Old Pianna Rag	Reginald Dixon	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1961

Episode 668 – New Tapes

This week Damon delves into the latest batch of tapes.

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Music Played

Lets Twist Again/I Know Why/The Green Leaves Of Summer/The Young Ones	Reginald Dixon	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1962
Strolling Along	Neville Meale	Granada, Clapham Junction, London 3c/8 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1954
Miss Jane	Horace Finch	BBC Theatre Organ No.2, Hoxton, London 5/27 Möller	TOEnc Archive	1958
Canyon Caballero	Bobby Pagan	Ritz Richmond 3/8 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1967
Seventeen/I’ll Come When You Call/The Yellow Rose Of Texas/Close To Me/Twenty Tiny Fingers	Bryan Rodwell	Granada, Tooting London 4/14 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1957
If I Could Write A Book	Len Rawle	Paramount/Odeon Manchester 4/20 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1973
Skyliner	Noel Briggs	Gaumont Manchester 4/14 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1973
Belle, Belle My Liberty Belle/I Love The Sunshine Of Your Smile/Powder Your Face With Sunshine	Stanley Tudor	Odeon Sale 3/8 Christie	TOEnc Archive	1953
Tiger Rag	Reginald Dixon	Davenport Theatre, Stockport 3/6 Compton	TOEnc Archive	1978

Episode 667 – April Fun

This week John Leeming has his annual April fun show.

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Music Played

Sig tune: Happy Days are Here Again (part)	Simon Gledhill	ABC Cinema, Walthamstow 3/12 Christie	Private recording	1996
Who Am I?	Lyn Larsen	Joe Kearns studio organ, Hollywood, CA 3/26 Wurlitzer	Essential Records (MS1006)	1969
The Dream of Olwen	Reginald Dixon	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/13 Wurlitzer	Private recording	1970
The Broken Record	Ted Fio Rito, his orchestra. piano and organ	Unspecified organ (probably Hammond)	Decca Records USA (677A)	1936
Take Me Back	The Continental + Eddie Baxter at the organ	Hammond electronic	Capitol Records (CL13709)	1952
Autumn in New York	Dick Smith	Loew’s Theatre, Richmond, VA 3/13 Wurlitzer	Concert Recording (CR0013)	c1970
Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4	Eric Spruce	Granada Theatre, Harrow 3/8 Wurlitzer	Private recording	c1975
Extracts from a special concert at Walthamstow (parts of Sunny Side Up/Tico Tico/Granada/You and the Night and the Music)	Simon Gledhill and others	ABC Cinema, Walthamstow 3/12 Christie	Private recording	1996
Tiger Rag	Gerhard Gregor and the Helmut Zacharias Orchestra	Polydor Records (48 746)	Concert Recording (CR0141)	1952

Episode 666 – Catch-up with Keith

This week Damon catches up with Keith Beckingham.

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Music Played

1. Garden In The Rain
2. Bye Bye Blackbird
3. Caravan
4. I Cover The Waterfront
5. Time Was

All tracks above played by Keith Beckingham on the 3/13 Wurlitzer in the Town Hall, Clydebank in 2004 ( Chow Productions COCD102). Signature Tune recorded on the Neuadd Pendre, Tywyn 3c/9 Wurlitzer in 2018.