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Episode 638 – 1955

This week Damon features music written 70 years ago in 1955.

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Music Played

Something’s Gotta Give	George Wright	George Wright Studio Organ, Leslie Factory, Pasadena CA 3/27 Wurlitzer	Westlake Productions/BANDA CD (BA-520042)	2004
Love Is A Many Splendored Thing	Reginald Dixon	BBC Playhouse Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer	One-Up (EMI Records) (OU 2132)	1976
No, Not Much	Ron Rhode	The Shanklin Conference Center, Groton, MA 4/34 Wurlitzer	Roxy Productions (RP-118-CD)	2011
‘Guy’s And Doll’s’ Selection: Guy’s And Doll’s/A Woman In Love/Take Back Your Mink/Sit Down Your Rocking The Boat/I’ll Know/If I Were A Bell	Joseph Seal	Regal/ABC Kingston 3/12 Wurlitzer
Unchained Melody	Lew Williams	Organ Stop Pizza, Mesa AZ 4/78 Wurlitzer		1994
Love And Marriage/The Tender Trap	Michael Wooldridge	New Victoria Centre, Howden-le-Wear 3/19 Wurlitzer		2012
In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning	Chris McPhee	Capri Theatre, Adelaide 4/29 Wurlitzer	Chris McPhee (CMCD003)	1999
The Old Pianna Rag	Robin Richmond	BBC Playhouse Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer	Private Recording

Episode 637 – LPs – BC

This week John Leeming has look through some of his LP’s.

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Music Played

Me and My Shadow	Ray Bohr	Paramount Theatre, New York 4/36 Wurlitzer	RCA Victor Records(LPM-1306)	1956
Bedtime for Drums	Noel Briggs	Gaumont Theatre, Manchester 4/14 Wurlitzer	LTOT Acorn Records (CF225)	1972
The Continental	Buddy Cole	Hollywood Studio 3/9 Robert Morton	Columbia Records (CL874)	1956
Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines	George Blackmore	Guildhall, Southampton 4/50-ish Compton	Columbia Records (TWO236)	1968
Sunrise Serenade	Doreen Chadwick	Kitchen Brothers Showroom, Diss 3/19 Wurlitzer	LTOT Records (8319)	1983
I Left My Heart in San Francisco	Don Clayton	Cap’n’s Galley Pizza Restaurant, Seattle, WA 3/17 Wurlitzer	Concert Recording (CR140)	c1975
Cha Cha Tango	Terance Casey	ABC Ritz Cinema, Belfast 4/10 Compton	Deroy Records (1243)	1975
Say It With Music	Jesse Crawford	Unspecified venue Unspecified organ	MCA Records (MCA2-451)	1973
Hungarian Rhapsody #2 (Gypsy version) [Liszt]	Stuart Barrie	Granada Theatre, Tooting 4/14 Wurlitzer	Ventures in Sound (VIS-B2)	1958

Episode 636 – Playhouse Memories

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

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Music Played

Phil The Fluters Ball	William Davies	BBC Playhouse Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (JVAS Archive)	1983
Three Coins In The Fountain	Simon Gledhill	BBC Playhouse Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (JVAS Archive)	1983
El Gatito	Ernest Broadbent	BBC Playhouse Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (JVAS Archive)	1979
Destiny	David Shepherd	BBC Playhouse Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (JVAS Archive)	1983
There Will Never Be Another You	Bryan Rodwell	BBC Playhouse Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (NO Archive)	1982
Close To You	Nigel Ogden	BBC Playhouse Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (JVAS Archive)	1977
Pepe	David Lowe	BBC Playhouse Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (JVAS Archive)	1979
Count Your Blessings	Reginald Dixon	BBC Playhouse Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (JVAS Archive)	1977
Good Morning/Quando, Quando, Quando	Phil Kelsall	BBC Playhouse Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (JVAS Archive)	1983

Episode 635 – Concert Recording – Part 1

This week Damon features tracks from the Concert Recording label.

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Music Played

Flying Scotsman	Jackie Brown	Granada, Tooting London 4/14 Wurlitzer	Concert Recording (CR-SO58)
Mighty Like A Rose	Arnold Loxam	Paramount/Odeon Leeds 3/19 Wurlitzer	Concert Recording (CR-0039)	1968
Have You Met Miss Jones?	Bryan Rodwell	Paramount/Odeon Leeds 3/19 Wurlitzer	Concert Recording (CR-0044)	1968
Too Late Now	Gerald Shaw	Odeon Leicester Square, London 5c/17 Compton	Concert Recording (CR-0017)	1968
Collection of Can Cans	Andrew Fenner	Odeon Hammersmith 4/15 Compton	Concert Recording (CR-0059)	1969
Song Of Alassio	Vic Hammett	Town Hall Buckingham 3/10 Wurlitzer	Concert Recording (CR-0006)	1966
Primero	Douglas Reeve	Dome Brighton 4/40 Hill Norman and Beard ‘Christie’	Concert Recording (CR-0020)	1967
Adios	George Blackmore	Regal/Odeon Marble Arch, London 4/37 Christie	Concert Recording (CR-0010)	1967
To A Wild Rose	Robinson Cleaver	Granada, Tooting London 4/14 Wurlitzer	Concert Recording (CR-0036)	1968
Sentimental Gentleman From Georgia	Len Rawle	Tonawanda, Chorleywood 4/24 Wurlitzer	Concert Recording (CR-0082)	1971

Episode 634 – 1945

This week Damon features music written 80 years ago in 1945.

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Music Played

Give Me The Simple Life	Jerry Nagano	Auditorium Theatre, Rochester NY 4/22 Wurlitzer	ATOS 2019	2019
Close As Pages In A Book from ‘Up In Central Park’	Ron Rhode	Sanfilippo Music Salon, Barrington Hills IL 5/80 Wurlitzer	Roxy Productions (RP-108 CD)	1995
Cruising Down The River	Len Rawle	Musical Museum, Brentford 3/12 Wurlitzer	Tonawanda Sound (TWS 2018D)	2000
If I Loved You	Chris McPhee	Orion Centre, Sydney 3/17 Wurlitzer	Chris McPhee (CMCD002)	1995
Atlanta G.A.	Mark Herman	Aveni Mansion Unit Orchestra, Gates Mills, OH 4/60 Wurlitzer	Mark Herman Productions	2008
Firm Fram Sauce (With The Salsa On The Side)	Howard Beaumont	New Victoria Centre, Howden-le-Wear 3/19 Wurlitzer	Fairview Studios (HB106)	2017
Laura	Joseph Seal	Regal/ABC Kingston 3/12 Wurlitzer	PYE Records (NSPL 18261)	1968
Tampico	Nigel Ogden	Free Trade Hall, Manchester 4/20 Wurlitzer	OS Digital (OS 225)	1996

Episode 633 – Archive Tapes

This week John Leeming has tracks from his archive of tapes.

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Music Played

I’m in the Mood for Love	Dudley Savage	Mere Farm, Haughley 3/6 Compton	Private recording	c1998
Roses from the South	Charles McNicol	Granada Theatre, Bedford 3/8 Wurlitzer	Private recording	1967
The Touch of Your Lips	George Wright	Gaumont State Theatre, Kilburn, London 4/16 Wurlitzer	Private recording	1978
Tea for Two	Bobby Pagan	Assembly Hall, Worthing 3/10 Wurlitzer	Private recording	1983
Blues in My Heart/Birth of the Blues	Ashley Miller	Paramount Music Palance, Indianapolis, IN 4/42 Wurlitzer	Private recording	1990
Give Me the Simple Life	Robin Richmond Trio	Hammond organ, piano, vibraphone and rhythm BBC Studio, Maida Vale, London	Private recording	1961
Polly	Patrick Hopper	Music Radio Centre, Hilversum, NL 4/19 Standaart/Compton	Private recording	2021
[Two tunes, titles not known]	Armsbee Bancroft	Stanford Hall, Loughborough 2/5 Wurlitzer	Private recording	1976
Love Me or Leave Me	Tom Hazleton	Granada Theatre, Walthamstow, London 3/12 Christie	Private recording	1988
Sweet Georgia Brown	Bryan Rodwell	Scala Cinema, Rotherham 3/9 Conacher	Private recording	1983
Tiger Rag	Noel Briggs	Sundown (Regal), Edomnton, London 4/15 Christie	Private recording	1973

Episode 632 – Highlights from the UK Young Theatre Organist of the Year Competition

This week Damon features highlights from this years UK Young Theatre Organist of the Year Competition.

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Music Played

Tom Horton – 1960’s Medley: Lets Twist Again/Breaking Up Is Hard To Do/Runaway/Can’t Buy Me Love

Len Rawle – Cry Me A River (From Tonawanda Sound, TWS 2018D, 2000)

Jack Morton – ‘The Band Wagon’ Selection: New Sun in the Sky/By Myself/Lousiana Hayride/Dancing in the Dark/I Guess I’ll Have to Change My Plan/That’s Entertainment/New Sun in the Sky (Reprise)

Andy Quin (Piano) – Prelude In C Sharp Minor (Part)/I Got Rhythm/Lullaby Of Birdland/Tea For Two

Oscar Battle – A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square/Hooray For Hollywood

All tracks played on the 3/12 Wurlitzer in the Musical Museum, Brentford. Recorded by Damon Cox. Thanks to the Musical Museum staff, Steve Barrett-White, Michael Wooldridge and The Wurlitzer Heritage Trust for their assistance in making this possible.

Episode 631 – Kimball Klass

This week Robert Hope-Jones has an extended show looking at Kimball organs.

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Music Played

From this Moment On	Tom Hazelton	Minneapolis Auditorium 4/128 Dual-purpose Kimball (27 theatrical ranks)	Private	1987
Organ Voluntary (Vol. 2 of H.E Kimball’s Voluntaries for reed organs)	Michael Hendron	Swedenborgian Church, San Francisco 1/3 Kimball Chapel reed organ		2021
Penguins’ Playtime	Peter Conte	Wanamaker Organ 4/664	Private	2019
It Must Be True	Jim Roservere	Wiltern Theatre 4/37 Kimball	CD-1040	1996
Where Am I?	Bob Mitchell	St. James’ Episcopal Church, Wilshire Blvd, LA 4/30 Kimball
Eklog, op. 41 (Kramer)	Robert Elmore	4/55 dual purpose Kimball		1964
Announcement/Trumpet Rhapsody	George Wright	Dickinson High School Kimball	Private Recording	1977
Would there be Love?	Ron Rhode	4/28 Kimball 4/32 Kimball	RP-105-CD	1992
Are You Happy?	Eddie Dunstedter	Kimball organ (unspecified), Kimball Hall	Brunswick 3680	1928
Fanfare	Tom Hazelton	Minneapolis Auditorium 4/128 Dual-purpose Kimball (101 symphonic ranks)	Private	1987

Episode 630 – 1935

This week Damon features music written 90 years ago in 1935.

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Music Played

Broadway Rhythm	Nigel Ogden	New Victoria Centre, Howden-le-Wear 3/12 Wurlitzer	CrescendO (CDHLW1004)	1996
I’m In The Mood For Love	Simon Gledhill	Oriental Theatre, Milwaukee WI 4/39 Kimbal	Simon Gledhill & Kimbal Theatre Organ Society (KTOS339)	2000
Begin The Beguine	Len Rawle	Marine Arcade, Douglas, Isle Of Man 2/10 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Recording	2019
East Of The Sun	Bryan Rodwell	Buttermarket Shrewsbury 3/8 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1994
Cheek To Cheek	Robin Richmond	Kitchen Bros Garage Diss 3/19 Wurlitzer	Cinema Organ Society (COS 123)	1998
Red Sails In The Sunset	Dudley Savage	Royal/ABC Plymouth 3/8 Compton	Perfect Partner Records (PP001CD)	2008
It Ain’t Necessarily So	John Seng	St. Mary of the Lake Seminary Mundelein IL 4/23 Howell-Wurlitzer	Concert Recording (CR-0057)
My Romance	Buddy Cole	Buddy Cole Studio, Hollywood CA 3/27 Wurlitzer-Morton	Warner Bros. Records (WS 1533)	1963
Just One Of Those Things	Billy Nalle	Century II Wichita 4/36 Wurlitzer	Wichita Theatre Organ, Inc (1959)	1981

Episode 629 – From The Archive: Reginald Dixon

This weeks show is from the archive and features Reginald Dixon at the Tower Ballroom, Blackpool Wurlitzer.

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Music Played

1. Sig Tune: I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside
2. ‘The Belle Of New York’ Selection
3. Russian Rag
4. The Singing Piano
5. Chicken Reel
6. Memories Of Song: Over The Rainbow/Miss Annabelle Lee/Love And Marriage/Because You’re Mine/Ragtime Cowboy Joe
7. Theme From ‘Limelight’
8. Sing Song: Ship Ahoy/Maybe It’s Because I’m A Londoner/Let Me Call You Sweetheart/Margie/We’ll Keep A Welcome
9. I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside

All tracks played on the Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer, broadcast 1958-1969. Recording from the TOEnc Archive.