The Organist Encores On this week’s show Nigel Ogden plays the Free Trade Hall, Manchester Wurlitzer with Christmas music for all tastes.
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Swingin’ Sleighbells
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
Swingin’ Sleighride/Snowcoach
Arctic Fox
Fairy On The Christmas Tree
March Of The Toys
O Holy Night
All tracks played on the 4/20 Wurlitzer in the Free Trade Hall, Manchester by Nigel Ogden from OS Digital (OS210) 1994
On this week’s show John Leeming features the music of Eric Lord on the Odeon Manchester Wurlitzer.
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Getting Sentimental Over You*
Moonlight in Vermont
Caravelle
Laura
Mr Lucky
Sleepy Lagon
A Serenade to Eileen
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
I surrender, Dear
Poem
These Foolish Things
Perfidia
At Sundown
I Cover the Waterfront
Getting Sentimental Over You
All tracks played on the 4/20 Wurlitzer in the Odeon Manchester broadcast in 1973 or 1965 expect * which is from Acorn Records CF225.
This week Damon features the famous Wurlitzer in the Tower Ballroom, Blackpool
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| Mr Sandman/S’posin/No More | Reginald Dixon | Tower Ballroom Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer | (Rex Recordings) REXX 332 | 2009 |
| Tango Taquin | Ernest Broadbent | Tower Ballroom Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer | Columbia/EMI Records (SCX 6410) | 1970 |
| Fleetwood Fisherwoman | Arnold Loxam | Tower Ballroom Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer | Grosvenor Records (CDGRS 1240) | 1991 |
| I Kiss You Hand, Madame/I Wish You Love | Robin Richmond | Tower Ballroom Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer | Grosvenor Records (KGRS 1273) | 1994 |
| Money/Money Is The Root Of All Evil/We’re In The Money | Robert Wolfe | Tower Ballroom Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer | Grosvenor Records (CDGRS 1238) | 1990 |
| Dancing In The Dark | Simon Gledhill | Tower Ballroom Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer | OS Digital (OS 205) | 1994 |
| Moonlight In Vermont | Nigel Ogden | Tower Ballroom Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer | Grasmere Records (GRCD135) | 2011 |
| Yes My Darling Daughter/There’ll Be A Hot Time/It Don’t Mean A Thing | Phil Kelsall | Tower Ballroom Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer | Grasmere Records (GRCD87) | 1998 |
On this week’s show John Leeming is at the microphone with another show packed of materials from the archive!
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| From This Moment On | Dave Junchen | Tower Civic Auditorium, Pasadena, CA 5/28 Möller | Private recording (John Smallwood) | c1984 |
| Love Walked In/Slow Boat to China | Jackie Brown | Granada Theatre, North Cheam 3/8 Wurlitzer | Private recording (Harry Jupp) | 1965 |
| Crackin’ Corn | Andrew Fenner | Granada Theatre, Kingston-upon-Thames 3c/10 Wurlitzer | Private recording (Harry Jupp) | 1965 |
| I Remember You | Nick Olsen | Odeon Cinema, Leeds 3/19 Wurlitzer | Private recording (BBC, Geoff Day) | 1967 |
| Carefree | Jim Roseveare | Paramount Theatre Oakland, CA 4/27 Wurlitzer | Private recording (Dick Clay) | 1983 |
| Let’s Fall in Love | Joe Melander | Jack Leynnwood residence, California 2/8 hybrid | Concert Recording (CR0004) | c1968 |
| Patricia | Robinson Cleaver | Sundown (Regal) theatre, Edmonton 4/14 Christie | Amberlee Records (AML309) | 1976 |
| Swinging Sleighbells | Stanley Tudor | Gaumont Cinema, Manchester 4/14 Wurlitzer | Private recording (BBC, Bill Ravenall) | 1965 |
| September Song | George Wright | Pasadena Studio 3/28 Wurlitzer | Private recording (KCBS Radio) | c1960 |
This week Damon features two short broadcasts of the ex-Foort/BBC Möller while it was at Jubilee Chapel, Hoxton
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| – The Five Pennies – My Wishing Song – A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes – Slaughter On Tenth Avenue – Smile, Darn Ya, Smile – Pennies From Heaven | Vic Hammett | BBC Theatre Organ No.2, Hoxton, London 5/27 Möller | Private Recording (E.R Hart Archive) | |
| – My Friend The Sea – Creole Lullaby – The Whistling Boy – Scotland The Brave (As A Piper) – ??? By Acker Bilk – Home In A Hurry – Signature Tune: The Pagan Love Song | Bobby Pagan | BBC Theatre Organ No.2, Hoxton, London 5/27 Möller | Private Recording (E.R Hart Archive) |
On this week’s show Nigel Ogden includes music from two great musicians of days gone by; Joseph Seal and Stanley Wyllie.
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| Melody For You Anything Goes/Transatlantic Lullaby/Nice Work If You Can Get It/I Wish You Love/I’m In Love For The Very First Time The Silver Wedding Waltz Jealousy | Jospeh Seal | Regal/ABC Kingston 3/12 Wurlitzer | Nigel Ogden Archive | 1965 |
| Fascinatin’ Rhythm Giant/Baby Doll/Good Companions/A Woman In Love Melody Corner including; I’ll See You In My Dreams/It’s A Sin To Tell A Lie/Sing Everybody Sing/Too Young | Stanley Wyllie | Ritz Belfast 4c/10 Compton | Nigel Ogden Archive | 1957 |
This week Damon has a bizarre miscellany of music for you to hopefully enjoy!
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| Shine/Undecided/Everything’s In Rhythm With My Heart | Damon Cox | Studio Standaart 2/8 VTPO | Private Recording | 2022 |
| An ywhere On Earth Is Heaven | Damon Cox | Studio Standaart 2/8 VTPO | Private Recording | 2022 |
| Manhattan/Everybody Loves My Baby/Gypsy In My Soul | Cor Standaart | Radio Studio, Hilversum, Holland 5/27 Möller | Private Recording | |
| The Phantom Melody/Elfenbal | Johan Jong | Vara Studios, Holland 3/11 Standaart | Private Recording (E.R Hart) | |
| Blue Moon | Jim Riggs | Grand Lake Theatre, Oakland CA 3/13 Wurlitzer Hybrid | Jim Riggs (WRA1-165) | 1985 |
| Oh! When The Organists Go Marching In | Nigel Ogden & Robin Richmond | Assembly Hall, Worthing 3/11 Wurlitzer | Private Recording (E.C Buckland) | 1985 |
This week Damon features the organ plus a multitude of other instruments and artists.
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| I Got Rhythm | Simon Gledhill & The New Foxtrot Serenaders | Musical Museum, Brentford 3/12 Wurlitzer | New Foxtrot Serenaders Productions (NFS CD006) | 2017 |
| Deep Purple | Nigel Ogden & John Roadhouse | BBC Playhouse Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer | NDO Project (CD 207) | 2018 |
| Stella By Starlight | Pierre Palla & Bep Rowold | AVRO Radio Studio, Hilversum, Holland 4/19 Standaart-Compton | Private Recording | 1966 |
| Ghost Riders In The Sky | Lyn Larsen & Tony Fenelon | Dendy Theatre, Brighton, Melbourne, Australia 3/15 Wurlitzer | Essential Records (ERS 1008) | |
| Walkin’ By the River | Dick Stewart, George Wright, Trefoni Rizzi, Raymond Clevenger, Verlye Mills, Sam Cheifetz, William Hamilton | Richard Vaughn Studio Organ, Hollywood CA 5/21 Wurlitzer | Hi-Fi Records (R-401) | 1955 |
| I Can’t Get Started With You | Ashley Miller & Joseph Scannella | War Memorial NJ 3/16 Möller | Midnight Productions Inc (MPI-042) | 1997 |
| Slaughter On 10th Avenue | Buddy Cole & The Monty Kelly Orchestra | Buddy Cole Studio, Hollywood CA 3/27 Wurlitzer-Morton | Alshire International (S-5288) | 1965 |
This week Damon features the sounds of organs in Pizza Parlours in the hands of American and British organists.
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| In The Mood | Lew Williams | Organ Stop Pizza, Mesa AZ 3/23 & Organ Stop Pizza, Pheonix AZ 4/29 Wurlitzer | Organ Stop Pizza (OSP 106) | 1979 |
| Manha De Carnival | Bill Thomson | Roaring 20’s Pizza Restaurant, Grand Rapids, MI 3/30 Wurlitzer | Ronson Records (RT-104) | |
| Everything’s In Rhythm With My Heart | David Lobban | Organ Grinder, Toronto 3/12 Wurlitzer | World Records/Silver Knight Productions (WRC-400) | 1978 |
| Frasquita Serenade | Len Rawle | Cap’ns Galley Pizza Parlour, Redwood City CA 4/18 Wurlitzer | Tonawanda Sound. (TWS 1003) | 1976 |
| Dancing In The Sun | George Blackmore | Organ Power No. 2 San Diego CA 5/27 Möller | Doric Recordings (DO (Q) 1503) | |
| Avalon | Vic Hammett | Cap’ns Galley Pizza Parlour, Redwood City CA 4/18 Wurlitzer | Doric Recording (1401) | |
| Somethings Gotta Give | Bill Vlasak | Paramount Music Palace, Indianapolis IN 4/42 Wurlitzer | WJV Productions,Inc (WJVCD-107) | 1996 |
| Dancing Queen | Zach Frame | Organ Piper Music Palace, Milwaukee WI 3/30 Kimbal/Wurlitzer | C-2 Productions LLC (zf0001) | 2018 |
On this week’s show Nigel Ogden celebrates what would have been (in a few days time) Reginald Dixons 118th birthday.
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| Cherokee | Reginald Dixon | Tower Ballroom Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer | Columbia Records (SCX 3379) | 1961 |
| I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside/Canadian Capers/Temptation Rag/Darktown Strutters Ball | Reginald Dixon | Abbey Road EMI Studios 3/9 Compton | Nigel Ogden Archive | 1942 |
| Automne | Reginald Dixon | Grands Theatre Llandudno 5/27 Möller | Empress | 1943 |
| Jealous/Fascination/Trolley Sng | Reginald Dixon | Tower Ballroom Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer | Nigel Ogden Archive | 1963 |
| Let the Great Big World Keep Turning/Swanee | Reginald Dixon | Jubilee Theatre Blackpool Hammond Organ | Nigel Ogden Archive | 1963 |
| Happy Days Are Here Again/Song Of The Dawn | Reginald Dixon | Royal Albert Hall, London 4m 147 Speaking Stops ‘Father’ Henry Willis | Nigel Ogden Archive | 1962 |
| At Sundown/Peg O’ My Heart | Reginald Dixon | Tower Ballroom Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer | Readers Digest (617-ES-1) | 1968 |
| Calling All Workers | Reginald Dixon | BBC Playhouse Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer | Nigel Ogden Archive | 1975 |
| Tiger Rag | Reginald Dixon | Tower Ballroom Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer | Columbia Records (SCX 1587) | 1964 |