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Episode 482 – Tribute: Jim Riggs

On this week’s show John Leeming pays tribute to Jim Riggs who passed away earlier this week.

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Music Played

Paramount on Parade	Jim Riggs	Shea’s Theatre, Buffalo 4/28 Wurlitzer	Private recording (ATOS)	1994
Stomping at the Savoy	Jim Riggs	Shea’s Theatre, Buffalo 4/28 Wurlitzer	Private recording (ATOS)	1994
Honeysuckle Rose	Jim Riggs	Hinsdale Theatre, Chicago 3/32 hybrid	Private recording (John Smallwood)	1985
If I Had a Girl Like You	Jim Riggs	Paramount Theatre, Oakland 4/27 Wurlitzer	Melody Masters (MLM 107)	1993
Can This Be Love?	Jim Riggs	Granada Theatre, Kansas City 3/21 Barton	RTR Productions (RTR 105CD)	1991
Says My Heart	Jim Riggs	Paramount Theatre, Oakland 4/27 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (John Leeming)	1991
When It’s Sleepytime Down South	Jim Riggs	Granada Theatre, Kansas City 3/21 Barton	RTR Productions (RTR 105CD)	1991
Twenty Million People	Jim Riggs	Gaumont State, Kilburn, London 4/16 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (Jack O’Neill)	1993
A Garden in the Rain	Jim Riggs	Granada Theatre, Kansas City 3/21 Barton	RTR Productions (RTR 105CD)	1991
Lulu’s Back in Town	Jim Riggs	South Bank University, London 4/24 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (John Leeming)	c1990
One for My Baby and One for the Road	Jim Riggs	Assembly Hall, Worthing 3/22 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (John Leeming)	2006
An Earful of Music	Jim Riggs	Dolby House, Holbeach 4/22 Compton-plus	Private Recording (David Shepherd and John Leeming)	2006
Dance of the Blue Marionettes	Jim Riggs	Paramount Theatre, Denver 4/21 Wurlitzer	Private recording (Jack O’Neill)	1986
I’m Dancing with Tears in My Eyes	Jim Riggs	Granada Theatre, Kansas City 3/21 Barton	RTR Productions (RTR 105CD)	1991

Episode 481 – Emotional Dreamscapes

On this week’s show we hand the spot back to our newest guest presenter; Robert Hope-Jones. He’s focusing on music to that tugs at his emotions.

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Music Played

One Morning in May	Hector Olivera	Fox Theatre, Atlanta 4/42 Moller	Vantage (VCD-6306)	1994
NBC Broadcast – The Dinner Concert	Jessie Crawford	Paramount Studio, Times Sq, NY 4/21 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	1939
Happiness Is Just A Thing Called Joe	Johnny Seng	Richard Loderhouse Studio NY 4/34 Wurlitzer	United Artists Records (UAS 5056)	1959
Once in a While	Dan Bellamy	Southbank Polytechnic, London 4/24 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (John Leeming)	2003
This Time the Dream’s on Me	Pierre Fracalanza	4/50 Paramount virtual theatre pipe organ	Private Recording (Pierre Fracalanza)	2013
Swing Low Sweet Chariot	Bill Floyd	Paramount Theatre, New York 4/36 Wurlitzer	Cook (1150)	1957
This is All I Ask	Simon Gledhill	Century II Wichita 4/38 Wurlitzer	Wichita Theatre Organ, Inc (WTOS438)	2009
American Nocturne	Gordon Kibbee	United Artist Theatre, LA 3/17 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (Buddy Cole)	1940
Dreamsville	Jim Riggs	Paramount Theatre, Oakland 4/26 Wurlitzer	Melody Masters, Inc (MLM 107)

Episode 480 – Famous Names

On this week’s show John Leeming focuses on famous theatre organ names of the past.

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Music Played

I Do Like to Be beside the Seaside	Reginald Dixon	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Private recording (John Leeming archive/BBC)	1963
September in the Rain/I Saw a Ship a-Sailing By/The Love Bug Will Bite You	Reginald Dixon	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/13 Wurlitzer	Sterndale Records (STE3101)	2001
Our Love Affair/Now I Lay Me Down to Dream/All Over the Place	Reginald Foort	Foort Touring Organ 5/27 Möller	Piping Hot Recording Company (PH2006)	2000
It’s a Lovely Day Tomorrow/ Who’s Taking You Home Tonight?/Somewhere Over the Rainbow	Sandy Macpherson	BBC St George’s Hall 4/25 Compton	EMI World Records (SH385)	1980
Wedding of the Rose; To a Wild Rose/Rose in the Bud/Love’s Garden of Roses/Only a Rose/Roses from the South	Quentin Maclean	Trocadero, Elephant and Castle 4/21 Wurlitzer	Sterndale Records (STE1001)	1991
Looking Around Corners for You	Sidney Torch	Regal, Kingston-upon-Thames 3/12 Wurlitzer	Sterndale Records (STE1005)	1996
Two Sleepy People	Joseph Seal	Regal, Kingston-upon Thames 3/12 Wurlitzer	Private recording (COS Archive/BBC)	1961
That Lovely Weekend	Dudley Savage	ABC, Plymouth 3/8 Compton	Perfect Partners Records (PP001CD)	2008
Goodnight My Love	Robin Richmond	Granada, Welling 3c/8 Wurlitzer	Private recording (COS Archive/Geoff Day)	1974
I Do Like to Be beside the Seaside	Reginald Dixon	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/13 Wurlitzer	Sterndale Records (STE3100)	2001

Episode 479 – Sound of the Silents

This week Damon throws spotlight on the theatre organs initial job – accompanying silent films!

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Music Played

The Snake Charmer	Damon Cox	Studio Standaart 2/8 VTPO	Private Recording	2022
Slapstick – From Int. Youth Silent Film	Nathan Avakian	Riviera Theatre, North Tonawanda NY 3/16 Wurlitzer	ATOS	2019
Phantom Of The Opera	Lee Erwin	Richard F. Kline Residence, Auburn Springs MD 4/28 Wurlitzer	Angle Records/Capitol Records (S-36073)	1974
The Black Pirate Part 2: Buried Treasure/Our Hero/Island Fight/Arabian Dance/Spanish Armada/Outside Escoriale	Ena Baga	Piano	Gold Star (1500 013)	1974
A Vampire!	Aaron Hawthorne	Victoria Hall, Saltaire 3/12 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	2022
Soundtrack From A Silent Film	Bobby Pagan	Ritz Richmond 3/8 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (E.C Buckland Collection)	1967

Episode 478 – From Nigel Ogden’s Archive: It’s Unusual – Mostly!

On this week’s show Nigel Ogden is back in his archive with some slightly more unusual items!

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Music Played

It’s De-Lovley	Simon Gledhill	Civic Auditorium, Pasadena CA 5/28 Möller	Nigel Ogden Archive	1996
‘Jig’ Fuge	Virgil Fox	Paramount New York, NY 4/36 Wurlitzer	Nigel Ogden Archive	1956
Bideford Quay	Armsbee Bancroft	Cecil Theatre, Hull 3/15 Marshall Sykes	Audicord (AC225)	1993
Rhythm Medley	Horace Finch	Empress Ballroom, Blackpool 3/13 Wurlitzer	Pipe Organ Presentation
Archangel	Gerald Shaw/The Walker Brothers	Odeon Leicester Square F5c/17 Compton	Spectrum	1966
Toccata – Widor V	Gerald Shaw	Regal Marble Arch 4/37 Christie	MSS Studios (MSSCD06)	1968

Episode 477 – Thursford @ 90

This week Damon celebrates 90 years of the Thusrford Wurlitzer which started life in the Paramount/Odeon Leeds

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Music Played

Have You Met Miss Jones?	Bryan Rodwell	Paramount/Odeon Leeds 3/19 Wurlitzer	Musiqua	2015
Rhumbalina	Charles Smitton	Paramount/Odeon Leeds 3/19 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (E.R Hart Collection)	1958
They Say It’s Wonderful/I’ve Got My Love To Keep Me Warm	Hubert Selby	Paramount/Odeon Leeds 3/19 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (E.R Hart Collection)	1965
Happy Days Medley	Arnold Loxam	Thursford Collection, Fakenham 3/19 Wurlitzer	Thursford Enterprises (TE 01)	1977
The Way You Look Tonight/Fools Rush In/It’s All Right With Me	Reginald Dixon	Thursford Collection, Fakenham 3/19 Wurlitzer	EMI Records (NTS 205)	1980
Dream/I Can Dream, Can’t I?	Robert Wolfe	Thursford Collection, Fakenham 3/19 Wurlitzer	Thursford Enterprises (TE 11)	1983
Waiting For The Robert E Lee/Carolina In The Morning/Toot, Toot, Tootsie!/I’m Sitting On Top Of The World	Robert Wolfe	Thursford Collection, Fakenham 3/19 Wurlitzer	Wolfe Productions (WPCD 05)	2002

Episode 476 – Ancient Tapes & Discs

On this week’s show John Leeming delves into his archive full of ancient Tapes & Discs.

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Music Played

Love and Marriage	Dudley Savage	ABC Cinema, Plymouth 3/8 Compton	Private recording (Dudley Savage)	c1995
Nobody Does It Better	Len Rawle & ‘Duke’ Blatchly (trumpet)	Gaumont State Theatre, Kilburn, London 4/16 Wurlitzer	Tonawanda Sound (TWS2002)	c1995
I Got Rhythm/Someone to Watch Over Me	Armsbee Bancroft	Astra Theatre, Llandudno 3/8 Christie	COS Archive (Bill Ravenall)	1983
I Left My Heart in San Francisco	Roy Bentley	Astra Theatre, Llandudno 3/8 Christie	Private Recording (Roy Bentley)	c1975
Don’t Ever Walk in the Shadows	The Organ, the Dance Band and Me	EMI Studio, Abbey Road, London 3/8 Compton	Parlophone (F1946)	1943
Moonglow	Cor Steyn	Tesselschade Church, Hilversum, NL 5/27 Möller	Private Recording	1965
Stranger on the Shore	Hubert Selby	Thursford Collection 3/19 Wurlitzer	Thursford Enterprises (TE03)	1978
Spooky Takes a Holiday	Dudley Beaven	Granada Theatre, Welling 3/8 Wurlitzer	Archive recording (BBC)	1939
Stella by Starlight	Bill Thomson	Paramount Theatre, Oakland 4/27 Wurlitzer	Private recording (John Leeming)	1983

Episode 475 – Indiana

This week Damon features instruments past and present in the state of Indiana

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Music Played

Up, Up And Away	Simon Gledhill	Warren Performing Arts Center, Indianapolis IN 3/18 Barton	Simon Gledhill & CIC-ATOS Inc	2001
Mean To Me/Yellow Bird	Buddy Nolan	Embassy Theatre, Fort Wayne IN 4/15 Page	Concert Recording (CR-0007)	1965
The Continental	Hector Olivera	Embassy Theatre, Fort Wayne IN 4/15 Page	Engle Associates Recording (EAR-10313)
Nanette	Jelani Eddington	Manual High School, Indianapolis IN 3/26 Wurlitzer	Circle Productions/CIC-ATOS	1992
I Won’t Dance	Clark Wilson	Hedback Community Theatre, Indianapolis 2/11 Page/Wurlitzer	ATOS	2014
Change Partners	Dwight Thomas	Paramount Music Palace, Indianapolis IN 4/42 Wurlitzer	Newport Classic (NCD60078)	1990
I Had The Craziest Dream	Ken Double	Paramount Theatre, Anderson, IN 3/12 Page	Paramount Heritage Foundation	2001
Stomping At The Savoy	Mark Herman	Embassy Theatre, Fort Wayne IN 4/16 Page	Embassy Theatre Foundation Inc	2018

Episode 474 – From Nigel Ogden’s Archive: Variety Pack

On this week’s show Nigel Ogden is back in his archive with a pack of variety for you to enjoy!

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Music Played

A Walk In The Black Forest	Bryan Rodwell	Radio Studio, Hilversum, Holland 5/27 Möller	Nigel Ogden Archive	1966
Light Classics Medley	George Blackmore	BBC Theatre Organ No.2, Hoxton, London 5/27 Möller	Nigel Ogden Archive	1963
Opus One	Nigel Ogden	Town Hall Manchester 5/64ss Cavaille-Coll	Nigel Ogden Archive	1982
Onedin Line/Sabre Dance	Reginald Dixon	Gaumont Manchester 4/14 Wurlitzer	Nigel Ogden Archive	1974
Singin’ In The Rain	Stanley Tudor	Gaumont Manchester 4/14 Wurlitzer	Nigel Ogden Archive	1974
Powder Your Face With Sunshine	David Shepherd	Gaumont Manchester 4/14 Wurlitzer	Nigel Ogden Archive	1974
Petite Fleur/Limehouse Blues	Nigel Ogden	Empress Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer/Compton	Nigel Ogden Archive	2020
Tiger Rag	Lyn Larsen	Opera House, Blackpool 3/13 Wurlitzer	Nigel Ogden Archive	1977

Episode 473 – Dixon plays the Odeon

On this weeks show we take you back to the 24th February 1970 and to the Odeon Manchester with some edited highlights from a live concert featuring Reginald Dixon.

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Music Played

More Broadcast Favourites: Samum/La Golondrina/Cuckoo Waltz/Harry Lime Theme/Teddy Bears Picnic/Charmaine/Darktown Strutters Ball/Come Back To Sorrento/South American Joe/Bells Across The Meadow/Casatschok/Play Gypsy/Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2

Tuneful Twenties: When You’re Smiling/She’s Funny That Way/Me And My Shadow/???/Lullaby Of Broadway/Who’s Sorry Now/South Of The Boarder/Yes Sir Thats My Baby/Carolina Moon/Somebody Stole My Gal

The Storm

Blackpool Memories: Toot Toot Tootsie/California Here I Come/Anniversary Waltz/Beer Barrel Polka/Beer Barrel Polka/We’ll Meet Again/I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside

All tracks played on the 4/20 Wurlitzer in the Odeon Manchester in concert on 24th February 1970. Thanks to Reginald Dixons family for allowing this to be made available. Original recording from the Tom Herd Collection. Recording re-mixed with Adobe Audition.