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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.

Episode 628 – The Homecoming

This week John Leeming has tracks from some CDs which have recently been returned to him.

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Music Played

Country Gardens	John Mann	Pipes in the Peaks, Thorpe 3/15 Compton	OS Digital Recordings (OS255)	2003
Holiday for Strings	Charlie Balogh	Organ Stop Pizza, Mesa, CA 4/78 Wurlitzer	Organ Stop Pizza (ERB108CD)	1998
Cute	Jelani Eddington with Donnie Rankin (drums)	Sanfilippo Foundation Collection, Barrington Hills, IL 4/80 Wurlitzer-plus	Victorian Recordings (HHP205)	2014
’S Wonderful	Billy Nalle	Century II Center, Wichta, KS 4/36 Wurlitzer	Wichita Theatre Organ	2008
I’ll See You in My Dreams/In a Little Spanish Town/When It’s Springtime in the Rockies	Cor Steyn	Studio recording, Hilversum, NL ‘Magic Organ’	EMI Records (CDP7467532)	1980
Dainty Miss	Lyn Larsen	Fullerton Union High School, Fullerton, CA 4/37 Wurlitzer	Beldale Records (CD429)	2002
It’s All Right with Me	Jonathan Ortloff with Allan Ward (drums)	Auditorium Theatre, Rochester, NY 4/23 Wurlitzer	Jonathan Ortloff	2009
Do Nothin’ ’til You Hear from Me	Ken Double	Paramount Theatre, Denver CO 4/20 Wurlitzer	Banda Records	2008
Liza	Walt Strony	Kautz Ironstone Vineyards, Van Nuys, CA 3/15 Robert Morton	Kautz Ironstone Vineyards (KS-2)	1997

Episode 627 – Latin

This week Damon features music in a Latin vein.

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Music Played

Rio Chambira	Gerald Shaw	Odeon Leicester Square, London 5c/17 Compton	Concert Recording (CR-0017)	1968
Dansero	Keith Beckingham	Granada, Harrow, London 3c/8 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1968
Porto-Rico	George Blackmore	Empire Leicester Square 4/20 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1961
Radio Samba	Len Rawle	Ritz Ballroom, Brighouse 3/10 Wurlitzer	Piping Hot (PH2009)	2003
El Samba Chico	Nigel Ogden	Thursford Collection, Fakenham 3/19 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1982
Sambalina	Vic Hammett	Town Hall Buckingham 3/10 Wurlitzer	Saga Soc (STSOC 1037)	1967
Wave	David Shepherd	The Plough, Great Munden 3/11 Compton	Tonawanda Sound (TWS 1002)	1974
The Anaconda – Samba	Damon Cox	Studio Standaart, Byfleet 2/11 Standaart	Private Recording	2025
Tango: Tango 65	Phil Kelsall	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Grasmere Records (GRCD108)	2001
From Here To Eternity	Howard Beaumont	New Victoria Centre, Howden-le-Wear 3/19 Wurlitzer	Fairview Studios (HB106)	2017
El Adorno	David Lowe	Neuadd Pendre, Tywyn 3c/8 Wurlitzer	OS Digital (OS239)	1998

Episode 626 – Farnon Riddle

This week Robert Hope-Jones takes at Robert Farnon and Nelson Riddle.

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Music Played

Jumping Bean	Reginald Dixon	Tower Ballroom Wurlitzer 3/14 Wurlitzer
Lisbon Antigua	Bill Vlasak	Paramount Music Palace, Indianapolis 4/42 Wurlitzer		1996
A Star is Born	David Shepherd	Dolby House, UK 4/22 Compton plus		1999
Body and Soul	Simon Gledhill	Chicago Theatre, US 4/28 Wurlitzer	Private	2002
How Beautiful Is Night	Pierre Fracalanza	4/50 Paramount VTPO	Private	2015
Journey Into Melody	Ashley Miller	Hollywood studio 4/22 Wurlitzer		1987
The Lady is a Tramp	Christian Elliott	Sheas Theatre, Buffalo, US 4/32 Wurlitzer	CPE CD	1991
Poodle Parade	Simon Gledhill/Richard Hills	Dickinson High School 3/66 Kimball	ATOS	1015

Episode 625 – 1925

This week Damon features music written 100 years ago in 1925.

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Music Played

Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie!	Charlie Balogh	Organ Stop Pizza, Mesa AZ 4/46 Wurlitzer	ERB Enterprises Inc (ERB 104-CD)
Only A Rose	Clark Wilson	Wheaton Fox Studio, Wheaton IL 3/16 Robert Morton	Wheaton-Fox Productions (WFP-1001)	1983
Five Foot Two, Eyes Of Blue	Arnold Loxam	Kitchen Bros Garage Diss 3/19 Wurlitzer	Kitchen Bros (KC3)	1976
Drifting And Dreaming	Len Rawle	Musical Museum, Brentford 3/12 Wurlitzer	Tonawanda Sound (TWS 2018D)	2000
Ukelele Lady	George Wright	George Wright Studio Organ, Leslie Factory, Pasadena CA 3/29 Wurlitzer	Dot Records (DLP 25526)	1963
Jealousy	Phil Kelsall	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	OS Video (OSV 505)	2000
If You Knew Susie (Like I Know Susie)	Reginald Dixon	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Readers Digest (617-ES-1)	1968
Sleepy Time Gal	Tom Hazleton	Nethercutt Collection, San Sylmar, Los Angeles CA 4/74 Wurlitzer	Klavier Records International Inc (KD-77025)	1999
Sweet Georgia Brown	Bryan Rodwell	Granada Clapham Junction 3c/8 Wurlitzer	Nostalgia Direct (AZCD214)	2011

Episode 624 – Waynes Choice

This week John Leeming presents a program chosen by Wayne Ivany.

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Music Played

Hungarian Fantasy	Henry Croudson	Paramount Theatre, Manchester 4/20 Wurlitzer	Regal-Zonophone Records (MR2840)	1937
Sweet and Lovely	Reginald Dixon	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Columbia Records (SCX3379)	1961
Once in a While	Al Bollington	Paramount Theatre, Tottenham Court Road, London 4c/10 Compton	HMV Records (BD507)	1938
Twinkle Toes	Bobby Pagan	Gaumont State Theatre, Kilburn, London 4/16 Wurlitzer	Bosworth Music (BE29)	1947
I’m a Dreamer (Aren’t We All?)	Noel Briggs	Palace Bingo, Gorleston-on-Sea Compton	Private Recording	1972
Jersey Bounce	Sidney Torch	EMI Studio No 1, St Johns Wood, London 3/8 Compton	Services’ Library	1942
Deep Purple and Down in the Glen	Stanley Tudor	Gaumont Theatre, Manchester 4/14 Wurlitzer	Private recording	1955
Moonlight Becomes You	Dudley Savage	ABC Theatre, Plymouth 3/8 Compton	Private Recording	1975
Variations on ‘I Got Rhythm’	Reginald Porter-Brown	Regal Theatre, Torquay 3/11 Compton	Private Recording	1970

Episode 623 – Buckingham LIVE

This week Damon features recording from old live concerts on the Wurlitzer in Buckingham Town Hall.

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Music Played

In The Mood	Florance De Jong, Ena Baga & Ralph Manchester	Town Hall Buckingham 3/10 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (TOEnc Archive)	1972
Copenhagen You’ve Stolen My Heart	Bobby Pagan	Town Hall Buckingham 3/10 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (TOEnc Archive)	1972
Pink Lady Waltz	Robin Richmond	Town Hall Buckingham 3/10 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (TOEnc Archive)	1972
Ain’t She Sweet/Dina/Sheik Of Araby	Basil Cuthbert & Ralph Manchester	Town Hall Buckingham 3/10 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (TOEnc Archive)	1972
Side By Side/Leaning On A Lampost/Edelweiss/Nellie Dean/The Happy Wanderer/Wish Me Luck/Pack Up Your Troubles	Douglas Reeve	Town Hall Buckingham 3/10 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (TOEnc Archive)	1974