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Episode 284 – American British Sandwich – Another Helping!

This week Damon treats you to another sandwich! It seems that the last one went down well, so it’s time for eight tracks – four American and four British. This time its a little mix of archive and current plus a track from Christian Cartwright’s new CD!

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Music played

Track	Artist	Organ	Record Label	Year
Tico Tico	Walt Strony	Organ Stop Pizza, Pheonix AZ 4/31 Wurlitzer	Organ Stop Pizza (OSP-8)	1984
One Morning In May	Hector Olivera	Embassy Theatre, Fort Wayne IN 4/15 Page	Engle Associates Recording (EAR-10313)	80’s
Five Foot Two,Eyes Of Blue/I’m Sitting On Top Of The World/Sweet Georgia Brown/Puttin’ On The Style	John Mann	Burtey Fen Collection 3/14 Compton	Burtey Fen Collection	2003
Stardust	Len Rawle	ABC/Ritz Ipswich 3/7 Wurlitzer	Ipswich light Organ Music Society (ILOMS40)	2007
I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside	Reginald Dixon	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Columbia Records(SCX 6387)	1970
Yesterday/A Hard Days Night	Christian Cartwright	Pipes in the Peaks, Ashbourne 3/18 Compton	Pipes In The Peaks (PIP004)	2019
I Married An Angel	Bill Floyd	Paramount New York, NY 4/36 Wurlitzer	Cook Records (Laboratories) (1150)	50’s
Who?	Frank Denke & Everett Nourse	Rodgers 36E & Style O Steinway Piano	Doric Recordings (1402)	70’s

Episode 283 – Spotlight on the Archives

On this week’s show John Leeming is back in the loft with music that will even entertain your cat!

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Music played

Track	Artist	Organ	Record Label	Year
Caravan/Solitude	Vic Hammett	Granada, Tooting London 4/14 Wurlitzer	Private recording	1964
Goodbye Blues/I Got It Bad and That Ain’t Good/Don’t Blame Me	Eric Lord	Paramount/Odeon Manchester 4/20 Wurlitzer	Private recording	1970’s
Destiny/Remembrance	Dudley Savage	Royal/ABC Plymouth 3/8 Compton	Private recording	1965
Simonetta	Stanley Wyllie	Ritz Belfast 4c/10 Compton	COS Tapes (COS122)	1995
The Juggler	George Welling	Kitchen Bros Garage Diss 3/19 Wurlitzer	Private recording	1980’s
Georgia on My Mind	Trevor Bolshaw	Kitchen Bros Garage Diss 3/19 Wurlitzer	Private recording	1980’s
What’s New?	Bob Wyatt	Paramount New York, NY 4/36 Wurlitzer	Roulette Records (R25087)	1960
Kisses in the Dark	George Blackmore	Foort Touring Organ 5/27 Möller	Private recording	1962
Button Up Your Overcoat/Nice People/Change Partners and Dance/The Best Things in Life Are Free	Nigel Ogden	BBC Playhouse, Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer	Private recording	1987

Episode 282 – A Couple Of Swells

It’s star organist time, well, actually, this month we have two star organists! David Lowe and Adam Evans are two contrasting organist that complement each-other very well. Well you get to hear these two masters of the console on the Victoria Hall Saltire Wurlitzer with their own imitable styles!

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Music Played

Adam Evans:

Get Happy

There’s A Place In My Heart For You

Fly Me To The Moon

Sonata

David Lowe:

Gigolo

Spring Is Here/It Might As Well Be Spring/Spring, Spring, Spring

La Mer/Up A Lazy River

All tracks played by Adam Evans & David Lowe on the 3/12 Wurlitzer in The Victoria Hall Saltaire. Recorded by Damon Cox using Sontronics STC-1S microphones, recorded with Zoom F8 Recorder and mixed with Adobe Audition. Organ tuned and maintained David Lowe and members of the COS northern district. Thanks to Richard Stephenson for giving permission for this to be broadcast.

Episode 281 – From Nigel Ogden’s Archive: A Self Portrait

On this week’s show Nigel Ogden is back in his archive and pulls out a selection do tracks featuring himself at several organs in the UK – None of these tracks have been broadcast before and many Instruments have since moved on.

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Music played

Track	Artist	Organ	Record Label	Year
Time Marches On	Nigel Ogden	Town Hall, Wimbledon 3/13 Compton	Nigel Ogden Archive	1983
Showtune Medley	Nigel Ogden	State Theatre, Grays 3/6 Compton	Nigel Ogden Archive	1992
Dream Dance	Nigel Ogden	Old Independent Church, Haverhill, Suffolk 3m 41 Speaking Stops Binns	Nigel Ogden Archive	1990
Hungarian March	Nigel Ogden	Old Independent Church, Haverhill, Suffolk 3m 41 Speaking Stops Binns	Nigel Ogden Archive	1990
Royal Event/State Occasion	Nigel Ogden	Regal, Oswestry 4c/10 Compton	Nigel Ogden Archive	1992
Overture: Il Tancredi	Nigel Ogden	Memorial Hall, Barry, Wales 4/15 Christie	Nigel Ogden Archive	c90’s

Episode 280 – The American-British Sandwich

This week Damon treats you to a feast of theatre organ music – a feast in sandwich form, with some juicy fillings including tracks from two new CD’s from David Gray & Howard Beaumont.

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Music played

Track	Artist	Organ	Record Label	Year
Holiday In Rio	Lyn Larsen	Sanfilippo Music Salon, Barrington Hills IL 5/80 Wurlitzer	Musical Contrasts Inc (MCI-212)	2002
Moanin Low	Jerry Nagano	Wheaton Fox Studio, Wheaton IL 4/46 Robert Morton	Jerri-Co Productions	2008
Did You Ever See A Dream Walking?	Paul Kirner	Compton Lodge, Sapcote 4/20 Compton/Wurlitzer	CL Records Production (CL1010)	2013
The Song Is You	Len Rawle	John Leckie Music Centre, Perth, Australia 3/12 Compton	TOSA	2002
Be Our Guest/I Wanna Be Like You	Howard Beaumont	Community Centre, Ryhope 3/9 Compton	Fairview Studios (HB 111)	2019
*On A Spring Note*	David Gray	Sanfilippo Music Salon, Barrington Hills IL 5/80 Wurlitzer	DG0001	2019
September Song	Walt Strony	California Theatre, San Diego CA 3/23 Wurlitzer	Walter Strony Organ Concerts (WSOC-2)	1993
One O’Clock Jump	Charlie Balogh	Organ Stop Pizza, Mesa AZ 4/73 Wurlitzer	ERB Enterprises (ERB112)	2001

Episode 279 – Home & Away

On this week’s show John Leeming is Home & Away with another mixed bag from his extensive collection. Artists Include, Bryan Rodwell, Reginald Dixon, David Shepherd, Robin Richmond and many more!

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Music played

Track	Artist	Organ	Record Label	Year
Happy Days Are Here Again	Raymond Wallbank	Wurlitzer electronic	Avid Records (WEC315)	c1990s
Parade of the Tin Soldiers/Soldier on the Shelf	Carolyn Riddick	Thorngate Hall, Gosport 3/13 Compton	COS Tapes (COS108)	1985
Hindustan	David Gray	Dennis Unk Residence, Erie PA 3/21 Wurlitzer	Dennis Unks	2017
So Would I/You Keep Coming Back Like a Song/Let It Be Soon	Reginald Dixon	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Columbia Records (FB3279)	1947
There Will Never Be Another You	Alec Leader	The Plough, Great Munden 3/11 Compton	Private recording	1984
But Not for Me	Tom Hazleton	Dolby House, Holbeach 3/9 Compton	Private recording	1988
Blue Moon	David Shepherd	Dolby House, Holbeach 4/22 Compton	Private recording	2019
When the Red Red Robin	Robin Richmond	BBC Studio Hammond Organ	Private recording	1959
Some Like It Hot	Robin Richmond	BBC Studio Hammond Organ	Private recording	1959
Give Me the Simple Life	Bryan Rodwell	BBC Playhouse, Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer	Private recording	1981

Episode 278 – Rawle on the Isle

It’s star organist time and this month we traveled across water to the Isle Of Man and the Marine Villa Arcade with its wonderful 2/10 Wurlitzer. Len Rawle is responsible for the organs maintenance and his talents of getting so much form a small number of ranks makes him the ideal person to demonstrate his baby!

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Music Played

Curtain Up

The Very Though Of You (Gerald Shaw, DMC Archive 1961)

Concerto Pour La Fin D’um Amour (Concerto For The End Of Love)

Don’t Rain On My Parade

Eleanora

Begin The Beguine

Blue Moon

March: Berliner Luft

All tracks (except*) played by Len Rawle on the 2/10 Wurlitzer in the Marine Villa Arcade, Douglas, Isle of Mann. Recorded by Damon Cox using Sontronics STC-1S microphones, recorded with Zoom F8 Recorder and mixed with Adobe Audition. Thanks to Len for giving permission for this to be broadcast and for being so accommodating! Organ tuned and maintained by Len Rawle assisted by Judith Rawle

Episode 277 – From Nigel Ogden’s Archive: At The Console

On this week’s show Nigel Ogden is back in his archive extracting two ‘At The Console’ Broadcast which were produced in the early 90’s. Nigel selects Alec Leader and William Davies to entertain this week!

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Music played

Track	Artist	Organ	Record Label	Year
‘My Fair Lady’ Selection	Alec Leader	The Plough, Great Munden 3/11 Compton	Nigel Ogden collection	1990
Daffodil Dance/Marigold/Narcissus/To A Wild Rose/Lilacs In The Rain	William Davies	BBC Broadcasting House, London 4/35 Compton	Nigel Ogden collection	1990

Episode 276 – I Wanna Make Rhythm

Rhythm is the theme in this week’s show as Damon features some toe-tappin’ tunes from a handful of the artists who you can go out at see in concert in the UK.

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Music played

Track	Artist	Organ	Record Label	Year
Shine/Happy Feet/Whispering	Chris Powell	Karrinyup Community Centre, Perth, Australia 3/20 Wurlitzer	CMP Productions (CMPCD03)	2002
Clarinet Polka	Kevin Morgan	Laukhuff Organ Factory, Weikersheim, Germany 3/11 Möller	Organum Musikproduktion	2006
It Had Better Be Tonight	Howard Beaumont	New Victoria Centre, Howden-le-Wear 3/19 Wurlitzer	Fairview Studios (HB106)	2017
Blue Goose Rag	John Bowdler	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	John Bowdler (JB0010CD)	2006
Tango: La Cumparsita	Phil Kelsall	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Grasmere Records (GRALP 18)	1987
Good Morning/Smile	Peter Jebson	Buttermarket Shrewsbuy 3/8 Wurlitzer	Audicord (AC233)	1996
Tico-Tico	Nicholas Martin	Turners Musical Merry-Go-Round 3/19 Wurlitzer	Turners Entertainments Ltd (TMM18CD)	1999
My Heart Belongs To Daddy/Lets Fall In Love/Let’s Misbehave	Robert Wolfe	Thursford Collection, Fakenham 3/19 Wurlitzer	Wolfe Productions (WPCD 17)	2011

Episode 275 – Random Numbers

On this week’s show John Leeming selects Random Numbers – Listen to find out more!

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Music played

Track	Artist	Organ	Record Label	Year
New Sun in the Sky	Jelani Eddington	Rialto Square Theatre, Joliet, IL 4/22 Barton	JATOE	2009
Smile to Smile	Michael Wooldridge	Gaumont State, Kilburn 4/16 Wurlitzer	OS Digital (OS 218)	1995
That Lovely Weekend/The White Cliffs of Dover/ We’ll Meet Again	Nigel Ogden	St Albans Organ Theatre 3/6 Rutt	RHD Sounds (RHD 0207)	2007
El Abanico	Robert Wolfe	Thursford Collection 3/19 Wurlitzer	Grasmere (GRCD 93)	1998
Two Sleepy People	Tom Hazleton	Alabama Theatre, Birmingham AL 4/38 Wurlitzer	ATOS Alabama Chapter	2002
Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen	Chris McPhee	Orion Centre, Campsie, Sydney 3/17 Wurlitzer	Chris McPhee Recordings (CMCD 002)	1995
It’s Been a Long, Long Time	Dwight Beacham	Allen Studios, Macungie, PA 3/33 Allen VTPO	Allen Organ Company (AOC 031-2008)	1998
Don’t Fence Me In	George Wright	Hollywood Philharmonic Organ, CA 3/33 Wurlitzer	Banda Records (DIDX 2532)	1987
Cherry Blossom Time	Everett Nourse	Fox Theatre, San Francisco, CA 4/36 Wurlitzer	Fantasy Records (85013/14)	1994