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Episode 334 – Farewell Mr Blackpool

On this weeks show we start the first part of two shows remembering Mr. Blackpool – Reginald Dixon. 30th March saw the 50th anniversary of Reg leaving the tower and a massive 90 years since he started there.

Tonight we are taking you back in time to the 29th March 1970 and to the farewell broadcast – performed live to a capacity crowd.

Music Played

I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside

I Kiss Your Hand Madame

The Stein Song

Don’t Speak Love (Vince Hill)

Isn’t This A Lovely Day (The Northern Dance Orchestra)

Czardas

Intermezzo From ‘Cavalleria Rusticana’

Toot Toot Tootise/Whispering/South Of The Boarder/Darktown Strutters Ball/Happy Days Are Here Again

No Other Love (Vince Hill)

Dream Of Olwen

The Storm At Sea

Sing Song: Ma He’s Making Eyes At Me/Let The Rest Of The World Go By/We’ll Keep A Welcome/End Of The Road/I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside

Encore: We’ll Meet Again

All tracks played on the 3/14 Wurlitzer in the Tower Ballroom, Blackpool broadcast on 30th March 1970. Originals tape from thanks to Nigel Ogden. Recordings re-mixed with Adobe Audition. 

Episode 332 – Organs in the Mix

On this week’s show John Leeming delivers another organ plus showing how versatile the mighty cinema organ is with other instruments and musicians.

Music Played

TrackArtistOrganRecord LabelYear
Liberty Bell MarchUS Regimental Field Band & Gerhard GregorNDR studio, Hamburg

3/21 Welte		Alshire Records (S-5291)c1970
April in ParisDe Paul Wind Ensemble & Charlie BaloghRialto Square Theatre, Joliet, IL

4/27 Barton		Joliet T.O Enthusiasts2002
Too YoungFela Sowande & Piano, RhythmHammond OrganLondon Records (RPS 39010)c1960
Love in BloomHarold Ramsay & Guitar, VocalistGranada, Tooting

4/14 Wurlitzer		Parlophone Records (R1972)1935
Bei Mir Bist Du SchönKlaus Wunderlich & Hubert Deuringer (accordion)Telefunken studio

Hammond		Bell Records (BLR89104)2002
In the Still of the NightGeorge Wright & SynthesiserHollywood Philharmonic Organ at George Wright Residence, Hollywood

4/28 Wurlitzer		Banda Records (DIDX2532)1987
We’ll Meet AgainVera Lynn & Arthur YoungNovachordDecca Records (F7268)1939

Episode 330 – The Pagan Love Song

On this weeks show it’s a chance for our star organist to entertain. From the Archives this month its Bobby Pagan, one of the pioneers of the instrument and a lover of syncopated music.

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Music Played

The Pagan Love Song

Half A Sixpence/Summer Holiday/This Is My Song/???/Among My Souvenirs

Local Yokal

Waltz: Sleepless Nights

Pedro From Palamos/The Whistling Boy/Diane/Nola

Soundtrack From A Silent Film

The Pagan Love Song

BONUS MATERIAL

The Pagan Love Song

The Donkey Serenade

Cole Porter Selection: My Heart Belongs To Daddy/I Love Paris/I’ve Got You Under My Skin/Anything Goes

All tracks (Except Bonus) played on the 3/8 Ritz Cinema, Richmond broadcast on 7th September 1967. Bonus Material played Hammond (Most likely M100) broadcast on Radio Brighton 20th May 1971. Originals tape from the E.C Buckland estate. Recordings re-mixed with Adobe Audition. 

Episode 329 – From Nigel Ogden’s Archive: Ecstatic Electrone

On this week’s show Nigel Ogden is back in his archive with some tracks featuring the unique sounds of the Compton Electronic Organs.

Music Played

TitleArtistOrganInfo.Year
Fly By NightNigel OgdenCompton HE2, SpaldingNigel Ogden Archive1982
GavotteNigel OgdenCompton 363 Concert ModelNigel Ogden Archive2019
March From Occasional
Oratorio		Nigel OgdenCompton 363 Concert ModelNigel Ogden Archive2019
In A Monastery Garden/Finale: Orpheus In The UnderworldLeslie TaffRegal, Darlaston TheatreoneDamon Cox Archive1964/5
Can I Forget You?Nigel OgdenCompton HE2, SpaldingNigel Ogden Archive1982
To A Wild RoseNigel OgdenCompton 363 Concert ModelNigel Ogden Archive2019
WetherbyRichard CunninghamCompton Electrone, Ex-Free Trade Hall, ManchesterNigel Ogden Archive?
Land Of Hope And GloryHalle OrchestraCompton Electrone, Free Trade Hall, ManchesterSJB1954

Episode 328 – Crazy Rhythm

On this week’s show Damon Cox has sounds from CD’s and Cassette tapes from six of our international favourites!

Music Played

The King Kong MarchSimon GledhillRialto Square Theatre, Joliet IL

4/24 Barton		Joliet Teatre Organ Enthusiasts (JA-950)c1980s
I’ve Got It Bad (And That Ain’t Good)Mark HermanAveni Mansion, Cleveland, OH

4/60 Wurlitzer		Mark Herman Productions2008
The Leap Year WaltzRobert WolfeThursford Collection, Fakenham

3/19 Wurlitzer		Grasmere Records (GRCD 61)1994
All Through The Night/All Through The DayJohn GiacchiOrion Centre, Sydney

3/17 Wurlitzer		Modern Mood Music (COS274)1991
The Cat From Coos BayLen RawleWurlitzer Hall, Leisure Centre, Woking

3/8 Wurlitzer		Tonawanda Sound (TWS 2015)1995
Crazy Rhythm/Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen/Lucky Day/Zing! Went The Strings Of My HeartPhil KelsallAssembly Hall, Worthing

3/22 Wurlitzer		Grasmere Records (GRCD130)2008

Episode 327 – Winners All

On this week’s show John Leeming delves into prize winners of the past and present most of who have won the American Theatre Organ Societies London & South Of England Chapters Young Organist Of The Year Competition.

Music played 

TrackArtistOrganRecord LabelYear
Shiny StockingsStephen VincentParamount 450 VTPO + EL90 Private recording2019
Take the A-TrainMichael WooldridgeRegal Edmonton

4/15 Christie		COS Tapes (COS106)1984
DaybreakSimon GledhillMaternity Hospital, Marston Green

3/10 Compton		COS Tapes (COS 102)1983
Ticket to RideJohn BarlowDale Hall Hampsthwaite

3/8 Wurlitzer		COS Tapes (COS110)1985
What I Did for LoveCarolyn RiddickThorngate Halls, Gosport

3/13 Compton		COS Tapes (COS108)1985
Stage CoachGeoff SolmanAssembly Hall, Worthing

3/11 Wurlitzer		COS Tapes (COS117)1989
Mink and PearlsIain FlitcroftGaumont State, Kilburn

4/16 Wurlitzer		COS Tapes (COS113)1988
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley SquareAaron HawthorneAssembly Hall, Worthing

3/22 Wurlitzer 		Private recording2020

Episode 326 – Wright on Oakland

It’s star organist time and we throw spotlight on George Wright. This show see George at the 4/27 Wurlitzer in the Paramount, Oakland – an instrument respected by many. Sit back and enjoy the Wright sounds!

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Music played

Puttin’ On The Ritz

Carefree

Mean To Me

Last Night On The Back Porch

Nobody Does It Better

What’s New?

Jalousie

All tracks played on the 4/27 Wurlitzer in the Paramount Oakland, California in c 1985. Original tape from the E.C Buckland estate. Recordings re-mixed with Adobe Audition. 

Episode 325 – From Nigel Ogden’s Archive: Looking Back

On this week’s show Nigel Ogden is back in his archive with some tracks from his CD’s recorded over the years.

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 Music played

TrackArtistOrganRecord LabelYear
Can-Can PolkaNigel OgdenFree Trade Hall, Manchester

4/20 Wurlitzer		OS Digital (OS201)1993
Alles Was Du BistNigel OgdenHereford Cathedral

4m Willis		OS Digital (OS242)1999
Jerome Kern MedleyNigel OgdenTower Ballroom, Blackpool

3/14 Wurlitzer 		OS Digital (OS214)196
The Look Of LoveNigel OgdenTower Ballroom, Blackpool

3/14 Wurlitzer 		Sanctuary Records Group Ltd (PLSCD 757)2005
How High The MoonNigel OgdenHammond Commodore with HL722 Leslie speaker OS Digital (OS251)2001
Fleetwood FisherwomanNigel OgdenSt. Annes-On-Sea Parish Church

3m Rushworth & Dreaper 		RHD Sounds (RHD0308)2008
FanfareNigel Ogden St George’s Church, Stockport

3m Forster & Andrews/Compton		OS Digital (OS221)1996
The Charge Of The Light BrigadeNigel OgdenPlaza Cinema, Stockport

3/11 Compton		Soundline Recordings (SLO4025)2002
You Ought To Be In PicturesNigel OgdenPlaza Cinema, Stockport

3/11 Compton		Soundline Recordings (SLO4025)2002
Celebration MarchNigel Ogden Town Hall, Stockport

4/20 Wurlitzer 		Grasmere Recordings (GRCD129)2008

Episode 324 – Sanfilippo Send Off

On this weeks show Damon Cox is joined by Simon Gledhill as they pay tribute to Jasper Sanfilippo who passed away last week with an extended show. The centre point of his vast music room is a 5/80 Wurlitzer which is regarded by many as the finest in the world.

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Music played 

TrackArtistOrganRecord LabelYear
Excerpt: My Hopeful HeartLyn LarsenSanfilippo Music Salon, Barrington Hills IL

4/28 Wurlitzer		Musical Contrasts Inc (MCI-109)1986
La RositaLyn LarsenSanfilippo Music Salon, Barrington Hills IL

4/28 Wurlitzer 		Musical Contrasts Inc (MCI-109)1986
The Minor DragDavid GraySanfilippo Music Salon, Barrington Hills IL

5/80 Wurlitzer		David Gray CD2919
SerenataJelani EddingtonSanfilippo Music Salon, Barrington Hills IL

5/80 Wurlitzer		RJE Productions (RJE 1906A)2006
TenderlyLyn LarsenSanfilippo Music Salon, Barrington Hills IL

5/80 Wurlitzer		Musical Contrasts Inc (MCI-208)1997
Overture To “The Thieving Magpie”Simon GledhillSanfilippo Music Salon, Barrington Hills IL

5/80 Wurlitzer		Musical Contrasts Inc (MCI-210)2012
Ride Of The ValkyriesCarlo CurleySanfilippo Music Salon, Barrington Hills IL

5/80 Wurlitzer		Hopeful Heart Inc (HHP202)1998

Episode 323 – That Year, 1930

On this week’s show Damon Cox celebrates the 90th Birthday of two of the large Wurlitzer’s imported into this country. The Paramount/Odeon, Manchester and the Trocadero Elephant & Castle were both divided instruments in huge auditoriums.

Sit back and enjoy some nostalgic sounds of these instruments in their original locations.

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Music played 

TrackArtistOrganRecord LabelYear
Casse Noisette Suite: March/Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy/Waltz Of The Flowers Quentin MacleanTrocadero Elephant and Castle, London

4/21 Wurlitzer		Sterndale Records (STE 1016)1994
Green Turtle SambaDennis MathewTrocadero Elephant and Castle, London

4/21 Wurlitzer		Carwall Records (LP/101)1959
Butterflies In The RainWilliam DaviesTrocadero Elephant and Castle, London

4/21 Wurlitzer		BBC Records (REC 349)1979
I’m Getting Sentimental Over YouEric LordParamount/Odeon Manchester

4/20 Wurlitzer		Acorn Records (CF 225)1972
Waltz: The Gypsy PrincessErnest BroadbentParamount/Odeon Manchester

4/20 Wurlitzer 		Acorn Records (CF 235)1973
On The Avenue: Slumming On Park Avenue/You’re Laughing At Me/The Girl On The Police Gazette/This Years Kisses/He Ain’t Got Rhythm/I’ve Got My Love To Keep Me Warm Henry CroudsonParamount/Odeon Manchester

4/20 Wurlitzer		Acorn Records (CF 270)1977