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Episode 255 – Beckingham back at Granada

It’s Tywyn time tonight and who better to show off the Wurlitzer than the ‘Wonder Boy Organist’ Keith Beckingham who was at the age of 14 taking the organ up on the lift and playing interludes to large cinema audiences! Well years later the Wurlitzer is still with us, now in the delightful Neuadd Pendre, Tywyn and Keith is reunited with the the mighty as he presents a show full of memories!

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Signature Tune: Happy Days Are Here Again

Granada

Signature Tune: You, Wonderful You

Tonight/This Is A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening/You And The Night And The Music/The Way You Look Tonight

Matt Monro & Edmund Hockridge Selection: Portrait Of My Love/From Russia With Love/Hey There/If I Loved You

Hammond: Who’s Sorry Now/Whispering/Hello Dolly/Almost Like Being In Love

The Heather On The Hill

El Bimbo/We’ll Meet Again/Signature Tune: You, Wonderful You

All tracks played by Keith Beckingham on the 3c/9 Wurlitzer in the Neuadd Pendre, Tywyn. Recorded by Damon Cox using Sontronics STC-1S microphones, recorded with Zoom F8 Recorder and mixed with Adobe Audition. Thanks to John Smallwood and all the gang who look after the Wurlitzer for giving permission for this to be broadcast and for being so accommodating! Organ tuned by David Lowe.

Episode 254 – From Nigel Ogden’s Archive: Crossover

On this week’s show Nigel Ogden is back with more gems from his archive. This time he feature many examples of cross over artists – this is to say organist who are equally at home on both Theatre & Classical organs and a spot of piano also.

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Track	Artist	Organ	Record Label	Year
Trumpet Voluntary	Michael Maine	Dome Brighton 4/40 Hill Norman and Beard ‘Christie’	Regent Recordings (RRM 101)	1989
La Bounette/Trio Sonata No.1 (Excerpt)	Joanna Fraser	ex. Servicemen’s Club, Stotfold 3/10 Christie	Nigel Ogden collection	1981
Dainty Miss	Adrian Lucas	City Hall, Hull 4m Compton	Nigel Ogden collection	1985
Automne	Nigel Ogden	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	OS Digital (OS 230)	1997
Toccata In D Minor	Gerald Shaw	Odeon Leicester Square, London 5c/17 Compton	Nigel Ogden collection	1964
Black Key Study	Gerald Shaw	Piano	Nigel Ogden collection	1965
Fantasie Impromptu	Ernest Broadbent	Piano	Acorn (CF 240)	1973
Widor Toccatta (Excerpt)/ Valencia	Gerald Shaw	BBC Theatre Organ, Hoxton London 5/27 Möller	Nigel Ogden collection	1962
Carillon	George Blackmore	Guildhall Southampton 4/50 Compton (Dual Console)	Studio Republic – A Music Hall Production (RLP5006)	1964

Episode 253 – 9,10,11,12

On this week’s show Damon takes a look at the next batch of theatre organ sizes; 9,10,11 and 12 ranks. We feature racks feating tracks from 9 organs, some of which are no longer complete. With Wurlitzer, Compton & Christie theres a variety of tracks for all! (Photo © COS Archives)

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Track	Artist	Organ	Record Label	Year
Pepe	Joseph Seal	Regal/ABC Kingston-Upon-Thames 3/12 Wurlitzer	Decca Recording Company (SKL 4154)	1962
Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams	Geoff Solman	Assembly Hall, Worthing 3/11 Wurlitzer	COS Tapes/WW Records (COS117)	1989
Poodle In The Park	Stanley Wylie	Ritz Belfast 4c/10 Compton	COS Tapes (COS122)	1995
Theme From ‘An American In Paris’	Simon Gledhill	EMD/Granada Walthamstow, London 3/12 Christie	COS Tapes (COS109)	1985
Dizzy Fingers	Reginald Porter-Brown	Granada Kingston, London 3c/10 Wurlitzer	Damon Cox collection	1978
Love Is Here To Stay	Trevor Bolshaw	Dormston House Sedgley 2/10 Wurlitzer	Concert Recording (CR-0085)	c1968
The Stripper	Len Rawle	Organ Theatre, St. Albans 3/10 Wurlitzer	St Albans Musical Museum Society (CAS 1011)	1994
Wave	David Shepherd	The Plough, Great Munden 3/11 Compton	Tonawanda Sound (TWS 1002)	1974
Horse Box	Vic Hammett	Town Hall Buckingham 3/10 Wurlitzer	Musiqua	2015

Episode 252 – Organ Plus…

On this week’s show John Leeming delves into the world of organ plus. Plus what you might ask? Why not listen in and find out how the mighty can work so well with a variety of different instruments!

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Track	Artist	Organ	Record Label	Year
Paddlin’ Madeleine Home	Simon Gledhill & New Foxtrot Serenaders	Musical Museum, Brentford 3/12 Wurlitzer	Foxtrot (NFS CD05)	2010
I’ve Got My Eyes on You/April Showers/Crazy Rhythm	Lyn Larsen & Jack Bethards Band	Plummer Auditorium Fullerton CA 4/37 Wurlitzer	Beldale Records (121)	2000
Moonlight Serenade	Bryan Rodwell & The Sounds of Brass	Southbank Polytechnic, London 4/24 Wurlitzer	Private recording	1993
My Song of the Nile	Herbert Griffiths & Manhattan Serenaders	Stoll Picture Theatre, London 3/17 Jardine	Vocalion Broadcast Records (2522B)	c1930
‘Lights Up’ medley	Robinson Cleaver & Patricia Rossborough	Abbey Road EMI Studios 3/9 Compton	EMI Parlophone (F1693)	1940
Moonlight on the Ganges	Jim Roseveare & Peter Mintun	Paramount Oakland CA 4/27 Wurlitzer	Premier Recordings (PRCD 1060)	1997
A Night with Rosita medley	Gerhard Gregor & Rhythm combo	NDR Studio Hammond C3	Private recording	c1970

Episode 251 – Rodwell at the Ritz

On this week’s show we turn back the clocks to 1966 and to the small yet powerful 2/4 Compton in the Ritz Hereford. Bryan Rodwell was at one time resident organist at the Ritz. Sit back and enjoy the sounds of the Jazz master getting some unbelievable sounds from just 4 ranks of pipes and a Melotone! (Photo © Wayne Ivany)

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You Made Me Love You

Irish Washerwoman

Babbling

Parade Of The Sunbeams

Gershwin Selection: Rhapsody In Blue/Strike Up The Band/Our Love Is Here To Stay/The Man I Love/Fascinating Rhythm/Embraceable You/A Foggy Day/Liza/Someone To Watch Over Me/Rhapsody In Blue

Moonlight In Vermont

Sweet Georgia Brown

You Made Me Love You

Concert took place on the 24th April 1966. Thanks to Trevor Bolshaw for loaning me the tape and allowing me to broadcast it

Episode 250 – From Nigel Ogden’s Archive: BBC Organs & Connections

On this week’s show we give a big and warm welcome to new presenter Nigel Ogden. Nigel will be joining us once a month with a delve into his own extensive archive. We are delighted that Nigel can be back at a microphone delighting audiences as he has done for the last 38 years. Long may it continue!

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Track	Artist	Organ	Record Label	Year
Portrait Of A Toy Soldier	Nigel Ogden	BBC Broadcasting House, London 4/35 Compton	Nigel Ogden collection	1999
Organ Demonstration	Reginald Foort	St. Georges Hall, London (BBC Theatre Organ No.1) 4/24 Compton	Nigel Ogden collection	1936
I Can’t Give You Anything But Love /Broadway Melody/Broadway Rhythm	Sandy Macpherson	St. Georges Hall, London (BBC Theatre Organ No.1) 4/24 Compton	AZCD (214)	2011
Marche Militaire	Sandy Macpherson	Grand Theatre, Llandudno 5/27 Möller	Nigel Ogden collection	1943
Alpen Ruhe Waltz/Al Jolson Selection	Sandy Macpherson	Odeon Leicester Square, London 5c/17 Compton	Nigel Ogden collection	1963
You And The Night And The Music	Nigel Ogden	Civic Auditorium, Pasadena CA 5/28 Möller	Nigel Ogden collection	1996
I’m Gonna Live Till I Die/Ol’ Mac Donald/Come Blow Your Horn	Robin Richmond	BBC Playhouse Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer	Windmill Records (WMD 262)	1975
Intrada	Nigel Ogden	BBC Maida Vale Studios 4/14 Compton	Nigel Ogden collection	1992

Episode 249 – Eight ranks or less

On this week’s show Damon takes a look at some theatre organ that are 8 ranks or less. Damon looks at both Wurlitzer and Compton organs of two and three manuals.

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Track	Artist	Organ	Record Label	Year
Splanky	Bryan Rodwell	Granada, Clapham Junction, London 3c/8 Wurlitzer	John Leeming collection	1978
Serenade To Marianne	Nigel Ogden	St. John Vianney Church, Clayhall London 3/7 Compton	COS Tapes (COS114)	1988
Branch Line	David Lowe	Neuadd Pendre, Tywyn 3c/8 Wurlitzer	OS Digital (OS239)	1998
September In The Rain	Vic Hammett	Organ Centre, High Wycombe 2/5 Wurlitzer	Doric Recordings Record (DO 1409)	c1970’s
Bees Are Buzzin’	Howard Beaumont	Royalty Cinema, Bowness-on-Windermere 2/7 Wurlitzer	An FTOP Production	2015
‘Top Of The Bill’ Selection	Reginald Porter-Brown	Ritz Richmond 3/8 Wurlitzer	Damon Cox collection	1965
Garden In The Rain	Ronald Curtis	Davenport Theatre, Stockport 3/7 Compton	Concert Recording (CR 0026)	1968
There Will Never Be Another You	Simon Gledhill	Orgue De Cinéma, Collège Claparède, Genèva 3c/8 Wurlitzer	AAOCCC, Genève	2017

Episode 248 – Delightful Dickinson

On this week’s show Damon takes a look at the wonderful Kimball Organ installed in John Dickinson High School, Wilmington Delaware. Now boasting two console with 66 ranks over three chambers, this makes it one of the finest installations in the world!

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Track	Artist	Organ	Record Label	Year
Sounds Of Wonder	Lyn Larsen	John Dickinson High School, Wilmington DE 3/24 Kimball	Swartwout Productions (DTOS-1001)	c1970’s
Open Your Heart	Simon Gledhill	John Dickinson High School, Wilmington DE 3/66 Kimball	DTOS & Simon Gledhill (DTOS366P)	1996
Remembering The Songs Of Vincent Youmans: Great Day/Orchids in the Moonlight/More Than You Know/Tea for Two/ Hallelujah!	Jelani Eddington	John Dickinson High School, Wilmington DE 3/66 Kimball	DTOS & RJE Productions (KPO 7050)	1998
Stella By Starlight	Tony Fenelon	John Dickinson High School, Wilmington DE 3/66 Kimball	Dickinson Theatre Organ Society (F-114)	2014
Tiger Rag	Richard Hills	John Dickinson High School, Wilmington DE 3/66 Kimball	Dickinson Theatre Organ Society (DTOS1101)	2002

Episode 247 – Presidents on Parade

On this week’s show John Leeming is at the microphone celebrating what would have been Doreen Chadwick’s 100th Birthday. Doreen was presidents for many years of the Cinema Organ Society. It seemed them appropriate to look at some of the other presidents of the COS over the years!

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Track	Artist	Organ	Record Label	Year
Doreen	Doreen Chadwick	Gaumont Manchester 4/14 Wurlitzer	Private recording	1965
Mosquito Samba	Doreen Chadwick	Gaumont Manchester 4/14 Wurlitzer	Private recording	1965
Elephant Tango	John Mann	Folly Farm Zoo, Begelly, Kilgetty, Wales 4/14 Wurlitzer	Compton Lodge Studios (CLS-CD1001)	2010
Primero	Douglas Reeve	Dome Brighton 4/40 Hill Norman and Beard ‘Christie’	Cinema Organ Society (COS126)	2016
That Everloving Rag	Robin Richmond	Polygon Records Studio Hammond C3	Castle Communications (PLSCD303)	1998
I’ll See You in My Dreams	Hubert Selby	Paramount/Odeon Leeds 3/19 Wurlitzer	Private recording	c1967
There’s a Small Hotel/Lover	Hubert Selby	Paramount/Odeon Leeds 3/19 Wurlitzer	Private recording	c1967
Singing in the Rain	Doreen Chadwick	Granada, Tooting London 4/14 Wurlitzer	ATOS London (ATOSLDVD001)	2008
Dance of the Three Old Maids	Douglas Reeve	Dome Brighton 4/40 Hill Norman and Beard ‘Christie’	BBC Records (REC110M)	1971
Thunder and Lightning Polka	John Mann	Trinity Arts Centre, Pudsey 3/8 Wurlitzer	Grosvenor Records (CDGRS1263)	1992
Pompton Turnpike	Robin Richmond	Southbank Polytechnic, London 4/24 Wurlitzer	Private recording	c1997
Dream	Hubert Selby	Thursford Collection, Fakenham 3/19 Wurlitzer	Thursford Enterprises (TE03)	1978
Sussex by the Sea	John Mann	Burtey Fen Collection 3/14 Compton	Burtey Fen Collection (BFC004)	2006

Episode 246 – A Beer for Bolshaw

A summer trip to the seaside town of Beer is what’s on off this week as Trevor Bolshaw is our star organist. The organ featured was in fact the first ever Wurlitzer to be shipped over to this country hear it opened in 1925. Since 1956 the Wurlitzer has been in the Congregational Church in Beer, however it’s only been since the ‘Friends Of Beer Wurlitzer’ was formed that the organ came to life. Trevor is to play a selection of tunes that revolve around this lovely 6 rank Wurlitzer.

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Signature Tune: Happy Days Are Here Again

Garrison Theatre March

Punch And Judy Polka

June Night On Marlow Reach

Gershwin Selection: Looking For A Boy/’The Half Of It, Dearie’ Blues/Oh! Lady Be Good/That Certain Feeling

‘Salad Days’ Selection: It’s Easy To Sing/We Said We Wouldn’t Look Back/Out Of Breath/I Sit In The Sun/Time Of My Life/Looking For A Piano/Oh, Look At Me/Saucer Song

Signature Tune: Moonlight In Vermont

All tracks played by Trevor Bolshaw on the 2/6 Wurlitzer in the Congregational Church, Beer. Recorded by Damon Cox using Sontronics STC-1S microphones, recorded with Tascam DR0-40 Recorder and mixed with Adobe Audition. Thanks to Trevor & Mary Bolshaw, Geoffrey Archer and the Friends of Beer Wurlitzer for giving permission for this to be broadcast and for being so accommodating!