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Episode 536 – Random Tapes

This week John Leeming has picked some tracks from random tapes

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Music Played

Goofy Dame	Stanley Tudor	BBC Theatre Organ No.2 5/27 Möller	Private recording (BBC/Terry Bond/COS archive)	c1954
Puszta	Reginald Foort	BBC Theatre Organ No.1 4/25 Compton	NTOT Records (NCM 212)	1996
Transatlantic Lullaby/I’m in Love for the Very First Time	Joseph Seal	ABC Theatre, Kingston-on-Thames 3/12 Wurlitzer	Private recording (BBC/Geoff Day/COS Archive)	c1967
Home at Sundown	The Organ, the Dance Band and Me (Robinson Cleaver)	EMI Studio No.1 3/8 Compton	NTOT Records (NCM 213)	1997
In the Still of the Night	Len Rawle	Granada Theatre, Slough 3/8 Wurlitzer	Tonawanda Sound (TWS 2003)	1988
Sleigh Ride	George Blackmore	Granada Theatre, Walthamstow 3/12 Christie	Private recording (Geoff Day)	1988
I Want to Be Happy/Somebody Loves Me/I’ll Build a Stairway to Paradise/A Kiss in the Dark/Mississippi Mud	Simon Gledhill	State Theatre, Grays 3/6 Compton	Private Recording (Allan Newman/COS Archive)	1988
Autumn Leaves	Vic Hammett	Granada Theatre, Tooting 4c/14 Wurlitzer	Private recording (Geoff Day/COS Archive)

Episode 535 – Spotlight: Chris McPhee

This week Damon Cox throws spotlight on Australias Chris McPhee with music and chat.

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Music Played

Waltzing Matilda (Extract)	Chris McPhee	Capri Theatre, Adelaide 4/24 Wurlitzer	Chris McPhee (CMCD001)	1994
Baby’s Birthday Party	Chris McPhee	Orion Centre, Sydney 3/17 Wurlitzer	Chris McPhee (CMCD002)	1995
Evensong	Chris McPhee	Capri Theatre, Adelaide 4/29 Wurlitzer	Chris McPhee (CMCD003)	1990
Norwegian Wood	Chris McPhee & Rosanne Hosking	John Giacchi/Cameron Simpson residence 4/45 rank + Wurlitzer Pipe/Digital hybrid	Chris McPhee (Unrelased)	2018
Dream	Chris McPhee	Studio Standaart, Woking 2/9 Standaart	TOEnc Recording	2023
Java	Chris McPhee	Studio Standaart, Woking 2/9 Standaart	TOEnc Recording	2023

Episode 534 – Big Band Mode

This week Robert Hope-Jones celebrates the big band sounds of the mighty!

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Music Played

Holiday for Strings	Monty Kelly Orchestra & Buddy Cole	Buddy Cole Studio, California 3/27 Rank Wurlitzer/Robert Morton	Alshire International (S-5288)	1965
Oh! Lady Be Good	Bryan Rodwell	Granada Clapham Junction 3/8 Wurlitzer	Private Recording
Don’t Blame Me	Jim Riggs	Dolby House, Holbeach 4/23 Compton/hybrid	Private Recording
Ac-cen-tu-ate the Positive	Lew Williams	Organ Stop 4/33 Wurlitzer	Private Recording
Take the A Train	Michael Wooldridge	Regal Edmonton 4/15 Christie	COS Tapes (COS106)	1984
Dream	Bobby Hackett/Johnny Seng	Richard Loderhouse Studio NY 4/37 Wurlitzer	Colombia
Oh! I Do Like to be Beside the Sea Side	Bryan Rodwell & the Sounds of Brass	South Bank University 4/24 Wurlitzer	Private Recording

Episode 533 – Things!

This week Damon Cox has music from Blackpool, Worthing, Hammersmith and Indianapolis!

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Music Played

‘Deed I Do/Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue/Sweet Sue, Just You/Sweet Georgia Brown/All My Loving	Ernest Broadbent	Tower Ballroom Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Grosvenor Records (CDGRS1297)	1997
Desert Song Selection: Azuri’s Dance Of Triumph/The Desert Song/The Riff Song/The Foreign Legion/Romance/One Alone	Harry Davidson	Commodore Hammersmith 3/10 Standaart	Regal Zonophone (MR907) – From Wayne Ivany Collection	1933
I’ll Buy That Dream	Bill Vlasak	Paramount Music Palace, Indianapolis IN 4/42 Wurlitzer	WJV Productions,Inc (WJVCD-105)	1990
Puttin’ On The Ritz	Dwight Thomas	Paramount Music Palace, Indianapolis IN 4/42 Wurlitzer	Newport Classic (NCD60078)	1990
Rubber Duckie	Donna Parker	Paramount Music Palace, Indianapolis IN 4/42 Wurlitzer	Music Palace Productions (MPP-1002)
Someone To Watch Over Me	Stephen Austin	Assembly Hall, Worthing 3/23 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	2023
Mayfair Quickstep: I Can’t Give You Anything But Love/Ain’t She Sweet/Don’t Dilly Dally/Is It True What They Say About Dixie?/Dinah	Phil Kelsall	Assembly Hall, Worthing 3/23 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	2023

Episode 532 – An American in Britain

This week John Leeming focuses on American organists on British organs

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Music Played

This Could Be the Start of Something Big	Lyn Larsen	Opera House, Blackpool 3/13 Wurlitzer	Private recording (Tom Herd/TOEnc archive)	1977
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes/I Won’t Dance	Dennis James	Regal, Edmonton 4/14 Christie	Private Recording (John Leeming)	1982
Love Me or Leave Me	Tom Hazleton	Granada, Walthamstow 3/12 Christie	Private Recording (John Leeming)	1988
Two Sleepy People	Lew Williams	Town Hall, Watford 3/13 Compton	Private Recording (John Leeming)	1990
It’s Only a Paper Moon	Dan Bellomy	South Bank University, London 4/24 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (John Leeming)	2003
Deep Night	Jim Riggs	South Bank University, London 4/24 Wurlitzer	2000	2000
Love for Sale	Walt Strony	Dolby House, Holbeach 4/22 Compton-plus	Private Recording (David Shepherd)	2019
Cherokee	George Wright	Gaumont State, Kilburn 4/16 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	1978

Episode 531 – From The Archive: Arnold Loxam

This week’s from the archive show features Arnold Loxam at the Gaumont State Kilburn.

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Music Played

Sig Tune: Come Back To Sorrento

March Of The Victors

Let Me Go Lover/As Usual/Have You Ever Been Lovely/Thank You/Anyone Who Had A Heart

Spring Medley: Younger Than Springtime/Cuckoo Waltz

I Love The Little Things/I Am The Lovely One

For You/It Happened In Monterey/A Chapel In The Moonlight/It Might As Well Be Spring/Diane

Little Children/Think Of You/All My Loving/Over You

Sig Tune: Come Back To Sorrento

All tracks played on the 4/16 Wurlitzer in the Gaumont State Kilburn, London, broadcast 21st March 1965. Recording from the Nigel Ogden Archive. Recording re-mastered with Adobe Audition.

Episode 530 – Robert Hope-Jones Remembered

This week Robert Hope-Jones remembers his namesake

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Music Played

I Know Why	Alex Jones	3/13 Hope-Jones First Universalist Church, Rochester, NY	ATOS 2019 Rochester Highlights	2019
The Storm	Clarence Kohlmann	4/14 Hope-Jones Ocean Grove	Edison	1929
George Wright interviews Fred Wood	n/a	n/a	Banda Records (59657)	2017
Java	George Wright	3/32 Wurlitzer Paramount (formerly Granada), San Francisco	Private Recording
Swinging On A Star	Dave Peckham	4/20 Marr and Colton Clemens Center, Elmira, NY	Private Recording
Stella by Starlight	Tony Fenelon	3/66 Kimball Dickinson High School	DTOS F-114
	Frank Hope-Jones		Private
I Remember You	Pierre Fracalanza	4/50 Paramount Organ	Private

Episode 529 – Big Theatre Wurlitzer

This week Damon features that big in theatre Wurlitzer sound.

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Music Played

Tiger Rag	Noel Briggs	Gaumont Manchester 4/14 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive (T Herd Collection)	1973
I Could Write A Book	Len Rawle	Paramount/Odeon Manchester 4/20 Wurlitzer	Acorn Records (CF 245)	1973
Calcutta/Try A Little Tenderness	George Blackmore	Empire Leicester Square 4/20 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive (N Ogden Collection)	1961
Dancing In The Dark	Jim Roseveare	Paramount Oakland CA 4/27 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (Dick Clay)	1983
’42nd Street’ Medley	Lyn Larsen	Shea’s Buffalo Theatre, Buffalo, New York 4/28 Wurlitzer	Musical Contrasts (MCI-110)	1993
I’ll Never Smile Again	George Wright	Chicago Theatre, Chicago IL 4/29 Wurlitzer	BANDA CD (42192F)	1992
Have You Met Miss Jones/My Romance/The Lady is a Tramp	Declan Poole	Troxy Stepney London 4/25 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Recrding	2023

Episode 528 – From The Archive: Nelson Elms

This week’s from the archive show features Nelson Elms at the Granada Tooting.

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Music Played

Sig Tune: Trees

March From The Victors

Marie Elena

Colette

Laura

Richard Rodgers Selection

Geronimo

Secret Love

From Russia With Love

Swinging Bells

You Were Meant For Me/Moon River/If I Ruled The World

Sig Tune: Trees

All tracks played on the 4/14 Wurlitzer in the Granada Tooting, London, broadcast 1st February 1964. Recording from the Nigel Ogden Archive. Recording re-mastered with Adobe Audition.

Episode 527 – Archive Tracks – All the Way!

This week John Leeming is back in his archive.

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Music Played

Tangerine	Vic Hammett	Granada Theatre, Harrow 3/8 Wurlitzer	Private recording (BBC/COS archive)	1973
Blue Moon	David Lowe	New Victoria Centre, Howden-le-Wear 3/19 Wurlitzer	Private recording (BBC/John Leeming archive)	1991
Happy Days are Here Again, Here Comes the Sun	Sandy Macpherson	Empire Theatre, Leicester Square, London 4/20 Wurlitzer	Private recording (Rinso/Radioechoes)	1938
Waltz of My Heart/I can Give You the Starlight/Leap Year Waltz	David Shepherd	Odeon Theatre, Manchester 4/20 Wurlitzer	Private recording (BBC/COS Archive)	1973
Love In Bloom	Jackie Brown	Granada Theatre, Tooting 4/14 Wurlitzer	Private recording (BBC/COS Archive)	1969
Oh! Ma (The Butcher’s Boy), I Love to Whistle, You’re an Education	Reginald Dixon	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/13 Wurlitzer	Rex Records (9366)/Ross McNeillie restoration	1938
Time on My Hands	Dudley Savage	St John Vianney Church, Clayhall, London 3/7 Compton	Private recording (Jack O’Neill)	1993
A Stitch in Time	Gerald Shaw	Odeon Theatre, Leicester Square 5/17 Compton	Private recording (BBC/COS Archive)	1965
Sunshine and Shadows	Sandy Macpherson	Empire Theatre, Leicester Square 4/20 Wurlitzer	Private recording (Rinso/Radioechoes)	1938