Episode 591 – Double Dutch

This week Damon takes a trip over to the Netherlands including some recent recordings.

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Music Played

CherokeeArnold LoxamAVRO Radio Studio, Hilversum, Holland

4/19 Standaart-Compton
TOEnc Archive1980
1933: Coffee In The Morning And Kisses At Night/Deep PurpleDamon CoxTheater aan de Schie, Schiedam

3/10 Standaart
TOEnc Recording2024
Foxtrot: C’est Magnifique/I Love Paris/The Last Time I Saw ParisCor SteynMagic OrganEMI Records
(LC 0542)
1989
Portugal: Lisboa Antigua/Petticoats Of Portugal/April In PortugalReginald DixonMagic OrganColumbia Records
(SCX 6426)
1970
September In The RainDamon CoxDraaiorgelmuseum, Haarlem

3/12 Compton
TOEnc Recording2024
TangerineNigel OgdenDe Poort Technical College, Rotterdam

3/11 Standaart
TOEnc Archive1985
MichelePierre Palla & Bep RowoldAVRO Radio Studio, Hilversum, Holland

4/19 Standaart-Compton
Private Recording1966
Maybe You’ll Be ThereHans NottrotTuschinski Theatre, Amsterdam

4/10 Strunk-Wurlitzer
NOF Sound
(NST-77.8.8-1)
1977
Gershwin: Love Walked In/S’ Wonderful Damon CoxTheater aan de Schie, Schiedam

3/10 Standaart
TOEnc Recording2024

Episode 590 – Session Tapes

This week Damon has tracks from session tape masters.

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Music Played

Missisppi MudThomas TrotterTown Hall, Birmingham

4m 90 Speaking Stops Willis
TOEnc Archive1986
Nobody Does It BetterLen RawleTown Hall Watford

3/16 Compton
TOEnc Archive1994
You’re The Cream In My Coffee/All The Things You Are/Lullaby Of BroadwayReginald FoortBBC Playhouse Manchester

3/13 Wurlitzer
TOEnc Archive1972
Child’s PlayFelton RapleySouthampton Guildhall

4/50 Compton (Dual Console)
TOEnc Archive1975
Remember Me?/Loves Last Word Is Spoken/42nd StreetDudley SavageSt. John Vianney Church, Clayhall London

3/7 Compton
TOEnc Archive1992
Happy Talk/If I Could Write A Book/Falling In Love With LoveStanley WyllieSt. John Vianney Church, Clayhall London

3/7 Compton
TOEnc Archive1989
Someone To Watch Over MeNigel OgdenEMD/Granada Walthamstow, London

3/12 Christie
TOEnc Archive1983
Beatles MedleyDavid LoweTrinity Arts Centre, Pudsey

3/8 Wurlitzer
TOEnc Archive1994

Episode 588 – Mr Blackpool @ 120

This week Damon has an extended show to celebrate the 120th birthday of Reginald Dixon.

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Music Played

GuiltyReginald DixonTower Ballroom, Blackpool

2/10 Wurlitzer
Sterno 881 (Wayne Ivany)1932
Tiger RagReginald DixonTower Ballroom, Blackpool

2/10 Wurlitzer
Sterndale Records (STE 3107)1934
Dixon Hits No.16 Part 2 – You’re Here, You’re There, You’re Everywhere/Ten Pretty Girls/Love Is Good For Anything That Ails YouReginald DixonTower Ballroom, Blackpool

3/13 Wurlitzer
Sterndale Records
(STE 3101)
1937
Musical Comedy Favourites: I Want To Be Happy/???/Who?/Hallelujah/???/I Got Rhythm/The Riff Song/???Reginald DixonAbbey Road EMI Studios

3/9 Compton
Private Recording (Wayne Ivany)1942
Skaters WaltzReginald DixonGranada, Tooting

4/14 Wurlitzer
Grasmere Recordings (GRCD 106)1940
Quickstep Medley: I Get So Lonely/Cheek to Cheek/Such a Night/Do Do Do Do Do Do Do It Again/Toot Toot TootsieReginald DixonTower Ballroom, Blackpool

3/14 Wurlitzer
Private Recording1854
My Aim FolkReginald DixonEmpress Ballroom, Blackpool

3/13 Wurlitzer
Private Recording1958
Dancing BellsReginald DixonOpera House, Blackpool

3/13 Wurlitzer
Private Recording1957
Storm At SeaReginald DixonTower Ballroom, Blackpool

3/14 Wurlitzer
Private Recording1970
I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside/Rustle Of Spring/Dream Of Olwen/Somebody Stole My GalReginald DixonPianoPrivate Recording (Cameron Lloyd)
I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside/South American Joe/Tico Tico/Jealousy Reginald DixonGaumont Manchester

4/14 Wurlitzer
Private Recording1974
I Kiss Your Hand MadameReginald DixonBBC Playhouse Manchester

3/13 Wurlitzer
Private Recording (John Smallwood)1977
Three Little Words/Unchained Melody/I’ll See You In My DreamsReginald DixonThursford Collection, Fakenham

3/19 Wurlitzer
EMI Records (NTS 205)1980

Episode 586 – Granada! Then & Now

This week Damon features four Granada organs in their current and original homes.

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Music Played

Lady Be Good/Sophisticated Lady/Fascinating Rhythm/Trolley SongBryan RodwellGranada, Clapham Junction, London

3c/8 Wurlitzer
Private Recording1978
You Made Me Love YouSimon GledhillOrgue De Cinéma, Collège Claparède, Genèva

3c/8 Wurlitzer
AAOCCC, Genève2017
Little Girl/Just In TimeJackie BrownGranada Edmonton

3/10 Wurlitzer
Private Recording1966
Stars Fell On AlabamaLen RawleOrgan Theatre, St. Albans

3/10 Wurlitzer
St Albans Musical Museum Society
(CAS 1011)
1994
Canadian CapersRobinson CleaverGranada, Welling

3c/8 Wurlitzer
Nostalgia Direct (AZCD214)2011
Cheek To Cheek/They Say It’s WonderfulDeclan PooleWurlitzer Hall, Leisure Centre, Woking

3/19 Wurlitzer
Private Recording2024
Bells Across The MeadowDudley BeavanGranada, Woolwich

3c/8 Wurlitzer
Private Recording1938
El AdornoDavid LoweNeuadd Pendre, Tywyn

3c/8 Wurlitzer
OS Digital (OS239)1998

Episode 584 – Broadcasting Blackpool

This week Damons has some archive tracks featuring five of the Blackpool organs.

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Music Played

Out Of The BlueReginald DixonTower Ballroom, Blackpool

3/14 Wurlitzer
Private Recording (TOEnc Archive)1954
Tunes Of The Moment: Absent Friends/Look Homeward Angels/Sentimental/The Man Who Plays The Mandolino/Heart/Cinco Robles/Rock Mr PiperHorace FinchOpera House, Blackpool

3/13 Wurlitzer
Private Recording (TOEnc Archive)1957
Mary Popins Selection: A Spoonful Of Sugar/Feed The Birds/Chim Chim Cher-ee/Lets Go Fly A Kite/SupercalifragilisticexpialidociousErnest BroadbentEmpress Ballroom, Blackpool

3/13 Wurlitzer
Private Recording (TOEnc Archive)1967
In The Mood/Smoke Gets In Your EyesEna BagaTower Ballroom, Blackpool

3/13 Wurlitzer
Private Recording (TOEnc Archive)1941
DreamingWatson HolmesPalace Ballroom, Blackpool

3/8 Wurlitzer
Private Recording (Wayne Ivany Collection)
‘South Pacific’ Selection: Bali Hai/I’m In Love With A Wonderful Guy/I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair/Some Enchanted EveningReginald HollandOdeon, Blackpool

4/13 Conacher
Private Recording (TOEnc Archive)2024
Tunes Of The Day: A Wonderful Time Up There/A Very Precious Love/Tulips From Amsterdam/Lollipop/I Do Like To Be Beside The SeasideReginald DixonTower Ballroom, Blackpool

3/14 Wurlitzer
Private Recording (TOEnc Archive)1958

Episode 580 – Sunshine

This week Damon features tracks of a sunny nature.

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Music Played

Powder Your Face With SunshineStanley TudorGaumont Manchester

4/14 Wurlitzer
Deroy Records
(Deroy 845)
1973
You Are The Sunshine Of My LifeMatthew RossRegal Uxbridge, London

2/5 Compton
Private Recording1975
My Sunshine Is YouJim RiggsParamount Oakland CA

4/27 Wurlitzer
RTR Productions
(RTC103C)
1989
Sunshine TangoBobby PaganRitz Richmond

3/8 Wurlitzer
Private Recording1968
On The Sunny Side Of The StreetJohn AtwellCapri Theatre, Adelaide

4/15 Wurlitzer
TOSA1987
Dancing In The SunGeorge BlackmoreOrgan Power No. 2 San Diego CA

5/27 Möller
Doric Recordings
(DO (Q) 1503)
I Got The Sun In The MorningMichael WooldridgeTown Hall Clydebank

3/13 Wurlitzer
Merlin Productions (MP107)2003
Parade Of The SunbeamsWilliam DaviesGranada Tooting

4/14 Wurlitzer
BC Records
(REC 72M)
1969
The Sunshine Of Your SmileReginald DixonTower Ballroom, Blackpool

3/14 Wurlitzer
Private Recording1964
Painting The Clouds With SunshineRichard HillsSanfilippo Music Salon, Barrington Hills IL

5/80 Wurlitzer
ATOS 20232023

Episode 578 – Recent Tracks

This week Damon features tracks recorded/released in 2024.

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Music Played

Jive: Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter/In The Mood/Darktown Strutters BallCameron LloydAssembly Hall, Worthing

3/23 Wurlitzer
Private Recording2024
Climb Every MountainRobert WolfeTroxy Stepney London

4/25 Wurlitzer
Private Recording2024
Petticoats Of PortugalDamon CoxStudio Standaart, Woking

2/9 Standaart
Private Recording2024
When I Fall In LoveZach FrameOrgan Piper Muisc Palace, Milwaukee WI

3/30 Kimbal/Wurlitzer
C-2 Productions LLC (op0002)2024
Lullaby Of BirdlandDavid LoweStudio Standaart, Woking

2/9 Standaart
Private Recording2024
Ballroom Waltz: Summer Night/Always/Around The World/The Story Of TiniaAlec WaltersAssembly Hall, Worthing

3/23 Wurlitzer
Private Recording2024
Sailors SambaMark Laflin & Dave NevilleTroxy Stepney London

4/25 Wurlitzer
Private Recording2024

Episode 577 – Playhouse Memories

This week Damon features tracks recorded on the BBC Playhouse Studio Wurlitzer.

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Music Played

Oh, Lady Be Good/PasadenaReginald DixonBBC Playhouse Manchester

3/13 Wurlitzer
Columbia Records (SCX 6496)1972
Musetta’s Waltz SongReginald FoortBBC Playhouse Manchester

3/13 Wurlitzer
Private Recording (N.O Archive)1972
Rodgers And Hart: With A Song In My Heart/Mountain Greenery/The Lady Is A TrampPeter JebsonBBC Playhouse Manchester

3/13 Wurlitzer
Private Recording (N.O Archive)
As Time Goes ByBryan RodwellBBC Playhouse Manchester

3/13 Wurlitzer
Private Recording (N.O Archive)1983
Toytown TrumpetersDavid ShepherdBBC Playhouse Manchester

3/13 Wurlitzer
Private Recording (N.O Archive)1986
Whats Another Year/Making Your Mind UpPhil KelsallBBC Playhouse Manchester

3/13 Wurlitzer
Private Recording (N.O Archive)1982
Heres That Rainy DayLen RawleBBC Playhouse Manchester

3/13 Wurlitzer
Private Recording (N.O Archive)1983
Taint No SinRobin RichmondBBC Playhouse Manchester

3/13 Wurlitzer
Private Recording (N.O Archive)1982
WhisperingNigel Ogden & Robin RichmondBBC Playhouse Manchester

3/13 Wurlitzer & Technics U90
Private Recording (N.O Archive)1982

Episode 575 – Douglas Reeve talks Worthing

This week Damon recalls a bit of local radio magic with Jim Buckland and Douglas Reeve.

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Music Played

1. Sig Tune: Pack Up Your Troubles
2. The Chase
3. Hearts And Flowers
4. Toccata In D Minor
5. Chit Chat Polka
6. Somebody Stole My Gal/California Here I Come
7. Post Horn Gallop/Pack Up Your Troubles
8. Ladies Excuse Me Quickstep: American Patrol/Alexander’s Ragtime Band/If You Knew Suzie/Oh When The Saints/California Here I Come/Who Were You With Last Night/Don’t Dilly Dally/Pack Up Your Troubles
9. Waltz: Anniversary Waltz/When I Grow Too Old To Dream/Fascination

All tracks played on the 3/10 Wurlitzer in the Assembly Hall Worthing , broadcast 16th October 1984. Recording from the Jim Buckland Archive

Episode 573 – Double Jim

This week Damon features tracks from two well know Jims, both once house organists at the Paramount, Oakland

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Music Played

King Kong MarchJim RoseveareParamount Oakland CA

4/27 Wurlitzer
Private Recording (Dick Clay)1983
Once In A WhileJim RiggsGranada Theatre, Kansas City KS

3/21 Barton
RTR Productions (RTC105CD)1991
Blue TwilightJim RoseveareOriental Theatre, Portland OR

3/13 Wurlitzer
Gamba Records (JI01-R)1966
Her Name Is MaryJim RiggsParamount Oakland CA

4/27 Wurlitzer
Melody Masters (MLM 107)1993
Zing! Went The Strings Of My HeartPeter Mintun and Jim RoseveareParamount Oakland CA

4/27 Wurlitzer
Premier Recordings (PRCD 1060)1997
Pop! Goes Your HeartJim RiggsMacy’s Greek Hall, Philidelphia, PA

2/8 Wurlitzer
DSP Recordings2013
Guess Who I Saw TodayJim RoseveareParamount Oakland CA

4/27 Wurlitzer
Private Recording (Dick Clay)1983
You Don’t Like It – Not MuchJim RiggsGranada Theatre, Kansas City KS

3/21 Barton
RTR Productions (RTC105CD)1991