Damon Cox – The Organist Encores

Episode 674 – Master Tapes 2

This week Damon continues his mini series going through the Lancastrian Theatre Organ Trusts commercial releases.

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Music Played

Broadway Melody/Bei Mir Bis Du Schon/S’ Wonderful	Len Rawle	Paramount/Odeon Manchester 4/20 Wurlitzer	Acorn Records (CF245)/TOEnc Archive	1973
Foxtrots And ‘You’: It Had To Be You/Have You Ever Been Lonely?/You Were Meant For Me	Len Rawle	Gaumont Manchester 4/14 Wurlitzer	Acorn Records (CF245)/TOEnc Archive	1973
Butterflies In The Rain	William Davies	Gaumont Manchester 4/14 Wurlitzer	Acorn Records (CF250)/TOEnc Archive	1974
Brighton Blues: When The Blue Of The Night/Blue Skies/My Blue Heaven/Goodbye Blues	Douglas Reeve	Gaumont Manchester 4/14 Wurlitzer	Acorn Records (CF255)/TOEnc Archive	1974
Moonlight Saunter: Underneath The Stars	Eric Barlow	Gaumont Manchester 4/14 Wurlitzer	Acorn Records (CF260)/TOEnc Archive	1975
After You’ve Gone	Robin Richmond	Gaumont Manchester 4/14 Wurlitzer	Acorn Records (CF265)/TOEnc Archive	1975
What The World Needs Now/Wives And Lovers	Nigel Ogden	Free Trade Hall, Manchester 4/20 Wurlitzer	Acorn Records (CF275)/TOEnc Archive	1977
Blue Moon	Louis Mordish	Free Trade Hall, Manchester 4/20 Wurlitzer	Lancastrian Theatre Organ Trust (LTOT 8017)/TOEnc Archive	1980
12th Street Rag	Robert Wolfe	Free Trade Hall, Manchester 4/20 Wurlitzer	Lancastrian Theatre Organ Trust (LTOT 8017)/TOEnc Archive	1980

Episode 673 – Master Tapes 1

This week Damon has the first of a mini series going through the Lancastrian Theatre Organ Trusts commercial releases.

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Music Played

In The Hall Of The Mountain King	Gerald Shaw	Paramount/Odeon Manchester 4/20 Wurlitzer	Acorn Records (CF220)/TOEnc Archive	1973
A Fancy	Simon Wright	Town Hall Manchester 5/64ss Cavaille-Coll	Acorn Records (CF220)/TOEnc Archive	1973
How Am I To Know?	Eric Lord	Paramount/Odeon Manchester 4/20 Wurlitzer	Acorn Records (CF225)/TOEnc Archive	1973
That’s A-Plenty	Noel Briggs	Gaumont Manchester 4/14 Wurlitzer	Acorn Records (CF225)/TOEnc Archive	1973
Overture: Si J’Etais Roi	Ernest Broadbent	Paramount/Odeon Manchester 4/20 Wurlitzer	Acorn Records (CF235)/TOEnc Archive	1973
How About The Weather?: Powder Your Face With Sunshine/Keep Your Sunnyside Up/We’ll All Go Riding On A Rainbow/Singin’ In The Rain	Ernest Broadbent	Gaumont Manchester 4/14 Wurlitzer	Acorn Records (CF235)/TOEnc Archive	1973
I’ll See You Again/For You	Ernest Broadbent & Enid Powell	Paramount/Odeon Manchester 4/20 Wurlitzer	Acorn Records (CF240)/TOEnc Archive	1973

Episode 671 – All Original Part 4

This week Damon continues his series looking at UK original Installations that have survived.

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Music Played

Theres No Business Like Showiness	Michael Wooldridge	Granada Harrow 3c/8 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Recording	2026
Blue Moon/Bugle Call Rag	Damon Cox	Granada Harrow 3c/8 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Recording	2026
Yesterday/Can’t Buy Me Love	Michael Wooldridge	Granada Harrow 3c/8 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	2026
‘The Boyfriend’ Selection: The Boy Friend/A Room In Bloomsbury/Fancy Forgetting/It’s Never Too Late To Fall In Love/I Could Be Happy With You	Keith Beckingham	Granada Harrow 3c/8 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1968
By A Sleepy Lagoon	John Mann	Granada Harrow 3c/8 Wurlitzer	Wayne Ivany Collection
Play To My Gipsy	Vic Hammett	Granada Harrow 3c/8 Wurlitzer	Wayne Ivany Collection
Fate In Santa Lucia	Louis Mordish	Granada Harrow 3c/8 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1992
Says My Heart	Damon Cox	Granada Harrow 3c/8 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Recording	2026

Episode 669 – More New Tapes

This week Damon delves more into the latest batch of tapes.

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Music Played

Cockney Capers	Gerald Shaw	Odeon Leicester Square, London 5c/17 Compton	TOEnc Archive	1961
Dinkie Donkey	Reginald Porter-Brown	BBC Theatre Organ No.2, Hoxton, London 5/27 Möller	TOEnc Archive	1963
I’ll Follow My Secret Heart	Vic Hammett	Granada, Tooting London 4/14 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1967
Little Brazilian Soldier	George Blackmore	Gaumont State, Kilburn 4/16 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1963
There’s No Business Like Show Business/I Talk To The Trees/Dinah/Tenderly/Pretty Little Black-Eyed Suzie	Joseph Seal	Ritz Richmond 3/8 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1954
Strike Up The Band/Oh Lady Be Good/I Got Rhythm	Reginald Porter-Brown	BBC Theatre Organ No.2, Hoxton, London 5/27 Möller	TOEnc Archive	1963
I Can Give You The Starlight/It’s Only A Paper Moon/Now Is The Hour	Horace Finch	Empress Ballroom, Blackpool 3/13 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1962
The Old Pianna Rag	Reginald Dixon	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1961

Episode 668 – New Tapes

This week Damon delves into the latest batch of tapes.

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Music Played

Lets Twist Again/I Know Why/The Green Leaves Of Summer/The Young Ones	Reginald Dixon	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1962
Strolling Along	Neville Meale	Granada, Clapham Junction, London 3c/8 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1954
Miss Jane	Horace Finch	BBC Theatre Organ No.2, Hoxton, London 5/27 Möller	TOEnc Archive	1958
Canyon Caballero	Bobby Pagan	Ritz Richmond 3/8 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1967
Seventeen/I’ll Come When You Call/The Yellow Rose Of Texas/Close To Me/Twenty Tiny Fingers	Bryan Rodwell	Granada, Tooting London 4/14 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1957
If I Could Write A Book	Len Rawle	Paramount/Odeon Manchester 4/20 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1973
Skyliner	Noel Briggs	Gaumont Manchester 4/14 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1973
Belle, Belle My Liberty Belle/I Love The Sunshine Of Your Smile/Powder Your Face With Sunshine	Stanley Tudor	Odeon Sale 3/8 Christie	TOEnc Archive	1953
Tiger Rag	Reginald Dixon	Davenport Theatre, Stockport 3/6 Compton	TOEnc Archive	1978

Episode 664 – All Original Part 3

This week Damon continues his series looking at UK original Installations that have survived.

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Music Played

Rhapsody in Blue	Harold Ramsay & Patricia Rossborough	Granada, Tooting London 4/14 Wurlitzer	Parlophone (R1895) Wayne Ivany Collection	1934
Who’s Afraid Of The Big Bad Wolf	Don Baker	Granada, Tooting London 4/14 Wurlitzer	Parlophone (R1687) Wayne Ivany Collection	1933
Charade	Robinson Cleaver	Granada, Tooting London 4/14 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1966
Pedro From Palamos	Bobby Pagan	Granada, Tooting London 4/14 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1963
Waltz Time: Sweet September/Falling In Love With Love/Lover	Jackie Brown	Granada, Tooting London 4/14 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1968
Consoling The Console	Reginald Porter-Brown	Granada, Tooting London 4/14 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1958
Lullaby Of The Leaves	Vic Hammett	Granada, Tooting London 4/14 Wurlitzer	Audicord (ACD 232)	1980
Louise	Bryan Rodwell	Granada, Tooting London 4/14 Wurlitzer	Ventures In Sound (VIS-B3)

Episode 658 – All Original Part 2

This week Damon continues his series looking at UK original Installations that have survived.

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Music Played

Live Love and Laugh	James Bell	Odeon Leicester Square, London 5c/17 Compton	Bosworth (BE25) Wayne Ivany Collection	c1941
Leicester Square Looks Round	Gerald Shaw	Odeon Leicester Square, London 5c/17 Compton	TOEnc Archive	1964
In Olden Tymes	John Howlett	Odeon Leicester Square, London 5c/17 Compton	TOEnc Archive	1958
A Walk In The Black Forest	William Davies	Odeon Leicester Square, London 5c/17 Compton	TOEnc Archive	1977
Turn Ye to Me	David Shepherd	Odeon Leicester Square, London 5c/17 Compton	TOEnc Archive	1981
Sweet Sue	Donald MacKenzie	Odeon Leicester Square, London 5c/17 Compton	Musiqua (201801)	2018
Portrait Of A Flirt	William Davies	Odeon Hammersmith 4/15 Compton	TOEnc Archive	1977
Sentimental Journey	Andrew Fenner	Odeon Hammersmith 4/15 Compton	Concert Recording (CR-0059)	1968
Satyr Dance	Richard Hills	Odeon Hammersmith 4/15 Compton	YouTube

Episode 656 – Tribute: Nigel Ogden

Today Damon pays tribute to Nigel Ogden who sadly passed away last week.

Click here for Nigels tribute page and funeral details.

This extended show is split over two parts

Part 1

Part 2

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Music Played

Part 1

From This Moment On	Nigel Ogden	BBC Playhouse Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1983
Those Were The Days/The Night They Invented Champagne/I Remember It Well/Gigi	Nigel Ogden	Gaumont Manchester 4/14 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1973
Mah Nà Mah Nà	Nigel Ogden	Free Trade Hall, Manchester 4/20 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1977
From This Moment On/The Mood I’m In/Matchmaker	Nigel Ogden	BC Playhouse Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1980
Whispering	Nigel Ogden & Robin Richmond	BC Playhouse Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1982
Flower Duet	Nigel Ogden	St. John Vianney Church, Clayhall London 3/7 Compton	TOEnc Archive	1994
Autumn Leaves	Nigel Ogden	Church Of St Mary, Lowe House, St. Helens 3/11 Christie	TOEnc Recording	2021
Limehouse Blues	Nigel Ogden	Empress Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer/Compton	TOEnc Recording	2020
Somebody Stole My Gal	Nigel Ogden	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	OS Video (OSDVD 103)	1999
Carillion Sortie	Nigel Ogden	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1982
Penguin’s Playtime	Nigel Ogden	Free Trade Hall, Manchester 4/20 Wurlitzer	OS Digital (OS201)	1993
England’s Glory	Nigel Ogden	Town Hall Manchester 5m Cavaille-Coll	OS Digital (OS207)	1994

Part 2

From This Moment On	Nigel Ogden	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	OS Digital (OS214)	1995
Moonlight In Vermont	Nigel Ogden	Hammond Commodore with HL722 Leslie speaker	OS Digital (OS251)	2001
Sweet Georgia Brown/Five Ft Two/Mack The Knife/Poor People Of Paris	Nigel Ogden	Streatham Ice Rink Hammond C3	TOEnc Archive	1983
Pink Champagne	Nigel Ogden & John Roadhouse	BBC Playhouse Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer	NDO Project (CD 207)	2018
I’ve Got You Under My Skin	Nigel Ogden & Bryan Rodwell	Assembly Hall, Worthing 3/11 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1988
In A Persian Market	Nigel Ogden	BBC Broadcasting House, London 4/35 Compton	TOEnc Archive	1998
That’s Entertainment	Nigel Ogden	BBC Playhouse Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1986
Funeral March Of A Marionette	Nigel Ogden	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Grasmere Records (GRCD135)	2011
Can I Forget You?	Nigel Ogden	AVRO Radio Studio, Hilversum, Holland 4/19 Standaart-Compton	TOEnc Archive	1985
The Best Of Nacio Herb Brown: Broadway Melody/ You Are My Lucky Star/ All I Do Is Dream Of You/ Should I?/ Wedding Of The Painted Doll/ You Were Meant For Me	Nigel Ogden	Town Hall Stockport 4/20 Wurlitzer	Grasmere Recordings Ltd (GRCD129)	2008
I’ll Walk With God	Nigel Ogden	St. John Vianney Church, Clayhall London 3/7 Compton	COS Tapes (COS114)	1988

Episode 655 – All Original Part 1

This week Damon starts a series looking at original Installations that have survived – Starting on Regent Street!

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Music Played

In a Persian Market	Reginald Foort	New Gallery Regent Street, London 2/8 Wurlitzer	HMV (C1285)	1926
Marigold	Ena Baga	New Gallery Regent Street, London 2/8 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1983
The Butterfly	Florance De Jong	New Gallery Regent Street, London 2/8 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1983
Again	David Shepherd	New Gallery Regent Street, London 2/8 Wurlitzer	COS Tapes (COS120)	1991
Old Comrades	Richard Hills	New Gallery Regent Street, London 2/8 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	2006
Ain’t She Sweet/Moonlight In Vermont/Basin Street Bounce/You Can’t Get A Man With A Gun	Damon Cox	Regent Street Cinema, London 3/6 Compton	TOEnc Recording	2025
The Typewriter	Malcolm Rudland	BBC Broadcasting House, London 4/35 Compton	TOEnc Archive	1977
Intermezzo From Widor 6	Carlo Curley	BBC Broadcasting House, London 4/35 Compton	TOEnc Archive	1992

Episode 653 – Möller Contrasts

This week Damon has two contrasts from the archive.

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Music Played

a) Tritsch Tratsch Polka b) Haunted Ballroom c) Scintillating Stars d) Little Serenade	John Howlett	BBC Theatre Organ No.2, Hoxton, London 5/27 Möller	TOEnc Archive
a) Festival Day b) Babbling c) Telstar d) Dancing Years Selection	Reginald Porter-Brown	BBC Theatre Organ No.2, Hoxton, London 5/27 Möller	TOEnc Archive	1963