Damon Cox

Well its time for our New Years party and Damon looks back over 2018 with some exclusive material that’s not been featured on this years shows so far! This includes tracks featuring John Mann, Len Rawle, Robert Wolfe, Phil Kelsall and may more! So sit back and enjoy just over an hour of The Organist Encores!

From Nigel Ogden, John Leeming and Damon Cox, we wish you all a happy and prosperous new year!

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Music played

Track	Artist	Organ	Record Label	Year
High School Cadets/Vienna Forever/Entry Of The Gladiators	Robert Wolfe	Assembly Hall, Worthing 3/22 Wurlitzer	DMC Recording	2018
Bring Him Home	Aaron Hawthorne	Summerlee Museum, Coatbridge 3/8 Compton	Aaron Hawthorne Recording	2018
Waltzing Through Europe: Tulips From Amsterdam/Vienna City Of My Dreams/Wunderbar/Under The Bridges Of Paris/Wonderful Copenhagen	Keith Beckingahm	Neuadd Pendre, Tywyn 3c/9 Wurlitzer	DMC Recording	2018
The Girl From Corsica/The Bugle Call Rag	Len Rawle	Troxy Stepney London 4/25 Wurlitzer	DMC Recording	2018
Quiet Village	David Lobban	Fentham Hall, Hampton-in-Arden 3/11 Compton	DMC Recording	2018
Canadian Capers/Russian Rag/Butterflies In The Rain/Wedding Of The Painted Doll	Phil Kelsall	Victoria Hall, Saltaire 3/12 Wurlitzer	DMC Recording	2018
Sussex By The Sea	John Mann	Pavillion, Bournemouth 4/22 Compton	DMC Recording	2018
Sullivan/Novello Selection: The Lord High Executioner/Someday My Heart Will Awake/Pair Of Sparkling Eyes/Give You The Starlight/Flowers That Bloom In The Spring/Love Is My Reason/A Wandering Minstrel/The Leap Year Waltz/Policeman’s Chorus/Cachucha	John Mann	Pavillion, Bournemouth 4/22 Compton	DMC Recording	2018
Land Of Hope And Glory/Sussex By The Sea	John Mann	Pavillion, Bournemouth 4/22 Compton	DMC Recording	2018
We’ll Meet Again/Sussex By The Sea	John Mann	Pavillion, Bournemouth 4/22 Compton	DMC Recording	2018
Auld Lang Syne	Nigel Ogden	Free Trade Hall, Manchester 4/20 Wurlitzer	Cavendish Music (CAV CD63)	1994

Well its time for our festive party, and this week Damon has filled the show with festive favourites from a multitude of well known and loved artists!

From Nigel Ogden, John Leeming and Damon Cox, we wish you all a very Merry Christmas and many thanks for your continued support!

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Music played

Track	Artist	Organ	Record Label	Year
Happy Days Are Here Again	Mark Laflin	Organ Theatre, St. Albans 3/10 Wurlitzer	DMC Recording	2016
It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year	Mark Laflin	Organ Theatre, St. Albans 3/10 Wurlitzer	DMC Recording	2016
The Christmas Song	Robert Wolfe	Thursford Collection, Fakenham 3/19 Wurlitzer	Wolfe Productions (WPCD 06)	2002
Deck The Halls	Michael Wooldridge	Wurlitzer Lodge, Northolt, London 3/19 Wurlitzer	Merlin Productions (MP102)	c1980s
An Organist’s Yuletide Part 1: Pastoral Symphony/O Come All Ye Faithful/Mistletoe Bough/Theres A Tavern In The Town/God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman	Quentin Maclean	Regal/Odeon Marble Arch, London 4/37 Christie	Sterndale Records (STE 1315)	2000
A Very Merry Christmas Part 2: Good King Wenceslas/Mistletoe Bough/O Dem Golden Slipers/Jingle Bells/Little Brown Jug/Old Folk A Home/Auld Lang Sye	Sidney Torch	Regal/Odeon Marble Arch, London 4/37 Christie	Wayne Ivany Collection	c1930’s
Sleigh Ride	Lew Williams	Organ Stop Pizza, Mesa AZ 4/78 Wurlitzer	ERB Enterprises, Inc	2003
Silent Night	Phil Kelsall	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Crimson Productions (CRIMCD183)	1998
Merry Christmas Everybody/Jingle Bell Rock	David Lobban	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer & Yamaha HS8	LaserLight Digital (21 305)	1998
Winter Wonderland	Reginald Dixon & John McCarthy Chorus	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Readers Digest (2-769-0-1)	1968

John Leeming’s contribution this month, although not festive, does fit the time of year very well. With darkness setting in well before 5pm and the heating on to make a cosy home, the Moonlight Lullaby is just the right type of thing to accompany the cracking of an open fire or, perhaps a glass of cherry before bed – whatever your situation, the scintillating tones of the Clayhall Compton in the hands of Stanley Wyllie is bound to complete your evening!

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Clair De Lune
Melody Fair
O For The Wings Of A Dove
Roses Of Picardy
Shadow Waltz
Unknown???
How Beautiful Is Night
Down By The River
Unknown???
The Haunted Ballroom
Clair De Lune

Note: The Banging throughout is NOT the Melotone – it is in fact a nearby fireworks display!

All tracks played by Stanley Wyllie on the 3/7 Compton in the St John Vianney Church, Clayhall. Recorded & Edited by John Leeming in October 1995. Thanks to the Cinema Organ Society and John Leeming for giving permission for this to be broadcast! Continuity Announcer: Richard Hills

On this week’s show Damon takes a looks at some new commercial recordings that hit the headlines in recent months. This includes tracks from the new CD featuring the Royalty Cinema Wurlitzer called ‘Lakeland Serenade’ – which sounds wonderful!

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Music played

Track	Artist	Organ	Record Label	Year
I Like America from Ace Of Clubs	Richard Hills	Embassy Theatre, Fort Wayne IN 4/16 Page		2018
You’ll Never Know/The Shadow Waltz	Mark Herman	Embassy Theatre, Fort Wayne IN 4/16 Page		2018
Polka Dots	Mark Laflin	St. John Vianney Church, Clayhall London 3/7 Compton	Cinema Organ Society	2018
Jolly Jillet	Declan Poole	Royalty Cinema, Bowness-on-Windermere 2/7 Wurlitzer	An FTOP Production	2018
This Is All I Ask	Simon Gledhill	Royalty Cinema, Bowness-on-Windermere 2/7 Wurlitzer	An FTOP Production	2018
The Locomotion	Richard Morgan	Royalty Cinema, Bowness-on-Windermere 2/7 Wurlitzer	An FTOP Production	2018
Blue Moon	Len Rawle	Royalty Cinema, Bowness-on-Windermere 2/7 Wurlitzer	An FTOP Production	2018
I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside	Peter Jebson	Royalty Cinema, Bowness-on-Windermere 2/7 Wurlitzer	An FTOP Production	2018

On this week’s show Damon is very much in an oriental mood as he has just returned from Hong Kong. So this week’s show is filled with the sounds of the orient plus a section of soundtrack from a new film out featuring a newly installed Wurlitzer! **NEW CD from the Royalty Wurlitzer – Tracks to be featured on Damon’s next show**

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Music played

Track	Artist	Organ	Record Label	Year
Come Fly With Me	Simon Gledhill	Alabama Theatre, Birmingham AL 4/29 Wurlitzer	Alabama Chapter ATOS (ALA-1783-09)	2009
Rickshaw Ride	Donald MacKenzie	Odeon Leicester Square, London 5c/17 Compton	Musiqua (201801)	2018
One Fine Day	John Giacchi	Sanfilippo Music Salon, Barrington Hills IL 5/80 Wurlitzer	Modern Mood Music (MMM 003)	2001
Cherry	David Gray	Dennis Unk Residence, Erie PA 3/21 Wurlitzer	Dennis Unks Productions	2017
Japanese Sunset	George Wright	Richard Vaughn Studio Organ, Hollywood CA 5/21 Wurlitzer	Hi-Fi Records (R-717)	1972
When East Meets West Part 1:Chinatown, Chinatown/Japanese Sandman/Limehouse Blues	Sidney Torch	Regal Edmonton 4/15 Christie	Sterndale Records (STE 1001R)	1991
The Mighty Wurlitzer	Mark Herman & Orchestra	Nathan Barr Studio, Tarzana, Los Angeles CA 3/19 Wurlitzer	Back Lot Music	2018

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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Music played

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

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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Music played

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

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

On this week’s show Damon is back at the microphone and reflects on the extreme warm weather with some songs to suit. A high proportion of tunes this week are written by Antônio Carlos Jobim who is very much associated with the Bossa Nova tempo. Mixed in-between are a few lively sambas and a rhumba thrown in for good measure!

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Music played

Track	Artist	Organ	Record Label	Year
Rio Chambira	Gerald Shaw	Odeon Leicester Square, London 5c/17 Compton	Musiqua	2015
Rhumba: The Americano/Shangri-la	Phil Kelsall	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Grasmere Records (GRCD108)	2001
Meditation	Len Rawle	Ritz Ballroom, Brighouse 3/10 Wurlitzer	Piping Hot (PH2009)	2003
The Girl From Ipanema	Charlie Balogh	Organ Stop Pizza, Mesa AZ 4/78 Wurlitzer	ERB Enterprises, Inc (ERB110)	2000
Samba Incognito	Iain Flitcroft	Granada Studio Tours Manchester 4/14 Wurlitzer	OS Digital (OS213)	1995
Wave	Nigel Ogden	Hammond C3	Sanctuary Records Group Ltd (PLSCD 774)	2011
How Insensitive	George Wright	Rialto Theatre, South Pasadena, CA 2/14 Wurlitzer	BANDA CD (BA-109759-2)	1997
Tampico/Tico Tico	Robert Wolfe	Thursford Collection, Fakenham 3/19 Wurlitzer	Wolfe Productions (WPCD 14)	2009