Damon Cox – Page 8 – The Organist Encores

Episode 477 – Thursford @ 90

This week Damon celebrates 90 years of the Thusrford Wurlitzer which started life in the Paramount/Odeon Leeds

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Music Played

Have You Met Miss Jones?	Bryan Rodwell	Paramount/Odeon Leeds 3/19 Wurlitzer	Musiqua	2015
Rhumbalina	Charles Smitton	Paramount/Odeon Leeds 3/19 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (E.R Hart Collection)	1958
They Say It’s Wonderful/I’ve Got My Love To Keep Me Warm	Hubert Selby	Paramount/Odeon Leeds 3/19 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (E.R Hart Collection)	1965
Happy Days Medley	Arnold Loxam	Thursford Collection, Fakenham 3/19 Wurlitzer	Thursford Enterprises (TE 01)	1977
The Way You Look Tonight/Fools Rush In/It’s All Right With Me	Reginald Dixon	Thursford Collection, Fakenham 3/19 Wurlitzer	EMI Records (NTS 205)	1980
Dream/I Can Dream, Can’t I?	Robert Wolfe	Thursford Collection, Fakenham 3/19 Wurlitzer	Thursford Enterprises (TE 11)	1983
Waiting For The Robert E Lee/Carolina In The Morning/Toot, Toot, Tootsie!/I’m Sitting On Top Of The World	Robert Wolfe	Thursford Collection, Fakenham 3/19 Wurlitzer	Wolfe Productions (WPCD 05)	2002

Episode 475 – Indiana

This week Damon features instruments past and present in the state of Indiana

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Music Played

Up, Up And Away	Simon Gledhill	Warren Performing Arts Center, Indianapolis IN 3/18 Barton	Simon Gledhill & CIC-ATOS Inc	2001
Mean To Me/Yellow Bird	Buddy Nolan	Embassy Theatre, Fort Wayne IN 4/15 Page	Concert Recording (CR-0007)	1965
The Continental	Hector Olivera	Embassy Theatre, Fort Wayne IN 4/15 Page	Engle Associates Recording (EAR-10313)
Nanette	Jelani Eddington	Manual High School, Indianapolis IN 3/26 Wurlitzer	Circle Productions/CIC-ATOS	1992
I Won’t Dance	Clark Wilson	Hedback Community Theatre, Indianapolis 2/11 Page/Wurlitzer	ATOS	2014
Change Partners	Dwight Thomas	Paramount Music Palace, Indianapolis IN 4/42 Wurlitzer	Newport Classic (NCD60078)	1990
I Had The Craziest Dream	Ken Double	Paramount Theatre, Anderson, IN 3/12 Page	Paramount Heritage Foundation	2001
Stomping At The Savoy	Mark Herman	Embassy Theatre, Fort Wayne IN 4/16 Page	Embassy Theatre Foundation Inc	2018

Episode 471 – Compton

This week Damon features instruments made by the John Compton organ company.

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Music Played

Up With The Curtain	David Shepherd	Tavernham Hall, Norfolk 3c/8 Compton	Deroy Records (Deroy 1352)	1976
My Valentine	Declan Poole	St. John Vianney Church, Clayhall London 3/7 Compton	DMC Recording	2022
Mexican Shuffle/Tijuana Taxi	Howard Beaumont	Community Centre, Ryhope 3/9 Compton	Fairview Studios (HB 111)	2019
When I Take My Sugar To Tea	Nigel Ogden	Plaza Cinema, Stockport 3/11 Compton	COS Tapes (COS119)	1988
Every Hour/Cherokee	Dudley Savage	Royal/ABC Plymouth 3/8 Compton	Perfect Partner Records (PP001CD)	2008
Narcissus	Reginald Porter-Brown	Guildhall Southampton 4/50 Compton (Dual Console)	Gemini Records (GM 2021)	1973
Memory Corner: I’ll Be Around/Waltzing In The Clouds/I’m Sure Of Everything But You/Chinatown, My Chinatown	Stanley Wyllie	Ritz Belfast 4c/10 Compton	COS Tapes (COS 122)	1995

Episode 469 – Young And Healthy

Damon is back with another selection of feel good favourites which he at least enjoys!

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Music Played

Song Hits Of 1930: Young And Healthy/Remember Me/Jeepers Creepers/September In The Rain/We’re In The Money/I Only Have Eyes For You/Lullaby Of Broadway	Horace Finch	Empress Ballroom, Blackpool 3/13 Wurlitzer	Deroy Records (Deroy 949)	1973
As Long As He Needs Me	Nigel Ogden	BBC Playhouse Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer	Amberlee Records Ltd (ALM 312)	1982
Tijuana Taxi/Java	Phil Kelsall	Assembly Hall, Worthing 3/22 Wurlitzer	Grasmere Records (GRCD130)	2008
Old Cape Cod	Bill Vlasak	Paramount Music Palace, Indianapolis IN 4/42 Wurlitzer	WJV Productions,Inc (WJVCD-107)	1996
At The Codfish Ball	Chris McPhee	Capri Theatre, Adelaide 4/29 Wurlitzer	Chris McPhee (CMCD003)	1999
When Sunny Gets Blue	Lyn Larsen	Organ Stop Pizza, Mesa AZ 4/78 Wurlitzer	Musical Contrasts Inc (MCI-211)	2000
After You’ve Gone	Robin Richmond	Gaumont Manchester 4/14 Wurlitzer	Acorn Records (CF 265)	1974

Episode 465 – Best Of British

Damon features the best of British to help celebrate the Platinum Jubilee weekend!

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Music Played

March – Lime Grove	Nigel Ogden	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	OS Digital (OS254)	2003
Nights Of Gladness	Joseph Seal	Regal/ABC Kingston 3/12 Wurlitzer	Golden House – PYE Records (GH 609)	1975
Run Rabbit Run/(We’re Gonna) Hang Out the Washing On The Siegfried Line/Wish Me Luck As You Wave Me Goodbye	Reginald Dixon	Granada Kingston, London 3c/10 Wurlitzer	Grasmere Recordings (GRCD 106)	2001
Cheeky Chappie	Richard Hills	Guildhall Southampton 4/50 Compton (Dual Console)	Silver Street Music (SSM0037)	2012
Valse Romantique	Simon Gledhill	Dolby House, Holbeach 4/21 Compton	Private Recording	2021
A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square/When They Sound The Last All Clear/There’ll Always Be An England	Phil Kelsall	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Grasmere Records (GRCD132)	2011
Land Of Hope And Glory	Robert Wolfe	Thursford Collection, Fakenham 3/19 Wurlitzer	Thursford Enterprises Ltd (TECD 04)	1991

Episode 463 – Animal

This week Damon takes you on a musical trip to the zoo!

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Music Played

Samba: The Parrot	Ernest Broadbent	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	One-UP/EMI (OU 2171)	1977
Suite From The Carnival Of The Animals – The Elephant	David Harris & Jelani Eddington	Little River Studio, Miller, Whichita 3/19 Wurlitzer	RJE Productions	2005
The Elephant’s Tango	Douglas Reeve	Gaumont Manchester 4/14 Wurlitzer	Acorn Records (CF 255)	1974
Little Red Monkey	John Mann	Tony Manning Residence, Farnborough 3/7 Christie	Grosvenor Records (GRS1114)	1981
Monkey On A String	Walt Strony	Auditorium Theatre, Rochester NY 4/22 Wurlitzer	ATOS 2019	2019
Penguin’s Playtime	Nigel Ogden	Free Trade Hall, Manchester 4/20 Wurlitzer	OS Digital (OS201)	1993
Famingo	Jim Roseveare	Wiltern Theatre Los Angeles CA 4/37 Kimball	Cambria Master Recordings (CD1040)	1996
Alligator Crawl	Robinson Cleaver	Granada, Tooting London 4/14 Wurlitzer	Musique Records	2015
At The Panda’s Party	Sidney Torch	Gaumont State, Kilburn 4/16 Wurlitzer	Piping Hot (PH2007)	2013
Tiger Rag	Reginald Dixon	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Starline (EMI Records)(MRS5056)	1971

Episode 461 – Platinum

Damon celebrates the platinum jubilee ahead of the long celebration weekend with some hits from 1952.

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Music Played

Marching Strings	Ernest Broadbent	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	One-Up/EMI Records (OU 2042)	1974
The ‘Moulin Rouge’ Theme	Joseph Seal	Regal/ABC Kingston 3/12 Wurlitzer	Decca Recording Company (SKL 4154)	1962
Blue Tango	Bill Vlasak	Paramount Music Palace, Indianapolis IN 4/42 Wurlitzer	WJV Productions,Inc (WJVCD-107)	1996
Belle Of The Ball	Donald MacKenzie	Odeon Leicester Square, London 5c/17 Compton	Musiqua (DOMOLS2007)	2007
Lullaby Of Birdland	John Atwell	Capri Theatre, Adelaide 4/25 Wurlitzer	JAmusic (JAM103)	1995
El Choclo	Everett Nourse	Fox San Francisco CA 4/36 Wurlitzer	Fantasy Records (501395014)
Delicado	Robert Wolfe	Thursford Collection, Fakenham 3/19 Wurlitzer	Grasmere Records (GRCD 86)	1997
Auf Wiedersehn Sweetheart	Dudley Savage	Mere Farm, Haughley, Stowmarket 3/8 Compton	DS Productions
Black & White Rag	Phil Kelsall	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Grasmere Records (GRALP 34)	1989

Episode 459 – They Can’t Take That Away From Me

Damon indulges himself this week with some current favourite tracks this week!

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Music Played

The Charleston	Bill Vlasak	Paramount Music Palace, Indianapolis IN 4/42 Wurlitzer	Music Palace Productions (MPP-1002)
Jitterbug Waltz	Dave Wickerham	John Dickinson High School, Wilmington DE 3/66 Kimball	Dickinson Theatre Organ Society (DTOS901)	2000
Empty Saddles In The Old Coral	Vic Hammett	Granada, Tooting London 4/14 Wurlitzer	Audicord (ACD 232)	1980
Dancing In The Dark	Jim Roseveare	Paramount Oakland CA 4/27 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	1983
Plink, Plank, Plunk	Pierre Palla	AVRO Radio Studio, Hilversum, Holland 4/19 Standaart-Compton	Private Recording	1958
They Can’t Take That Away From Me	Buddy Cole	Buddy Cole Studio, Hollywood CA 3/27 Wurlitzer-Morton	Doric Recording (DO 1421)	1980
Time Was	Keith Beckingham	Town Hall Clydebank 3/13 Wurlitzer	Chow Productions (COCD102)	2004
Rhumba: Close Your Eyes/History Of Love	Phil Kelsall	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Grasmere Records (GRCD125)	2006
Three Coins In The Fountain	Reginald Dixon	BBC Playhouse Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer	One-Up (EMI Records) (OU 2132)	1976
Something’s Gotta Give	George Wright	George Wright Studio Organ, Leslie Factory, Pasadena CA 3/27 Wurlitzer	Westlake Productions/BANDA CD (BA-520042)	2004

Episode 457 – The Rustle Of Spring

Theres an air of spring about – well at least there is on this weeks show!

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Music Played

Spring, Spring, Spring	Mark Laflin	St. John Vianney Church, Clayhall London 3/7 Compton	TOEnc Recording	2016
The Last Spring	David Gray	Dennis Unk Residence, Erie PA 3/21 Wurlitzer	Dennis Unks	2017
On A Spring Note	John Atwell	Capri Theatre, Adelaide 4/25 Wurlitzer	JAmusic (JAM103)	1995
It Might As Well Be Spring	Michael Wooldridge	New Victoria Centre, Howden-le-Wear 3/19 Wurlitzer	Merlin Productions	2012
The Rustle Of Spring	Reginald Foort	Foort Touring Organ 5/27 Möller	Piping Hot (PH2006)	2000
Sweeden In Springtime	Gerald Shaw	Odeon Leicester Square, London 5c/17 Compton	Private Recording (H.R Hart Collection)
Spring Is Here	Buddy Cole	Buddy Cole Studio, Hollywood CA 3/27 Wurlitzer-Morton	Warner Bros. Records (WS 1533)	1963
Spring Fever	George Wright	Hollywood Philharmonic Organ at George Wright Residence, Hollywood 4/28 Wurlitzer	BANDA CD (DIDX 3322)	1988

Episode 454 – Music While You Work

On this show, Damon features some selections from “Music While You Work” broadcasts.

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Music Played

It’s A Sin To Tell A Lie/The Old Pianna Rag	Robin Richmond Quartet	Hammond Organ	E.R Hart Collection	????
???/It’s Nice To Go Travelling/Standing On The Corner/???/Macapa/One Of Those Songs	Jimmy Leach And His Organolians	Hammond Organ	E.R Hart Collection	????
Blue Tango/My Favourite Things/Do-Re-Mi/Climb Every Mountain	Robinson Cleaver	Hammond Organ	E.R Hart Collection	????
Charmaine/You Are My Lucky Star/Don’t Blame Me/Give Me The Simple Life/Moon River	Robin Richmond Trio	Hammond Organ	E.R Hart Collection	1961
Cherokee/Boom/Calcutta/Scenic Railway	Ronnie Munroe Sextette	Hammond Organ	E.R Hart Collection	????