John Leeming

On this week’s show John Leeming selects Random Numbers – Listen to find out more!

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Track	Artist	Organ	Record Label	Year
New Sun in the Sky	Jelani Eddington	Rialto Square Theatre, Joliet, IL 4/22 Barton	JATOE	2009
Smile to Smile	Michael Wooldridge	Gaumont State, Kilburn 4/16 Wurlitzer	OS Digital (OS 218)	1995
That Lovely Weekend/The White Cliffs of Dover/ We’ll Meet Again	Nigel Ogden	St Albans Organ Theatre 3/6 Rutt	RHD Sounds (RHD 0207)	2007
El  Abanico	Robert Wolfe	Thursford Collection 3/19 Wurlitzer	Grasmere (GRCD 93)	1998
Two Sleepy People	Tom Hazleton	Alabama Theatre, Birmingham AL 4/38 Wurlitzer	ATOS Alabama Chapter	2002
Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen	Chris McPhee	Orion Centre, Campsie, Sydney 3/17 Wurlitzer	Chris McPhee Recordings (CMCD 002)	1995
It’s Been a Long, Long Time	Dwight Beacham	Allen Studios, Macungie, PA 3/33 Allen VTPO	Allen Organ Company (AOC 031-2008)	1998
Don’t Fence Me In	George Wright	Hollywood Philharmonic Organ, CA 3/33 Wurlitzer	Banda Records (DIDX 2532)	1987
Cherry Blossom Time	Everett Nourse	Fox Theatre, San Francisco, CA 4/36 Wurlitzer	Fantasy Records (85013/14)	1994

On this week’s show John Leeming pays musical tribute to Jim Buckland who was the brains behind the Worthing Wurlitzer. Music is accompanied with interview snippets John recorded with Jim a few years ago.

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Track	Artist	Organ	Record Label	Year
The Hawaiian Wedding Song	Phil Kelsall	Assembly Hall, Worthing 3/22 Wurlitzer	Grasmere Records (GRCD130)	2008
Ca C’est Paris/Loves Roundabout/Loves Last Word Is Spoken	Ernest Broadbent	Assembly Hall, Worthing 3/11 Wurlitzer	Private recording	c1982
Stairway To The Stars	David Williams	Assembly Hall, Worthing 3/11 Wurlitzer	Private recording	c1982
Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams	Geoff Solman	Assembly Hall, Worthing 3/11 Wurlitzer	COS Tapes (COS117)	1989
Life Is Nothing Without Music/It’s The Talk Of The Town	Iain Flitcroft	Assembly Hall, Worthing 3/22 Wurlitzer	WW Records (WWCD1050)	2003
Deep Night	David Gray	Assembly Hall, Worthing 3/22 Wurlitzer	Private recording	2015
Cheek To Cheek/Top Hat	Simon Gledhill	Assembly Hall, Worthing 3/22 Wurlitzer	Private recording	2012
I’m In The Mood For Love	Walt Strony	Assembly Hall, Worthing 3/22 Wurlitzer	Private recording	2007

On this week’s show John Leeming climbs up the ladder to his treasure trove of archive recordings featuring some of the finest artists from yesteryear and instruments many of which are no longer accessible or exist!

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Track	Artist	Organ	Record Label	Year
Somewhere Over the Rainbow	Horace Finch	Empress Ballroom, Blackpool 3/13 Wurlitzer	Private recording	1958
True Love/In the Still of the Night	Reginald Holland	Odeon, Blackpool 4/13 Conacher	Private recording	1961
Love’s Last Word Is Spoken	Eric Lord	Paramount/Odeon Newcastle 3/19 Wurlitzer	Private recording	1948
Alley Cat	George Blackmore	Ritz Richmond 3/8 Wurlitzer	Cinema Organ Society	1963
Love Walked In	Dudley Savage	Mere Farm, Haughley, Stowmarket 3/8 Compton	Private recording	1990s
Harlem Nocturne	Ena Baga	Gaumont State, Kilburn 4/16 Wurlitzer	Private recording	1964
La Rosita	Florence de Jong	New Gallery Regent Street, London 2/8 Wurlitzer	HMV Records (B3513)	c1930
March: Garrison Theatre	Dudley Beavan	Granada, North Cheam 3c/8 Wurlitzer	Private recording	1940
One Hour with You	Quentin Maclean	Trocadero Elephant and Castle, London 4/21 Wurlitzer	Columbia Records (DB823)	1932
There Will Never Be Another You	Bryan Rodwell	Southbank Polytechnic, London 4/24 Wurlitzer	Private recording	c1968

On this week’s show John Leeming pulls out a handful of random LP’s and selects tracks from them! A real variety of sounds from the past including contributions from Clark Wilson, Hector Olivera, David Shepherd and many more!

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Track	Artist	Organ	Record Label	Year
Goofy Dame	Stanley Tudor	Gaumont Theatre, Manchester 4/14 Wurlitzer	Deroy Records (885)	c1973
I Hadn’t Anyone till You	Dick Schrum	Bill Blunk Studio, Portland, OR 5/24 Marr & Colton	Concert Recording (CRO008)	1966
You,/Who?	Clark Wilson	Wheaton Fox Studio, Illinois 3/16 Robert Morton	Wheaton Fox Productions (WFP-1001)	1983
Laura	David Shepherd	Rex Cinema, Stratford, London 2/7 Wurlitzer	Deroy Records (1324)	1975
Comedians’ Gallop	Brian Sharp	Sandford Holiday Park, Poole 3/15 Christie	Grosvenor Records (GRS.115)	1985
Always	Billy Nalle	Strand Theatre, Plattsburgh, NY 3/20 Wurlitzer	Readers’ Digest (RDS 6854)	1979
I’ll Never, Never Fall in Love Again	Robinson Cleaver, The Organ, The Dance Band and Me	EMI Studio No.1, St John’s Wood 3/8 Compton	EMI Records (SH 504)	1986
Cry Me a River	Hector Olivera	Auditorium Theatre, Rochester, NY 4/22 Wurlitzer	RTOS Inc (EAR-10240)	1974
Jeepers Creepers	Sidney Torch	Gaumont State Theatre, Kilburn 4/16 Wurlitzer	Doric Records (DO(S) 1211)	c1970

On this week’s show John Leeming delves into the world of organ plus. Plus what you might ask? Why not listen in and find out how the mighty can work so well with a variety of different instruments!

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Track	Artist	Organ	Record Label	Year
Paddlin’ Madeleine Home	Simon Gledhill & New Foxtrot Serenaders	Musical Museum, Brentford 3/12 Wurlitzer	Foxtrot (NFS CD05)	2010
I’ve Got My Eyes on You/April Showers/Crazy Rhythm	Lyn Larsen & Jack Bethards Band	Plummer Auditorium Fullerton CA 4/37 Wurlitzer	Beldale Records (121)	2000
Moonlight Serenade	Bryan Rodwell & The Sounds of Brass	Southbank Polytechnic, London 4/24 Wurlitzer	Private recording	1993
My Song of the Nile	Herbert Griffiths & Manhattan Serenaders	Stoll Picture Theatre, London 3/17 Jardine	Vocalion Broadcast Records (2522B)	c1930
‘Lights Up’ medley	Robinson Cleaver & Patricia Rossborough	Abbey Road EMI Studios 3/9 Compton	EMI Parlophone (F1693)	1940
Moonlight on the Ganges	Jim Roseveare & Peter Mintun	Paramount Oakland CA 4/27 Wurlitzer	Premier Recordings (PRCD 1060)	1997
A Night with Rosita medley	Gerhard Gregor & Rhythm combo	NDR Studio Hammond C3	Private recording	c1970

On this week’s show John Leeming is at the microphone celebrating what would have been Doreen Chadwick’s 100th Birthday. Doreen was presidents for many years of the Cinema Organ Society. It seemed them appropriate to look at some of the other presidents of the COS over the years!

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Track	Artist	Organ	Record Label	Year
Doreen	Doreen Chadwick	Gaumont Manchester 4/14 Wurlitzer	Private recording	1965
Mosquito Samba	Doreen Chadwick	Gaumont Manchester 4/14 Wurlitzer	Private recording	1965
Elephant Tango	John Mann	Folly Farm Zoo, Begelly, Kilgetty, Wales 4/14 Wurlitzer	Compton Lodge Studios (CLS-CD1001)	2010
Primero	Douglas Reeve	Dome Brighton 4/40 Hill Norman and Beard ‘Christie’	Cinema Organ Society (COS126)	2016
That Everloving Rag	Robin Richmond	Polygon Records Studio Hammond C3	Castle Communications (PLSCD303)	1998
I’ll See You in My Dreams	Hubert Selby	Paramount/Odeon Leeds 3/19 Wurlitzer	Private recording	c1967
There’s a Small Hotel/Lover	Hubert Selby	Paramount/Odeon Leeds 3/19 Wurlitzer	Private recording	c1967
Singing in the Rain	Doreen Chadwick	Granada, Tooting London 4/14 Wurlitzer	ATOS London (ATOSLDVD001)	2008
Dance of the Three Old Maids	Douglas Reeve	Dome Brighton 4/40 Hill Norman and Beard ‘Christie’	BBC Records (REC110M)	1971
Thunder and Lightning Polka	John Mann	Trinity Arts Centre, Pudsey 3/8 Wurlitzer	Grosvenor Records (CDGRS1263)	1992
Pompton Turnpike	Robin Richmond	Southbank Polytechnic, London 4/24 Wurlitzer	Private recording	c1997
Dream	Hubert Selby	Thursford Collection, Fakenham 3/19 Wurlitzer	Thursford Enterprises (TE03)	1978
Sussex by the Sea	John Mann	Burtey Fen Collection 3/14 Compton	Burtey Fen Collection (BFC004)	2006

On this week’s show John reflects on his latest trip to the ATOS convention by highlighting some of his favourite tracks from previous years. There plenty of artists, both established and new to entertain you this week!

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Track	Artist	Organ	Record Label	Year
Back Bay Shuffle	‘Guy Melendy’	Joe Kearns Studio 3/26 Wurlitzer	RCA Camden (CAL414)	1957
Fun to Be Fooled	Clark Wilson	Ohio Theatre, Columbus OH 4/34 Robert Morton	ATOS Cleveland	2016
Mattinata	Jerry Nagano	Civic Theatre, Akron OH 3/19 Wurlitzer	ATOS Cleveland	2016
Jazz Master	Jelani Eddington	Renaissance Theatre, Mansfield OH 3/20 Wurlitzer	ATOS Cleveland	2016
Ginza Samba	Justin LaVoie	Stahl’s Auto Museum, Chesterfield MI 3/23 Wurlitzer	ATOS Cleveland	2016
Rock around the Clock	Nathan Avakian	Tampa Theatre, Tampa FL 3/17 Wurlitzer	ATOS Tampa	2017
Walk between Raindrops	John Lauter	State Theatre, Sandusky OH 3/8 Page	ATOS Cleveland	2016
All Day, All Night, Marianne	Ron Rhode	Palace Theatre, Lorain OH 3/10 Wurlitzer	ATOS Cleveland	2016
Wiping the Pan	Mark Herman	Grace Church, Sarasota FL 4/32 Wurlitzer	ATOS Tampa	2017
Blue Orchids	Johnny Duffy	Private installation Wurlitzer	Edison International (CL5001)	1959

On this week’s show John plays some nostalgic sounds from days gone by with a selection of music that you might have heard on the the BBC’s light programme.

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Track	Artist	Organ	Record Label	Year
An Earful of Music/Let It Be Soon	Robinson Cleaver	BBC Theatre Organ No.2 5/27 Möller	Private Recording	1946
Somebody Loves Me	Vic Hammett	Granada, Tooting 4/14 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	c1964
Midnite in Harlem	Dudley Beaven	Granada, Clapham Junction 3/8 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	1943
Pedro from Palamos	Bobby Pagan	Ritz, Richmond 3/8 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	1967
Moonlight Becomes You	Dudley Savage	ABC Plymouth 3/8 Compton	Private Recording	1975
I’ll See You Again	Matt Ross	Regal Uxbridge 2/6 Compton	Private Recording	1975
Caravan	Charles Smitton	Regal, Bridlington 3/8 Compton	Private Recording	c1963
I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles	Jackie Brown	Empire, Leicester Square 4/20 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	c1960
Goodnight Sweetheart/It’s Time to Say Goodnight/Goodnight	Horace Finch	Empress Ballroom, Blackpool 3/13 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	c1960

John Leeming gets inspiration for his choice of music this week by listening to old Goon Show broadcasts.

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Music played

Track	Artist	Organ	Record Label	Year
St Louis Blues	Howard Beaumont	Victoria Hall, Saltaire 3/11 Wurlitzer	Howard Beaumont (HB105)	2013
Lady Be Good	Bob van Camp	Fox, Atlanta 4/42 Möller	Atlanta Landmarks Inc	1997
Love Me or Leave Me	Chris Gorsuch	Granada, Kansas City 4/21 Barton	Chris Gorsuch Productions (CDP619)	1992
Once in Love with Amy	David Shepherd	Rex, Stratford 2/8 Wurlitzer	Deroy Records (Deroy 1154)	1975
It’s Only a Paper Moon	Jelani Eddington	Organ Piper Music Palace, Milwaukee 3/27 Kimball/Wurlitzer	Piper Productions (CD101)	c1995
Lover Come Back to Me	Russell Holmes	Karrinyup Wurlitzer, Stirling, Australia 3/20 Wurlitzer	Alpendale Music (WRH104)	1999
The Peanut Vendor	Buddy Cole	Buddy Cole Studio 3/9 Robert Morton	Deroy Records (Deroy 1031)	1973
There Will Never Be Another You	Simon Gledhill	Collège Clarapède, Geneva 3/8 Wurlitzer	AAOCCC	2017
Ding Dong the Witch Is Dead	John Giacchi	Sanfilippo Residence, Barrington Hills 5/80 Wurlitzer	Modern Mood Music (MMM003)	2001