Robert Hope-Jones – The Organist Encores

Episode 561 – H2O

This week Robert Hope-Jones takes us through a rather damp and wet setting.

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Music Played

Singin’ in the Rain	Lew Williams	Organ Stop Pizza, Phoenix, Arizona 5/81 Wurlitzer, Hybrid	ERB-111	2000
The Waters of Perkiomen	Gus Farney	Organ Loft, Salt Lake City 5/34 Wurlitzer	Warner Bros. Records (B 1359)	1960
Beyond the Sea	Ivan Ditmars or Alex Lasker	Loren Whitney studio, California 4/34 Robert Morton	GNP Crescendo 80	1962
Willow Weep for Me	Jonas Nordwall	4/42 Wurlitzer Organ Grinder, Portland, Oregon	OG-101	1976
Here’s that Rainy Day Again	Bryan Rodwell	Hammond X5	Private – Neville Wineman collection	1975
Irish Washerwoman	Gerald Shaw	Odeon Cinema Leicester Square 5/17 Compton	Concert Recording (CR0017)	1968
I Cover The Waterfront	Joe Marsh	Town Hall, Ossett 3/13 Compton, Christie	Crescendo Records (HLW 500)	1977
Under the Sea	Charlie Balough	Organ Stop Pizza, Phoenix, Arizona 5/81 Wurlitzer, Hybrid	ERB 118	2007

Episode 558 – Theatre Organ Forecast

This week Robert Hope-Jones gives us the ~~shipping~~ theatre organ forecast!

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Music Played

Sailing By	Phil Kelsall	Technics SX-FA1	Grasmere Records (GRCD78)	1996
I Still Get a Thrill Thinking of You	Jim Riggs	Assembly Hall, Worthing 3/22 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	2012
Primero	Douglas Reeve	Dome Brighton 4/40 Hill Norman and Beard ‘Christie’	Concert Recording OR Crystal Records (CR-0020 OR CRY 3002)	1967
Yer, Yer	Reginald Porter-Brown	Forum Cinema, Southampton 3/10 Compton	Private	1968
The Touch of Your Lips	Bryan Rodwell with Harold C Gee – Violin	Southampton Guildhall 4/50 Compton	TOEnc Archive	1967
Manhattan/Tea for Two/Time on my Hands	Dudley Savage	ABC Cinema, Plymouth 3/8 Compton	Private
Autumn Leaves	Nigel Ogden	Church Of St Mary, Lowe House, St. Helens 3/11 Christie	TOEnc Recording	2021
Boom!	Charles Smitton	Odeon Cinema, Manchester 4/20 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1967
Little Shepherd/How Beautiful is the Night	Stanley Wyllie	Ritz Belfast 4/10 Compton	TOEnc Archive	1956

Episode 552 – Dragon D’Amore

This week Robert Hope-Jones presents a double sided program celebrating Chinese new year and valentines day

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Music Played

In a Chinese Temple Garden	Reginald Foort	New Gallery Cinema, London 2/8 Wurlitzer	Regent
China Town, My China Town/Chinese Laundry Blues	Len Rawle	Tonawanda, Chorleywood 4/24 Wurlitzer	Tonawanda Sound (TWS 1003)	1976
Puff the Magic Dragon	Dave Wickerham	Embassy Theatre, Ft. Wayne 4/16 Page	ATOS 2014	2014
I’d like to get you on a slow boat to China	George Wright	Paramount Theatre, New York 4/36 Wurlitzer	Private
Love Walked In	Chris Gorsuch	Granada Theatre Kansas 3/21 Barton
Days of Wine and Roses	Dan Bellamy	Paramount Brooklyn NY 4/26 Wurlitzer	Cambria Master Recordings (CD-1108)	1997
But Beautiful	Simon Gledhill	Alabama Theatre, Birmingham AL 4/29 Wurlitzer	Alabama Chapter ATOS (ALA-1783-09)	2009
Chanson d’Amour/The Old Fashioned Way/Can’t Smile Without You	Phil Kelsall	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Grasmere Records (GRCD43)	1991
Strike Me Pink	Jim Rigs	Alabama Theatre, Birmingham AL 4/29 Wurlitzer	Alabama Chapter ATOS (ALA-1783-09)	2009

Episode 548 – Cosy

This week Robert Hope-Jones starts his contribution to 2024 in a cosy mood.

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Music Played

By the Fire Side	Jim Roservere	Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles 4/37 Kimball	Cambria (CD-1040)
Sentimental Journey	Everette Norse	Fox Theatre, San Fransico 4/36 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	1960
Put Your Head On My Shoulder	Barry Baker	Trinity Presbyterian Church, San Diego 4/24 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	2002
It’s the Natural Thing to Do	Ron Curtis	Paramount Organ Studio, Bolton 4/10 Compton	ARGO-SPA 344	1974
The Christmas Song	Christian Elliott	4/50 Paramount VTPO	Private
Five Minutes More/Hot Toddy	Dudley Savage	ABC Cinema Plymouth 3/8 Compton	Private
Winter Sunset	Nigel Ogden	St John Vianney, Clayhall 3/7 Compton	COS 114	1988

Episode 542 – Electric Transcriptions

This week Robert Hope-Jones has an extended show featuring Electrical Transcription discs.

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Music Played

Was It A Dream?	Jessie Crawford	4/21 Wurlitzer Paramount Studio, New York	Muzak
Buck Fever	Chester Gay (G. Carter)	Unknown Instrument	Standard S-121
Limehouse Blues	Dick Leibert	3/14 Wurlitzer Radio City (Rockefeller Center) Sound Studio, NY	Thesaurus 0733
Castles in the Sand	Ivan Ditmars	Unknown Instrument	MacGregor 2487
Biding My Time	George Wright	4/36 Wurlitzer Paramount Theatre, New York	Muzak
Lovely to Look At	Eddie Dunstedter	Hammond	UTS 1830
Fandango	Piet van Egmond	5/27 Möller BBC Theatre Organ No.2, Hoxton, London	Festivo 140
Who, If Not You?	George Wright	Hammond / piano	Thesaurus 1350
Charmaine	Audrey Lynn (Ann Leaf)	4/21 Wurlitzer Paramount Studio, New York	APS 60,476-A
Laugh Clown Laugh	Edwin LeMar (Buddy Cole)	Unknown Instrument	Standard S-187
I Have But One Heart	Ken Wright	Kilgen 4/14	Standard S-177
Hello Beautiful; Truly (Royal Typewriter Hour)	Helen Crawford	4/21 Wurlitzer Paramount Studio, New York	CBS Radio

Episode 538 – Audible Autumn

This week Robert Hope-Jones is in autumnal mode.

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Music Played

When The Leaves Are Turning	Hector Olivera	Fox Theatre, Atlanta 4/42 Moller	EAR-10285
Autumn Concerto	Reginald Porter-Brown	Southampton Guildhall 4/50 Compton	Private Recording
Autumn Leaves	Dudley Savage	ABC Plymouth 3/9 Compton	Private Recording
Tis, Autumn; Falling Leaves/A Faded Summer Love	Buddy Cole	Buddy Cole Studio, Hollywood CA 3/27 Wurlitzer-Morton	Warner Bros. Records (WS 1557)	1964
Autumn In New York	John Lauter	Fox Theatre, Detroit 4/36 Wurlitzer	Private	2004
Undecided	David Shepherd	Dolby House, Holbeach 3/21 Compton	COS Production (COS 125)	1999
Autumn Leaves	Dick Stewart/ George Wright	Richard Vaughn Studio Organ, Hollywood CA 5/21 Wurlitzer	Hi-Fi Records (R-401)	1955

Episode 534 – Big Band Mode

This week Robert Hope-Jones celebrates the big band sounds of the mighty!

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Music Played

Holiday for Strings	Monty Kelly Orchestra & Buddy Cole	Buddy Cole Studio, California 3/27 Rank Wurlitzer/Robert Morton	Alshire International (S-5288)	1965
Oh! Lady Be Good	Bryan Rodwell	Granada Clapham Junction 3/8 Wurlitzer	Private Recording
Don’t Blame Me	Jim Riggs	Dolby House, Holbeach 4/23 Compton/hybrid	Private Recording
Ac-cen-tu-ate the Positive	Lew Williams	Organ Stop 4/33 Wurlitzer	Private Recording
Take the A Train	Michael Wooldridge	Regal Edmonton 4/15 Christie	COS Tapes (COS106)	1984
Dream	Bobby Hackett/Johnny Seng	Richard Loderhouse Studio NY 4/37 Wurlitzer	Colombia
Oh! I Do Like to be Beside the Sea Side	Bryan Rodwell & the Sounds of Brass	South Bank University 4/24 Wurlitzer	Private Recording

Episode 530 – Robert Hope-Jones Remembered

This week Robert Hope-Jones remembers his namesake

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Music Played

I Know Why	Alex Jones	3/13 Hope-Jones First Universalist Church, Rochester, NY	ATOS 2019 Rochester Highlights	2019
The Storm	Clarence Kohlmann	4/14 Hope-Jones Ocean Grove	Edison	1929
George Wright interviews Fred Wood	n/a	n/a	Banda Records (59657)	2017
Java	George Wright	3/32 Wurlitzer Paramount (formerly Granada), San Francisco	Private Recording
Swinging On A Star	Dave Peckham	4/20 Marr and Colton Clemens Center, Elmira, NY	Private Recording
Stella by Starlight	Tony Fenelon	3/66 Kimball Dickinson High School	DTOS F-114
	Frank Hope-Jones		Private
I Remember You	Pierre Fracalanza	4/50 Paramount Organ	Private

Episode 525 – Theatre Organ World

This week Robert Hope-Jones turns the clock back to 1946…

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Music Played

Evensong	Jack Courtnay	Elite Super Cinema, Wimbledon 3/8 Chrsitie	Regal (G 8910)	1927
Three’s a Crowd	Alex Taylor	Grananda Theatre, Tootoing 4c/14 Wurlitzer	NTOT Kinura (NCM 211)
Moonlight Rhapsody Medley	Al Bollington	Paramount Theatre, Tottenham Court Road, London 4/12 Compton	Bygone Days (BYD77005)
Jolly Juggler	Doreen Chadwick	Gaumont cinema, Manchester 4/14 Wurlitzer	Amberlee Records (AML 304X)	1972
Kiss Me Again; Dream	Con Docherty	Paramount Newcastle 3/19 Wurlitzer	Deroy 875	1964
Lullaby of Birdland	Gerald Shaw	Regal Theatre, Marble Arch, London 4/36 Christie	Carwal (CWR 85)	1964
Popular Songs Of 1920	Stuart Barrie	Grananda Theatre, Tootoing 4c/14 Wurlitzer	Deroy 985

Episode 522 – Exotica

This week Robert Hope-Jones features some tunes under the heading exotica.

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Music Played

Quiet Village	George Village	Richard Vaughn Studio, Hollywood 5/21 Wurlitzer	HiFi Records (R-502-45)	1955
Miserlou	Korla Pandit	Hammond Organ/Piano	Private recording
Lotus Land	Lyn Larsen	Sanfilippo Music Salon 5/80 Hybrid pipe organ	Musical Contrasts, Inc (MCI-208)	1995
Hawaiian Wedding Song	Phil Kelsall	Worthing Assembly Hall, Sussex 3/26 Wurlitzer	Grasmere (GRCD 130)	2009
Moon of Manakoora	Johnny Duffy	Kearns/Carson Residence, Hollywood CA 3/27 Wurlitzer	Liberty LRP-3281	1957
Flamingo	Jim Roseveare	Wiltern Theatre, LA 4/37 Kimball	Private recording
Shangri-La	Bob Van Camp	Fox Atlanta 4/42 Moller	Atlanta Landmarks Inc	1997