Robert Hope-Jones – The Organist Encores

Episode 613 – Rio Sounds

This week Robert Hope-Jones is in latin mood.

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Music Played

Lamento	John Lauter and White Heat Sextet	Shanklin Music Hall 4/34 Wurlitzer	Private Recording
The Girl From Ipanema	Charlie Balogh	Organ Stop Pizza, Mesa AZ 4/78 Wurlitzer	ERB Enterprises, Inc (ERB110)	2000
Meditation	Lyn Larsen	Richard F. Kline Residence, Auburn Springs MD 4/28 Wurlitzer	Musical Contrasts Inc (MCI-102)
Wave	Bryan Rodwell	Hammond X-5	The Organist Encores (TOENC001)	2019
Summer Samba	Walter Wanderley	Hammond B3	Verve	1666
I Go to Rio	Charlie Balogh	Organ Stop Pizza, Mesa AZ 4/46 Wurlitzer	ERB Enterprises Inc (ERB 104-CD)
Song of the Jet	Walter Wanderley	Hammond B3	Verve	1666

Episode 609 – O Lady Be Good

This week Robert Hope-Jones leans into international women’s day.

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Music Played

What Lola Wants?	Ray Bohr	Paramount Theatre, New York 4/36 Wurlitzer	Victor
The Mooche	George Wright	4/28 Hybrid Wurlitzer	Banda
How Come You Do Me Like You Do?	Dick Hull	Three Coins Restaurant, Louisville 3/13 Wurlitzer	Adelic (AD 101)
Love For Sale	Mark Herman	Shanklin Music Hall 4-34 Wurlitze/	ATOS
Blame it On My Youth	Larry Vanucci	Home of Pete & Shirley Sweeney Wurlitzer	YouTube
Don’t Blame Me	Eric Lord	Odeon Theatre, Manchester 4/20 Wurlitzer	BBC Records
Girl Talk	John Seng	St. Mary of the Lake Seminary, Mundelein 4/19 Howell-Wurlitzer	CR-0170
Lady Be Good	Tom Hazelton	Alabama Theatre,US 4/20 Wurlitzer	Prestige (86-106)

Episode 605 – Road Trip

This week Robert Hope-Jones takes us on a musical road trip.

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Music Played

Two for the Road	Clark Wilson	Ohio Theatre, Columbus 3/34 Robert Morton	ATOS	2009
It’s Nice to go Traveling	Robin Richmond	Kitchen Bros Garage 3/19 Wurlitzer	DJM 22073	1977
Come Fly With Me	Jelani Eddington	Hardman Residence 4/38 Wurlitzer	RJE-2035	2007
Route 66	Walt Strony	Sanfilippo Residence 5/80 Hybrid/Wurlitzer	WSOC-4	2007
Sentimental Journey	George Wright	Richard Vaughn Studio 5/21 Wurlitzer	R-702	1955
Lonesome Road	The Howard Beaumont Trio	Hammond / Jazz Combo	HB-2008-J	2008
Get Out Of Town	Barry Baker	Sanfilippo Residence 5/80 Hybrid/Wurlitzer	Private Recording	1997
One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)	Jim Riggs	Worthing Assembly Hall 3/22 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (John Leeming)

Episode 599 – Felicitations!

This week Robert Hope-Jones gets 2025 off to a bright start!

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Music Played

Fascinating Rhythm/Theatre Land	Stanley Wylie	Ritz Cinema, Belfast 4/10 Compton	Archive	1953
Marche Loraine	John Mann	Gaumont State Theatre, Kilburn 4/16 Wurlitzer	OS DVD 105	2004
You Are My Sunshine	Jim Riggs	Paramount Oakland 4/26 Wurlitzer	Private recording	1989
Stella By Starlight	The Three Suns	Paramount, New York 4/36 Wurlitzer	RCA VICTOR (LPM 133)	1953
Liebesfreud	Lyn Larsen	Bill Brown Residence, Pheonix 5/34 Wurlitzer	Vantage	1995
Drifting	Peter Mintun & Jim Roseveare	Paramount Theatre, Oakland 4/37 Wurlitzer	PRCD 1060	1985
Waltzing In The Clouds	Stephen Vincent	Yamaha/Virtual Pipe Organ	Private Recording	2024
For Old Time’s Sake	Jessie Crawford	Wurlitzer Store, Chicago 3/15 Wurlitzer	Victor	1928

Episode 594 – Urgency

This week Robert Hope-Jones continues our rhythmical theme with some tracks with a sense of urgency!

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Music Played

Oodles of Noodles	George Wright	Grant Union High School 4/21 Wurlitzer	Transcription Disc	1939
Johnny’s Boogie	John Seng	Loderhose Studio 4/36 Wurlitzer	UAS 5056	1959
Moonlight In Vermont	Nigel Ogden	Pavilion, Bournemouth 4/22 Compton	BKT (BKT 003)	1988
Smash And Grab	Richard Hills	John Dickinson High School, Wilmington DE 3/66 Kimball	Dickinson Theatre Organ Society (DTOS1101)	2002
Love	Tom Sheen	Oriental Theatre, Chicago 4/20 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	1969
Cumana	Barry Baker	Century II Arts Center, Wichita 4/37 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	1999
Knave Of Diamonds/There’s A New World	Reginald Porter-Brown	BBC, St. Georges Hall London 4/23 Units Compton	Private Recording	1936

Episode 592 – To Autumn

This week Robert Hope-Jones is in autumnal mood.

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Music Played

September In The Rain	Jim Riggs	Berkeley Art Center 4/18 Wurlitzer	Private Recording
Early Autumn	Buddy Cole	Hammond Organ	Warner Brothers (WB 1211)	1958
A Foggy Day	George Wright	Fox Theatre, San Francisco 4/36 Wurlitzer	HIFI Records	1960
Misty	Larry Vannucchi	Paramount Theatre (ex Granada), San Francisco 4/32 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	1964
Another Autumn	Ashley Miller	Paramount Theatre, New York 4/36 Wurlitzer	Command	1965
Autumn in New York	Rex Koury	Old Town Music Hall, California 4/22 Wurlitzer	ANCR 12-994	1971
Autumn Nocturne	Pierre Fracalanza	4/50 Paramount virtual theatre pipe organ	Private Recording

Episode 587 – 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
Summer Samba	Peter Holt	3 Js Gomersal, Yorkshire 3/10 Compton	GRS 1176	1986
Blue Tango	Reginald Dixon	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Encore! (EMI Records) (ENC 198)	1952
A Trumpet Lullaby	Aaron Hawthorne (Organ) David Ford (Trumpet)	Pollokshaws Burgh Hall, Glasgow 3/19 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	2020
Getting Sentimental Over You	Con Doherty	Odeon Newcastle Upon Tyne 3/19 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	1964
Tambourin	Robert Wolfe	Thursford, Norfolk 3/19 Wurlitzer	WPCD05	2002
We Couldn’t Just Say Goodbye	Vic Hammet	Claude Birk’s Wycombe Organ Centre, Bucks 2/5 Wurlitzer	Doric (DO 1409)
Serenade in Blue	Bryan Rodwell	Compton House, Germany (ex-Regal, Putney) 3/7 Compton	Private Recording	1994

Episode 583 – Entwinement

This week Robert Hope-Jones intertwines piano and organ.

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Music Played

East of the Sun	Bryan Rodwell	Granada Theatre, Tooting 4/14 Wurlitzer	VIS B-3
Hello Bluebird	Jim Riggs & Vincent Lopez	Little River Studio, Miller, Wichita 3/19 Wurlitzer	Jim Riggs Records	2006
Moonlight On the Ganges	Jim Roseveare & Peter Mintun	Ohio Theatre in Columbus, Ohio 4/26 Robert Morton and piano	Private Recording	1986
Time and Time Again	Ralph Wolf & Rob Richards	Nethercutt Collection, San Sylmar, CA Bosendorfer grand, 4/70 Wurlitzer	HPR-1080CD	2010
Babalu	Korla Pandit	Hammond, Piano	DJV-012-2	2007
Stardust	Pierre Fracalanza	Paramount Organ Works 332	Private	2011
Limehouse Blues	Everett Nourse & Frank Denke	Rodgers 36-E, Model O Steinway	Doric 1402	1971
Canyon Caballero	Simon Gledhill & Richard Hills	Dolby House, Lincolnshire 4/22 Compton hybrid, Steinway Piano	Private	2015
My Ideal	Johnny Duffy	Unspecified Organ/ Mason & Hamlin grand piano	Edison Int. SDL 101	1959

Episode 579 – A Feminine Touch

This week Robert Hope-Jones introduces us to the great ladies of song.

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Music Played

Once in Love with Amy	Jack Anderson Quintet	Baldwin electronic organ	Audio Fidelity (5856)	1958
Laura	Buddy Cole	Buddy Cole Residence, Hollywood CA 3/9 Morton	Columbia Records (CL 974)	1958
Li’l Darlin’	George Wright	Portland Theatre, Oregon 3/19 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	1961
Jeannine, I Dream of Lilac Time	John Seng	St. Mary of the Lake Seminary, Mundelein 4/19 Howell-Wurlitzer	HP3001	2016
Chloe	Vic Hammett	Dendy Theatre, Australia 3/15 Wurlitzer	Private	1968
Louise	Gordon Kibbee	Rich Vaughn Residence, LA 5/21 Wurlitzer	Starlite	1958
Ruby	Ian Mclean	VTPO	Private	2017
Stella by Starlight	Chester Smith	Fox Special Midi-organ	YouTube
Have You Met Miss Jones	Tom Hazelton	Battersea Town Hall 4/41 Hope-Jones, Hill Norman & Beard	Private	1986

Episode 574 – Summer Repose

This week Robert Hope-Jones presents music for a lethargic summers day.

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Music Played

Lazy Afternoon	John Seng, Bobby Hackett	Loderhose studio ex-Paramount NY studio Wurlitzer 4/36 Wurlitzer	Sony	2015
Time on My Hands	Dudley Savage	ABC Royal Cinema, Plymouth 3/10 Compton	Private Recording	1975
Lazy Day	Jim Riggs	Pasadena City College 3/23 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	1990
Gonna Be Another Hot Day	John Muri	Six-Mile-Uptown Theatre, Michigan 3/11 Wurlitzer	Private Muri-cord S-1	1970
That Summer That Sunday	Bryan Rodwell	Odeon Leeds 3/19 Wurlitzer	CR-0044	1968
The Summer Knows	Chris McPhee	South Bank University, London 4/24 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	2003
Wake Up And Live	Richard Hills	David Shepherd residence 4/22 Compton/Hybrid	ATOS Unconventional Convention	2021