Episode 599 – Felicitations!

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

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Music Played

Fascinating Rhythm/Theatre LandStanley WylieRitz Cinema, Belfast

4/10 Compton
Archive1953
Marche LoraineJohn MannGaumont State Theatre, Kilburn

4/16 Wurlitzer
OS DVD 1052004
You Are My SunshineJim RiggsParamount Oakland

4/26 Wurlitzer
Private recording1989
Stella By StarlightThe Three SunsParamount, New York

4/36 Wurlitzer
RCA VICTOR (LPM 133)1953
LiebesfreudLyn LarsenBill Brown Residence, Pheonix

5/34 Wurlitzer
Vantage1995
DriftingPeter Mintun & Jim RoseveareParamount Theatre, Oakland

4/37 Wurlitzer
PRCD 10601985
Waltzing In The CloudsStephen VincentYamaha/Virtual Pipe OrganPrivate
Recording
2024
For Old Time’s SakeJessie CrawfordWurlitzer Store, Chicago

3/15 Wurlitzer
Victor1928

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 NoodlesGeorge WrightGrant Union High School

4/21 Wurlitzer
Transcription Disc1939
Johnny’s BoogieJohn SengLoderhose Studio

4/36 Wurlitzer
UAS 50561959
Moonlight In VermontNigel OgdenPavilion, Bournemouth

4/22 Compton
BKT (BKT 003)1988
Smash And GrabRichard HillsJohn Dickinson High School, Wilmington DE

3/66 Kimball
Dickinson Theatre Organ Society
(DTOS1101)
2002
LoveTom SheenOriental Theatre, Chicago

4/20 Wurlitzer
Private Recording1969
CumanaBarry BakerCentury II Arts Center, Wichita

4/37 Wurlitzer
Private Recording1999
Knave Of Diamonds/There’s A New WorldReginald Porter-BrownBBC, 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 RainJim RiggsBerkeley Art Center

4/18 Wurlitzer
Private
Recording
Early AutumnBuddy ColeHammond OrganWarner Brothers (WB 1211)1958
A Foggy DayGeorge WrightFox Theatre, San Francisco

4/36 Wurlitzer
HIFI Records1960
MistyLarry VannucchiParamount Theatre (ex Granada), San Francisco

4/32 Wurlitzer
Private
Recording
1964
Another AutumnAshley MillerParamount Theatre, New York

4/36 Wurlitzer
Command1965
Autumn in New YorkRex KouryOld Town Music Hall, California

4/22 Wurlitzer
ANCR 12-9941971
Autumn NocturnePierre Fracalanza4/50 Paramount virtual theatre pipe organPrivate
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 ByPhil KelsallTechnics SX-FA1Grasmere Records (GRCD78)1996
Summer SambaPeter Holt3 Js Gomersal, Yorkshire

3/10 Compton
GRS 11761986
Blue TangoReginald DixonTower Ballroom, Blackpool

3/14 Wurlitzer
Encore! (EMI Records) (ENC 198)1952
A Trumpet LullabyAaron Hawthorne (Organ) David Ford (Trumpet)Pollokshaws Burgh Hall, Glasgow

3/19 Wurlitzer
Private
Recording
2020
Getting Sentimental Over YouCon DohertyOdeon Newcastle Upon Tyne

3/19 Wurlitzer
Private
Recording
1964
TambourinRobert WolfeThursford, Norfolk

3/19 Wurlitzer
WPCD052002
We Couldn’t Just Say GoodbyeVic HammetClaude Birk’s Wycombe Organ Centre, Bucks

2/5 Wurlitzer
Doric (DO 1409)
Serenade in BlueBryan RodwellCompton 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 SunBryan RodwellGranada Theatre, Tooting

4/14 Wurlitzer
VIS B-3
Hello BluebirdJim Riggs & Vincent LopezLittle River Studio, Miller, Wichita

3/19 Wurlitzer
Jim Riggs Records2006
Moonlight On the GangesJim Roseveare & Peter MintunOhio Theatre in Columbus, Ohio

4/26 Robert Morton and piano
Private
Recording
1986
Time and Time AgainRalph Wolf & Rob RichardsNethercutt Collection, San Sylmar, CA

Bosendorfer grand, 4/70 Wurlitzer
HPR-1080CD2010
BabaluKorla PanditHammond, PianoDJV-012-22007
StardustPierre FracalanzaParamount Organ Works 332Private2011
Limehouse BluesEverett Nourse & Frank DenkeRodgers 36-E, Model O SteinwayDoric 14021971
Canyon CaballeroSimon Gledhill & Richard HillsDolby House, Lincolnshire

4/22 Compton hybrid, Steinway Piano
Private2015
My IdealJohnny DuffyUnspecified Organ/ Mason & Hamlin grand pianoEdison Int. SDL 1011959

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 AmyJack Anderson QuintetBaldwin electronic organAudio Fidelity (5856)1958
LauraBuddy ColeBuddy Cole Residence, Hollywood CA

3/9 Morton
Columbia Records (CL 974)1958
Li’l Darlin’George WrightPortland Theatre, Oregon

3/19 Wurlitzer
Private
Recording
1961
Jeannine, I Dream of Lilac TimeJohn SengSt. Mary of the Lake Seminary, Mundelein

4/19 Howell-Wurlitzer
HP30012016
ChloeVic HammettDendy Theatre, Australia

3/15 Wurlitzer
Private1968
LouiseGordon KibbeeRich Vaughn Residence, LA

5/21 Wurlitzer
Starlite1958
RubyIan McleanVTPOPrivate2017
Stella by StarlightChester SmithFox Special Midi-organYouTube
Have You Met Miss JonesTom HazeltonBattersea Town Hall

4/41 Hope-Jones, Hill Norman & Beard
Private1986

Episode 574 – Summer Repose

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

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Music Played

Lazy AfternoonJohn Seng, Bobby HackettLoderhose studio
ex-Paramount NY studio Wurlitzer

4/36 Wurlitzer
Sony2015
Time on My HandsDudley SavageABC Royal Cinema, Plymouth

3/10 Compton
Private
Recording
1975
Lazy DayJim RiggsPasadena City College

3/23 Wurlitzer
Private
Recording
1990
Gonna Be Another Hot DayJohn MuriSix-Mile-Uptown Theatre, Michigan

3/11 Wurlitzer
Private
Muri-cord S-1
1970
That Summer That SundayBryan RodwellOdeon Leeds

3/19 Wurlitzer
CR-00441968
The Summer KnowsChris McPheeSouth Bank University, London

4/24 Wurlitzer
Private
Recording
2003
Wake Up And LiveRichard HillsDavid Shepherd residence

4/22 Compton/Hybrid
ATOS Unconventional Convention2021

Episode 570 – Garden Reverie

This week Robert Hope-Jones takes us on a tour of his imaginary english country garden.

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Music Played

On Hearing the First Cuckoo of SpringThomas MurrayWoolsey Hall Organ, Yale University

Hutchinson, E.M. Skinner 4/197
G 490541992
Little SerenadeIain McGlincheyHauptwerk VTPO

4/50
Private
Recording
Summer BreezesRichard HillsDickinson High School

3/61 Kimball
DTOS 11012005
Fountain ReverieJustin MaxeyAcme Organ Institute, Indiana

Reuter-Compton-Wurlitzer-Barton hybrid
Private
Recording
Maypole DancesBarry BakerTrinity Presbyterian Church, San Diego

4/24 Wurlitzer
Private
Recording
2002
Vanity FairBill TustainHammond H100Private
Recording
June Night on Marlow ReachSimon GledhillFox Theatre, Detroit

4/36 Wurlitzer
CLUE 4361995

Episode 565 – The FAB Four

This week Robert Hope-Jones looks at the FAB four – The Beatles!

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Music Played

In My LifeCristina Garcia BanegasSt Peter’s Church, Walton, Liverpool

3/38 Forster & Andrews
DRAMA0122021
Elenor RigbyWalt StronyBerkeley Community Theatre, Berkeley, CA

4/41 Wurlitzer
NorCal Theatre Organ Society & Walter Strony (NorCaTOS101)1993
Here, There And EverywhereDavid ShepherdPlough Great Munden

3/10 Compton
TWS 10021974
A Hard Day’s NightSmitton CharlesGaumont Manchester

4/14 Wurlitzer
BBC Light Programme1964
YesterdayGeorge WrightGeorge Wright Residence, Hollywood

4/28 Hollywood Philharmonic Organ
Banda2007
Beatles Fantasia: Norwegian Wood/And I Love Her/Penny Lane/Eleanor Rigby/Ticket To Ride/Yesterday/Can’t Buy Me Love/Reprise: Penny LaneSimon GledhillDickinson High School, Delaware

3/39 Kimball
KTOS3391996
SummertimeBilly PrestonHammond OrganYoutube1979
GoodnightLouis van DykeCBS – S 639461974

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 RainLew WilliamsOrgan Stop Pizza, Phoenix, Arizona

5/81 Wurlitzer, Hybrid
ERB-1112000
The Waters of PerkiomenGus FarneyOrgan Loft, Salt Lake City

5/34 Wurlitzer
Warner Bros. Records (B 1359)1960
Beyond the SeaIvan Ditmars or Alex LaskerLoren Whitney studio, California

4/34 Robert Morton
GNP Crescendo 801962
Willow Weep for MeJonas Nordwall4/42 Wurlitzer

Organ Grinder, Portland, Oregon
OG-1011976
Here’s that Rainy Day AgainBryan RodwellHammond X5Private – Neville Wineman collection1975
Irish WasherwomanGerald ShawOdeon Cinema Leicester Square

5/17 Compton
Concert Recording (CR0017)1968
I Cover The WaterfrontJoe MarshTown Hall, Ossett

3/13 Compton, Christie
Crescendo Records (HLW 500)1977
Under the SeaCharlie BaloughOrgan Stop Pizza, Phoenix, Arizona

5/81 Wurlitzer, Hybrid
ERB 1182007