Episode 294 – From Nigel Ogden’s Archive: Goodies

On this week’s show Nigel Ogden is back in his archive and digging up all sorts of goodies including recordings of the Rotherham and Blackpool Conacher Organs, a spotlight of the Ritz Nuneaton Compton and a rare and usual recording of Reginald Dixon (aka Mr Blackpool) on the Royal Albert Hall Willis.

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Music played

TrackArtistOrganRecord LabelYear
Bitter Sweet SelectionNigel OgdenRegal/Scala Rotherham

3/9 Conacher
Nigel Ogden Archive1983
The Petite WaltzReginald HollandOdeon, Blackpool

4/12 Conacher
Nigel Ogden Archive1961
Happy Days Are Here Again/Song Of The DawnReginald DixonRoyal Albert Hall, London

4m 147 Speaking Stops ‘Father’ Henry Willis
Nigel Ogden Archive1962
Dolls On ParadeGeorge BlackmoreRitz, Nuneaton

3/7 Compton
Nigel Ogden Archive1959
Remember Me?/Loves Last Word Is Spoken/42nd StreetDudley SavageSt. John Vianney Church, Clayhall London

3/7 Compton
Nigel Ogden Archive1992
John Peel/Back To Old IrelandJoseph SealRitz Belfast

4c/10 Compton
Nigel Ogden Archive1953
El Cato/Medley Of Irish BalladsStanley WylieRitz Belfast

4c/10 Compton
COS Tapes (COS 122)1995

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