On this week’s show Damon Cox celebrates the 90th Birthday of two of the large Wurlitzer’s imported into this country. The Paramount/Odeon, Manchester and the Trocadero Elephant & Castle were both divided instruments in huge auditoriums.
Sit back and enjoy some nostalgic sounds of these instruments in their original locations.
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Music played
Track | Artist | Organ | Record Label | Year |
Casse Noisette Suite: March/Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy/Waltz Of The Flowers | Quentin Maclean | Trocadero Elephant and Castle, London 4/21 Wurlitzer | Sterndale Records (STE 1016) | 1994 |
Green Turtle Samba | Dennis Mathew | Trocadero Elephant and Castle, London 4/21 Wurlitzer | Carwall Records (LP/101) | 1959 |
Butterflies In The Rain | William Davies | Trocadero Elephant and Castle, London 4/21 Wurlitzer | BBC Records (REC 349) | 1979 |
I’m Getting Sentimental Over You | Eric Lord | Paramount/Odeon Manchester 4/20 Wurlitzer | Acorn Records (CF 225) | 1972 |
Waltz: The Gypsy Princess | Ernest Broadbent | Paramount/Odeon Manchester 4/20 Wurlitzer | Acorn Records (CF 235) | 1973 |
On The Avenue: Slumming On Park Avenue/You’re Laughing At Me/The Girl On The Police Gazette/This Years Kisses/He Ain’t Got Rhythm/I’ve Got My Love To Keep Me Warm | Henry Croudson | Paramount/Odeon Manchester 4/20 Wurlitzer | Acorn Records (CF 270) | 1977 |