Episode 323 – That Year, 1930

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 

TrackArtistOrganRecord LabelYear
Casse Noisette Suite: March/Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy/Waltz Of The Flowers Quentin MacleanTrocadero Elephant and Castle, London

4/21 Wurlitzer
Sterndale Records (STE 1016)1994
Green Turtle SambaDennis MathewTrocadero Elephant and Castle, London

4/21 Wurlitzer
Carwall Records (LP/101)1959
Butterflies In The RainWilliam DaviesTrocadero Elephant and Castle, London

4/21 Wurlitzer
BBC Records (REC 349)1979
I’m Getting Sentimental Over YouEric LordParamount/Odeon Manchester

4/20 Wurlitzer
Acorn Records (CF 225)1972
Waltz: The Gypsy PrincessErnest BroadbentParamount/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 CroudsonParamount/Odeon Manchester

4/20 Wurlitzer
Acorn Records (CF 270)1977

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