Episode 631 – Kimball Klass

This week Robert Hope-Jones has an extended show looking at Kimball organs.

You can use the above player or subscribe/download from a service below

Music Played

From this Moment OnTom HazeltonMinneapolis Auditorium

4/128 Dual-purpose Kimball (27 theatrical ranks)
Private1987
Organ Voluntary (Vol. 2 of H.E Kimball’s Voluntaries for reed organs)Michael HendronSwedenborgian Church, San Francisco

1/3 Kimball Chapel reed organ
2021
Penguins’ PlaytimePeter ConteWanamaker Organ

4/664
Private2019
It Must Be TrueJim RoservereWiltern Theatre

4/37 Kimball
CD-10401996
Where Am I?Bob MitchellSt. James’ Episcopal Church, Wilshire Blvd, LA

4/30 Kimball
Eklog, op. 41 (Kramer)Robert Elmore4/55 dual purpose Kimball1964
Announcement/Trumpet RhapsodyGeorge WrightDickinson High School KimballPrivate Recording1977
Would there be Love?Ron Rhode4/28 Kimball

4/32 Kimball
RP-105-CD1992
Are You Happy?Eddie DunstedterKimball organ (unspecified), Kimball HallBrunswick 36801928
FanfareTom HazeltonMinneapolis Auditorium

4/128 Dual-purpose Kimball (101 symphonic ranks)
Private1987

Episode 630 – 1935

This week Damon features music written 90 years ago in 1935.

You can use the above player or subscribe/download from a service below

Music Played

Broadway RhythmNigel OgdenNew Victoria Centre, Howden-le-Wear

3/12 Wurlitzer
CrescendO (CDHLW1004)1996
I’m In The Mood For LoveSimon GledhillOriental Theatre, Milwaukee WI

4/39 Kimbal
Simon Gledhill & Kimbal Theatre Organ Society (KTOS339)2000
Begin The BeguineLen RawleMarine Arcade, Douglas, Isle Of Man

2/10 Wurlitzer
TOEnc Recording2019
East Of The SunBryan RodwellButtermarket Shrewsbury

3/8 Wurlitzer
TOEnc Archive1994
Cheek To CheekRobin RichmondKitchen Bros Garage Diss

3/19 Wurlitzer
Cinema Organ Society
(COS 123)
1998
Red Sails In The SunsetDudley SavageRoyal/ABC Plymouth

3/8 Compton
Perfect Partner Records (PP001CD)2008
It Ain’t Necessarily SoJohn SengSt. Mary of the Lake Seminary Mundelein IL

4/23 Howell-Wurlitzer
Concert Recording (CR-0057)
My RomanceBuddy ColeBuddy Cole Studio, Hollywood CA

3/27 Wurlitzer-Morton
Warner Bros. Records (WS 1533)1963
Just One Of Those ThingsBilly NalleCentury II Wichita

4/36 Wurlitzer
Wichita Theatre Organ, Inc (1959)1981

Episode 629 – From The Archive: Reginald Dixon

This weeks show is from the archive and features Reginald Dixon at the Tower Ballroom, Blackpool Wurlitzer.

You can use the above player or subscribe/download from a service below

Music Played

1. Sig Tune: I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside
2. ‘The Belle Of New York’ Selection
3. Russian Rag
4. The Singing Piano
5. Chicken Reel
6. Memories Of Song: Over The Rainbow/Miss Annabelle Lee/Love And Marriage/Because You’re Mine/Ragtime Cowboy Joe
7. Theme From ‘Limelight’
8. Sing Song: Ship Ahoy/Maybe It’s Because I’m A Londoner/Let Me Call You Sweetheart/Margie/We’ll Keep A Welcome
9. I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside

All tracks played on the Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer, broadcast 1958-1969. Recording from the TOEnc Archive.

Episode 628 – The Homecoming

This week John Leeming has tracks from some CDs which have recently been returned to him.

You can use the above player or subscribe/download from a service below

Music Played

Country GardensJohn MannPipes in the Peaks, Thorpe

3/15 Compton
OS Digital Recordings (OS255)2003
Holiday for StringsCharlie BaloghOrgan Stop Pizza, Mesa, CA

4/78 Wurlitzer
Organ Stop Pizza (ERB108CD)1998
CuteJelani Eddington with Donnie Rankin (drums)Sanfilippo Foundation Collection, Barrington Hills, IL

4/80 Wurlitzer-plus
Victorian Recordings (HHP205)2014
’S WonderfulBilly NalleCentury II Center, Wichta, KS

4/36 Wurlitzer
Wichita Theatre Organ2008
I’ll See You in My Dreams/In a Little Spanish Town/When It’s Springtime in the RockiesCor SteynStudio recording, Hilversum, NL

‘Magic Organ’
EMI Records (CDP7467532)1980
Dainty MissLyn LarsenFullerton Union High School, Fullerton, CA

4/37 Wurlitzer
Beldale Records (CD429)2002
It’s All Right with MeJonathan Ortloff with Allan Ward (drums)Auditorium Theatre, Rochester, NY

4/23 Wurlitzer
Jonathan Ortloff2009
Do Nothin’ ’til You Hear from MeKen DoubleParamount Theatre, Denver CO

4/20 Wurlitzer
Banda Records2008
LizaWalt StronyKautz Ironstone Vineyards, Van Nuys, CA

3/15 Robert Morton
Kautz Ironstone Vineyards (KS-2)1997

Episode 627 – Latin

This week Damon features music in a Latin vein.

You can use the above player or subscribe/download from a service below

Music Played

Rio ChambiraGerald ShawOdeon Leicester Square, London

5c/17 Compton
Concert Recording (CR-0017)1968
DanseroKeith BeckinghamGranada, Harrow, London

3c/8 Wurlitzer
TOEnc Archive1968
Porto-RicoGeorge BlackmoreEmpire Leicester Square

4/20 Wurlitzer
TOEnc Archive1961
Radio SambaLen RawleRitz Ballroom, Brighouse

3/10 Wurlitzer
Piping Hot (PH2009)2003
El Samba ChicoNigel OgdenThursford Collection, Fakenham

3/19 Wurlitzer
TOEnc Archive1982
SambalinaVic HammettTown Hall Buckingham

3/10 Wurlitzer
Saga Soc
(STSOC 1037)
1967
WaveDavid ShepherdThe Plough, Great Munden

3/11 Compton
Tonawanda Sound (TWS 1002)1974
The Anaconda – SambaDamon CoxStudio Standaart, Byfleet

2/11 Standaart
Private Recording2025
Tango: Tango 65Phil KelsallTower Ballroom, Blackpool

3/14 Wurlitzer
Grasmere Records (GRCD108)2001
From Here To EternityHoward BeaumontNew Victoria Centre, Howden-le-Wear

3/19 Wurlitzer
Fairview Studios (HB106)2017
El AdornoDavid LoweNeuadd Pendre, Tywyn

3c/8 Wurlitzer
OS Digital (OS239)1998

Episode 626 – Farnon Riddle

This week Robert Hope-Jones takes at Robert Farnon and Nelson Riddle.

You can use the above player or subscribe/download from a service below

Music Played

Jumping BeanReginald DixonTower Ballroom Wurlitzer

3/14 Wurlitzer
Lisbon AntiguaBill VlasakParamount Music Palace, Indianapolis

4/42 Wurlitzer
1996
A Star is BornDavid ShepherdDolby House, UK

4/22 Compton plus
1999
Body and SoulSimon GledhillChicago Theatre, US

4/28 Wurlitzer
Private2002
How Beautiful Is NightPierre Fracalanza4/50 Paramount VTPOPrivate2015
Journey Into MelodyAshley MillerHollywood studio

4/22 Wurlitzer
1987
The Lady is a TrampChristian ElliottSheas Theatre, Buffalo, US

4/32 Wurlitzer
CPE CD1991
Poodle ParadeSimon Gledhill/Richard HillsDickinson High School

3/66 Kimball
ATOS1015

Episode 625 – 1925

This week Damon features music written 100 years ago in 1925.

You can use the above player or subscribe/download from a service below

Music Played

Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie!Charlie BaloghOrgan Stop Pizza, Mesa AZ

4/46 Wurlitzer
ERB Enterprises Inc (ERB 104-CD)
Only A RoseClark WilsonWheaton Fox Studio, Wheaton IL

3/16 Robert Morton
Wheaton-Fox Productions (WFP-1001)1983
Five Foot Two, Eyes Of BlueArnold LoxamKitchen Bros Garage Diss

3/19 Wurlitzer
Kitchen Bros (KC3)1976
Drifting And DreamingLen RawleMusical Museum, Brentford

3/12 Wurlitzer
Tonawanda Sound (TWS 2018D)2000
Ukelele LadyGeorge WrightGeorge Wright Studio Organ, Leslie Factory, Pasadena CA

3/29 Wurlitzer
Dot Records (DLP 25526)1963
JealousyPhil KelsallTower Ballroom, Blackpool

3/14 Wurlitzer
OS Video
(OSV 505)
2000
If You Knew Susie (Like I Know Susie)Reginald DixonTower Ballroom, Blackpool

3/14 Wurlitzer
Readers Digest (617-ES-1)1968
Sleepy Time GalTom HazletonNethercutt Collection, San Sylmar, Los Angeles CA

4/74 Wurlitzer
Klavier Records International Inc (KD-77025)1999
Sweet Georgia BrownBryan RodwellGranada Clapham Junction

3c/8 Wurlitzer
Nostalgia Direct (AZCD214)2011

Episode 624 – Waynes Choice

This week John Leeming presents a program chosen by Wayne Ivany.

You can use the above player or subscribe/download from a service below

Music Played

Hungarian FantasyHenry CroudsonParamount Theatre, Manchester

4/20 Wurlitzer
Regal-Zonophone Records (MR2840)1937
Sweet and LovelyReginald DixonTower Ballroom, Blackpool

3/14 Wurlitzer
Columbia Records (SCX3379)1961
Once in a WhileAl BollingtonParamount Theatre, Tottenham Court Road, London

4c/10 Compton
HMV Records (BD507)1938
Twinkle ToesBobby PaganGaumont State Theatre, Kilburn, London

4/16 Wurlitzer
Bosworth Music (BE29)1947
I’m a Dreamer (Aren’t We All?)Noel BriggsPalace Bingo, Gorleston-on-Sea

Compton
Private Recording1972
Jersey BounceSidney TorchEMI Studio No 1, St Johns Wood, London

3/8 Compton
Services’ Library1942
Deep Purple and Down in the GlenStanley TudorGaumont Theatre, Manchester

4/14 Wurlitzer
Private recording1955
Moonlight Becomes YouDudley SavageABC Theatre, Plymouth

3/8 Compton
Private Recording1975
Variations on ‘I Got Rhythm’Reginald Porter-BrownRegal Theatre, Torquay

3/11 Compton
Private Recording1970

Episode 623 – Buckingham LIVE

This week Damon features recording from old live concerts on the Wurlitzer in Buckingham Town Hall.

You can use the above player or subscribe/download from a service below

Music Played

In The MoodFlorance De Jong, Ena Baga & Ralph ManchesterTown Hall Buckingham

3/10 Wurlitzer
Private Recording (TOEnc Archive)1972
Copenhagen You’ve Stolen My HeartBobby PaganTown Hall Buckingham

3/10 Wurlitzer
Private Recording (TOEnc Archive)1972
Pink Lady WaltzRobin RichmondTown Hall Buckingham

3/10 Wurlitzer
Private Recording (TOEnc Archive)1972
Ain’t She Sweet/Dina/Sheik Of ArabyBasil Cuthbert & Ralph ManchesterTown Hall Buckingham

3/10 Wurlitzer
Private Recording (TOEnc Archive)1972
Side By Side/Leaning On A Lampost/Edelweiss/Nellie Dean/The Happy Wanderer/Wish Me Luck/Pack Up Your TroublesDouglas ReeveTown Hall Buckingham

3/10 Wurlitzer
Private Recording (TOEnc Archive)1974

Episode 622 – London Amble

This week Robert Hope-Jones takes an able around old London town.

You can use the above player or subscribe/download from a service below

Music Played

Chelsea BridgeLarry VannucciMarin Pizza Pub, San Rafael

3/13 Robert Morton
WR51691978
Knightsbridge (March)Richard HillsGuildhall, Southampton, England

4/50 Compton
2011
Punch [Puppets Suite]Bryan RodwellGranada Cinema, Clapham Junction

3/8 Wurlitzer
Shallow WatersDavid ShepherdRegent Street

2/8 Wurlitzer
COS 1201991
Westminster WaltzNigel OgdenFree Trade Hall, Manchester

4/20 Wurlitzer
OS 2251996
London by Night/A nightingale sang in Berkeley SquareRobert WolfeSouthbank University, London

4/24 Wurlitzer
Dancing On The CeilingDonald MacKenzieOdeon Cinema, Leicester Square, London

5/17 Compton
Sterndale1998
A Foggy Day in London TownGeorge WrightFox Theatre San Francisco

4/36 Wurlitzer
HIFI R-7081956