The Organist Encores

Episode 467 – Weird and Wonderful

On this week’s show John Leeming focuses of the weird and wonderful!

Music Played

That’s Entertainment	Hector Olivera	Fox Atlanta 4/42 Moller	Vantage (VCD-6306)	1994
Cuban Cutie	John Seng	St Mary of the Lake Seminary, Mundelein 4/21 Wurlitzer	Pipe Organ Presentations (POP113)	2005
I Got Rhythm	Reginald Porter-Brown	Odeon Leicester Square, London 5/17 Compton	Deroy (DER 110)	1974
Ginza Samba	Justin LaVoie	Stahls Automotive Museum, Chesterfield, MI 3/23 Wurlitzer	ATOS Records	2016
Close Your Eyes	Bryan Rodwell	Hammond Concorde	Private recording (BBC)	1971
Moonlight Becomes You	Leo Rae	Granada, Welling 3/8 Wurlitzer	Private recording (John Leeming)	1979
Tiger Rag	Richard Hills	Dickinson High School, Wilmington, DE 3/66 Kimball	DTOS Records (DTOS1101)	2005
God Amongst Us (part – from The Nativity of Our Lord, Messaien)	Simon Preston	Westminster Abbey, London Harrison and Harrison organ 4/84ss	Decca Records (482 4917)	2017

No-Show

Apologies for the lack of show this week; Damon hasn’t been at all well all day and was un-able to record anything. Normal service will be resumed next week.

Episode 466 – From Nigel Ogden’s Archive: How are the Mighty Organs?

On this week’s show Nigel Ogden is back in his archive with a documentary where Frank Dixon rediscovers the delights of the cinema organ in 1969.

Documentary from the Nigel Ogden Archive

Episode 465 – Best Of British

Damon features the best of British to help celebrate the Platinum Jubilee weekend!

Music Played

March – Lime Grove	Nigel Ogden	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	OS Digital (OS254)	2003
Nights Of Gladness	Joseph Seal	Regal/ABC Kingston 3/12 Wurlitzer	Golden House – PYE Records (GH 609)	1975
Run Rabbit Run/(We’re Gonna) Hang Out the Washing On The Siegfried Line/Wish Me Luck As You Wave Me Goodbye	Reginald Dixon	Granada Kingston, London 3c/10 Wurlitzer	Grasmere Recordings (GRCD 106)	2001
Cheeky Chappie	Richard Hills	Guildhall Southampton 4/50 Compton (Dual Console)	Silver Street Music (SSM0037)	2012
Valse Romantique	Simon Gledhill	Dolby House, Holbeach 4/21 Compton	Private Recording	2021
A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square/When They Sound The Last All Clear/There’ll Always Be An England	Phil Kelsall	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Grasmere Records (GRCD132)	2011
Land Of Hope And Glory	Robert Wolfe	Thursford Collection, Fakenham 3/19 Wurlitzer	Thursford Enterprises Ltd (TECD 04)	1991

Episode 464 – Elizabethan Serenade

On this week’s show John Leeming has been looking through the Radio Times in March and April 1952 to see what people were listening to in theatre organ broadcasts at the time of the Queen’s accession to the throne.

Music Played

Legend of the Glass Mountain	Robinson Cleaver	Granada, Tooting 4/14 Wurlitzer	President Records (PLCD544)	1996
On a Spring Note	David Gray	Sanfilippo Foundation Collection 5/80 Wurlitzer	David Gray Records (DG0001)	2018
September in the Rain	Robert Wolfe	Orion Centre, Campsie 3/17 Wurlitzer	Music Digital (CD6021)	1996
September in the Rain	Reginald Dixon	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/13 Wurlitzer	Sterndale Records (STE3101)	2001
Montmartre	David Shepherd	Odeon, Leicester Square, London 5/17 Compton	John Leeming collection (BBC)	1981
Leicester Square Looks Round	John Howlett	Odeon, Leicester Square, London 5/17 Compton	John Howlett collection (BBC)	1965
Looking Around	Simon Gledhill & Richard Hills	David Shepherd Residence, Holbeach 4/22 Compton-plus	John Leeming YouTube	2014
Belle of the Ball	Stanley Wyllie	Granada, Walthamstow 3/12 Christie	John Leeming collection	1986
Dance of the Three Old Maids	John Mann	South Bank University 4/24 Wurlitzer	Odin Music (ODC012)	c1989
Dance of an Ostracised Imp	Reginald Dixon	Empress Ballroom, Blackpool 3/13 Wurlitzer	Damon Cox Records (DMCD03)	2016
Memories of You	Eric Lord	Odeon, Manchester 4/20 Wurlitzer	LTOT Records (LTOT9510)	1995

Episode 463 – Animal

This week Damon takes you on a musical trip to the zoo!

Music Played

Samba: The Parrot	Ernest Broadbent	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	One-UP/EMI (OU 2171)	1977
Suite From The Carnival Of The Animals – The Elephant	David Harris & Jelani Eddington	Little River Studio, Miller, Whichita 3/19 Wurlitzer	RJE Productions	2005
The Elephant’s Tango	Douglas Reeve	Gaumont Manchester 4/14 Wurlitzer	Acorn Records (CF 255)	1974
Little Red Monkey	John Mann	Tony Manning Residence, Farnborough 3/7 Christie	Grosvenor Records (GRS1114)	1981
Monkey On A String	Walt Strony	Auditorium Theatre, Rochester NY 4/22 Wurlitzer	ATOS 2019	2019
Penguin’s Playtime	Nigel Ogden	Free Trade Hall, Manchester 4/20 Wurlitzer	OS Digital (OS201)	1993
Famingo	Jim Roseveare	Wiltern Theatre Los Angeles CA 4/37 Kimball	Cambria Master Recordings (CD1040)	1996
Alligator Crawl	Robinson Cleaver	Granada, Tooting London 4/14 Wurlitzer	Musique Records	2015
At The Panda’s Party	Sidney Torch	Gaumont State, Kilburn 4/16 Wurlitzer	Piping Hot (PH2007)	2013
Tiger Rag	Reginald Dixon	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Starline (EMI Records)(MRS5056)	1971

Episode 462 – From Nigel Ogden’s Archive: In Conversation

On this week’s show Nigel Ogden is back in his archive where the focus is on conversation and music!

Music Played

Pack Up Your Troubles/Thunder And Lightening Polka	Douglas Reeve	Dome Brighton 4/40 Hill Norman and Beard ‘Christie’	Concert Recording (CR-0020)	1967
Phantom Brigade	Doreen Chadwick	Gaumont Manchester 4/14 Wurlitzer	Audicord (ACD216)	1990
Sylvia	Eddie Ruhier	Hammond X5	Eddie Ruhier Recordings
Variations On B.B.C.	William Davies	Trocadero Elephant and Castle, London 4/21 Wurlitzer	BBC Records (REC 349)	1979
Our Love Affair	Sidney Torch	Opera House, Blackpool 3/13 Wurlitzer	Sterndale Records (STE 1005)	1996
Boo Hoo	Reginald Dioxn	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/13 Wurlitzer	Sterndale Records (STE 3100)	2013
The Wedding Of The Painted Doll	Reginald Dioxn	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Columbia Records (SCX 1587)	1964

Episode 461 – Platinum

Damon celebrates the platinum jubilee ahead of the long celebration weekend with some hits from 1952.

Music Played

Marching Strings	Ernest Broadbent	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	One-Up/EMI Records (OU 2042)	1974
The ‘Moulin Rouge’ Theme	Joseph Seal	Regal/ABC Kingston 3/12 Wurlitzer	Decca Recording Company (SKL 4154)	1962
Blue Tango	Bill Vlasak	Paramount Music Palace, Indianapolis IN 4/42 Wurlitzer	WJV Productions,Inc (WJVCD-107)	1996
Belle Of The Ball	Donald MacKenzie	Odeon Leicester Square, London 5c/17 Compton	Musiqua (DOMOLS2007)	2007
Lullaby Of Birdland	John Atwell	Capri Theatre, Adelaide 4/25 Wurlitzer	JAmusic (JAM103)	1995
El Choclo	Everett Nourse	Fox San Francisco CA 4/36 Wurlitzer	Fantasy Records (501395014)
Delicado	Robert Wolfe	Thursford Collection, Fakenham 3/19 Wurlitzer	Grasmere Records (GRCD 86)	1997
Auf Wiedersehn Sweetheart	Dudley Savage	Mere Farm, Haughley, Stowmarket 3/8 Compton	DS Productions
Black & White Rag	Phil Kelsall	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Grasmere Records (GRALP 34)	1989

Episode 460 – Hi-Speed Organ

On this week’s show John Leeming turns back the clock to the world of 78rpm records with this nostalgic show.

Music Played

A Great Big Bunch of You//Pagan Moon/Too Many Tears	Sidney Torch	Loew’Regal, Marble Arch 4/36 Christie	Columbia Records (DB819)	1932
Just Humming Along	Quentin Maclean	Trocadero, Elephant and Castle 4/21 Wurlitzer	Columbia Records (DB821)	1932
ABC March	Reginald Foort	BBC Theatre Organ #1 4/23 Compton	HMV Records (BD424)	1937
Can’t We Talk It Over?/Now That You’ve Gone	Harold Ramsay	Granada, Tooting 4/12 Wurlitzer	Decca Records (F2951)	1932
Moonlight Dance	Ena Baga	New Gallery Cinema, London 2/8 Wurlitzer	HMV Records (B3385)	1930
The Teddy Bears’ Picnic	Donald Thorne	Granada, Clapham Junction 3/8 Wurlitzer	Decca Records (F6848)	1938
Fairy on the Clock	Charles and Harold Smart	EMI Studio 3/8 Compton + Hammond	Parlophone Records (R3505)	1952
Twelfth Street Rag	The New Organolians	Hammond	Columbia Records (FB2850)	1943
Tiger Rag	Bobby Pagan	EMI Studio 3/8 Compton	HMV Records (BD775)	1939

Episode 459 – They Can’t Take That Away From Me

Damon indulges himself this week with some current favourite tracks this week!

Music Played

The Charleston	Bill Vlasak	Paramount Music Palace, Indianapolis IN 4/42 Wurlitzer	Music Palace Productions (MPP-1002)
Jitterbug Waltz	Dave Wickerham	John Dickinson High School, Wilmington DE 3/66 Kimball	Dickinson Theatre Organ Society (DTOS901)	2000
Empty Saddles In The Old Coral	Vic Hammett	Granada, Tooting London 4/14 Wurlitzer	Audicord (ACD 232)	1980
Dancing In The Dark	Jim Roseveare	Paramount Oakland CA 4/27 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	1983
Plink, Plank, Plunk	Pierre Palla	AVRO Radio Studio, Hilversum, Holland 4/19 Standaart-Compton	Private Recording	1958
They Can’t Take That Away From Me	Buddy Cole	Buddy Cole Studio, Hollywood CA 3/27 Wurlitzer-Morton	Doric Recording (DO 1421)	1980
Time Was	Keith Beckingham	Town Hall Clydebank 3/13 Wurlitzer	Chow Productions (COCD102)	2004
Rhumba: Close Your Eyes/History Of Love	Phil Kelsall	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Grasmere Records (GRCD125)	2006
Three Coins In The Fountain	Reginald Dixon	BBC Playhouse Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer	One-Up (EMI Records) (OU 2132)	1976
Something’s Gotta Give	George Wright	George Wright Studio Organ, Leslie Factory, Pasadena CA 3/27 Wurlitzer	Westlake Productions/BANDA CD (BA-520042)	2004