Episode 485 – Organ Plus

This week Damon features the organ plus a multitude of other instruments and artists.

Music Played

I Got RhythmSimon Gledhill & The New Foxtrot SerenadersMusical Museum, Brentford

3/12 Wurlitzer		New Foxtrot Serenaders Productions (NFS CD006)2017
Deep PurpleNigel Ogden & John RoadhouseBBC Playhouse Manchester

3/13 Wurlitzer		NDO Project (CD 207)2018
Stella By StarlightPierre Palla & Bep RowoldAVRO Radio Studio, Hilversum, Holland

4/19 Standaart-Compton		Private Recording1966
Ghost Riders In The SkyLyn Larsen & Tony FenelonDendy Theatre, Brighton, Melbourne, Australia

3/15 Wurlitzer		Essential Records (ERS 1008)
Walkin’ By the RiverDick Stewart, George Wright, Trefoni Rizzi, Raymond Clevenger, Verlye Mills, Sam Cheifetz, William HamiltonRichard Vaughn Studio Organ, Hollywood CA

5/21 Wurlitzer		Hi-Fi Records (R-401)1955
I Can’t Get Started With YouAshley Miller & Joseph ScannellaWar Memorial NJ

3/16 Möller		Midnight Productions Inc (MPI-042)1997
Slaughter On 10th AvenueBuddy Cole & The Monty Kelly OrchestraBuddy Cole Studio, Hollywood CA

3/27 Wurlitzer-Morton		Alshire International (S-5288)1965

Episode 484 – Pizza & Pipes

This week Damon features the sounds of organs in Pizza Parlours in the hands of American and British organists.

Music Played

In The MoodLew WilliamsOrgan Stop Pizza, Mesa AZ 3/23 & Organ Stop Pizza, Pheonix AZ

4/29 Wurlitzer		Organ Stop Pizza (OSP 106)1979
Manha De Carnival Bill ThomsonRoaring 20’s Pizza Restaurant, Grand Rapids, MI

3/30 Wurlitzer		Ronson Records (RT-104)
Everything’s In Rhythm With My HeartDavid LobbanOrgan Grinder, Toronto

3/12 Wurlitzer		World Records/Silver Knight Productions (WRC-400)1978
Frasquita SerenadeLen RawleCap’ns Galley Pizza Parlour, Redwood City CA

4/18 Wurlitzer		Tonawanda Sound. (TWS 1003)1976
Dancing In The SunGeorge BlackmoreOrgan Power No. 2 San Diego CA

5/27 Möller		Doric Recordings (DO (Q) 1503)
AvalonVic HammettCap’ns Galley Pizza Parlour, Redwood City CA

4/18 Wurlitzer		Doric Recording (1401)
Somethings Gotta GiveBill VlasakParamount Music Palace, Indianapolis IN

4/42 Wurlitzer		WJV Productions,Inc (WJVCD-107)1996
Dancing QueenZach FrameOrgan Piper Music Palace, Milwaukee WI

3/30 Kimbal/Wurlitzer		C-2 Productions LLC (zf0001)2018

Episode 483 – From Nigel Ogden’s Archive: Blackpool Birthday

On this week’s show Nigel Ogden celebrates what would have been (in a few days time) Reginald Dixons 118th birthday.

Music Played

Cherokee Reginald DixonTower Ballroom Blackpool

3/14 Wurlitzer		Columbia Records (SCX 3379)1961
I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside/Canadian Capers/Temptation Rag/Darktown Strutters BallReginald DixonAbbey Road EMI Studios

3/9 Compton		Nigel Ogden Archive1942
AutomneReginald DixonGrands Theatre Llandudno

5/27 Möller		Empress1943
Jealous/Fascination/Trolley SngReginald DixonTower Ballroom Blackpool

3/14 Wurlitzer		Nigel Ogden Archive1963
Let the Great Big World Keep Turning/SwaneeReginald DixonJubilee Theatre Blackpool

Hammond Organ		Nigel Ogden Archive1963
Happy Days Are Here Again/Song Of The DawnReginald DixonRoyal Albert Hall, London

4m 147 Speaking Stops ‘Father’ Henry Willis		Nigel Ogden Archive1962
At Sundown/Peg O’ My HeartReginald DixonTower Ballroom Blackpool

3/14 Wurlitzer		Readers Digest (617-ES-1)1968
Calling All WorkersReginald DixonBBC Playhouse Manchester

3/13 Wurlitzer		Nigel Ogden Archive1975
Tiger RagReginald DixonTower Ballroom Blackpool

3/14 Wurlitzer		Columbia Records (SCX 1587)1964

Episode 482 – Tribute: Jim Riggs

On this week’s show John Leeming pays tribute to Jim Riggs who passed away earlier this week.

Music Played

Paramount on ParadeJim RiggsShea’s Theatre, Buffalo

4/28 Wurlitzer		Private recording (ATOS)1994
Stomping at the SavoyJim RiggsShea’s Theatre, Buffalo

4/28 Wurlitzer		Private recording (ATOS)1994
Honeysuckle RoseJim RiggsHinsdale Theatre, Chicago

3/32 hybrid		Private recording (John Smallwood)1985
If I Had a Girl Like YouJim RiggsParamount Theatre, Oakland

4/27 Wurlitzer		Melody Masters (MLM 107)1993
Can This Be Love?Jim RiggsGranada Theatre, Kansas City

3/21 Barton		RTR Productions (RTR 105CD)1991
Says My HeartJim RiggsParamount Theatre, Oakland

4/27 Wurlitzer		Private Recording (John Leeming)1991
When It’s Sleepytime Down SouthJim RiggsGranada Theatre, Kansas City

3/21 Barton		RTR Productions (RTR 105CD)1991
Twenty Million PeopleJim RiggsGaumont State, Kilburn, London
4/16 Wurlitzer		Private Recording (Jack O’Neill)1993
A Garden in the RainJim RiggsGranada Theatre, Kansas City

3/21 Barton		RTR Productions (RTR 105CD)1991
Lulu’s Back in TownJim RiggsSouth Bank University, London

4/24 Wurlitzer		Private Recording (John Leeming)c1990
One for My Baby and One for the RoadJim RiggsAssembly Hall, Worthing

3/22 Wurlitzer		Private Recording (John Leeming)2006
An Earful of MusicJim RiggsDolby House, Holbeach

4/22 Compton-plus		Private Recording (David Shepherd and John Leeming)2006
Dance of the Blue MarionettesJim RiggsParamount Theatre, Denver

4/21 Wurlitzer		Private recording (Jack O’Neill)1986
I’m Dancing with Tears in My EyesJim RiggsGranada Theatre, Kansas City

3/21 Barton		RTR Productions (RTR 105CD)1991

Episode 481 – Emotional Dreamscapes

On this week’s show we hand the spot back to our newest guest presenter; Robert Hope-Jones. He’s focusing on music to that tugs at his emotions.

Music Played

One Morning in MayHector OliveraFox Theatre, Atlanta

4/42 Moller
Vantage (VCD-6306)1994
NBC Broadcast – The Dinner ConcertJessie CrawfordParamount Studio, Times Sq, NY

4/21 Wurlitzer		Private Recording1939
Happiness Is Just A Thing Called JoeJohnny SengRichard Loderhouse Studio NY

4/34 Wurlitzer		United Artists Records (UAS 5056)1959
Once in a WhileDan BellamySouthbank Polytechnic, London

4/24 Wurlitzer		Private Recording (John Leeming)2003
This Time the Dream’s on MePierre Fracalanza4/50 Paramount virtual theatre pipe organPrivate Recording (Pierre Fracalanza)2013
Swing Low Sweet ChariotBill FloydParamount Theatre, New York

4/36 Wurlitzer		Cook (1150)1957
This is All I AskSimon GledhillCentury II Wichita

4/38 Wurlitzer		Wichita Theatre Organ, Inc (WTOS438)2009
American NocturneGordon KibbeeUnited Artist Theatre, LA

3/17 Wurlitzer		Private Recording (Buddy Cole)1940
DreamsvilleJim RiggsParamount Theatre, Oakland

4/26 Wurlitzer		Melody Masters, Inc (MLM 107)

Episode 480 – Famous Names

On this week’s show John Leeming focuses on famous theatre organ names of the past.

Music Played

I Do Like to Be beside the SeasideReginald DixonTower Ballroom, Blackpool

3/14 Wurlitzer		Private recording (John Leeming archive/BBC)1963
September in the Rain/I Saw a Ship a-Sailing By/The Love Bug Will Bite YouReginald DixonTower Ballroom, Blackpool

3/13 Wurlitzer		Sterndale Records (STE3101)2001
Our Love Affair/Now I Lay Me Down to Dream/All Over the PlaceReginald FoortFoort Touring Organ

5/27 Möller		Piping Hot Recording Company (PH2006)2000
It’s a Lovely Day Tomorrow/ Who’s Taking You Home Tonight?/Somewhere Over the RainbowSandy MacphersonBBC St George’s Hall

4/25 Compton		EMI World Records (SH385)1980
Wedding of the Rose; To a Wild Rose/Rose in the Bud/Love’s Garden of Roses/Only a Rose/Roses from the SouthQuentin MacleanTrocadero, Elephant and Castle

4/21 Wurlitzer		Sterndale Records (STE1001)1991
Looking Around Corners for YouSidney TorchRegal, Kingston-upon-Thames

3/12 Wurlitzer		Sterndale Records (STE1005)1996
Two Sleepy PeopleJoseph SealRegal, Kingston-upon Thames

3/12 Wurlitzer		Private recording (COS Archive/BBC)1961
That Lovely WeekendDudley SavageABC, Plymouth

3/8 Compton		Perfect Partners Records (PP001CD)2008
Goodnight My LoveRobin RichmondGranada, Welling

3c/8 Wurlitzer		Private recording (COS Archive/Geoff Day)1974
I Do Like to Be beside the SeasideReginald DixonTower Ballroom, Blackpool

3/13 Wurlitzer		Sterndale Records (STE3100)2001

Episode 479 – Sound of the Silents

This week Damon throws spotlight on the theatre organs initial job – accompanying silent films!

Music Played

The Snake CharmerDamon CoxStudio Standaart

2/8 VTPO		Private Recording2022
Slapstick – From Int. Youth Silent FilmNathan AvakianRiviera Theatre, North Tonawanda NY

3/16 Wurlitzer		ATOS2019
Phantom Of The OperaLee ErwinRichard F. Kline Residence, Auburn Springs MD

4/28 Wurlitzer		Angle Records/Capitol Records (S-36073)1974
The Black Pirate Part 2: Buried Treasure/Our Hero/Island Fight/Arabian Dance/Spanish Armada/Outside EscorialeEna BagaPianoGold Star (1500 013)1974
A Vampire!Aaron HawthorneVictoria Hall, Saltaire

3/12 Wurlitzer		Private Recording2022
Soundtrack From A Silent FilmBobby PaganRitz Richmond

3/8 Wurlitzer		Private Recording (E.C Buckland Collection)1967

Episode 478 – From Nigel Ogden’s Archive: It’s Unusual – Mostly!

On this week’s show Nigel Ogden is back in his archive with some slightly more unusual items!

Music Played

It’s De-LovleySimon GledhillCivic Auditorium, Pasadena CA

5/28 Möller		Nigel Ogden Archive1996
‘Jig’ FugeVirgil FoxParamount New York, NY

4/36 Wurlitzer		Nigel Ogden Archive1956
Bideford QuayArmsbee BancroftCecil Theatre, Hull

3/15 Marshall Sykes		Audicord (AC225)1993
Rhythm MedleyHorace FinchEmpress Ballroom, Blackpool

3/13 Wurlitzer		Pipe Organ Presentation
ArchangelGerald Shaw/The Walker BrothersOdeon Leicester Square

5c/17 Compton		Spectrum1966
Toccata – Widor VGerald ShawRegal Marble Arch

4/37 Christie		MSS Studios (MSSCD06)1968

Episode 477 – Thursford @ 90

This week Damon celebrates 90 years of the Thusrford Wurlitzer which started life in the Paramount/Odeon Leeds

Music Played

Have You Met Miss Jones?Bryan RodwellParamount/Odeon Leeds

3/19 Wurlitzer		Musiqua2015
RhumbalinaCharles SmittonParamount/Odeon Leeds

3/19 Wurlitzer		Private Recording (E.R Hart Collection)1958
They Say It’s Wonderful/I’ve Got My Love To Keep Me WarmHubert SelbyParamount/Odeon Leeds

3/19 Wurlitzer		Private Recording (E.R Hart Collection)1965
Happy Days MedleyArnold LoxamThursford Collection, Fakenham

3/19 Wurlitzer		Thursford Enterprises (TE 01)1977
The Way You Look Tonight/Fools Rush In/It’s All Right With MeReginald DixonThursford Collection, Fakenham

3/19 Wurlitzer		EMI Records (NTS 205)1980
Dream/I Can Dream, Can’t I?Robert WolfeThursford Collection, Fakenham

3/19 Wurlitzer		Thursford Enterprises (TE 11)1983
Waiting For The Robert E Lee/Carolina In The Morning/Toot, Toot, Tootsie!/I’m Sitting On Top Of The WorldRobert WolfeThursford Collection, Fakenham

3/19 Wurlitzer		Wolfe Productions (WPCD 05)2002

Episode 476 – Ancient Tapes & Discs

On this week’s show John Leeming delves into his archive full of ancient Tapes & Discs.

Music Played

Love and MarriageDudley SavageABC Cinema, Plymouth

3/8 Compton		Private recording (Dudley Savage)c1995
Nobody Does It BetterLen Rawle & ‘Duke’ Blatchly (trumpet)Gaumont State Theatre, Kilburn, London

4/16 Wurlitzer		Tonawanda Sound (TWS2002)c1995
I Got Rhythm/Someone to Watch Over MeArmsbee BancroftAstra Theatre, Llandudno

3/8 Christie		COS Archive (Bill Ravenall)1983
I Left My Heart in San FranciscoRoy BentleyAstra Theatre, Llandudno

3/8 Christie		Private Recording (Roy Bentley)c1975
Don’t Ever Walk in the ShadowsThe Organ, the Dance Band and MeEMI Studio, Abbey Road, London

3/8 Compton		Parlophone (F1946)1943
MoonglowCor SteynTesselschade Church, Hilversum, NL

5/27 Möller		Private Recording1965
Stranger on the ShoreHubert SelbyThursford Collection

3/19 Wurlitzer		Thursford Enterprises (TE03)1978
Spooky Takes a HolidayDudley BeavenGranada Theatre, Welling

3/8 Wurlitzer		Archive recording (BBC)1939
Stella by StarlightBill ThomsonParamount Theatre, Oakland

4/27 Wurlitzer		Private recording (John Leeming)1983