The Organist Encores

Episode 210 – 2017 Record Review

On this week’s show Damon looks back at some of the new albums released this year. 2017 turned out to be a good year for organists releasing new material all of which I have enjoyed listening too.

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Music played

Track	Artist	Organ	Record Label	Year
Side By Side	Simon Gledhill & The New Foxtrot Serenaders	Musical Museum, Brentford 3/12+G.P Wurlitzer	NFS Productions	2017
Rhonda Rhapsody	John Mann	Paul Kirners Music Palace, Ynyshir, Wales 4/15 + G.P Christie	CL Studios	2017
The Devil Went Down To Georgia	Nathan Avakian	Nethercutt Collection, San Sylmar, Los Angeles CA 4/75 Wurlitzer	Avakian Creative Works	2017
I’ll Take Romance/Falling In Love With love	Howard Beaumont	New Victoria Centre, Howden-le-Wear 3/19 + G.P Wurlitzer	Fairview Studios	2017
Cha Cha: Good King Wenceslas/While Shepherds Watched Their Flock/Calypso Carol	Nicholas Martin	Technics FA-1	Nicholas Martin	2017
Deep Night	David Gary	Dennis Unk Residence, Erie PA 3/21 Wurlitzer	Unk/Gray	2017
Jeepers Creepers	Simon Gledhill	Orgue De Cinéma, Collège Claparède, Genèva 3c/8 Wurlitzer	AAOCCC	2017

Episode 209 – Soft Lights and Sweet Music

On this week’s show we have no one waffling on in your ear. Its a full half hour of easy listening moonlight music, all strung together with no interruptions. So put your feet up and bask in the sounds of some gorgeous instruments in the hands of David Shepherd, Lyn Larsen, John Atwell, George Wright, Michael Wooldridge, Lew Williams and Bryan Rodwell.

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Track	Artist	Organ	Record Label	Year
Serenade To Moonlight	David Shepherd	New Gallery Regent Street, London 2/8 Wurlitzer	COS Tapes	1991
Lotus Land	Lyn Larsen	Sanfilippo Music Salon, Barrington Hills IL 5/80 Wurlitzer	Musical Contrasts Inc	1995
Stardust	John Atwell	Capri Theatre, Adelaide 4/15 Wurlitzer	TOSA	c1987
Moon River	George Wright	George Wright Studio Organ, Leslie Factory, Pasadena CA 3/27 Wurlitzer	Marathon Media International Ltd	2012
Nancy (With The Laughing Face)	Michael Wooldridge	New Victoria Centre, Howden-le-Wear 3/19 + G.P Wurlitzer	Merlin Productions	2012
Moonlight Serenade	Lew Williams	Alabama Theatre, Birmingham AL 4/22 Wurlitzer	Alabama Chapter ATOS	1996
I Cover The Waterfront	Bryan Rodwell	Paramount/Odeon, Leeds 3/19 Wurlitzer	Concert Recording	1968

Episode 208 – A Bit Of A Difference

On this week’s show John Leeming is at the microphone with another selection of recordings from his extensive archive – This time it’s tracks with a difference!

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Track	Artist	Organ	Record Label	Year
Deed I Do	Fraser Gartshore	Laukhuff Factory, Germany 3/11 Möller	Laukhuff GMBH	2008
Spectre on the Spree	David Shepherd	Dolby House, Holbeach 3/9 Compton	COS Tapes	1984
Smash and Grab	Donald Thorne	Granada, Clapham Junction 3c/8 Wurlitzer	Decca Records	c1938
Old Macdonald’s Farm	Leo Rae	Granada, Welling 3c/8 Wurlitzer	Private recording	c1975
I Cover the Waterfront	Rene St John/Charles Smart	Decca Studio 2/6 Wurlitzer	Eclipse Records	c1931
Holiday for Strings	Virginie Morgan	Hammond	Ducretet Thompson	1954
Don’t Blame Me	Robin Richmond Trio	Hammond	President Records	1973
Midnight in Mayfair	Reginald Porter-Brown	Guildhall Southampton 4/60 Compton	President Records	1973
Tiger Rag	Gerhard Gregor/Helmut Zacharias	Hammond & Orchestra	Polydor Records	1952

Episode 207 – Granada!

On this week’s show Damon features the the sounds of the Wurlitzer’s installed in Granada’s Cinemas mostly in the London area. So we take you on a journey from Clapham to Woolwich on our Granda safari as we stop at seven Wurlitzer’s all with their own unique sound.

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Track	Artist	Organ	Record Label	Year
Ain’t She Sweet	Bryan Rodwell	Granada Tooting, London 4/14 Wurlitzer + G.P	Ventures In Sound	1958
Breezing Along With The Breeze	George Welling	Granada East Ham, London 3c/8 Wurlitzer + G.P	Amberlee	1978
Portrait Of A Toy Soldier	Dudley Beaven	Granada Woolwich, London 3c/8 Wurlitzer + G.P	Private Recording	1937
The Roaring 20’s	Noel Briggs	Granada Kingston, London 3c/10 Wurlitzer + G.P	Private Recording	1967
In The Still Of The Night	Len Rawle	Granada Slough, London 3c/8 Wurlitzer + G.P	Tonawanda Sound	1988
Dansero	Keith Beckingham	Granada Harrow, London 3c/8 Wurlitzer + G.P	Private Recording	1968
Granada	Vic Hammett	Granada Clapham Junction, London 3c/8 Wurlitzer + G.P	COS Tapes	1974

Episode 206 – Farewell to the Troc

Tonight we take you back (almost) exactly 57 years to the Trocadero Elephant & Castle for a program of highlights from the closing concert. The 40 minutes of music is all presented by Alex Cambell-Gifford. So sit back and relax and bask in the sounds of of the Troc Wurlitzer as it was in the cinema. It’s with thanks to the Cinema Organ Society that this Wurlitzer is now installed in the Troxy and is one of the finest examples of a Wurlitzer in the world.

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Music played

Jackie Brown – Knocked ‘Em In The Old Kent Road

Bobby Pagan – The Lady Is A Tramp/With A Smile And A Song

Sidney Gustard – Classical Selection

Robin Richmond – Try A Little Tenderness/Nice Work If You Can Get It

Dennis Mathew – Idaho/Chanson De Matin

George Blackmore – Spanish Gypsy Dance/Little Serenade

Jackie Brown – The Waltz From Masquerade/Body And Soul/Chloe

George Blackmore – The Lost Chord

Jackie Brown – Knocked ‘Em In The Old Kent Road

Recorded 6th November 1960 and presented by Alex Cambell-Gifford. Thanks to John Leeming and the Cinema Organs Societies Archive for their help and permission to this.

Episode 205 – Contemplating Christie

On this week’s show Damon features the Christie sound. We journey though some of the best installations in Britain – as well as artists such as Simon Gledhill, Nigel Ogden, Gerald Shaw, Len Rawle and many more to demonstrate them along the way.

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Music played

Track	Artist	Organ	Record Label	Year
I Hate Myself (For Being So Mean To You)	Sidney Torch	Regal Edmonton, London 4/15 Christie	Sterndale	1991
Whispering Grass	Len Rawle	Memorial Hall, Barry, Wales 4/15 Christie	Tonawanda Sound	c1990
The Messenger Boy	John Mann	Paul Kirners Music Palace, Ynyshir, Wales 4/15 Christie	Compton Lodge Studios	2017
Journey Into Melody	Simon Gledhill	Granada (EMD) Walthamstow, London 3/12 Christie	COS Tapes	1985
Pirates Of Penzance Selection	Douglas Reeve	Dome Theatre, Brighton 4/40 Hill Norma & Beard ‘Christie’	Grosvenor Studios	1981
Rickshaw Ride	Gerald Shaw	Regal (Odeon) Marble Arch, London 4/37 Christie	Private Recording	c1955
On The Sunny Side Of The Street	Quentin MacLean	Regal (Odeon) Marble Arch, London 4/37 Christie	Sterndale	2000
I’m Beginning To See The Light	Nigel Ogden	Astra Theatre, Llandudno, Wales 3/8 Christie	COS Tapes	1983

Episode 204 – A Bag Of Goodies

On this weeks show John Leeming is at the microphone with another selection of recordings from his extensive archive – artists include, Gerald Shaw, Mark Laflin, Quentin Maclean, David Lowe and many more!

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Music played

Track	Artist	Organ	Record Label	Year
Cachucha	George Welling	Kitchen Brothers Garage, Diss 3/19 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	c1981
Toytown Trumpeters	David Lowe	Ice Rink, Streatham Hammond C3	COS Tapes	1985
Jack In The Box	Gerald Shaw	Odeon Leicester Square, London 5/17 + Mel Compton	Private Recording	c1970
Twelfth Street Rag	Quentin Maclean	Lawson Residence, Montreal, Canada 3/20 Wurlitzer	Lauretien Records	c1964
The Water Is Wide	Mark Laflin	Town Hall, Ossett 3/13 Compton/Christie	Private Recording (Permission Gained)	2017
The Song Is You	Jackie Brown	Granada Clapham Junction 3c/8 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	1968
Truckin’	Gorge Wright	Chicago Theatre, Chicago, IL 4/21 Wurlitzer	Banda Records	1991
Body And Soul	Bill Flloyd	Paramount Theatre New York, NY 4/36 Wurlitzer	King Records	1964
Tiger Rag	Eddie Ruhier	Hammond & Various Synthesizers	Grosvenor Studios	1996

Episode 203 – Hooray For Howden

On this week’s show Damon delves into the history of the Howden-Le-Wear Wurlitzer as we follow it from the New Victoria Cinema in Bradford through its short lived home in Cornforth right to its present very much enlarged state at the New Vitoria Centre. Artists include Arnold Loxam, David Lowe, Simon Gledhill and many more!

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Track	Artist	Organ	Record Label	Year
Lonesome And Sorry/Paper Moon/Who’s Sorry Now?/ Come Back To Sorrento	Arnold Loxam	New Victoria Cinema, Bradford 3/10 Wurlitzer	Deroy	1974
Memories Of Yoy	David Hamilton	New Victoria Cinema, Bradford 3/10 Wurlitzer	Concert Recording	1966
Eurovision Selection: Puppet On A String/All Kinds Of Everything/Let Me Be The One	Ernest Broadbent	United Social Club, Cornforth 3/10 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	1975
What I Did For Love	Joe Marsh	New Victoria Centre, Howden-Le-Wear 3/11 + G.P Wurlitzer	Crescendo	1991
Sweet Dreams	David Lowe	New Victoria Centre, Howden-Le-Wear 3/12 + G.P Wurlitzer	Private Recordng	c1992
Moonlight In Vermont	Simon Gledhill	New Victoria Centre, Howden-Le-Wear 3/19 + G.P Wurlitzer	Crescendo	2011
It Had Better Be Tonight	Howard Beaumont	New Victoria Centre, Howden-Le-Wear 3/19 + G.P Wurlitzer	Fairview Studios	2017

Episode 202 – Highlights From The Young Theatre Organist Of The Year Competition

On this weeks show we turn too the stars of the future as we recap highlights from the Young Theatre Organist of the Year Competition. This year the competition came from midlands, on the fabulous 3/11 Compton in Hampton-In-Arden. During the show we hear from the runner up’s and winners of the main and senior section. We also have a special interview with Michael Wooldridge who organises the competition and Aaron Hawthorne who won the senior section.

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Michael Wooldridge – Strike Up The Band

Lewis Scott – Copacabana

Lucy Crouch – ‘Wizard Of Oz’ Selection: The Lullaby League/The Jitterbug

Robert Eldridge – Over The Rainbow

Robert Eldridge – Raiders Of The Lost Ark

Michael Wooldridge with Jayden Vicarey – On The Street Where You Live

Jamyma-May- Hanson – ‘Mack & Mable’ Selection: Movies Were Movies/Look What Happened to Mabel/Time Heals Everything/Wherever He Ain’t/I Won’t Send Roses

Aaron Hawthorne – A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square

Aaron Hawthorne – That’s Entertainment

All tracks played on the 3/11 Compton in Fentham Hall, Hampton-In-Arden. Recorded by Damon Cox on a Zoom H2N. Organ tuned and maintained by members of the COS Midland & Wales District. Thanks to The Cinema Organ Society, Michael Wooldridge, Len Rawle and The American Theatre Organs Society’s London and South Of England Chapter for their assistance in making this possible.

Episode 201 – Music from 1932

On this week’s show we move forwards one year in the 1930’s to the year 1932. This weeks show includes more brilliant tunes including Willow Weep For Me, Night And Day, a selection from ‘Showboat’ and many more!

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Music played

Track	Artist	Organ	Record Label	Year
Sentimental Gentleman From Georgia	Len Rawle	Tonawanda, Chorleywood, London 4/24 Wurlitzer	Concert Recording	c1968
Willow Weep For Me	Lyn Larsen	Nethercutt Collection, San Sylmar, LA 4/73 Wurlitzer	Musical Contrasts	1996
You’re Getting To Be A Habit With Me	Vic Hammett	Granada Tooting, London 4/14 + G.P Wurlitrzer	Amberlee	1980
I’m Getting Sentimental Over You	Eric Lord	Paramount/Odeon Manchester 4/20 + U.P Wurlitrzer	Acorn	1973
Night And Day	Walt Stroney	St. Mary of the Lake Seminary, Mundelein, IL 4/19 Wurlitzer	Walter Stroney Productions	1980
‘Showboat’ Selection	Tom Hazleton	Merle Norma Tower Of Beauty, Sylmar CA 4/36 Wurlitzer	Intersound Inc	1988
Isn’t It Romantic	Sidney Torch	Regal Marble Arch, London 4/37 Christie	Sterndale	1993