Armsbee Bancroft – The Organist Encores

Episode 633 – Archive Tapes

This week John Leeming has tracks from his archive of tapes.

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Music Played

I’m in the Mood for Love	Dudley Savage	Mere Farm, Haughley 3/6 Compton	Private recording	c1998
Roses from the South	Charles McNicol	Granada Theatre, Bedford 3/8 Wurlitzer	Private recording	1967
The Touch of Your Lips	George Wright	Gaumont State Theatre, Kilburn, London 4/16 Wurlitzer	Private recording	1978
Tea for Two	Bobby Pagan	Assembly Hall, Worthing 3/10 Wurlitzer	Private recording	1983
Blues in My Heart/Birth of the Blues	Ashley Miller	Paramount Music Palance, Indianapolis, IN 4/42 Wurlitzer	Private recording	1990
Give Me the Simple Life	Robin Richmond Trio	Hammond organ, piano, vibraphone and rhythm BBC Studio, Maida Vale, London	Private recording	1961
Polly	Patrick Hopper	Music Radio Centre, Hilversum, NL 4/19 Standaart/Compton	Private recording	2021
[Two tunes, titles not known]	Armsbee Bancroft	Stanford Hall, Loughborough 2/5 Wurlitzer	Private recording	1976
Love Me or Leave Me	Tom Hazleton	Granada Theatre, Walthamstow, London 3/12 Christie	Private recording	1988
Sweet Georgia Brown	Bryan Rodwell	Scala Cinema, Rotherham 3/9 Conacher	Private recording	1983
Tiger Rag	Noel Briggs	Sundown (Regal), Edomnton, London 4/15 Christie	Private recording	1973

Episode 621 – Old Timers

This week Damon features some old times, some of who we don’t hear from that often.

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Music Played

Thats A-Plenty	Arnold Loxam	Kitchen Bros Garage Diss 3/19 Wurlitzer	Kitchen Bros (KC3)	1976
My Silent Love/There I’ve Said It Again/Alone	Armsbee Bancroft	Town Hall Burton-on-Trent 3/8 Wurlitzer	Compton Lodge Cassette CLC 8514	1985
Poupee Valsante	Doreen Chadwick	Gaumont Manchester 4/14 Wurlitzer	Amberlee Records Ltd (AML 304X)	1972
Midnight Tango	Watson Holmes	Opera House, Blackpool 3/13 Wurlitzer	Deroy Records (Deroy 886)	1973
Hot Toddy	Ken Stroud	ex. Servicemen’s Club, Stotfold, 3/12 Christie	CL Records & Tapes (CLC 8624)
Be My Love	Hubert Selby	Thursford Collection, Fakenham 3/19 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	1977
Robin’s Nest	Robin Richmond	Gaumont Manchester 4/14 Wurlitzer	Acorn Records (CF 265)	1974
A Man And A Woman	Robinson Cleaver	Granada, Tooting London 4/14 Wurlitzer	Crystal (CRY 3011)	1972
When I Fall In Love/A White Sports Coat/I’d Give You The World/Yes Tonight Josephine/I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside	Reginald Dixon	Opera House, Blackpool 3/13 Wurlitzer	TOENC Archive	1957

Episode 615 – Happy April

This week John Leeming has his usual light and fun April show.

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Music Played

A Fine New Baby	Robin Richmond	Hammond organ	Private recording (Robin Richmond)	1959
Exodus theme	Reginald Dixon	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	c1961
Lady of Spain	Winifrea	Riviera Theatre, North Tonawanda 3/16 Wurlitzer	Custom Audio (CA 76829)	1977
Song of Home (signature tune)	Gerald Shaw	Regal Theatre, Marble Arch 4/36 Christie	Private recording	1956
Birth of the Blues	Barry Baker	Hedback Theatre, Indianapolis 2/11 Page/Wurlitzer	Private recording	1990
Sailor’s Hop	Terance Casey	Trocadero Cinema, Elephant and Castle 4/21 Wurlitzer	Private recording	1950s
Surrey with the Fringe on Top / Hello Young Lovers	Armsbee Bancroft	Cecil Cinema, Hull 3/15 Marshall-Sykes	Private recording (John Greenwood)	1980
Melody in F (Rubinstein)	Gerhard Gregor	NDR Studio, Hamburg 3/24 Welte	Rondo Records (SA129)	c1960
We’ll Meet Again	Bert van den Brink	Studio recording Novachord	YouTube	2024
Hot Dog	Don Thompson	Organ Grinder Restaurant, San Francisco 3/13 Wurlitzer	Arkay Records (AR6086)	1987
Twelfth Street Rag	Bryan Rodwell	Scala Cinema, Rotherham 3/8 Conahcher	Private recording (John Leeming)	c1983

Episode 581 – In Concert

This week John Leeming has recordings from past concerts.

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Music Played

I Got Rhythm/Jeepers Creepers	Arnold Loxam	Granada Theatre, Walthamstow 3/12 Christie	Private recording (John Leeming)	1977
Serenade from ‘The Student Prince’	Simon Gledhill	New Gallery, Regent Street, London 2/8 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (John Leeming)	1985
Georgia On My Mind/Taking a Chance on Love	Peter Holt	South Bank University, London 4/24 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (John Leeming)	1993
Spanish Dance No. 1 by Moszkowski	David Shepherd	Cameo Poly Cinema, London 2/6 Compton	Private Recording (John Leeming)	1982
Moonlight in Vermont	Alec Leader	The Plough Inn, Great Munden 3/11 Compton	Private Recording (John Leeming)	1984
I Write the Songs	Chris Powell	St John Vianney Church, Clayhall 3/7 Compton	Private Recording (John Leeming)	2011
My Blue Heaven	Armsbee Bancroft	Marston Green Hospital 3/10 Compton	Private recording (Bill Ravenall/COS Archive)	1977
Exactly Like You	Bryan Rodwell	Granada Theatre, Kingston-on-Thames 3/10 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (John Leeming)	1979
What’s New	Jackie Brown	ABC Ritz, Richmond-upon-Thames 3/8 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (Geoff Day/COS Archive)	1965

Episode 519 – It’s Ten O’Clock

This week John Leeming remembers Armsbee Bancroft with a recording made at the Granada Clapham Junction.

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Music Played

Abie, My Boy (signature tune)
Out of the Blue
Limehouse Blues
Avalon
(not known)
Poor Butterfly
Crazy Rhythm
Cherokee
As Time Goes By
The Nearness of You
(not known)
Two Sleepy People
Georgia on My Mind
If I Had You
Stardust
One Morning in May
Thanks for the Memory
Lazy River
Abie, My Boy (signature tune)

All tracks played on the 3/8 Wurlitzer in the Granda Clapham Junction, in 1978. Original recording from the John Leeming Archive.

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!

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Music Played

It’s De-Lovley	Simon Gledhill	Civic Auditorium, Pasadena CA 5/28 Möller	Nigel Ogden Archive	1996
‘Jig’ Fuge	Virgil Fox	Paramount New York, NY 4/36 Wurlitzer	Nigel Ogden Archive	1956
Bideford Quay	Armsbee Bancroft	Cecil Theatre, Hull 3/15 Marshall Sykes	Audicord (AC225)	1993
Rhythm Medley	Horace Finch	Empress Ballroom, Blackpool 3/13 Wurlitzer	Pipe Organ Presentation
Archangel	Gerald Shaw/The Walker Brothers	Odeon Leicester Square F5c/17 Compton	Spectrum	1966
Toccata – Widor V	Gerald Shaw	Regal Marble Arch 4/37 Christie	MSS Studios (MSSCD06)	1968

Episode 476 – Ancient Tapes & Discs

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

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Music Played

Love and Marriage	Dudley Savage	ABC Cinema, Plymouth 3/8 Compton	Private recording (Dudley Savage)	c1995
Nobody Does It Better	Len Rawle & ‘Duke’ Blatchly (trumpet)	Gaumont State Theatre, Kilburn, London 4/16 Wurlitzer	Tonawanda Sound (TWS2002)	c1995
I Got Rhythm/Someone to Watch Over Me	Armsbee Bancroft	Astra Theatre, Llandudno 3/8 Christie	COS Archive (Bill Ravenall)	1983
I Left My Heart in San Francisco	Roy Bentley	Astra Theatre, Llandudno 3/8 Christie	Private Recording (Roy Bentley)	c1975
Don’t Ever Walk in the Shadows	The Organ, the Dance Band and Me	EMI Studio, Abbey Road, London 3/8 Compton	Parlophone (F1946)	1943
Moonglow	Cor Steyn	Tesselschade Church, Hilversum, NL 5/27 Möller	Private Recording	1965
Stranger on the Shore	Hubert Selby	Thursford Collection 3/19 Wurlitzer	Thursford Enterprises (TE03)	1978
Spooky Takes a Holiday	Dudley Beaven	Granada Theatre, Welling 3/8 Wurlitzer	Archive recording (BBC)	1939
Stella by Starlight	Bill Thomson	Paramount Theatre, Oakland 4/27 Wurlitzer	Private recording (John Leeming)	1983

Episode 404 – Spring Fever

Spring is in the air, but hopefully you don’t have a fever! On this show Damon is in full seasonal swing with some appropriate music!

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Music Played

Bill Floyd	Spring Is Here	Paramount New York, NY 4/36 Wurlitzer	Cook Records (Laboratories) (1150)	1953
The First Day Of Spring	Jelani Eddington	Sanfilippo Music Salon, Barrington Hills IL 5/80 Wurlitzer	RJE Productions (RJE 1906A)	2006
On A Spring Note	Catherine Drummond	Neuadd Pendre, Tywyn 3c/9 Wurlitzer	Cathrine Drummond Records (CRCD4)	2003
It Might As Well Be Spring	Bill Vlasak	Paramount Music Palace, Indianapolis IN 4/42 Wurlitzer	WJV Productions, Inc (WJVCD-106)	1992
April Day	Armsbee Bancroft	Town Hall Ossett 3/13 Compton-Christie	A NTOT Production (NLS 103)	1978
Voices Of Spring	George Wright	George Wright Studio Organ, Leslie Factory, Pasadena CA 3/27 Wurlitzer	Hamilton Records (HLP 12120)	1964
To Spring	Billy Nalle	Century II Wichita 4/36 Wurlitzer	Wichita Theatre Organ, Inc (1959)	1981
Spring Fever	John Giacchi	Sanfilippo Music Salon, Barrington Hills IL 5/80 Wurlitzer	Modern Mood Music (MMM 003)	2001