Bill Vlasak – The Organist Encores

Episode 626 – Farnon Riddle

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

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Music Played

Jumping Bean	Reginald Dixon	Tower Ballroom Wurlitzer 3/14 Wurlitzer
Lisbon Antigua	Bill Vlasak	Paramount Music Palace, Indianapolis 4/42 Wurlitzer		1996
A Star is Born	David Shepherd	Dolby House, UK 4/22 Compton plus		1999
Body and Soul	Simon Gledhill	Chicago Theatre, US 4/28 Wurlitzer	Private	2002
How Beautiful Is Night	Pierre Fracalanza	4/50 Paramount VTPO	Private	2015
Journey Into Melody	Ashley Miller	Hollywood studio 4/22 Wurlitzer		1987
The Lady is a Tramp	Christian Elliott	Sheas Theatre, Buffalo, US 4/32 Wurlitzer	CPE CD	1991
Poodle Parade	Simon Gledhill/Richard Hills	Dickinson High School 3/66 Kimball	ATOS	1015

Episode 566 – Shuffling

This week Damon features music chosen by shuffle.

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Music Played

Love for Sale	Michael Wooldridge	Buttermarket Shrewsbury 3/8 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive (N Ogden)	1989
My Heart Stood Still	David Shepherd	Dolby House, Holbeach 3/6 Compton	COS Tapes (COS 107)	1984
I’ve Got A Pocket Full Of Dreams	Bill Vlasak	Paramount Music Palace, Indianapolis IN 4/42 Wurlitzer	WJV Productions,Inc (WJVCD-106)	1992
Falling In Love Again	Len Rawle	Tonawanda, Chorleywood 4/24 Wurlitzer	Concert Recording (CR-0082)
Tuxedo Junction	Jackie Brown	Granada, Tooting London 4/14 Wurlitzer	Concert Recording (CR-SO58)
I’m Getting Sentimental Over You	Keith Beckingham	Town Hall Clydebank 3/13 Wurlitzer	Chow Productions (COCD102)	2004
If I Could Be With You	George Wright	Rialto Theatre, South Pasadena, CA 2/14 Wurlitzer	BANDA CD (BA-109759-2)	1997
At Sundown/Peg O’ My Heart	Reginald Dixon	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Readers Digest (617-ES-1)	1968
Viennese Waltz: Waltzing In The Clouds/Two Hearts In Waltz Time/My Song Of Love	Phil Kelsall	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Grasmere Records (GRCD136)	2011

Episode 560 – Pizza & Pipes

This week Damon features the sounds of Pizza parlour organs – Including a track from Zach Frames new CD!

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Music Played

In The Mood	Lew Williams	Organ Stop Pizza, Mesa AZ 3/23 Wurlitzer	Organ Stop Pizza (OSP 106)	1979
I’ll Buy That Dream	Bill Vlasak	Paramount Music Palace, Indianapolis IN 4/42 Wurlitzer	WJV Productions,Inc (WJVCD-105)	1990
Tico Tico	Walt Strony	Organ Stop Pizza, Pheonix AZ 4/31 Wurlitzer	Organ Stop Pizza (OSP-8)
Our Love Is Here To Stay	Tom Hazleton	Cap’ns Galley Pizza Parlour, Redwood City CA 4/18 Wurlitzer	Arkay Records (AR14050)
Chattanooga Choo Choo	Ron Rhode	Organ Stop Pizza, Mesa AZ 3/23 Wurlitzer	Roxy Productions (RP-107 CD)	1994
As Time Goes By	Charlie Balogh	Organ Stop Pizza, Mesa AZ 4/73 Wurlitzer	ERB Enterprises (ERB112)	2001
The Final Countdown	Zach Frame	Organ Piper Muisc Palace, Milwaukee WI 3/30 Kimbal/Wurlitzer	C-2 Productions LLC (op0002)	2024

Episode 556 – A bit random

This week Damon has a random selection of tracks.

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Music Played

March Of The Cards	Chris McPhee	Orion Centre, Sydney 3/17 Wurlitzer	Chris McPhee (CMCD002)	1995
Memory Lane/Tea For Two	Reginald Dixon	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Readers Digest (617-ES-1)	1968
Girl Talk	John Seng	St. Mary of the Lake Seminary Mundelein IL 4/23 Howell-Wurlitzer	Hot Pipes (HO3001)	2017
Night Ride	George Wright	Rialto Theatre, South Pasadena, CA 2/14 Wurlitzer	BANDA CD (BA-109759-2)	1997
Just Lovin’ You	Len Rawle	Tonawanda, Chorleywood 4/24 Wurlitzer	Columbia Records – EMI Records (SCX 6314)	1969
Nice ‘N’Easy/Too Marvellous For Words	Michael Wooldridge	New Victoria Centre, Howden-le-Wear 3/19 Wurlitzer	Merlin Productions	2012
Italian Serenade/Serenade In The Night	Nigel Ogden	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Grasmere Records (GRCD135)	2011
Sentimental Journey	Bill Vlasak	Paramount Music Palace, Indianapolis IN 4/42 Wurlitzer	WJV Productions,Inc (WJVCD-106)	1992
Opus One/It Don’t Mean A Thing (If it Ain’t Got That Swing)	Phil Kelsall	Buttermarket Shrewsbury 3/8 Wurlitzer	Langdale Records (LANCD 89)	1999

Episode 533 – Things!

This week Damon Cox has music from Blackpool, Worthing, Hammersmith and Indianapolis!

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Music Played

‘Deed I Do/Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue/Sweet Sue, Just You/Sweet Georgia Brown/All My Loving	Ernest Broadbent	Tower Ballroom Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Grosvenor Records (CDGRS1297)	1997
Desert Song Selection: Azuri’s Dance Of Triumph/The Desert Song/The Riff Song/The Foreign Legion/Romance/One Alone	Harry Davidson	Commodore Hammersmith 3/10 Standaart	Regal Zonophone (MR907) – From Wayne Ivany Collection	1933
I’ll Buy That Dream	Bill Vlasak	Paramount Music Palace, Indianapolis IN 4/42 Wurlitzer	WJV Productions,Inc (WJVCD-105)	1990
Puttin’ On The Ritz	Dwight Thomas	Paramount Music Palace, Indianapolis IN 4/42 Wurlitzer	Newport Classic (NCD60078)	1990
Rubber Duckie	Donna Parker	Paramount Music Palace, Indianapolis IN 4/42 Wurlitzer	Music Palace Productions (MPP-1002)
Someone To Watch Over Me	Stephen Austin	Assembly Hall, Worthing 3/23 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	2023
Mayfair Quickstep: I Can’t Give You Anything But Love/Ain’t She Sweet/Don’t Dilly Dally/Is It True What They Say About Dixie?/Dinah	Phil Kelsall	Assembly Hall, Worthing 3/23 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	2023

Episode 501 – Mine

This week Damon contrasts to last weeks show by playing some of his recent favourites.

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Music Played

Just One More Time/Boom Boom Boomerang/Hey Mr Banjo	Reginald Dixon	Tower Ballroom Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Rex Recordings (REXX 332)	2009
Can I Forget You?	Nigel Ogden	AVRO Radio Studio, Hilversum, Holland 4/19 Standaart-Compton	TOEnc Archive (N.O)	1985
Foxtrott-Medley: Unter Einem Regenschirm Am Abend/Du Glaubst Mir Nicht, Daß Ich Dich Liebe/Wenn Ein Junger Mann Kommt	Klaus Wunderlich	Hammond C3	Telefunken (SLE 14 315-P)	1964
Beguine: Till I Waltz Again With You/Harbour Lights/Mucho, Mucho, Mucho	Cor Steyn	The Magic Organ	EMI Records (LC 0542)	1989
Boogie-Medley: Montmartre-Melodie/Airport Boogie	Lars Tiselius	Hammond Electronic	Decca (NX 121)
Trapease Waltz	George Blackmore	Ritz Luton 3/8 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive (N.O)	1973
Mine	George Wright	George Wright Studio Organ, Leslie Factory, Pasadena CA 3/29 Wurlitzer	Dot Records (DLP 3612)	1965
The Trolley Song	Bill Vlasak	Paramount Music Palace, Indianapolis IN 4/42 Wurlitzer	WJV Productions,Inc (WJVCD-106)	1992

Episode 484 – Pizza & Pipes

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

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Music Played

In The Mood	Lew Williams	Organ Stop Pizza, Mesa AZ 3/23 & Organ Stop Pizza, Pheonix AZ 4/29 Wurlitzer	Organ Stop Pizza (OSP 106)	1979
Manha De Carnival	Bill Thomson	Roaring 20’s Pizza Restaurant, Grand Rapids, MI 3/30 Wurlitzer	Ronson Records (RT-104)
Everything’s In Rhythm With My Heart	David Lobban	Organ Grinder, Toronto 3/12 Wurlitzer	World Records/Silver Knight Productions (WRC-400)	1978
Frasquita Serenade	Len Rawle	Cap’ns Galley Pizza Parlour, Redwood City CA 4/18 Wurlitzer	Tonawanda Sound. (TWS 1003)	1976
Dancing In The Sun	George Blackmore	Organ Power No. 2 San Diego CA 5/27 Möller	Doric Recordings (DO (Q) 1503)
Avalon	Vic Hammett	Cap’ns Galley Pizza Parlour, Redwood City CA 4/18 Wurlitzer	Doric Recording (1401)
Somethings Gotta Give	Bill Vlasak	Paramount Music Palace, Indianapolis IN 4/42 Wurlitzer	WJV Productions,Inc (WJVCD-107)	1996
Dancing Queen	Zach Frame	Organ Piper Music Palace, Milwaukee WI 3/30 Kimbal/Wurlitzer	C-2 Productions LLC (zf0001)	2018

Episode 469 – Young And Healthy

Damon is back with another selection of feel good favourites which he at least enjoys!

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Music Played

Song Hits Of 1930: Young And Healthy/Remember Me/Jeepers Creepers/September In The Rain/We’re In The Money/I Only Have Eyes For You/Lullaby Of Broadway	Horace Finch	Empress Ballroom, Blackpool 3/13 Wurlitzer	Deroy Records (Deroy 949)	1973
As Long As He Needs Me	Nigel Ogden	BBC Playhouse Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer	Amberlee Records Ltd (ALM 312)	1982
Tijuana Taxi/Java	Phil Kelsall	Assembly Hall, Worthing 3/22 Wurlitzer	Grasmere Records (GRCD130)	2008
Old Cape Cod	Bill Vlasak	Paramount Music Palace, Indianapolis IN 4/42 Wurlitzer	WJV Productions,Inc (WJVCD-107)	1996
At The Codfish Ball	Chris McPhee	Capri Theatre, Adelaide 4/29 Wurlitzer	Chris McPhee (CMCD003)	1999
When Sunny Gets Blue	Lyn Larsen	Organ Stop Pizza, Mesa AZ 4/78 Wurlitzer	Musical Contrasts Inc (MCI-211)	2000
After You’ve Gone	Robin Richmond	Gaumont Manchester 4/14 Wurlitzer	Acorn Records (CF 265)	1974

Episode 461 – Platinum

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

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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 459 – They Can’t Take That Away From Me

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

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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