Bobby Pagan – The Organist Encores

Episode 563 – Organ Oddities

This week John Leeming has some more light hearted tracks for you to enjoy.

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Music Played

Playing Leapfrog	The Three Suns	Hammond and Paramount New York (probably) 4/36 Wurlitzer	RCA Victor (LPM1543)	1957
My Heart Sings	‘The Continental’ with Eddie Baxter	Vocal + Hammond organ	Capitol Records (CL13660)	1951
Hole in My Head	Ivor Cutler	Vocal + Harmonium	Private recording (BBC/JL)	1959
O Sole Mio	Fritz Seidel	Schauburg Theatre, Dresden (GDR) 2/7 Hupfeld	Private Recording	1955
A Kiss	‘Angus Reed’ (Sandy Macpherson)	BBC Theatre Organ #2 5/27 Möller	Featured in radio drama extract (BBC/Radioechoes)	1948
Nola	Bryan Rodwell	Granada Theatre, Walthamstow 3/12 Christie	Private recording (JL)	1978
Lady Be Good / Somebody Loves Me	Jean Hoeben	Music Museum, Frankfurt-am-Main (W. Germany) 2/6 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	1986
Pop Gun	Bruce Wendell + Harry Bidgood (piano) + vocal	Broadway theatre, Catford 3/13 Compton	NTOT Records (NCM214)	1998
Tiger Rag	Bobby Pagan	EMI Studio #1, London 3/8 Compton	HMV Records (BD775)	c1940

Episode 524 – Design Inspirations

This week Damon features instruments that have inspired the development of his Standaart – as well a the first sounds from this instrument!

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Music Played

March: Tigers Tail	Reginald Dixon	Empress Ballroom, Blackpool 3/13 Wurlitzer	Archive Recording (TOEnc)	1958
Moonlight In Vermont	Damon Cox	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	2023
I’m The One/Thank You/There I’ve Said It Again/The Last Day In September	Bobby Pagan	Ritz Richmond 3/8 Wurlitzer	Archive Recording (N.O)	1964
Laura/Frenesí/You Moved Right In	Jospeh Seal	Regal/ABC Kingston 3/12 Wurlitzer	Archive Recording (N.O)	????
Playboy	David Shepherd	Dolby House, Holbeach 3c/6 Compton	Archive Recording (N.O)	1985
I Don’t Know Why	David Lowe	Trinity Arts Centre, Pudsey 3/8 Wurlitzer	Archive Recording (N.O)	1994
Sweet Sue/Dinah	Nigel Ogden	De Poort Technical College, Rotterdam 3/11 Standaart	Archive Recording (N.O)	1985
Try A Little Tenderness/Tenderly	Ernest Broadbent	Passage Theatre Schidam 3/10 Standaart	NOF Sound (N.S.P 80-8-8-2)	1981
I Won’t Dance	Damon Cox	Studio Standaart, Woking 2/8 Standaart	Private Recording	2023

Episode 516 – From The Archive: Bobby Pagan

This week’s from the archive show features Bobby Pagan at the Ritz Richmond Wurlitzer.

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Music Played

Thunderbirds March

Wonderful Copenhagen/Hear My Song Violetta

Limehouse Blues

So Whats New?

A In The Black Forest

I Only Have Eyes For You

Spanish Flea

Michelle

The Wedding Of The Painted Doll

I Wish You Love/The Surry With The Fringe On Top

Yes We Have No Bannas

If I Were A Rich Man/It’s Almost Like Being In Love

All tracks played on the 3/8 Wurlitzer in the Ritz Richmond, broadcast 1967. Original recording from the Jim Buckland Archive. Recording re-mastered with Adobe Audition.

Episode 488 – Broadcast Duo – Encore!

This week Damon features two short broadcasts of the ex-Foort/BBC Möller while it was at Jubilee Chapel, Hoxton

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Music Played

– The Five Pennies – My Wishing Song – A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes – Slaughter On Tenth Avenue – Smile, Darn Ya, Smile – Pennies From Heaven	Vic Hammett	BBC Theatre Organ No.2, Hoxton, London 5/27 Möller	Private Recording (E.R Hart Archive)
– My Friend The Sea – Creole Lullaby – The Whistling Boy – Scotland The Brave (As A Piper) – ??? By Acker Bilk – Home In A Hurry – Signature Tune: The Pagan Love Song	Bobby Pagan	BBC Theatre Organ No.2, Hoxton, London 5/27 Möller	Private Recording (E.R Hart Archive)

Episode 479 – Sound of the Silents

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

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Music Played

The Snake Charmer	Damon Cox	Studio Standaart 2/8 VTPO	Private Recording	2022
Slapstick – From Int. Youth Silent Film	Nathan Avakian	Riviera Theatre, North Tonawanda NY 3/16 Wurlitzer	ATOS	2019
Phantom Of The Opera	Lee Erwin	Richard 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 Escoriale	Ena Baga	Piano	Gold Star (1500 013)	1974
A Vampire!	Aaron Hawthorne	Victoria Hall, Saltaire 3/12 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	2022
Soundtrack From A Silent Film	Bobby Pagan	Ritz Richmond 3/8 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (E.C Buckland Collection)	1967

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.

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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 445 – From Nigel Ogden’s Archive: 70’s Look-Back

On this week’s show Nigel Ogden is back in his archive with tracks recorded in the 1970’s.

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Music Played

Merry Makers Dance	John Mann	Granada Sutton 3/10 Compton	Nigel Ogden Archive	1970
Cheekie Chappie	Reginald Porter-Brown	Odeon Hammersmith 4/15 Compton	Nigel Ogden Archive	1973
Chattanooga Choo Choo	Alec Leader	The Plough, Great Munden 3/11 Compton	Nigel Ogden Archive	1970
Tangerine	Vic Hammett	Granada Harrow 3c/8 Wurlitzer	Nigel Ogden Archive	1970
Put On A Happy Face	Bryan Rodwell	Granada Harrow 3c/8 Wurlitzer	Nigel Ogden Archive	1973
“My Fair Lady” Selection	Bobby Pagan	Tony Manning Residence, Farnborough 3/9 Christie	Nigel Ogden Archive	1979
Waltz Espana	George Blackmore	Ritz/ABC Luton 3/8 Wurlitzer	Nigel Ogden Archive	1973
If I Had A Hammer/A Lot Of Livin’	Nigel Ogden	BBC Playhouse Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer	Nigel Ogden Archive	1979

Episode 407 – Miscellany

On this week’s show John Leeming has a mixed bag of theatre organ miscellany – anything can happen in the next 30 minutes – so tune in!

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Music Played

Mr. Wonderful	Robert Wolfe	Thursford Collection, Fakenham 3/19 Wurlitzer	Wolfe Productions (WPCD 18)	2014
Mr. Lucky	Lyn Larsen	Sanfilippo Music Salon, Barrington Hills IL 5/80 Wurlitzer	Musical Contrasts Inc (MCI-208)	1995
Save the Last Dance for Me	Quentin Maclean	Trocadero Elephant and Castle, London 4/21 Wurlitzer	Columbia Records (DB 759 1934)	c1934
String of Pearls	Lew Williams	Organ Stop Pizza, Mesa AZ 4/78 Wurlitzer	ERB Enterprises (ERB 107-CD)	1996
Body and Soul	Bobby Pagan	Assembly Hall, Worthing 3/10 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	1987
Isn’t It a Lovely Day (To Be Caught in the Rain)	Jim Riggs	Dolby House, Holbeach 4/22 Compton-plus	Private Recording	c2004
A Cottage for Sale	John Clark McCall	Grace Church, Sarasota, FL 4/32 Wurlitzer	John Clark McCall	2020
Tea for Two	Bryan Rodwell	Regal/Scala Rotherham 3/9 Conacher	Private Recording	c1980

Episode 395 – A Live Show

On this week’s show John Leeming takes us back in time with recordings from many live performances of the past! Tracks you won’t have heard before…unless you were there of course!

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Music Played

The Skaters’ Waltz	John Mann	Granada, Tooting London 4/14 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	1968
Tea For Two/Hallelujah	Bobby Pagan	Granada Kingston, London 3c/10 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	1976
A Walk In The Black Forest	Reginald Porter-Brown	Guildhall Southampton 4/50 Compton (Dual Console)	Private Recording	1973
June Night On Marlow Reach	Iain Flitcroft	EMD/Granada Walthamstow, London 3/12 Christie	Private Recording	1999
Begin The Beguine	George Blackmore	Southbank Polytechnic, London 4/24 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	1989
That’s Entertainment	Hans Nottrot	Passage Theatre Schidam 3/10 Standaart	Private Recording	1981
When You’re Counting The Stars Alone	Jeff Barker	Silver Jubilee Club, West Hallam 3/8 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	1975
All Or Nothing At All	Jackie Brown	Granada, Greenford 3c/8 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	1963
Stomping At The Savoy	Jim Riggs	Fox Detroit MI 4/36 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	1995

On this weeks show we are pretty spooked out as its Halloween! We present everything from Ghosts & Specters in Haunted Ballroom’s to the Gothic Phantom himself….We recommend you don’t listen to this show on your own at night….

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Music Played

Intro Music: Enter The Phantom	Len Rawle	Tonawanda, Chorleywood 4/24 Wurlitzer	The Scoring House	2012
Gothic Design	Nigel Ogden	Manchester Cathedral 4m Harrison & Harrison Ltd	Cavendish Music (CAV CD63)	1994
Ghostbusters	Zach Frame	Organ Piper Music Palace, Milwaukee WI 3/30 Kimbal-Wurlitzer	C-2 Productions LLC (zf0001)	2018
The Haunted Ballroom	Simon Gledhill	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	OS Digital (OS 205)	1994
The Phantom Of The Opera/The Music Of The Night	Phil Kelsall	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Grasmere Records (GRCD123)	2005
Ghost Riders in the Sky	Lyn Larsen & Tony Fenelon	Nethercutt Collection, San Sylmar, Los Angeles CA 4/36 Wurlitzer	Musical Contrasts Inc (MCI-108)
Spectre On The Spree!	Bobby Pagan & Louis Mordish	BBC Theatre Organ No.2, Hoxton, London 5/27 Möller	Digital Gramophone Company	1952
Suite Gothique: IV. Toccata	Carlo Curley	Girard College Chapel, Philadelphia PA 4/106 Skinner	Decca ‎(458 364-2)	1998