Bryan Rodwell – The Organist Encores

Episode 656 – Tribute: Nigel Ogden

Today Damon pays tribute to Nigel Ogden who sadly passed away last week.

Click here for Nigels tribute page and funeral details.

This extended show is split over two parts

Part 1

Part 2

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Music Played

Part 1

From This Moment On	Nigel Ogden	BBC Playhouse Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1983
Those Were The Days/The Night They Invented Champagne/I Remember It Well/Gigi	Nigel Ogden	Gaumont Manchester 4/14 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1973
Mah Nà Mah Nà	Nigel Ogden	Free Trade Hall, Manchester 4/20 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1977
From This Moment On/The Mood I’m In/Matchmaker	Nigel Ogden	BC Playhouse Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1980
Whispering	Nigel Ogden & Robin Richmond	BC Playhouse Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1982
Flower Duet	Nigel Ogden	St. John Vianney Church, Clayhall London 3/7 Compton	TOEnc Archive	1994
Autumn Leaves	Nigel Ogden	Church Of St Mary, Lowe House, St. Helens 3/11 Christie	TOEnc Recording	2021
Limehouse Blues	Nigel Ogden	Empress Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer/Compton	TOEnc Recording	2020
Somebody Stole My Gal	Nigel Ogden	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	OS Video (OSDVD 103)	1999
Carillion Sortie	Nigel Ogden	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1982
Penguin’s Playtime	Nigel Ogden	Free Trade Hall, Manchester 4/20 Wurlitzer	OS Digital (OS201)	1993
England’s Glory	Nigel Ogden	Town Hall Manchester 5m Cavaille-Coll	OS Digital (OS207)	1994

Part 2

From This Moment On	Nigel Ogden	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	OS Digital (OS214)	1995
Moonlight In Vermont	Nigel Ogden	Hammond Commodore with HL722 Leslie speaker	OS Digital (OS251)	2001
Sweet Georgia Brown/Five Ft Two/Mack The Knife/Poor People Of Paris	Nigel Ogden	Streatham Ice Rink Hammond C3	TOEnc Archive	1983
Pink Champagne	Nigel Ogden & John Roadhouse	BBC Playhouse Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer	NDO Project (CD 207)	2018
I’ve Got You Under My Skin	Nigel Ogden & Bryan Rodwell	Assembly Hall, Worthing 3/11 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1988
In A Persian Market	Nigel Ogden	BBC Broadcasting House, London 4/35 Compton	TOEnc Archive	1998
That’s Entertainment	Nigel Ogden	BBC Playhouse Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1986
Funeral March Of A Marionette	Nigel Ogden	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Grasmere Records (GRCD135)	2011
Can I Forget You?	Nigel Ogden	AVRO Radio Studio, Hilversum, Holland 4/19 Standaart-Compton	TOEnc Archive	1985
The Best Of Nacio Herb Brown: Broadway Melody/ You Are My Lucky Star/ All I Do Is Dream Of You/ Should I?/ Wedding Of The Painted Doll/ You Were Meant For Me	Nigel Ogden	Town Hall Stockport 4/20 Wurlitzer	Grasmere Recordings Ltd (GRCD129)	2008
I’ll Walk With God	Nigel Ogden	St. John Vianney Church, Clayhall London 3/7 Compton	COS Tapes (COS114)	1988

Episode 641 – Waynes Wonders

This week John Leeming presents another program chosen by Wayne Ivany.

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Music Played

Bonsoir	Joseph Seal	ABC Theatre, Kingston-upon-Thames 3/12 Wurlitzer	ABC private disc	1950s
March from ‘Things to Come’	Richard Hills	Apollo Theatre, Hammersmith, London 4/15 Compton	Private recording	2016
Polka Dots and Moonbeams	Bryan Rodwell	Odeon Cinema, Leicester Square, London 5c/17 Compton	Private recording	1976
Poupée Valsante	John Mann	Granada Theatre, Kingston-upon-Thames 3c/10 Wurlitzer	Private recording	1975
I Hate Myself for Being So Mean to You	Vic Hammett	Granada Theatre, Kingston-upon-Thames 3c/10 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	1973
Hoilday for Strings	Gerald Shaw	The Plough Inn, Great Munden 3/11 Compton	MJV Records (BEV SLP 1321)	1971
How Many Hearts Have You Broken?/Imagination/Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams	Robin Richmond	Gaumont State Theatre, Kilburn, London 4/16 Wurlitzer	Private recording	c1974
‘She Wore a Yellow Ribbon’ selection: She Wore a Yellow Ribbon/The Girl I Left Behind Me/O Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie/Dixie/Garry Owen/St Patrick’s Day	Robinson Cleaver	BBC Theatre Organ, London 5c/27 Möller	Private Recording	1950
Goodnight Melody	Joseph Seal	ABC Theatre, Kingston-upon-Thames 3/12 Wurlitzer	ABC private disc	1970

Episode 639 – British Light Show

This week Robert Hope-Jones has an extended show organs with illumined surrounds.

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Music Played

The Charge of the Light Brigade	Nigel Ogden	Plaza Cinema, Stockport 3/11 Compton	SLO4025	2002
On Green Dolphin Street	Bryan Rodwell	Capital Cinema, Aberdeen 3/6 Compton
Peanut Polka	Nicolas Martin	Plaza Cinema, Stockport 3/11 Compton	Nigel Ogden Archive
William Tell Overture	Reginald Porter-Brown	Regal Cinema Torquay 3/11 Compton	Private
Where are you/There’s no Two Ways about it	Sidney Torch	Regal Cinema, Kingston Upon Thames 3/12 Wurlitzer	Colombia	1937
Tonight’s the Night/When I Take My Sugar to Tea	Joseph Seal	Ritz Cinema Belfast 4/10 Compton	Live Broadcast	1950
Laura	Gerald Shaw	Odeon Leicester Square 5/17 Compton	Private	1965
Petite Waltz	Reginald Holland	Odeon, Blackpool 4/13 Conacher	Priavte	1961
Avalon	Robin Richmond/Vic Hammett	Regal Cinema Edmonton 4/15 Christie	Private	1979
I’m Beginning to See the Light	Nigel Ogden	Astra Llandudno, 3/8 Christie	COS	2019

Episode 636 – Playhouse Memories

This week Damon features tracks recorded on the BBC Playhouse Studio Wurlitzer.

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Music Played

Phil The Fluters Ball	William Davies	BBC Playhouse Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (JVAS Archive)	1983
Three Coins In The Fountain	Simon Gledhill	BBC Playhouse Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (JVAS Archive)	1983
El Gatito	Ernest Broadbent	BBC Playhouse Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (JVAS Archive)	1979
Destiny	David Shepherd	BBC Playhouse Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (JVAS Archive)	1983
There Will Never Be Another You	Bryan Rodwell	BBC Playhouse Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (NO Archive)	1982
Close To You	Nigel Ogden	BBC Playhouse Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (JVAS Archive)	1977
Pepe	David Lowe	BBC Playhouse Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (JVAS Archive)	1979
Count Your Blessings	Reginald Dixon	BBC Playhouse Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (JVAS Archive)	1977
Good Morning/Quando, Quando, Quando	Phil Kelsall	BBC Playhouse Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (JVAS Archive)	1983

Episode 635 – Concert Recording – Part 1

This week Damon features tracks from the Concert Recording label.

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Music Played

Flying Scotsman	Jackie Brown	Granada, Tooting London 4/14 Wurlitzer	Concert Recording (CR-SO58)
Mighty Like A Rose	Arnold Loxam	Paramount/Odeon Leeds 3/19 Wurlitzer	Concert Recording (CR-0039)	1968
Have You Met Miss Jones?	Bryan Rodwell	Paramount/Odeon Leeds 3/19 Wurlitzer	Concert Recording (CR-0044)	1968
Too Late Now	Gerald Shaw	Odeon Leicester Square, London 5c/17 Compton	Concert Recording (CR-0017)	1968
Collection of Can Cans	Andrew Fenner	Odeon Hammersmith 4/15 Compton	Concert Recording (CR-0059)	1969
Song Of Alassio	Vic Hammett	Town Hall Buckingham 3/10 Wurlitzer	Concert Recording (CR-0006)	1966
Primero	Douglas Reeve	Dome Brighton 4/40 Hill Norman and Beard ‘Christie’	Concert Recording (CR-0020)	1967
Adios	George Blackmore	Regal/Odeon Marble Arch, London 4/37 Christie	Concert Recording (CR-0010)	1967
To A Wild Rose	Robinson Cleaver	Granada, Tooting London 4/14 Wurlitzer	Concert Recording (CR-0036)	1968
Sentimental Gentleman From Georgia	Len Rawle	Tonawanda, Chorleywood 4/24 Wurlitzer	Concert Recording (CR-0082)	1971

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 630 – 1935

This week Damon features music written 90 years ago in 1935.

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Music Played

Broadway Rhythm	Nigel Ogden	New Victoria Centre, Howden-le-Wear 3/12 Wurlitzer	CrescendO (CDHLW1004)	1996
I’m In The Mood For Love	Simon Gledhill	Oriental Theatre, Milwaukee WI 4/39 Kimbal	Simon Gledhill & Kimbal Theatre Organ Society (KTOS339)	2000
Begin The Beguine	Len Rawle	Marine Arcade, Douglas, Isle Of Man 2/10 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Recording	2019
East Of The Sun	Bryan Rodwell	Buttermarket Shrewsbury 3/8 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1994
Cheek To Cheek	Robin Richmond	Kitchen Bros Garage Diss 3/19 Wurlitzer	Cinema Organ Society (COS 123)	1998
Red Sails In The Sunset	Dudley Savage	Royal/ABC Plymouth 3/8 Compton	Perfect Partner Records (PP001CD)	2008
It Ain’t Necessarily So	John Seng	St. Mary of the Lake Seminary Mundelein IL 4/23 Howell-Wurlitzer	Concert Recording (CR-0057)
My Romance	Buddy Cole	Buddy Cole Studio, Hollywood CA 3/27 Wurlitzer-Morton	Warner Bros. Records (WS 1533)	1963
Just One Of Those Things	Billy Nalle	Century II Wichita 4/36 Wurlitzer	Wichita Theatre Organ, Inc (1959)	1981

Episode 625 – 1925

This week Damon features music written 100 years ago in 1925.

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Music Played

Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie!	Charlie Balogh	Organ Stop Pizza, Mesa AZ 4/46 Wurlitzer	ERB Enterprises Inc (ERB 104-CD)
Only A Rose	Clark Wilson	Wheaton Fox Studio, Wheaton IL 3/16 Robert Morton	Wheaton-Fox Productions (WFP-1001)	1983
Five Foot Two, Eyes Of Blue	Arnold Loxam	Kitchen Bros Garage Diss 3/19 Wurlitzer	Kitchen Bros (KC3)	1976
Drifting And Dreaming	Len Rawle	Musical Museum, Brentford 3/12 Wurlitzer	Tonawanda Sound (TWS 2018D)	2000
Ukelele Lady	George Wright	George Wright Studio Organ, Leslie Factory, Pasadena CA 3/29 Wurlitzer	Dot Records (DLP 25526)	1963
Jealousy	Phil Kelsall	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	OS Video (OSV 505)	2000
If You Knew Susie (Like I Know Susie)	Reginald Dixon	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Readers Digest (617-ES-1)	1968
Sleepy Time Gal	Tom Hazleton	Nethercutt Collection, San Sylmar, Los Angeles CA 4/74 Wurlitzer	Klavier Records International Inc (KD-77025)	1999
Sweet Georgia Brown	Bryan Rodwell	Granada Clapham Junction 3c/8 Wurlitzer	Nostalgia Direct (AZCD214)	2011

Episode 622 – London Amble

This week Robert Hope-Jones takes an able around old London town.

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Music Played

Chelsea Bridge	Larry Vannucci	Marin Pizza Pub, San Rafael 3/13 Robert Morton	WR5169	1978
Knightsbridge (March)	Richard Hills	Guildhall, Southampton, England 4/50 Compton		2011
Punch [Puppets Suite]	Bryan Rodwell	Granada Cinema, Clapham Junction 3/8 Wurlitzer
Shallow Waters	David Shepherd	Regent Street 2/8 Wurlitzer	COS 120	1991
Westminster Waltz	Nigel Ogden	Free Trade Hall, Manchester 4/20 Wurlitzer	OS 225	1996
London by Night/A nightingale sang in Berkeley Square	Robert Wolfe	Southbank University, London 4/24 Wurlitzer
Dancing On The Ceiling	Donald MacKenzie	Odeon Cinema, Leicester Square, London 5/17 Compton	Sterndale	1998
A Foggy Day in London Town	George Wright	Fox Theatre San Francisco 4/36 Wurlitzer	HIFI R-708	1956

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