Bryan Rodwell – Page 2 – The Organist Encores

Episode 612 – Thursford Sounds

This week Damon features two mini broadcast by Bryan Rodwell and Robert Wolfe on the Thursford Wurlitzer.

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Music Played

a) Sig Tune: You Made Me Love You b) The Willow Waltz c) Nancy With The Laughing Face d) There Will Be Another You e) Sig Tune: You Made Me Love You	Bryan Rodwell	Thursford Collection, Fakenham 3/19 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1989
Dames/Lullaby Of Broadway/Shuffle Off To Buffalo/Keep Young And Healthy/About A Quarter To Nine/We’re In The Money/Shadow Waltz/You’re Getting To Be A Habit With Me/Go Into Your Dance/42nd Street	Robert Wolfe	Thursford Collection, Fakenham 3/19 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1990

Episode 611 – Hammond Half Hour

This week John Leeming features Hammond electronic organs.

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Music Played

Happy Days are Here Again (signature tune)	Thomas de Witte	Hammond C3	Private recording	2022
Something’s Gotta Give/Ain’t She Sweet	Robin Richmond	Hammond organ with rhythm	Nixa Records (NPL 18022)	1958
Let’s Fall in Love/The Very Thought Of You	Nigel Ogden	Hammond H100	Grasmere Records (GRCD131)	2009
Springtime Dreams	Gerhard Gregor	Hammond organ with rhythm players	Polydor Records (46034 LPHM)	1957
Alligator Crawl	Harold Smart Quartet	Hammond organ with instrumentalists	Parlophone Records (GEP 8589)	c1957
When Sunny Gets Blue	John Ferguson	Hammond and piano	Mark Herman Productions (MH 1002)	2008
Don’t Get Around Much Any More	Dan Bellomy	Hammond B3 with percussion	Dan Bellomy Productions (DBP-1)	2001
Sweet Lorraine	Klaus Wunderlich and Hubert Deuringer	Hammond with accordion and rhythm players	Bell Records (BLR 89104)	2001
It All Depends on You	Buddy Cole	Hammond with rhythm players	Jasmine Records (JASCD 185)	2011
Moonlight Serenade	Bryan Rodwell	Hammond X5 with percussion	The Organist Encores (TOENC001)	2019

Episode 603 – Sinatra

This week Damon has songs associated with that great singer, Frank Sinatra.

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Music Played

Come Fly With Me	Simon Gledhill	Alabama Theatre, Birmingham AL 4/29 Wurlitzer	Alabama Chapter ATOS (ALA-1783-09)	2009
I Will Wait For You	Doreen Chadwick	Gaumont Manchester 4/14 Wurlitzer	Amberlee Records (AML 304X)	1972
Nice ‘N Easy	Len Rawle	Tony Manning Residence, Farnborough 3/9 Christie	Tonawanda Sound (TWS 1004)	1976
Tender Trap/Love And Marriage/High Hopes	Robin Richmond	BBC Playhouse Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer	Windmill Records (WMD 262)
It Might As Well Be Spring	George Wright	George Wright Studio Organ, Leslie Factory, Pasadena CA 3/27 Wurlitzer	Westlake Productions/BANDA CD (BA-520042)	2004
Bad, Bad Leroy Brown	Hector Olivera	Fox Theatre, Atlanta GA 4/42 Möller	Eagle Associates Recording (EAR-10285)
Baubles, Bangles & Beads	Bryan Rodwell	Paramount/Odeon Leeds 3/19 Wurlitzer	Musiqua	2015
New York, New York	Michael Wooldridge	New Victoria Centre, Howden-le-Wear 3/19 Wurlitzer	Merlin Productions (MPCD110)	2012

Episode 601 – 1955 Radio Times

This week John Leeming takes us back to January 1955.

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Music Played

Leicester Square Looks Round	John Howlett	Granada Theatre, Tooting 4/14 Wurlitzer	Private recording	1965
Dance of the Blue Marionettes	Sidney Torch	Regal Theatre, Marble Arch 4/36 Wurlitzer	Sterndale Records (STE 1002)	1993
Wee McGregor Highland Patrol	Nigel Ogden	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Grasmere Records (GRCD 129)	1997
Dancing Tambourine	George Wright	Pasadena Studio 3/27 Wurlitzer	Banda Records (BA 70170299)	1999
Roaming Around	Bryan Rodwell	Granada Theatre, Clapham Junction 3/8 Wurlitzer	Private recording	1955
Goofus	Jim Riggs	Dolby House, Holbeach 4/22 Compton-plus	Private recording	2004
Too Late Now	Dudley Savage	ABC Cinema, Plymouth 3/8 Compton	Perfect Partners Records (PP001 CD)	2008
Guiding Star/They Were Doing the Mambo/Wait for Me, Darling	Stanley Wyllie	Ritz Cinema, Belfast 4/10 Compton	Private Recording	1954
Happy Days are Here Again	Jack Helyer	BBC Studio, Hoxton, London 5/27 Möller	Private Recording	1957

Episode 600

This week Damon is joined by his two co-presenters for their requests and then its over to you, with your requests!

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Music Played

Carefree	Jim Roseveare	Paramount Oakland CA 4/27 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	1983
‘Superman’ Selection	Walt Strony	St. Mary Of The Lake Auditorium, Mundelein, Illinois 4/19 Wurlitzer	Walter Strony Organ Concerts (WSOC-2)	1993
Nola	Bryan Rodwell	Granada, Clapham Junction, London 3c/8 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (John Leeming)	1978
Winter Sunset	Nigel Ogden	St. John Vianney Church, Clayhall London 3/7 Compton	COS Tapes (COS114)	1988
The Snow Waltz	Arnold Loxam	Rufforth 3/9 Compton	Barrie Davenport (DAV036)	1993
Dance of the Icicles	Horace Finch	Empress Ballroom, Blackpool 3/13 Wurlitzer	Digital Gramophone Company	2014
Symphonic Foxtrot- Samum	Reginald Dixon	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Columbia Records (SCX 6019)	1966
Slaughter On Tenth Avenue	Lyn Larsen	Dendy Theatre, Brighton, Melbourne, Australia 3/15 Wurlitzer	Essential Records (ERS 1008)
Twelfth Street Rag	Reginald Porter-Brown	Town Hall, Marrickville, Sidney, Australia 2/10 Wurlitzer	Deroy Records (Deroy 1020)	1974
Moonglow	Len Rawle	Musical Museum, Brentford 3/12 Wurlitzer	Tonawanda Sound (TWS 2018D)	2000
Bats In The Belfry	Simon Gledhill	EMD/Granada Walthamstow, London 3/12 Christie	COS Tapes (COS109)	1985
The King And I Selection	Noel Briggs	BBC Playhouse Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer	Deroy Records (Deroy 1060)	1974
Summer Skies	Trevor Bolshaw	Kitchen Bros Garage, Diss 3/19 Wurlitzer	Raymer Sound (RSCD216)	2012
Chinatown, My Chinatown	Phil Kelsall	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Crimson Productions (CRIMCD79)	1999

Episode 593 – Rhythm Review

This week John Leeming presents tracks of a rhythmical nature.

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Music Played

Honky Tonk Rag	Bryan Rodwell	Granada Theatre, Clapham Junction 3/8 Wurlitzer	Private recording	1953
Dodging a Divorcee	Dwight Thomas	Paramount Music Palace, Indianapolis 4/42 Wurlitzer	Klarion Productions (DTCD-101)	1987
Glasgow Fair	Gerald Shaw	Odeon, Leicester Square, London 5/17 Compton	Private Recording	1965
Hot Socks	Arnold Loxam	Plough, Great Munden 3/12 Compton	Merridale Motors (MM 004)	1994
The Minor Drag	David Gray	Sanfilippo Foundation, Barrington Hills, Illinois 4/80 Wurlitzer	David Gray (dg0001)	2018
Forty-second Street/Varsity Drag	Phil Kelsall	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Grosvenor Records (GRCD 137)	2011
We Just Can’t Say Goodbye	Reginald Stone	BBC Theatre Organ No 2, London 5/27 Möller	Private Recording	1952
Flashback	Eddie Ruhier	Hammond organ and keyboards Electronic	Grosvenor Records (CDGRS 1292)	1996
Ring-a-Ding Girl/Berlin Melody	Robinson Cleaver	Granada Theatre, Clapham Junction 3/8 Wurlitzer	Private recording	1962

Episode 587 – Theatre Organ Forecast

This week Robert Hope-Jones gives us the ~~shipping~~ theatre organ forecast!

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Music Played

Sailing By	Phil Kelsall	Technics SX-FA1	Grasmere Records (GRCD78)	1996
Summer Samba	Peter Holt	3 Js Gomersal, Yorkshire 3/10 Compton	GRS 1176	1986
Blue Tango	Reginald Dixon	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Encore! (EMI Records) (ENC 198)	1952
A Trumpet Lullaby	Aaron Hawthorne (Organ) David Ford (Trumpet)	Pollokshaws Burgh Hall, Glasgow 3/19 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	2020
Getting Sentimental Over You	Con Doherty	Odeon Newcastle Upon Tyne 3/19 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	1964
Tambourin	Robert Wolfe	Thursford, Norfolk 3/19 Wurlitzer	WPCD05	2002
We Couldn’t Just Say Goodbye	Vic Hammet	Claude Birk’s Wycombe Organ Centre, Bucks 2/5 Wurlitzer	Doric (DO 1409)
Serenade in Blue	Bryan Rodwell	Compton House, Germany (ex-Regal, Putney) 3/7 Compton	Private Recording	1994

Episode 586 – Granada! Then & Now

This week Damon features four Granada organs in their current and original homes.

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Music Played

Lady Be Good/Sophisticated Lady/Fascinating Rhythm/Trolley Song	Bryan Rodwell	Granada, Clapham Junction, London 3c/8 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	1978
You Made Me Love You	Simon Gledhill	Orgue De Cinéma, Collège Claparède, Genèva 3c/8 Wurlitzer	AAOCCC, Genève	2017
Little Girl/Just In Time	Jackie Brown	Granada Edmonton 3/10 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	1966
Stars Fell On Alabama	Len Rawle	Organ Theatre, St. Albans 3/10 Wurlitzer	St Albans Musical Museum Society (CAS 1011)	1994
Canadian Capers	Robinson Cleaver	Granada, Welling 3c/8 Wurlitzer	Nostalgia Direct (AZCD214)	2011
Cheek To Cheek/They Say It’s Wonderful	Declan Poole	Wurlitzer Hall, Leisure Centre, Woking 3/19 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	2024
Bells Across The Meadow	Dudley Beavan	Granada, Woolwich 3c/8 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	1938
El Adorno	David Lowe	Neuadd Pendre, Tywyn 3c/8 Wurlitzer	OS Digital (OS239)	1998

Episode 583 – Entwinement

This week Robert Hope-Jones intertwines piano and organ.

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Music Played

East of the Sun	Bryan Rodwell	Granada Theatre, Tooting 4/14 Wurlitzer	VIS B-3
Hello Bluebird	Jim Riggs & Vincent Lopez	Little River Studio, Miller, Wichita 3/19 Wurlitzer	Jim Riggs Records	2006
Moonlight On the Ganges	Jim Roseveare & Peter Mintun	Ohio Theatre in Columbus, Ohio 4/26 Robert Morton and piano	Private Recording	1986
Time and Time Again	Ralph Wolf & Rob Richards	Nethercutt Collection, San Sylmar, CA Bosendorfer grand, 4/70 Wurlitzer	HPR-1080CD	2010
Babalu	Korla Pandit	Hammond, Piano	DJV-012-2	2007
Stardust	Pierre Fracalanza	Paramount Organ Works 332	Private	2011
Limehouse Blues	Everett Nourse & Frank Denke	Rodgers 36-E, Model O Steinway	Doric 1402	1971
Canyon Caballero	Simon Gledhill & Richard Hills	Dolby House, Lincolnshire 4/22 Compton hybrid, Steinway Piano	Private	2015
My Ideal	Johnny Duffy	Unspecified Organ/ Mason & Hamlin grand piano	Edison Int. SDL 101	1959

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