Damon Cox

On this week’s show we move forwards one year in the 1930’s to the year 1931. This weeks show includes more brilliant tunes including The Peanut Vendor, The Cuban Love Song, a selection from ‘The Band Waggon’ and many more!

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Music played

Track	Artist	Organ	Record Label	Year
Smile, Darn Ya, Smile	John Atwell	Town hall, Malvern, Victoria, Australia 3/17 Compton		2000
You’re Blase	Mark Herman	Alabama Theatre, Birmingham, Alabama 4/26 Wurlitzer	ATOS	2009
Peanut Vendor	Reginald Dioxn	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 + G.P Wurlitrzer	Music For Pleasure	1964
Sweet And Lovely/The Cuban Love Song	Howard Beaumont	Victoria Hall, Saltire 3/11 Wurlitzer	Fairview Studios	2013
Of Thee I Sing	Jelani Eddington	Centraal Buteau Voor De Statistiek, Voorburgh 3/11 Standaart	NOF	2005
Up A Lazy River	Len Rawle	Musical Museum, Brentford, London 3/12 + G.P Wurlitzer	Tonawanda Sound	c1995
Selection From ‘The Band Wagon’	Jim Riggs	Paramount Oakland, CA 4/27 Wurlitzer		1993

On this week’s show Damon introduces three new CD’s and tells you a little about what he got up to on the Cinema Organ Society’s Northern District Convention, which took place last weekend.

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Track	Artist	Organ	Record Label	Year
The Spirit Of Youth	Mark Laflin	Neuadd Pendre, Tywyn 3c/9 Wurlitzer	Mark Laflin Productions	2012
Cherry	David Gray	Dennis Unk Residence, Erie PA 3/21 Wurlitzer	Dennis Unk	2017
From Here To Eternity	Howard Beaumont	New Victoria Centre, Howden-Le-Wear 3/19 + G.P Wurlitzer	Fairview Studios	2017
Love Me Or leave me	George Wright	Grant Union High School, Sacramento CA 4/21 Wurlitzer	Banda Records/Coale Education Group	2017
Rotten Row	Simon Gledhill	New Victoria Centre, Howden-Le-Wear 3/19 + G.P Wurlitzer	Crescendo	2011
Windmills Of My Mind	Dave Wickerham	Spreckels Pavilion, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA 4-72 Austin	ATOS Productions	2012
Young And Healthy/Lullaby Of Broadway/42nd Street	Phil Kelsall	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 + G.P Wurlitrzer	Grasmere	1991

This is your guard speaking – On this week’s show we are bringing you back to the golden age of stream trains and luxury travel. With no chance of any delays, we advise passengers that the Blackpool Belle, Coronation Scot and Orient Express are but a few of the departures on the show. So sit back and enjoy the journey as expert divers of the mighty theatre organ take you up and down the line!

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Music played

Track	Artist	Organ	Record Label	Year
Chattanooga Choo Choo	Len Rawle	Tonawanda, Chorleywood 4/24 Wurlitzer	Tonawanda Sound	1972
Tuxedo Junction	Jackie Brown	Granada Tooting, London 4/14+G.P Wurlitzer	Concert recording	1967
Coronation Scot	Brian Sharp	Yamaha FX 20, DX7 and RX15	Grosvenor	1986
Honky Tonk Train	Howard Beaumont	Victoria Hall, Saltaire 3/11 Wurlitzer	Fairview Studios	2013
Blackpool Belle	Phil Kelsall	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14+G.P Wurlitzer	Grasmere	1993
Orient Express	Sidney Torch	Regal Edmonton, London 4/15 Christie	Sterndale	1991
Theme From ‘Murder On The Orient Express’	Kevin Morgan	Granada Studio Tours, Manchester 4/14 Wurlitzer	OS Digital	1998
We’re Getting There	David Lowe	Neuadd Pendre, Tywyn 3c/9 Wurlitzer	OS Digital	1998
Take The A-Train	Bryan Rodwell	Southbank Polytechnic, London 4/24 Wurlitzer	Provate Recording	1990

On this week’s show Damon starts the first of ten shows talking us through the 1930’s, a decade full of proper music! The series will be spread out of the next few months and each year will feature music either written in, popularized in or from a musical/stage production that ran that year! Tunes this week include, Embraceable You, Love For Sale, Get Happy and many more!

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Music played

Track	Artist	Organ	Record Label	Year
On The Sunny Side Of The Street	Simon Gledhill	New Victoria Centre, Howden-le-Wear 3/19+G.P Wurlitzer	Crescendo	2011
Body And Soul	Tony Fenelon	Capri Theatre, Adelaide 4/24 Wurlitzer	TF Prpductions	1995
Get Happy	Jim Riggs	Macy’s Greek Hall, Philadelphia, PA 2/8 Wurlitzer	DSP Recordings	2013
For You	Ernest Broadbent	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14+G.P Wurlitzer	EMI/Columbia	1970
Bye Bye Blues	Vic Hammett	Granada Tooting, London 4/14+G.P Wurlitzer	Amberlee	1980
Embraceable You	Lyn Larsen	Nethercutt Collection, San Sylmar, Los Angeles CA 4/35 Wurlitzer	Music Contrasts Inc	c1970s
Exactly Like You	Bryan Rodwell	Rodgers Olympic Electronic	Amberlee	1978
Love For Sale	Lew Williams	Civic Auditorium, Pasadena CA 5/28 Möller	Piping Hot	1996
I Got Rhythm	Michael Wooldridge	Regal Edmonton 4/15 Christie	COS Tapes	1984

On this week’s show Damon plays some new additions to the archive. Artists include John Atwell, Scott Harrison, John Mann, Nigel Ogden and many more!

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Nathan Avakin’s New CD – Synthesis

BBC Radio 2’s Highlights From Phil Kelsall’s 40th Anniversary Concert

Music played

Track	Artist	Organ	Record Label	Year
Orange Coloured Sky	Nathan & Claire Avakian	Nethercutt Collection, San Sylmar, Los Angeles   4/75 Wurlitzer	Avakian Creative Works	2017
Alfie	Nigel Ogden	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool   3/14+Digital Piano Wurlitzer	Sanctuary Records	2005
The Girl From Ipanema	Charlie Balogh	Organ Stop Pizza, Mesa AZ   4/78 Wurlitzer	ERB Enterprises	2000
Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again	Scott Harrison & Mark Page	Kingston City Hall, Moorabbin, Victoria, Australia   4/21 Wurlitzer	Scott Harrison Productions	2010
Marche Lorraine	John Mann	Paul Kirner’s Music Palace, Ynyshir, Wales   4/15+G.P Christie	Compton Lodge Studios	2017
So In Love	John Atwell	Town Hall, Marrickville, Sidney, Australia   2/10 Wurlitzer	JAmusic	2010
It’s A Good Day	John Atwell	Town Hall, Malvern, Victoria, Australia   3/17 Compton	JAmusic	2000

This week Damon celebrates the 4th of July – Independence day in the states. So with that in mind all the tracks show off the big American Sound – and some of the finest American organist to produce it!

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Music played

Track	Artist	Organ	Record Label	Year
Get Happy	Jelani Eddington (With Donnie Rankin on Drums)	John Dickinson High School, Wilmington   3/66 Kimball	RJE Productions	2014
Tumbling Tumbleweeds	Buddy Cole	Buddy Cole Studio, Hollywood   3/27 Wurlitzer-Morton	Warner Bros	1964
Blue Moon	Jim Riggs	Macy’s Greek Hall, Philadelphia   2/8 Wurlitzer	DSP Recordings	2013
What I Did For Love	Lyn Larsen	Century II Wichita   4/36 Wurlitzer	Pro-Arte	1986
It’s Been A Long, Long Time	Tiny James	Fox San Francisco   4/36 Wurlitzer	Fantasy Records	1963
String Of Pearls	Lew Williams	Organ Stop Pizza, Phoenix   4/29 Wurlitzer	Organ Stop Pizza Records	1979
Skylark	Mark Herman	Embassy Theatre, Fort Wayne   4/16 Page	Mark Herman Productions	2006
Flying Fingers	George Wright	Rialto Theatre, South Pasadena   2/14 Wurlitzer	Banda	1997

This week’s show is a bit like last week’s show….only with a different presenter…and different music….!

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Music played

Track	Artist	Organ	Record Label	Year
Hey Neighbour/Shine/Jeepers Creepers/We’ll All Go Riding On A Rainbow	Arnold Loxam	Paramount/Odeon, Leeds   3/19 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	c1968
Two Sleepy People	Donald Mackenzie	Town Hall, Watford   3/16 Compton	SAY Records	1993
Butterflies In The rain	William Davies	Gaumont, Manchester   4/14 Wurlitzer	Acorn	1974
That’s My Desire	George Wright	Studio Organ Leslie Factory, Pasadena   3/28 Wurlitzer	DOT Records	1962
Charmaine	Nicholas Martin	Turners Musical Merry Go Round, Northampton   3/19 Wurlitzer	Turners Records	1997
El Mosquito	Doreen Chadwick	Gaumont Manchester   4/14 Wurlitzer	Audicord	1992
As Long As He Needs Me	Nigel Ogden	BBC Studios, Playhouse Theatre, Manchester   3/13+U.P Wurlitzer	Amberlee	1983
Brazil	Vic Hammett	Town Hall, Buckingham   3/10 Wurlitzer	Concert Recording	1968

On this weeks show Damon (by popular request) delves into some of his favourite tracks. Artists include Reginald Dixon, Simon Gledhill, Lyn Larsen, Jospeh Seal and many more!

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Music played

Track	Artist	Organ	Record Label	Year
Tiger Rag	Reginald Dixon	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool   3/14+G.P Wurlitzer	Music For Pleasure	1964
Do You Remember?: The Moon Of Manakoora/Love’s Last Word Is Spoken/Wonderful One	Ernest Broadbent	Kitchen Bro’s Garage, Diss   3/19+U.P Wurlitzer	Kirkham	1980
Twelfth Street Rag	Reginald Porter-Brown	Town Hall, Marrickville, Sidney, Australia   2/10 Wurlitzer	Deroy	1974
Stairway To The Stars	Jospeh Seal	Musical Museum, Brentford   3/12+G.P Wurlitzer	Gold Star Records	1978
Ain’t Misbehavin’	Bryan Rodwell	Granada Tooting, London   4/14+G.P Wurlitzer	Visions In Sound	1958
Ebb Tide	Buddy Cole	Buddy Cole Residence, Hollywood CA   3/9 Morton	Columbia	1956
Honky Tonk Train Blues	George Wright	Richard Vaughn Studio Organ, Hollywood CA   5/21 Wurlitzer	Doric	c1970’s
When Sonny Gets Blue	Lyn Larsen	Organ Stop Pizza, Mesa AZ   4/78 Wurlitzer	???	2000
Bad, Bad Leroy Brown	Michael Wooldridge	New Victoria Centre, Howden-le-Wear   3/19+G.P Wurlitzer/td>	Merlin Productions	2012
Foxtrot: Transatlantic Lullaby/My Romance	Phil Kelsall	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool   3/14+D.P Wurlitzer	Grasmere	2011
Be My Love	Simon Gledhill	Sanfilippo Music Salon, Barrington Hills IL   5/80 Wurlitzer	???	1997
Theatreland	John Mann	Dome Brighton   4/41 Hill Norman and Beard ‘Christie’	JM Productions	2010
Even Now	Len Rawle	Free Trade Hall, Manchester   4/20+U.P Wurlitzer’	Tonawanda Sound	1997
My Heart Belongs To Daddy/Lets Fall In Love/Let’s Misbehave	Robert Wolfe	Thursford Collection, Fakenham   3/19+U.P Wurlitzer’	Wolfe Productions	2011

On this week’s show Damon celebrates the work of John Compton with a look though some of the finest installations there were and are. Artists include, John Mann, Nigel Ogden, Dudley Savage and many more!

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Track	Artist	Organ	Record Label	Year
On The Sunny Side Of The Street	Simon Gledhill	Fentham Hall, Hampton-in-Arden 3/11+Melotone Compton	DMCD Recording	2015
Secret Love	Nigel Ogden	St John Vianney Church, Clayhall 3/7 Compton	COS	1988
Bal Masque	John Mann	Granada Sutton 3/10 Compton	COS Archives	1966
Monkey’s Business	Andrew Fenner	Odeon/Apollo Hammersmith 3/15 Compton	Concert Recording	1968
Thanks For The Memory	Gerald Shaw	Odeon Leicester Square, London 5/17+Melotone Compton	DMCD Archives	c1968
Midnight In Mayfair	Reginald Porter-Brown	Guildhall Southampton 4/50 + Melotone dual console dual purpose Compton	Gemini Records	1973
Harry Warren Selection	Dudley Savage	ABC Plymouth 3/9+Melotone Compton	Perfect Partners Productions	2008
Cherokee	Ronald Curtis	State Grays 3/6+Melotone Compton	Dene Records	1993

On this week’s show Damon has an extended show featuring tracks that would in some cases be too long to play on a normal show. We also feature a track from John Mann’s new CD entitled ‘Theatre Organ Magic’ and can be purchased direct from John’s website.

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Music played

Nigel Ogden – Guys And Dolls Selection: Guys And Dolls/I Know/Take Back Your Mink/A Woman In Love/If I Were A Bell/Sit Down, You’re Rocking The Boat/Luck Be A Lady – Grasmere 2011

Michael Wooldridge – Ray Nobel Selection: The Very Thought Of You/Love Is The Sweetest Thing/Cherokee/The Touch Of Your Lips/ Goodnight Sweetheart – DMC Recording 2017

Robert Wolfe – Summer Nights/You’re The One That I Want/Hopelessly Devoted To You – Wolfe Productions 2003

Keith Beckingham – Jackie Brown Tribute: John Brown’s Boy/Great Day/Among My Souvenirs/Speak Low/If I Had You/Sweet September/Falling In Love With Love/Lover/The Song Is Love – OK Rollem 2015

John Mann – Ivor Novello Memories – Lorelei/We’ll Gather Lilacs/Keep the Home Fires Burning/Take Your Girl/Love is My Reason/Leap Year Waltz/Someday My Heart Will Awake/Rose of England – CLS 2017

Simon Gledhill – 1964 Selection: My Guy/I Will Wait For You/Matchmaker/Chim Chim Cheree/Downtown/Feed The Birds/Can’t Buy Me Love/People – DMC Recording 2016