David Lowe – The Organist Encores

Episode 541 – British in America

This week John Leeming focuses on British organists on American organs

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Music Played

Singing in the Bathtub	Richard Hills	Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA 4/42 Möller	ATOS CD	2004
Lover	Reginald Foort	Fox Theatre, Detroit, MI 4/36 Wurlitzer	Cook Records (10579-sd)	c1960
Goody Goody	David Gray	El Capitan Theatre, Los Angeles, CA 4/36 Wurlitzer	ATOS CD	2018
I’m in the Mood for Love	Simon Gledhill	John Dickinson High School, Wimington, DE 3/66 Kimball	Kimball Theatre Organ Society (KTOS339)	2000
Tiger Rag	Phil Kelsall	Mission Playhouse, San Gabriel, CA 3/17 Wurlitzer	ATOS CD	2018
She’s Funny That Way	David Lowe	Embassy Theatre, Fort Wayne, IN 4/16 Page	Private recording (John Leeming)	1985
San Francisco / I Left My Heart in San Francisco	George Blackmore	Orpheum Theatre, San Francisco, CA 4/21 Robert Morton	Doric Records (DO (Q) 1501)	1975
There’s No Business Like Show Business	Len Rawle	Gaumont Theatre, Manchester 4/14 Wurlitzer	Acorn Records (CF244)	1973

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Episode 527 – Archive Tracks – All the Way!

This week John Leeming is back in his archive.

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Music Played

Tangerine	Vic Hammett	Granada Theatre, Harrow 3/8 Wurlitzer	Private recording (BBC/COS archive)	1973
Blue Moon	David Lowe	New Victoria Centre, Howden-le-Wear 3/19 Wurlitzer	Private recording (BBC/John Leeming archive)	1991
Happy Days are Here Again, Here Comes the Sun	Sandy Macpherson	Empire Theatre, Leicester Square, London 4/20 Wurlitzer	Private recording (Rinso/Radioechoes)	1938
Waltz of My Heart/I can Give You the Starlight/Leap Year Waltz	David Shepherd	Odeon Theatre, Manchester 4/20 Wurlitzer	Private recording (BBC/COS Archive)	1973
Love In Bloom	Jackie Brown	Granada Theatre, Tooting 4/14 Wurlitzer	Private recording (BBC/COS Archive)	1969
Oh! Ma (The Butcher’s Boy), I Love to Whistle, You’re an Education	Reginald Dixon	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/13 Wurlitzer	Rex Records (9366)/Ross McNeillie restoration	1938
Time on My Hands	Dudley Savage	St John Vianney Church, Clayhall, London 3/7 Compton	Private recording (Jack O’Neill)	1993
A Stitch in Time	Gerald Shaw	Odeon Theatre, Leicester Square 5/17 Compton	Private recording (BBC/COS Archive)	1965
Sunshine and Shadows	Sandy Macpherson	Empire Theatre, Leicester Square 4/20 Wurlitzer	Private recording (Rinso/Radioechoes)	1938

Episode 526 – TV Themes

This week Damon features a selection of nostalgic and famous TV themes.

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Music Played

Thunderbirds Theme	David Lowe	Neuadd Pendre, Tywyn 3c/8 Wurlitzer	OS Digital (OS239)	1998
Aqua Marina/Theme From Star Trek/The Muppet Show Theme	Phil Kelsall	Assembly Hall, Worthing 3/22 Wurlitzer	Grasmere Records (GRCD130)	2008
Theme From Emmerdale	Reginald Dixon	BBC Playhouse Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer	One-Up (EMI Records) (OU 2069)	1975
Themes From ‘Allo,’Allo/Last Of The Summer Wine/Oh Doctor Beeching	Peter Jebson	Buttermarket Shrewsbury 3/8 Wurlitzer	Audicord (AC233)	1996
An Ordinary Copper (Dixon Of Dock Green)	George Blackmore	The Plough, Great Munden 3/11 Compton	Music For Pleasure (MFP 1311)	1969
Dr Kildare/Z-Cars/Blue Star (Medic Theme)/Happy Joe (BBC TV Series Comedy Playhouse)	Nigel Ogden	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Grasmere Records (GRCD135)	2011

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 523 – Pipes and Plug-Ins

This week John Leeming features a combination pipes and electronics.

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Music Played

I’m in the Mood for Love	Michael Wooldridge	Paramount 332 VTPO	Merlin Productions (MPCD 109)	2011
Music, Music, Music	Eddie Ruhier	London South Bank University 4/25 Wurlitzer	Private recording (Geoff Day)	c1990
Eternally/Barwick Green/Out of the Blue/You Were Made for Me	John Bowrey	Streatham Ice Rink Hammond C3 + 2 x PR200 cabinets	Private recording (David Lowe)	1964
Skyliner	David Lowe	London South Bank University 4/24 Wurlitzer	Private recording (John Leeming)	c1984
Moving South	Bryan Rodwell and the BBC Big Band	BBC Pebble Mill Studio, Birmingham Hammond	Private recording (BBC/Tim Wills)
You Made Me Love You	Jackie Brown	Granada, Tooting 4/14 Wurlitzer	Organ of the Month Club	1960s
Some Enchanted Evening	John Mann	NDR Studio, Hamburg 3/29 Welte	Private recording (NDR/John Mann)	2002
Illusion	Klaus Wunderlich	Hammond C3	Bell Records (BLR 89 099)	2001

Episode 521 – It was acceptable in the 80’s

This week Damon features tracks recorded in the 80’s

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Music Played

South Rampart Street Parade	Nicholas Martin	Turners Musical Merry-Go-Round 3/19 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (N.O Archive)	1986
In The Still Of The Night	Len Rawle	Tonawanda, Chorleywood 4/24 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (N.O Archive)	1988
Moonlight In Vermont	Alec Leader	The Plough, Great Munden 3/11 Compton	Private Recording (N.O Archive)	1988
Night Owl	Ernest Broadbent	Assembly Hall, Worthing 3/11 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (N.O Archive)	1983
Sweet Marijuana	Jeff Barker	BBC Playhouse Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (N.O Archive)	1980
Now You Know	Dudley Savage	Mere Farm, Haughley, Stowmarket 3/6 Compton	Private Recording (N.O Archive)	1986
Brush Off	David Shepherd	Dolby House, Holbeach 3c/6 Compton	Private Recording (N.O Archive)	1987
Little Brazilian Soldier	David Lowe	Southbank Polytechnic, London 4/24 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (N.O Archive)	1989
Nightingale	Robin Richmond	Collège Claparède, Genèva 3c/8 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (N.O Archive)	1986
The Sweetest Sounds	Bryan Rodwell	Thursford Collection, Fakenham 3/19 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (N.O Archive)	1983

Episode 518 – Latin

This week Damon features the rhythms of Latin America including a mystery item!

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Music Played

Brazil	Vic Hammett	Town Hall Buckingham 3/10 Wurlitzer	Musiqua	2015
Wave	George Blackmore	Kitchen Bros Garage Diss 3/19 Wurlitzer	COS Tapes (COS103)	1983
The Girl From Ipanema	Charlie Balogh	Organ Stop Pizza, Mesa AZ 4/78 Wurlitzer	ERB Enterprises, Inc (ERB110)	2000
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Jealousy	Robert Wolfe	Thursford Collection, Fakenham 3/19 Wurlitzer	Thursford Enterprises Ltd (TECD 01)	1989
So Nice	Len Rawle	Tonawanda, Chorleywood 4/24 Wurlitzer	Columbia Records – EMI Records (SCX 6314)	1969
Samba: Copacabana/Eso Beso	Phil Kelsall	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Grasmere Records (GRCD95)	1999
Besame Mucho	Nigel Ogden	BBC Playhouse Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer	Amberlee Records Ltd (ALM 312)	1982
Choo Choo Samba	David Lowe	Neuadd Pendre, Tywyn 3c/8 Wurlitzer	OS Digital (OS239)	1998

Episode 500 – Show 500!

This week Damon is joined by James Mclean as they read your requests to celebrate the 500th edition of the show.

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Music Played

Smiling Through/The Boyfriend Selection	Dudley Savage	Royal/ABC Plymouth 3/8 Compton	TOEnc Archive (N.O)
March: Holyrood	Robert Wolfe	Thursford Collection, Fakenham 3/19 Wurlitzer	Grasmere Records (GRCD 79	1996
Yesterdays	Ashley Miller	Radio City Music Hall, New York City NY 4/58 Wurlitzer	CSP (CL 945)	1957
Cherokee	Bryan Rodwell	Hammond Organ	TOEnc Archive (JL)	1974
This Is My Song/I Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight/I Left My Heart In San Francisco/Jeepers Creepers	Reginald Dixon	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive (DMC)	1967
Gold And Silver Waltz	Phil Kelsall	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Grasmere Records (GRCD80)	1996
Stardust	Sidney Torch	Gaumont State, Kilburn 4/16 Wurlitzer	Decca Record Company (SPA 195)	1972
The Girl From Ipanema/Choo Choo Samba	David Lowe	Regal/Scala Rotherham 3/9 Conacher	TOEnc Archive (N.O)	1983
On Green Dolphin Street	Bert van den Brink	Muziekcentrum van de Omroep, Hilversum, Holland 4/20 Standaart-Compton	Private Recording	2020
Night And Day	George Wright	Chicago Theatre, Chicago IL 4/29 Wurlitzer	BANDA CD (61949)	1991
‘Rosalie’ Selection: Rosalie/In The Still Of The Night/Who knows?	Henry Croudson	Paramount/Odeon Manchester 4/20 Wurlitzer	Regal Zonophone (MR 2840)	1938
Jealousy	Douglas Reeve	Dome Brighton 4/40 Hill Norman and Beard ‘Christie’	Cinema Organ Society (COS126)	2001
Rain On The Roof	Richard Hills	Southbank Polytechnic, London 4/24 Wurlitzer	Cinema Organ Society (COS S01)	2005
Wedding Of The Painted Doll	Nicholas Martin	Turners Musical Merry-Go-Round 3/19 Wurlitzer	Turners Entertainments Ltd (TMM18CD)	1997
Blue Moon	Len Rawle	Marine Arcade, Douglas, Isle Of Man 2/10 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Recording	2019
Sales Talk	Stanley Tudor	Gaumont Manchester 4/14 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive (N.O)	1960

Episode 494 – Farewell Nigel Ogden

After 42 years of broadcasting, Nigel Ogden is hanging up his microphones and mixers for the last time. Join Damon as he chats to Nigel and features music all played on the BBC Wurlitzer.

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Music Played

From This Moment On	Nigel Ogden	BBC Playhouse Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive (N. Ogden)	1981
Downtown	Nigel Ogden	BBC Playhouse Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive (N. Ogden)	1982
Stompin’ At The Savoy/9:20 Special	Robin Richmond	BBC Playhouse Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive (N. Ogden)	1982
Regency Romp	Ernest Broadbent	BBC Playhouse Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive (N. Ogden)	1981
Two Guitars	Louis Mordish	BBC Playhouse Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive (N. Ogden)	1981
They Cant That Away From Me	William Davies	BBC Playhouse Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive (N. Ogden)	1985
You Stepped Out Of A Dream	Bryan Rodwell	BBC Playhouse Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive (N. Ogden)	1982
Down Forget Me Not Lane	Nigel Ogden & Johnny Roadhouse	BBC Playhouse Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer	NDO Project (CD 207)	2018
Waldmare March	David Lowe	BBC Playhouse Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive (N. Ogden)	1980
Happy Talk	Simon Gledhill	BBC Playhouse Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive (N. Ogden)	1983
I Could Be The One	Len Rawle	BBC Playhouse Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive (N. Ogden)	1984
The Most Beautiful Girl In The World/Music To Watch Girls By	Phil Kelsall	BBC Playhouse Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive (N. Ogden)	1982
My Way	Peter Jebson	BBC Playhouse Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive (N. Ogden)	1983
Tea For Two/Singing In The Rain/I’m Gonna Charleston Back To Charleston	Robert Wolfe	BBC Playhouse Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive (N. Ogden)	1984
The Song Has Ended	Nigel Ogden	BBC Playhouse Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive (N. Ogden)	1988

Episode 447 – 50-50

On this week’s show John Leeming stages a 50-50 show with an even distribution of pipes and electronics!

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Music Played

Back Bay Shuffle	Lyn Larsen	Sanfilippo Music Salon, Barrington Hills IL 5/80 Wurlitzer	Hopeful Heart Inc (HHP-203)	2005
These Foolish Things	Keith Beckingham	Hammond spinet	Hammond Organ Co (LYN 565)	c1965
Blue Moon	David Lowe	New Victoria Centre, Howden-le-Wear 3/12 Wurlitzer	John Leeming Collection	1991
Keep Your Sunny Side Up	Harry Farmer’s Rhythm Ensemble	Hammond	Decca Records (DFE 6219)	c1955
Bei mir bist Du schön	Klaus Wunderlich & Herbert Deuringer	Hammond & Accordion	Bell Records (BLR 89 104)	2001
Primero	Gerald Shaw	Trocadero, Elephant & Castle 4/21 Wurlitzer	Private recording (COS Archive)	1958
Have You Met Miss Jones?	Philip Leader	Hammond SK2	Phil Leader recording	2021
Oh By Jingo	Ron Rhode	Rialto Square Theatre, Joliet IL 4/27 Barton	JATOE Records	2001
The Sound of Music	Steve Vincent	Yamaha Stagea & Paramount 450	Steve Vincent Recordings	2022