Douglas Reeve – The Organist Encores

Episode 674 – Master Tapes 2

This week Damon continues his mini series going through the Lancastrian Theatre Organ Trusts commercial releases.

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Music Played

Broadway Melody/Bei Mir Bis Du Schon/S’ Wonderful	Len Rawle	Paramount/Odeon Manchester 4/20 Wurlitzer	Acorn Records (CF245)/TOEnc Archive	1973
Foxtrots And ‘You’: It Had To Be You/Have You Ever Been Lonely?/You Were Meant For Me	Len Rawle	Gaumont Manchester 4/14 Wurlitzer	Acorn Records (CF245)/TOEnc Archive	1973
Butterflies In The Rain	William Davies	Gaumont Manchester 4/14 Wurlitzer	Acorn Records (CF250)/TOEnc Archive	1974
Brighton Blues: When The Blue Of The Night/Blue Skies/My Blue Heaven/Goodbye Blues	Douglas Reeve	Gaumont Manchester 4/14 Wurlitzer	Acorn Records (CF255)/TOEnc Archive	1974
Moonlight Saunter: Underneath The Stars	Eric Barlow	Gaumont Manchester 4/14 Wurlitzer	Acorn Records (CF260)/TOEnc Archive	1975
After You’ve Gone	Robin Richmond	Gaumont Manchester 4/14 Wurlitzer	Acorn Records (CF265)/TOEnc Archive	1975
What The World Needs Now/Wives And Lovers	Nigel Ogden	Free Trade Hall, Manchester 4/20 Wurlitzer	Acorn Records (CF275)/TOEnc Archive	1977
Blue Moon	Louis Mordish	Free Trade Hall, Manchester 4/20 Wurlitzer	Lancastrian Theatre Organ Trust (LTOT 8017)/TOEnc Archive	1980
12th Street Rag	Robert Wolfe	Free Trade Hall, Manchester 4/20 Wurlitzer	Lancastrian Theatre Organ Trust (LTOT 8017)/TOEnc Archive	1980

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 623 – Buckingham LIVE

This week Damon features recording from old live concerts on the Wurlitzer in Buckingham Town Hall.

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Music Played

In The Mood	Florance De Jong, Ena Baga & Ralph Manchester	Town Hall Buckingham 3/10 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (TOEnc Archive)	1972
Copenhagen You’ve Stolen My Heart	Bobby Pagan	Town Hall Buckingham 3/10 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (TOEnc Archive)	1972
Pink Lady Waltz	Robin Richmond	Town Hall Buckingham 3/10 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (TOEnc Archive)	1972
Ain’t She Sweet/Dina/Sheik Of Araby	Basil Cuthbert & Ralph Manchester	Town Hall Buckingham 3/10 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (TOEnc Archive)	1972
Side By Side/Leaning On A Lampost/Edelweiss/Nellie Dean/The Happy Wanderer/Wish Me Luck/Pack Up Your Troubles	Douglas Reeve	Town Hall Buckingham 3/10 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (TOEnc Archive)	1974

Episode 575 – Douglas Reeve talks Worthing

This week Damon recalls a bit of local radio magic with Jim Buckland and Douglas Reeve.

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Music Played

1. Sig Tune: Pack Up Your Troubles
2. The Chase
3. Hearts And Flowers
4. Toccata In D Minor
5. Chit Chat Polka
6. Somebody Stole My Gal/California Here I Come
7. Post Horn Gallop/Pack Up Your Troubles
8. Ladies Excuse Me Quickstep: American Patrol/Alexander’s Ragtime Band/If You Knew Suzie/Oh When The Saints/California Here I Come/Who Were You With Last Night/Don’t Dilly Dally/Pack Up Your Troubles
9. Waltz: Anniversary Waltz/When I Grow Too Old To Dream/Fascination

All tracks played on the 3/10 Wurlitzer in the Assembly Hall Worthing , broadcast 16th October 1984. Recording from the Jim Buckland Archive

Episode 558 – 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
I Still Get a Thrill Thinking of You	Jim Riggs	Assembly Hall, Worthing 3/22 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	2012
Primero	Douglas Reeve	Dome Brighton 4/40 Hill Norman and Beard ‘Christie’	Concert Recording OR Crystal Records (CR-0020 OR CRY 3002)	1967
Yer, Yer	Reginald Porter-Brown	Forum Cinema, Southampton 3/10 Compton	Private	1968
The Touch of Your Lips	Bryan Rodwell with Harold C Gee – Violin	Southampton Guildhall 4/50 Compton	TOEnc Archive	1967
Manhattan/Tea for Two/Time on my Hands	Dudley Savage	ABC Cinema, Plymouth 3/8 Compton	Private
Autumn Leaves	Nigel Ogden	Church Of St Mary, Lowe House, St. Helens 3/11 Christie	TOEnc Recording	2021
Boom!	Charles Smitton	Odeon Cinema, Manchester 4/20 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1967
Little Shepherd/How Beautiful is the Night	Stanley Wyllie	Ritz Belfast 4/10 Compton	TOEnc Archive	1956

Episode 553 – It was acceptable in the 80’s

This week Damon features another show with tracks recorded in the 80’s

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Music Played

Today I Feel So Happy/Button Up Your Overcoat	Dudley Savage	Davenport Theatre, Stockport 3/7 Compton	Private Recording (N.O Archive)	1987
Donegal Cradle Song	Stanley Wyllie	St. John Vianney Church, Clayhall London 3/7 Compton	Private Recording (N.O Archive)	1988
Animal Medley: Teddy Bears Picnic/Pink Panther/Hot Dog	Simon Gledhill	Regal Edmonton 4/15 Christie	Private Recording (N.O Archive)	1983
Someone To Watch Over Me	Nigel Ogden	EMD/Granada Walthamstow, London 3/12 Christie	Private Recording (N.O Archive)	1983
Quickstep Medley: Bye Bye Blackbird/California Here I Come/Nobody Sweetheart/Somebody Stole My Gal/Pack Up Your Troubles	Douglas Reeve	Dome Brighton 4/40 Hill Norman and Beard ‘Christie’	Private Recording (N.O Archive)	1988
Foxtrot Medley: Till/The Glory Of Love/I’ve Heard That Song Before	Ernest Broadbent	Assembly Hall, Worthing 3/10 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (N.O Archive)	1986
Quickstep Medley: Happy Days Are Here Again/Toot Toot Tootsie/Boo Hoo	Phil Kelsall	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (N.O Archive)	1985
The Way We Were	Len Rawle	BBC Playhouse Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (N.O Archive)	1983
You Stepped Out Of A Dream	Bryan Rodwell	BBC Playhouse Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (N.O Archive)	1982

Episode 539 – Vinyl Impressions

This week Damon tracks from some of the first LP’s he and, original Co-presenter, James McLean got their hands on.

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Music Played

Tiger Rag	Reginald Dixon	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Starline (EMI Records) (MRS5056)	1971
Down The Mall	Watson Holmes	Opera House, Blackpool 3/13 Wurlitzer	Deroy Records (Deroy 886)	1973
I’ll Walk Beside You	Horace Finch	Empress Ballroom, Blackpool 3/13 Wurlitzer	BBC Records (REC129M)	1972
Sweet Georgia Brown	Vic Hammett	Town Hall Buckingham 3/10 Wurlitzer	Musiqua	2015
Sentimental Journey	Arnold Loxam	Thursford Collection, Fakenham 3/19 Wurlitzer	Thursford Enterprises (TE 01)	1977
Orient Express	Sidney Torch	Regal Edmonton 4/15 Christie	Sterndale Records (STE 1001R)	1991
Moon River/Blue Moon	Ernest Broadbent	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Columbia/EMI Records (SCX 6410)	1970
Brighton Blues: When The Blue Of The Night/Blue Skies/My Blue Heaven/Goodbye Blues	Douglas Reeve	Gaumont Manchester 4/14 Wurlitzer	Acorn Records (CF 255)	1974
That’s A Plenty	Noel Briggs	Gaumont Manchester 4/14 Wurlitzer	Acorn Records (CF 225)	1973

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 463 – Animal

This week Damon takes you on a musical trip to the zoo!

Music Played

Samba: The Parrot	Ernest Broadbent	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	One-UP/EMI (OU 2171)	1977
Suite From The Carnival Of The Animals – The Elephant	David Harris & Jelani Eddington	Little River Studio, Miller, Whichita 3/19 Wurlitzer	RJE Productions	2005
The Elephant’s Tango	Douglas Reeve	Gaumont Manchester 4/14 Wurlitzer	Acorn Records (CF 255)	1974
Little Red Monkey	John Mann	Tony Manning Residence, Farnborough 3/7 Christie	Grosvenor Records (GRS1114)	1981
Monkey On A String	Walt Strony	Auditorium Theatre, Rochester NY 4/22 Wurlitzer	ATOS 2019	2019
Penguin’s Playtime	Nigel Ogden	Free Trade Hall, Manchester 4/20 Wurlitzer	OS Digital (OS201)	1993
Famingo	Jim Roseveare	Wiltern Theatre Los Angeles CA 4/37 Kimball	Cambria Master Recordings (CD1040)	1996
Alligator Crawl	Robinson Cleaver	Granada, Tooting London 4/14 Wurlitzer	Musique Records	2015
At The Panda’s Party	Sidney Torch	Gaumont State, Kilburn 4/16 Wurlitzer	Piping Hot (PH2007)	2013
Tiger Rag	Reginald Dixon	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Starline (EMI Records)(MRS5056)	1971

Episode 462 – From Nigel Ogden’s Archive: In Conversation

On this week’s show Nigel Ogden is back in his archive where the focus is on conversation and music!

Music Played

Pack Up Your Troubles/Thunder And Lightening Polka	Douglas Reeve	Dome Brighton 4/40 Hill Norman and Beard ‘Christie’	Concert Recording (CR-0020)	1967
Phantom Brigade	Doreen Chadwick	Gaumont Manchester 4/14 Wurlitzer	Audicord (ACD216)	1990
Sylvia	Eddie Ruhier	Hammond X5	Eddie Ruhier Recordings
Variations On B.B.C.	William Davies	Trocadero Elephant and Castle, London 4/21 Wurlitzer	BBC Records (REC 349)	1979
Our Love Affair	Sidney Torch	Opera House, Blackpool 3/13 Wurlitzer	Sterndale Records (STE 1005)	1996
Boo Hoo	Reginald Dioxn	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/13 Wurlitzer	Sterndale Records (STE 3100)	2013
The Wedding Of The Painted Doll	Reginald Dioxn	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Columbia Records (SCX 1587)	1964