Ernest Broadbent – Page 2 – The Organist Encores

Episode 412 – Vintage Vinyl

On this week’s show John Leeming ventures into his vintage vinyl record collection and pulls out a selection of tracks from LP’s he’s not played for some time!

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Music Played

Let’s Break The Good News	The Organ, The Dance Band And Me (Robinson Cleaver)	Abbey Road EMI Studios 3/9 Compton	EMI World Records (SH504)	1886
I’ll Take Romance	Tom Sheen	Richard Loderhouse Studio NY 4/38 Wurlitzer	Renwick Records (MO8P-0175)	1961
On A Little Balcony In Spain	Jim Riggs	Grand Lake Theatre, Oakland CA 3/13 Wurlitzer Hybrid	Jim Riggs (WRA1-165)	1985
Stardust	George Wright	Paramount New York, NY 4/36 Wurlitzer	King Records (265-3)	1958
Sweet Sue	Gerald Shaw	Odeon Leicester Square, London 5c/17 Compton	Carwal Records (CAR-103)	1964
You Light Up My Life	Charlie Balogh	Roaring 20s Pizza, Grand Rapids, MI 3/38 Wurlitzer	Ronson Records (RT 102)	c1979
Bumble Boogie	Neil Jensen	Dendy Theatre, Brighton, Vic. Australia 3/15 Wurlitzer	Keymedia Productions	1983
Some Day I’ll Find You/I’ll See You Again	Ernest Broadbent	Paramount/Odeon Manchester 4/20 Wurlitzer	Acorn Records (CF 235)	1973
That’s A Plenty	Noel Briggs	Gaumont Manchester 4/14 Wurlitzer	Acorn Records (CF 225)	c1971

Episode 409 – Towering Heights

This week Damon takes a trip to the seaside and to the sounds of the Tower Ballroom Wurlitzer!

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Music Played

Lullaby of Broadway/Carolina Moon/Toot Toot Tootsie	Reginald Dixon	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Columbia Records (SCX 6387)	1970
Foxtrot Medley: C’est Si Bon/She’s Funny That Way/You Bought A New Kind Of Love To Me	Ernest Broadbent	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	One-UP/EMI (OU 2171)	1977
With My Little Stick Of Blackpool Rock	Arnold Loxam	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Grosvenor Records (CDGRS 1315)	2000
Those Foolish Things	Simon Gledhill	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	OS Digital (OS 205)	1994
Sweet Sue/Louise/If You Knew Susie	Nigel Ogden	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	OS Digital (OS233)	1998
As Time Goes By/You’ll Never Know/Whispering Grass	David Lobban	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Hallmark (307892)	1995
Somewhere Out There	Robert Wolfe	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Grosvenor Records (CDGRS 1238)	1990
Mack The Knife	Phil Kelsall	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Grasmere Records (GRCD80)	1996

Episode 408 – Dutch Connections

Damon take a trip to the Netherlands on this weeks show with a mix of recording both old and new featuring mostly Dutch built instruments played by some well known artists!

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Music Played

Castanets Of Granada	Ernest Broadbent	Passage Theatre Schidam 3/10 Standaart	NOF Sound (N.S.P 80-8-8-2)	1981
In Sentimental Mood	Pierre Palla & Bep Rowold	AVRO Radio Studio, Hilversum, Holland 4/19 Standaart-Compton	YouTube	1966
In Buddah’s Realm	Cor Steyn	City Theatre Amsterdam 4/17 Strunk	Panachord (H 1017) Curtesy Wayne Ivany	1938
Who Am I	Harry Davidson	Commodore Hammersmith 3/10 Standaart	Edison Bell Winner (5445) Curtesy Wayne Ivany	1932
Drifting And Dreaming	Pierre Palla	Tuschinski Theatre, Amsterdam 2/6 Wurlitzer (Style 160)	Curtesy Wayne Ivany	1928
The Pink Panther Theme	Hans Nottrot	Tuschinski Theatre, Amsterdam 4/10 Strunk-Wurlitzer	NOF Sound (NST-77.8.8-1)	1977
(I’ve Got) Beginner’s Luck	Jelani Eddington	Centraal Buteau Voor De Statistiek, Voorburgh 3/11 Standaart	NOF Sound (NOFCD35)	2005
Fools Rush In	Len Rawle	Concerthall and Auditorium, Middelburg 3/11 Compton	NOF Sound	2006
Polly	Patrick Hopper	Muziekcentrum van de Omroep, Hilversum, Holland 4/20 Standaart-Compton	Private Recording	2021

Episode 391 – A Perfect Party

If Damon was left to arrange the music for an end of year party, this is what you might expect to hear! Enjoy the celebrations with this extended hour long show!

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Music Played

Thunder And Lightning Polka	Ernest Broadbent	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Columbia/EMI Records (SCX 6410)	1970
I Cover The Waterfront (Version 1)	Bryan Rodwell	Paramount/Odeon Leeds 3/19 Wurlitzer	Musiqua	2015
Let’s Face The Music And Dance	George Wright	George Wright Studio Organ, Leslie Factory, Pasadena CA 3/27 Wurlitzer	Essential Records (ERS-01W)	1971
I Don’t Know Why (I Just Do)	Dan Bellomy	Paramount Brooklyn NY 4/26 Wurlitzer	Cambria Master Recordings (CD-1108)	1997
Bi Mir Bist Du Schoen	Chris McPhee	Orion Centre, Sydney 3/17 Wurlitzer	Chris McPhee (CMCD002)	1995
Moonlight Serenade	Walt Strony	Capri Theatre, Adelaide 4/29 Wurlitzer	Walter Strony Productions	1996
String Of Pearls	Lew Williams	Organ Stop Pizza, Pheonix AZ 4/29 Wurlitzer	Organ Stop Pizza (OSP 106)	1979
Old Cape Cod	Bill Vlasak	Paramount Music Palace, Indianapolis IN 4/42 Wurlitzer	WJV Productions,Inc (WJVCD-107)	1996
Memory	Lyn Larsen	Nethercutt Collection, San Sylmar, Los Angeles CA 4/36 Wurlitzer	Musical Contrasts Inc (MCI-108)
Can This Be Love	Jim Riggs	Granada Theatre, Kansas City KS 3/21 Barton	RTR Productions (RTC105CD)	1991
Anaconda Samba	Len Rawle	Concerthall and Auditorium, Middelburg 3/11 Compton	NOF Production	2006
If Love Were All	Simon Gledhill	John Dickinson High School, Wilmington DE 3/66 Kimball	DTOS & Simon Gledhill (DTOS366P)	1996
Brazil	Richard Hills	Dolby House, Holbeach 3/19 Compton	Cinema Organ Society (COS 127)	2000
In The Still Of The Night/Easy To Love/Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye	Robert Wolfe	Thursford Collection, Fakenham 3/19 Wurlitzer	Wolfe Productions (WPCD 17)	2011
Jive: Nagasaki/Sweet Georgia Brown	Phil Kelsall	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Grasmere Records (GRALP 18)	1987

Episode 383 – From Nigel Ogden’s Archive: Distant Airwaves

On this weeks show Nigel Ogden back with music from the airwaves, or at-least they were in the distant past! Gems on this show include contributions from George Blackmore, Reginald Dixon, Harold Nash, Charles Smart and more!

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Music Played

Title	Artist	Organ	Info.	Year
El Cicada	Stanley Wyllie	Ritz Belfast 4c/10 Compton	Nigel Ogden Archive	1958
Calcutta	George Blackmore	Empire Leicester Square, London 4/20 Wurlitzer	Nigel Ogden Archive	1960
You Were Meant For Me/Manhattan/You Can’t Stop Me From Dreaming	Reginald Dixon	BBC Playhouse Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer	Nigel Ogden Archive	1975
Ballet Selection: Can Can (Rossini)/Waltz From ‘Coppelia’/Finale From ‘Dance Of The Hours’	Ernest Braodbent	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Nigel Ogden Archive	1975
Popgun Patrol	Bryan Rodwell	Gaumont Coventry 3c/9 Compton	Nigel Ogden Archive	1960
Dizzy Fingers	Charles Smart	BBC Theatre Organ No.2, Hoxton, London 5/27 Möller	Nigel Ogden Archive	1958
Let Yourself Go/???	Harold Smart	BBC Theatre Organ No.2, Hoxton, London 5/27 Möller	Nigel Ogden Archive	1965
The Wing Commander	Harold Nash	BBC Theatre Organ No.2, Hoxton, London 5/27 Möller	Nigel Ogden Archive	1956

Episode 378 – Autumn In Oxford

On this weeks show Nigel Ogden is back in his broadcast archive with some more autumnal tunes and a rare recording of ‘Midland Console’ featuring Peter Kilby at the Ritz, Ofxord!

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Music Played

Title	Artist	Organ	Info.	Year
Autumn Leaves/Autumn Concerto	Ernest Broadbent	Empress Ballroom, Blackpool 3/13 Wurlitzer	Nigel Ogden Archive	1969
Midland Console Programme: a) Mexican Hat Dance b) September Serenade c) Caribbean Dance d) Wood Nymphs e) Waltzing Matilda f)Our Waltz Sig Tune: By The Fireside	Peter Kilby	Ritz, Oxford 3/6 Compton	Nigel Ogden Archive	1960
Automne	Nigel Ogden	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	OS Digital (OS 230)	1998

Episode 371 – Farewell Mr Wurlitzer

On this weeks show we are remembering Ernest Broadbent. At the end of the 1976 season Ernest gave his last regular concert on the famous Tower Ballroom Wurlitzer and here from the archives is a recording of that concert.

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Music Played

For You

Marches From The Musicals: March Of The Grenadiers (from ‘The Love Parade)/The Mounties (from ‘Rose Marie’)/The Robbers March (from ‘Chu Chin Chow’)/Consider Yourself (from ‘Oliver’)

Sigmund Romberg Selection: When I Grow To Old To Dream/Drinking Song/Serenade/Softy As In A Morning Sunrise/Lover Come Back To Me/Auzuri’s Dance Of Triumph/Song Of The Brass Key/The Desert Song/The Riff Song/One Alone/Foreign Legion

The Green Leaves Of Summer

‘Upstairs, Downstairs’ Theme/Waltzs from ‘Gypsy Princess’/I Can Give You The Starlight/We’ll Gather Lilacs/Love Is My Reason/Rose Of England

Quickstep Medley: The Sheik Of Araby/Chinatown, My Chinatown/Tie A Yellow Ribbon/Say Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose?/We’ll All Go Riding On A Rainbow

Storm At Sea

My Blue Heaven/???/Where Do I Begin?/We’ll Meet Again

For You

All tracks played on the 3/14 Wurlitzer in the Tower Ballroom, Blackpool recorded late 1976. Original tape recorded by Brian Elliot. Recordings re-mixed with Adobe Audition.

Episode 299 – Broadbent Broadcasts

It’s star organist time and we throw spotlight on Ernest Broadbent. Before he took over from Reginald Dixon, Ernest has played many fine cinema organs including the Dome, Brighton where he was resident. in 1956 the Tower Company offered him a job and by 1966 he was resident in the Empress Ballroom. On the 2nd November 1967 he broadcast his last and only solo programme from the Empress. Theres also some extra material on the end – tune in to find out!

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Music played

Signature Tune: For You

The Grenadiers March

Jerome Kern Selection: Dancing Time/The Folks Who Live On The Hill/I’ve Told Every Little Star/Why Do I Love You?/Who?/They Didn’t Believe Me

If I Were A Rich Man

Viva Mexico

Mary Poppins Selection: A Spoonful Of Sugar/Feed The Birds/Chim Chim Cher-ee/Lets Go Fly A Kite/Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

Signature Tune: For You

BONUS: For You/Rondo Alla Turca/Exodus/El Cumbanchero/Roses Of Picardy/So Whats New?/Finale-Si J’Etais Roi

All tracks (Except bonus) played on the 3/13 Wurlitzer in the Empress Ballroom, Blackpool broadcast on the 02/22/67. Bonus material played on the 3/13 Wurlitzer in the BBC Playhouse Studios, Manchester broadcast on the 12/11/70. Recordings re-mixed with Adobe Audition.