Episode 477 – Thursford @ 90

This week Damon celebrates 90 years of the Thusrford Wurlitzer which started life in the Paramount/Odeon Leeds

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Music Played

Have You Met Miss Jones?Bryan RodwellParamount/Odeon Leeds

3/19 Wurlitzer
Musiqua2015
RhumbalinaCharles SmittonParamount/Odeon Leeds

3/19 Wurlitzer
Private Recording (E.R Hart Collection)1958
They Say It’s Wonderful/I’ve Got My Love To Keep Me WarmHubert SelbyParamount/Odeon Leeds

3/19 Wurlitzer
Private Recording (E.R Hart Collection)1965
Happy Days MedleyArnold LoxamThursford Collection, Fakenham

3/19 Wurlitzer
Thursford Enterprises (TE 01)1977
The Way You Look Tonight/Fools Rush In/It’s All Right With MeReginald DixonThursford Collection, Fakenham

3/19 Wurlitzer
EMI Records (NTS 205)1980
Dream/I Can Dream, Can’t I?Robert WolfeThursford Collection, Fakenham

3/19 Wurlitzer
Thursford Enterprises (TE 11)1983
Waiting For The Robert E Lee/Carolina In The Morning/Toot, Toot, Tootsie!/I’m Sitting On Top Of The WorldRobert WolfeThursford Collection, Fakenham

3/19 Wurlitzer
Wolfe Productions (WPCD 05)2002

Episode 476 – Ancient Tapes & Discs

On this week’s show John Leeming delves into his archive full of ancient Tapes & Discs.

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Music Played

Love and MarriageDudley SavageABC Cinema, Plymouth

3/8 Compton
Private recording (Dudley Savage)c1995
Nobody Does It BetterLen Rawle & ‘Duke’ Blatchly (trumpet)Gaumont State Theatre, Kilburn, London

4/16 Wurlitzer
Tonawanda Sound (TWS2002)c1995
I Got Rhythm/Someone to Watch Over MeArmsbee BancroftAstra Theatre, Llandudno

3/8 Christie
COS Archive (Bill Ravenall)1983
I Left My Heart in San FranciscoRoy BentleyAstra Theatre, Llandudno

3/8 Christie
Private Recording (Roy Bentley)c1975
Don’t Ever Walk in the ShadowsThe Organ, the Dance Band and MeEMI Studio, Abbey Road, London

3/8 Compton
Parlophone (F1946)1943
MoonglowCor SteynTesselschade Church, Hilversum, NL

5/27 Möller
Private Recording1965
Stranger on the ShoreHubert SelbyThursford Collection

3/19 Wurlitzer
Thursford Enterprises (TE03)1978
Spooky Takes a HolidayDudley BeavenGranada Theatre, Welling

3/8 Wurlitzer
Archive recording (BBC)1939
Stella by StarlightBill ThomsonParamount Theatre, Oakland

4/27 Wurlitzer
Private recording (John Leeming)1983

Episode 446 – Musical Leeds

This week Damon follows on from Nigel in archive mood with a selection of 1950 & 60’s broadcast tracks featuring the Paramount/Odeon Leeds Wurlitzer.

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Music Played

Richard Rogers Selection: June Is Bustin’ Out All Over/There’s A Small Hotel/Lover/Out Of My Dreams/The Lady Is A TrampHubert SelbyParamount/Odeon Leeds

3/19 Wurlitzer
E.R Hart Collection1965
“Gershwin” Selection” S’Wonderful/Looking For A Boy/That Certain Feeling/The Man I Love/Oh! Lady Be Good/I’ll Build A Stairway To Paradise/I Got RhythmTrevor WillettsParamount/Odeon Leeds

3/19 Wurlitzer
E.R Hart Collection
A Real Live Girl/Louise/Tangerine/Red Roses For A Blue LadyRonald CurtisParamount/Odeon Leeds

3/19 Wurlitzer
E.R Hart Collection1965
Mood Indigo/Georgia On My Mind/Memories Of YouArnold LoxamParamount/Odeon Leeds

3/19 Wurlitzer
E.R Hart Collection1968
Dance Of The Blue MarionettesCharles SmittonParamount/Odeon Leeds

3/19 Wurlitzer
D Cox Collection1958
Making Whoopee/I’ve Got The World On A StringBryan RodwellParamount/Odeon Leeds

3/19 Wurlitzer
J Leeming Collection1967

Episode 413 – With A Song in My Hart*

Yes we know it’s spelt wrong – don’t despair! This week Damon takes a look through a some of the reel-to-reel recordings from the Ricky Hart collection.

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Music Played

I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside/Up With The CurtainReginald DixonTower Ballroom, Blackpool

3/14 Wurlitzer
Private Recording1960
They Didn’t Believe Me/Let Yourself GoReginald AdamsOdeon, Folkestone

3c/6 Compton
Private Recording
Richard Rogers Selection: June Is Bustin’ Out All Over/There’s A Small Hotel/Lover/Out Of My Dreams/The Lady Is A TrampHubert SelbyParamount/Odeon Leeds

3/19 Wurlitzer
Private Recording1965
Waltz Selection: It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World/My Favourite Things/A Real Life GirlRobinson CleaverGaumont State, Kilburn

4/16 Wurlitzer
Private Recording1965
Pili-Pili-Ho-HoGerald ShawOdeon Leicester Square, London

5c/17 Compton
Private Recording1963
The Breeze And ICharles SmittonParamount/Odeon Manchester

4/20 Wurlitzer
Private Recording1967
Swinging Sleigh Bells/Finale: Dance Of The Hours/Signature Tune: Powder Your Face With SunshineStanley TudorGaumont Manchester


4/14 Wurlitzer
Private Recording1965