Episode 631 – Kimball Klass

This week Robert Hope-Jones has an extended show looking at Kimball organs.

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Music Played

From this Moment OnTom HazeltonMinneapolis Auditorium

4/128 Dual-purpose Kimball (27 theatrical ranks)
Private1987
Organ Voluntary (Vol. 2 of H.E Kimball’s Voluntaries for reed organs)Michael HendronSwedenborgian Church, San Francisco

1/3 Kimball Chapel reed organ
2021
Penguins’ PlaytimePeter ConteWanamaker Organ

4/664
Private2019
It Must Be TrueJim RoservereWiltern Theatre

4/37 Kimball
CD-10401996
Where Am I?Bob MitchellSt. James’ Episcopal Church, Wilshire Blvd, LA

4/30 Kimball
Eklog, op. 41 (Kramer)Robert Elmore4/55 dual purpose Kimball1964
Announcement/Trumpet RhapsodyGeorge WrightDickinson High School KimballPrivate Recording1977
Would there be Love?Ron Rhode4/28 Kimball

4/32 Kimball
RP-105-CD1992
Are You Happy?Eddie DunstedterKimball organ (unspecified), Kimball HallBrunswick 36801928
FanfareTom HazeltonMinneapolis Auditorium

4/128 Dual-purpose Kimball (101 symphonic ranks)
Private1987

Episode 610 – Shuffling

This week Damon features music chosen by shuffle (again).

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Music Played

Thunderbirds MarchDavid LoweTrinity Arts Centre, Pudsey

3/8 Wurlitzer
TOEnc Archive1994
My Love SongLyn LarsenSanfilippo Music Salon, Barrington Hills IL

5/80 Wurlitzer
Musical Contrasts Inc (MCI-208)1995
Amor AmorNigel OgdenBBC Playhouse Manchester

3/13 Wurlitzer
Amberlee Records Ltd
(ALM 312)
1982
Foxtrot: Trust In Me/I ApologisePhil KelsallTower Ballroom, Blackpool

3/14 Wurlitzer
Grasmere Records (GRCD108)2001
Torch Song Parade Part 2 – Love Is Just Around The Corner/June In January/Build A Little Home/Stay As Sweet As You Are/Sing As We Go/I’ve Got To Sing A Torch SongSidney TorchRegal Edmonton

4/15 Christie
Sterndale Records
(STE 1001R)
1991
How SoonLen RawleTonawanda, Chorleywood

4/24 Wurlitzer
Columbia Records – EMI Records
(SCX 6314)
1969
By The FiresideJim RoseveareParamount Oakland CA

4/27 Wurlitzer
Private Recording 1983
Willie Tell?Reginald Porter-BrownTown Hall, Marrickville, Sidney, Australia

2/10 Wurlitzer
Troubadour Records (TCS-026)1972

Episode 600

This week Damon is joined by his two co-presenters for their requests and then its over to you, with your requests!

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Music Played

CarefreeJim RoseveareParamount Oakland CA

4/27 Wurlitzer
Private Recording1983
‘Superman’ SelectionWalt StronySt. Mary Of The Lake Auditorium, Mundelein, Illinois

4/19 Wurlitzer
Walter Strony Organ Concerts
(WSOC-2)
1993
NolaBryan RodwellGranada, Clapham Junction, London

3c/8 Wurlitzer
Private Recording (John Leeming)1978
Winter SunsetNigel OgdenSt. John Vianney Church, Clayhall London

3/7 Compton
COS Tapes (COS114)1988
The Snow WaltzArnold LoxamRufforth

3/9 Compton
Barrie Davenport (DAV036)1993
Dance of the IciclesHorace FinchEmpress Ballroom, Blackpool

3/13 Wurlitzer
Digital Gramophone Company2014
Symphonic Foxtrot- SamumReginald DixonTower Ballroom, Blackpool

3/14 Wurlitzer
Columbia Records
(SCX 6019)
1966
Slaughter On Tenth AvenueLyn LarsenDendy Theatre, Brighton, Melbourne, Australia

3/15 Wurlitzer
Essential Records
(ERS 1008)
Twelfth Street RagReginald Porter-BrownTown Hall, Marrickville, Sidney, Australia

2/10 Wurlitzer
Deroy Records (Deroy 1020)1974
MoonglowLen RawleMusical Museum, Brentford

3/12 Wurlitzer
Tonawanda Sound (TWS 2018D)2000
Bats In The BelfrySimon GledhillEMD/Granada Walthamstow, London

3/12 Christie
COS Tapes (COS109)1985
The King And I SelectionNoel BriggsBBC Playhouse Manchester

3/13 Wurlitzer
Deroy Records (Deroy 1060)1974
Summer SkiesTrevor BolshawKitchen Bros Garage, Diss

3/19 Wurlitzer
Raymer Sound
(RSCD216)
2012
Chinatown, My ChinatownPhil KelsallTower Ballroom, Blackpool

3/14 Wurlitzer
Crimson Productions
(CRIMCD79)
1999

Episode 599 – Felicitations!

This week Robert Hope-Jones gets 2025 off to a bright start!

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Music Played

Fascinating Rhythm/Theatre LandStanley WylieRitz Cinema, Belfast

4/10 Compton
Archive1953
Marche LoraineJohn MannGaumont State Theatre, Kilburn

4/16 Wurlitzer
OS DVD 1052004
You Are My SunshineJim RiggsParamount Oakland

4/26 Wurlitzer
Private recording1989
Stella By StarlightThe Three SunsParamount, New York

4/36 Wurlitzer
RCA VICTOR (LPM 133)1953
LiebesfreudLyn LarsenBill Brown Residence, Pheonix

5/34 Wurlitzer
Vantage1995
DriftingPeter Mintun & Jim RoseveareParamount Theatre, Oakland

4/37 Wurlitzer
PRCD 10601985
Waltzing In The CloudsStephen VincentYamaha/Virtual Pipe OrganPrivate
Recording
2024
For Old Time’s SakeJessie CrawfordWurlitzer Store, Chicago

3/15 Wurlitzer
Victor1928

Episode 583 – Entwinement

This week Robert Hope-Jones intertwines piano and organ.

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Music Played

East of the SunBryan RodwellGranada Theatre, Tooting

4/14 Wurlitzer
VIS B-3
Hello BluebirdJim Riggs & Vincent LopezLittle River Studio, Miller, Wichita

3/19 Wurlitzer
Jim Riggs Records2006
Moonlight On the GangesJim Roseveare & Peter MintunOhio Theatre in Columbus, Ohio

4/26 Robert Morton and piano
Private
Recording
1986
Time and Time AgainRalph Wolf & Rob RichardsNethercutt Collection, San Sylmar, CA

Bosendorfer grand, 4/70 Wurlitzer
HPR-1080CD2010
BabaluKorla PanditHammond, PianoDJV-012-22007
StardustPierre FracalanzaParamount Organ Works 332Private2011
Limehouse BluesEverett Nourse & Frank DenkeRodgers 36-E, Model O SteinwayDoric 14021971
Canyon CaballeroSimon Gledhill & Richard HillsDolby House, Lincolnshire

4/22 Compton hybrid, Steinway Piano
Private2015
My IdealJohnny DuffyUnspecified Organ/ Mason & Hamlin grand pianoEdison Int. SDL 1011959

Episode 576 – Showtime San Francisco

This week John Leeming delves into his archive with an episode of Showtime San Francisco.

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Music Played

Opening and closing music: With a Smile and a Song
Jim Roseveare*

Signature tune: Of Thee I Sing
Jim Roseveare*

Begin the Beguine
Scott Gillespie*

More Than You Know
Scott Gillespie

They All Laughed
Jim Roseveare

Without a Song
Jim Roseveare + Reid Marshall (vocal)

A Star Is Born
Jim Roseveare

I Can’t Believe that You’re in Love with Me
Bob Mack

Chatanooga Shoe Shine Boy
Bob Mack

All items from ‘Showtime, San Francisco’ broadcast (Lyric Photoplay Society, c1967)
3/16 Wurlitzer, Avenue Theatre, San Francisco
*Indicates probable artist (not identified in the programme)

Episode 573 – Double Jim

This week Damon features tracks from two well know Jims, both once house organists at the Paramount, Oakland

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Music Played

King Kong MarchJim RoseveareParamount Oakland CA

4/27 Wurlitzer
Private Recording (Dick Clay)1983
Once In A WhileJim RiggsGranada Theatre, Kansas City KS

3/21 Barton
RTR Productions (RTC105CD)1991
Blue TwilightJim RoseveareOriental Theatre, Portland OR

3/13 Wurlitzer
Gamba Records (JI01-R)1966
Her Name Is MaryJim RiggsParamount Oakland CA

4/27 Wurlitzer
Melody Masters (MLM 107)1993
Zing! Went The Strings Of My HeartPeter Mintun and Jim RoseveareParamount Oakland CA

4/27 Wurlitzer
Premier Recordings (PRCD 1060)1997
Pop! Goes Your HeartJim RiggsMacy’s Greek Hall, Philidelphia, PA

2/8 Wurlitzer
DSP Recordings2013
Guess Who I Saw TodayJim RoseveareParamount Oakland CA

4/27 Wurlitzer
Private Recording (Dick Clay)1983
You Don’t Like It – Not MuchJim RiggsGranada Theatre, Kansas City KS

3/21 Barton
RTR Productions (RTC105CD)1991

Episode 548 – Cosy

This week Robert Hope-Jones starts his contribution to 2024 in a cosy mood.

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Music Played

By the Fire SideJim RoservereWiltern Theatre, Los Angeles

4/37 Kimball
Cambria (CD-1040)
Sentimental JourneyEverette NorseFox Theatre, San Fransico

4/36 Wurlitzer
Private Recording1960
Put Your Head On My ShoulderBarry BakerTrinity Presbyterian Church, San Diego

4/24 Wurlitzer
Private Recording2002
It’s the Natural Thing to DoRon CurtisParamount Organ Studio, Bolton

4/10 Compton
ARGO-SPA 3441974
The Christmas SongChristian Elliott4/50 Paramount VTPOPrivate
Five Minutes More/Hot ToddyDudley SavageABC Cinema Plymouth

3/8 Compton
Private
Winter SunsetNigel OgdenSt John Vianney, Clayhall

3/7 Compton
COS 1141988

Episode 529 – Big Theatre Wurlitzer

This week Damon features that big in theatre Wurlitzer sound.

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Music Played

Tiger RagNoel BriggsGaumont Manchester

4/14 Wurlitzer
TOEnc Archive (T Herd Collection)1973
I Could Write A BookLen RawleParamount/Odeon Manchester

4/20 Wurlitzer
Acorn Records (CF 245)1973
Calcutta/Try A Little TendernessGeorge BlackmoreEmpire Leicester Square

4/20 Wurlitzer
TOEnc Archive (N Ogden Collection)1961
Dancing In The DarkJim RoseveareParamount Oakland CA

4/27 Wurlitzer
Private Recording (Dick Clay)1983
’42nd Street’ MedleyLyn LarsenShea’s Buffalo Theatre, Buffalo, New York

4/28 Wurlitzer
Musical Contrasts (MCI-110)1993
I’ll Never Smile AgainGeorge WrightChicago Theatre, Chicago IL

4/29 Wurlitzer
BANDA CD
(42192F)
1992
Have You Met Miss Jones/My Romance/The Lady is a TrampDeclan PooleTroxy Stepney London

4/25 Wurlitzer
TOEnc Recrding2023

Episode 522 – Exotica

This week Robert Hope-Jones features some tunes under the heading exotica.

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Music Played

Quiet VillageGeorge VillageRichard Vaughn Studio, Hollywood

5/21 Wurlitzer
HiFi Records (R-502-45)1955
MiserlouKorla PanditHammond Organ/PianoPrivate recording
Lotus LandLyn LarsenSanfilippo Music Salon

5/80 Hybrid pipe organ
Musical Contrasts, Inc (MCI-208)1995
Hawaiian Wedding SongPhil KelsallWorthing Assembly Hall,
Sussex

3/26 Wurlitzer
Grasmere (GRCD 130)2009
Moon of ManakooraJohnny DuffyKearns/Carson Residence, Hollywood CA

3/27 Wurlitzer
Liberty LRP-32811957
FlamingoJim RoseveareWiltern Theatre, LA

4/37 Kimball
Private recording
Shangri-LaBob Van CampFox Atlanta

4/42 Moller
Atlanta Landmarks Inc1997