John Howlett – The Organist Encores

Episode 658 – All Original Part 2

This week Damon continues his series looking at UK original Installations that have survived.

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Music Played

Live Love and Laugh	James Bell	Odeon Leicester Square, London 5c/17 Compton	Bosworth (BE25) Wayne Ivany Collection	c1941
Leicester Square Looks Round	Gerald Shaw	Odeon Leicester Square, London 5c/17 Compton	TOEnc Archive	1964
In Olden Tymes	John Howlett	Odeon Leicester Square, London 5c/17 Compton	TOEnc Archive	1958
A Walk In The Black Forest	William Davies	Odeon Leicester Square, London 5c/17 Compton	TOEnc Archive	1977
Turn Ye to Me	David Shepherd	Odeon Leicester Square, London 5c/17 Compton	TOEnc Archive	1981
Sweet Sue	Donald MacKenzie	Odeon Leicester Square, London 5c/17 Compton	Musiqua (201801)	2018
Portrait Of A Flirt	William Davies	Odeon Hammersmith 4/15 Compton	TOEnc Archive	1977
Sentimental Journey	Andrew Fenner	Odeon Hammersmith 4/15 Compton	Concert Recording (CR-0059)	1968
Satyr Dance	Richard Hills	Odeon Hammersmith 4/15 Compton	YouTube

Episode 653 – Möller Contrasts

This week Damon has two contrasts from the archive.

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Music Played

a) Tritsch Tratsch Polka b) Haunted Ballroom c) Scintillating Stars d) Little Serenade	John Howlett	BBC Theatre Organ No.2, Hoxton, London 5/27 Möller	TOEnc Archive
a) Festival Day b) Babbling c) Telstar d) Dancing Years Selection	Reginald Porter-Brown	BBC Theatre Organ No.2, Hoxton, London 5/27 Möller	TOEnc Archive	1963

Episode 601 – 1955 Radio Times

This week John Leeming takes us back to January 1955.

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Music Played

Leicester Square Looks Round	John Howlett	Granada Theatre, Tooting 4/14 Wurlitzer	Private recording	1965
Dance of the Blue Marionettes	Sidney Torch	Regal Theatre, Marble Arch 4/36 Wurlitzer	Sterndale Records (STE 1002)	1993
Wee McGregor Highland Patrol	Nigel Ogden	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Grasmere Records (GRCD 129)	1997
Dancing Tambourine	George Wright	Pasadena Studio 3/27 Wurlitzer	Banda Records (BA 70170299)	1999
Roaming Around	Bryan Rodwell	Granada Theatre, Clapham Junction 3/8 Wurlitzer	Private recording	1955
Goofus	Jim Riggs	Dolby House, Holbeach 4/22 Compton-plus	Private recording	2004
Too Late Now	Dudley Savage	ABC Cinema, Plymouth 3/8 Compton	Perfect Partners Records (PP001 CD)	2008
Guiding Star/They Were Doing the Mambo/Wait for Me, Darling	Stanley Wyllie	Ritz Cinema, Belfast 4/10 Compton	Private Recording	1954
Happy Days are Here Again	Jack Helyer	BBC Studio, Hoxton, London 5/27 Möller	Private Recording	1957

Episode 464 – Elizabethan Serenade

On this week’s show John Leeming has been looking through the Radio Times in March and April 1952 to see what people were listening to in theatre organ broadcasts at the time of the Queen’s accession to the throne.

Music Played

Legend of the Glass Mountain	Robinson Cleaver	Granada, Tooting 4/14 Wurlitzer	President Records (PLCD544)	1996
On a Spring Note	David Gray	Sanfilippo Foundation Collection 5/80 Wurlitzer	David Gray Records (DG0001)	2018
September in the Rain	Robert Wolfe	Orion Centre, Campsie 3/17 Wurlitzer	Music Digital (CD6021)	1996
September in the Rain	Reginald Dixon	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/13 Wurlitzer	Sterndale Records (STE3101)	2001
Montmartre	David Shepherd	Odeon, Leicester Square, London 5/17 Compton	John Leeming collection (BBC)	1981
Leicester Square Looks Round	John Howlett	Odeon, Leicester Square, London 5/17 Compton	John Howlett collection (BBC)	1965
Looking Around	Simon Gledhill & Richard Hills	David Shepherd Residence, Holbeach 4/22 Compton-plus	John Leeming YouTube	2014
Belle of the Ball	Stanley Wyllie	Granada, Walthamstow 3/12 Christie	John Leeming collection	1986
Dance of the Three Old Maids	John Mann	South Bank University 4/24 Wurlitzer	Odin Music (ODC012)	c1989
Dance of an Ostracised Imp	Reginald Dixon	Empress Ballroom, Blackpool 3/13 Wurlitzer	Damon Cox Records (DMCD03)	2016
Memories of You	Eric Lord	Odeon, Manchester 4/20 Wurlitzer	LTOT Records (LTOT9510)	1995

Episode 455 – Remember Me?

On this week’s show John Leeming rememberers some of the lesser heard organists of days gone by.

Music Played

Hard-Hearted Hannah	Dick Smith	Loew’s Theatre, Richmond, VA 3/13 Wurlitzer	Concert Recording (CR-0013)	c1970
I Believe in Miracles	John Stewart	Gaumont State, Kilburn 4/16 Wurlitzer	Amberlee Records (AML 306)	1974
Dusk	Harold Ramsay	Granada Theatre, Kingston 3/10 Wurlitzer	COS Archive (BBC)	1973
I Want to Be Happy	Rick Shindell	State Theatre, Toledo, OH 3/14 Marr and Colton	Concert Recording (CR-0114)	1973
I Cover the Waterfront	Joe Marsh	Town Hall, Ossett 3/13 Compton-Chrsitie	Crescendo Records (HLW 500)	1977
Evening in Capri	John Howlett	Odeon Theatre, Leicester Square 5/17 Compton	COS Archive (BBC)	c1957
Lullaby of Birdland	Leonard MacClain	Tower Theatre, Upper Darby, PA 3/17 Wurlitzer	Epic Records (BN 555)	c1960
Midnight in Mayfair	Reginald Liversidge	Gaumont Theatre, Manchester 4/14 Wurlitzer	Acorn Records (CF 215)	c1971
Moonlight Serenade	Geoff Stephenson	Kitchen Bros Showroom, Diss 3/19 Wurlitzer	Acorn Records (CF 229)	c1973
I’m Happy When I’m Hiking/Trombones to the Fore	Jack Helyer	BBC Theatre Organ 5/27 Möller	John Leeming collection (BBC)	1957