John Mann

Episode 672 – Shall We Dance?

This week John Leeming presents music chosen by Wayne Ivany.

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Music Played

Merrymakers’ DanceJohn MannGranada Cinema, Sutton

3/10 Compton		Private recording1973
Moonbeams DanceTerance CaseyRegent Cinema, Brighton

2/9 Wurlitzer		Columbia Records (DB260)1930
Dance Of the Blue MarionettesSydney GustardEMI Abbey Road Studio No.1

3/8 Compton		Services Library Record1943
Times Square DanceReginald DixonTower Ballroom, Blackpool

3/14 Wurlitzer		Starline Records (SR5056)1971
Love Dance IntermezzoCharles McNicolThe Plough, Great Munden

3/11 Compton		Private recording1976
Dancing with Tears in My EyesSandy MacphersonEmpire Theatre, Leicester Square, London

4/20 Wurlitzer		HMV Records (B3642)1930
Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4Eric SpruceGranada Theatre, Harrow

3/8 Wurlitzer		Private recordingc1975
Save the Last Dance for MeQuentin MacleanTrocadero Cinema, Elephant and Castle, London

4/21 Wurlitzer		Columbia Records (DB759)1932
Dance of the HoursRobinson CleaverGranada Cinema, Welling

3/8 Wurlitzer		Parlophone Records (F1904)1939

Episode 671 – All Original Part 4

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

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Music Played

Theres No Business Like ShowinessMichael WooldridgeGranada Harrow

3c/8 Wurlitzer		TOEnc Recording2026
Blue Moon/Bugle Call RagDamon CoxGranada Harrow

3c/8 Wurlitzer		TOEnc Recording2026
Yesterday/Can’t Buy Me LoveMichael WooldridgeGranada Harrow

3c/8 Wurlitzer		TOEnc Archive2026
‘The Boyfriend’ Selection: The Boy Friend/A Room In Bloomsbury/Fancy Forgetting/It’s Never Too Late To Fall In Love/I Could Be Happy With YouKeith BeckinghamGranada Harrow

3c/8 Wurlitzer		TOEnc Archive1968
By A Sleepy LagoonJohn MannGranada Harrow

3c/8 Wurlitzer		Wayne Ivany Collection
Play To My GipsyVic HammettGranada Harrow

3c/8 Wurlitzer		Wayne Ivany Collection
Fate In Santa LuciaLouis MordishGranada Harrow

3c/8 Wurlitzer		TOEnc Archive1992
Says My HeartDamon CoxGranada Harrow

3c/8 Wurlitzer		TOEnc Recording2026

Episode 641 – Waynes Wonders

This week John Leeming presents another program chosen by Wayne Ivany.

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Music Played

BonsoirJoseph SealABC Theatre, Kingston-upon-Thames

3/12 Wurlitzer		ABC private disc1950s
March from ‘Things to Come’Richard HillsApollo Theatre, Hammersmith, London

4/15 Compton		Private recording2016
Polka Dots and MoonbeamsBryan RodwellOdeon Cinema, Leicester Square, London

5c/17 Compton		Private recording1976
Poupée ValsanteJohn MannGranada Theatre, Kingston-upon-Thames

3c/10 Wurlitzer		Private recording1975
I Hate Myself for Being So Mean to YouVic HammettGranada Theatre, Kingston-upon-Thames

3c/10 Wurlitzer		Private Recording1973
Hoilday for StringsGerald ShawThe Plough Inn, Great Munden

3/11 Compton		MJV Records (BEV SLP 1321)1971
How Many Hearts Have You Broken?/Imagination/Wrap Your Troubles in DreamsRobin RichmondGaumont State Theatre, Kilburn, London

4/16 Wurlitzer		Private recordingc1974
‘She Wore a Yellow Ribbon’ selection: She Wore a Yellow Ribbon/The Girl I Left Behind Me/O Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie/Dixie/Garry Owen/St Patrick’s DayRobinson CleaverBBC Theatre Organ, London

5c/27 Möller		Private Recording1950
Goodnight MelodyJoseph SealABC Theatre, Kingston-upon-Thames

3/12 Wurlitzer		ABC private disc1970

Episode 628 – The Homecoming

This week John Leeming has tracks from some CDs which have recently been returned to him.

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Music Played

Country GardensJohn MannPipes in the Peaks, Thorpe

3/15 Compton		OS Digital Recordings (OS255)2003
Holiday for StringsCharlie BaloghOrgan Stop Pizza, Mesa, CA

4/78 Wurlitzer		Organ Stop Pizza (ERB108CD)1998
CuteJelani Eddington with Donnie Rankin (drums)Sanfilippo Foundation Collection, Barrington Hills, IL

4/80 Wurlitzer-plus		Victorian Recordings (HHP205)2014
’S WonderfulBilly NalleCentury II Center, Wichta, KS

4/36 Wurlitzer		Wichita Theatre Organ2008
I’ll See You in My Dreams/In a Little Spanish Town/When It’s Springtime in the RockiesCor SteynStudio recording, Hilversum, NL

‘Magic Organ’		EMI Records (CDP7467532)1980
Dainty MissLyn LarsenFullerton Union High School, Fullerton, CA

4/37 Wurlitzer		Beldale Records (CD429)2002
It’s All Right with MeJonathan Ortloff with Allan Ward (drums)Auditorium Theatre, Rochester, NY

4/23 Wurlitzer		Jonathan Ortloff2009
Do Nothin’ ’til You Hear from MeKen DoubleParamount Theatre, Denver CO

4/20 Wurlitzer		Banda Records2008
LizaWalt StronyKautz Ironstone Vineyards, Van Nuys, CA

3/15 Robert Morton		Kautz Ironstone Vineyards (KS-2)1997

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 523 – Pipes and Plug-Ins

This week John Leeming features a combination pipes and electronics.

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Music Played

I’m in the Mood for LoveMichael WooldridgeParamount 332 VTPOMerlin Productions (MPCD 109)2011
Music, Music, MusicEddie RuhierLondon South Bank University

4/25 Wurlitzer		Private recording (Geoff Day)c1990
Eternally/Barwick Green/Out of the Blue/You Were Made for MeJohn BowreyStreatham Ice Rink

Hammond C3 + 2 x PR200 cabinets		Private recording (David Lowe)1964
SkylinerDavid LoweLondon South Bank University

4/24 Wurlitzer		Private recording (John Leeming)c1984
Moving SouthBryan Rodwell and the BBC Big BandBBC Pebble Mill Studio, Birmingham

Hammond		Private recording (BBC/Tim Wills)
You Made Me Love YouJackie BrownGranada, Tooting

4/14 Wurlitzer		Organ of the Month Club1960s
Some Enchanted EveningJohn MannNDR Studio, Hamburg

3/29 Welte		Private recording (NDR/John Mann)2002
IllusionKlaus WunderlichHammond C3Bell Records (BLR 89 099)2001

Episode 472 – From two Continents

On this week’s show John Leeming focuses on organs in the US and continental Europe!

Music Played

Jeepers CreepersSimon GledhillCollége Claparéde, Geneva

3/8 Wurlitzer		AAOCCC Geneva2017
It Looks Like Rain in Cherry Blossom LaneBuddy NolanEmbassy, Fort Wayne, IN

3/15 Page		Concert Recording (CR0071)c1970
CrazyJohn MannNDR Studio, Hamburg

3/21 Welte		Private Recording (John Mann)2002
Who?Kay McAbeeRobert Wheeler Residence, Lockport IL

3/15 Wicks		Concert Recording (CR0079)c1970
Swing AgainKlaus WunderlichHammond organBell Records (BLR89117)2010
Mr Anthony’s BoogieFlorian HutterSkalleblle Centret, Denmark

Wersi Atlantis		Florian Hutter Recordings2017
So RareDick SchrumCarl Greer Inn, Sacramento, CA

4/16 Robert Morton		Concert Recording (CR0119)c1971
Blue TwilightJohn GiacchiRialto Square Theatre, Joliet, IL

4/27 Barton		JATOE Recordings2001
Bel Ami/Taking a Chance on LoveDudley SavageCompton House, Brey-on-Rhein

3/7 Compton		Dudley Savage Recordings (KINO1)1995
Dancing TambourineLyn LarsenSanfillipo Residence, Barrington Hills, IL

5/80 Wurlitzer		Hopeful Heart Recordings (HHP203)2001

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 CleaverGranada, Tooting

4/14 Wurlitzer		President Records (PLCD544)1996
On a Spring Note David GraySanfilippo Foundation Collection

5/80 Wurlitzer		David Gray Records (DG0001)2018
September in the Rain
Robert WolfeOrion Centre, Campsie

3/17 Wurlitzer		Music Digital (CD6021)1996
September in the Rain
Reginald DixonTower Ballroom, Blackpool

3/13 Wurlitzer		Sterndale Records (STE3101)2001
Montmartre David ShepherdOdeon, Leicester Square, London

5/17 Compton		John Leeming collection (BBC)1981
Leicester Square Looks Round John HowlettOdeon, Leicester Square, London

5/17 Compton		John Howlett collection (BBC)1965
Looking Around Simon Gledhill & Richard HillsDavid Shepherd Residence, Holbeach

4/22 Compton-plus		John Leeming YouTube2014
Belle of the Ball Stanley WyllieGranada, Walthamstow

3/12 Christie		John Leeming collection1986
Dance of the Three Old Maids John MannSouth Bank University

4/24 Wurlitzer		Odin Music (ODC012)c1989
Dance of an Ostracised ImpReginald Dixon Empress Ballroom, Blackpool

3/13 Wurlitzer		Damon Cox Records (DMCD03)2016
Memories of You Eric LordOdeon, Manchester

4/20 Wurlitzer		LTOT Records (LTOT9510)1995

Episode 463 – Animal

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

Music Played

Samba: The ParrotErnest BroadbentTower Ballroom, Blackpool

3/14 Wurlitzer		One-UP/EMI (OU 2171)1977
Suite From The Carnival Of The Animals – The Elephant David Harris & Jelani EddingtonLittle River Studio, Miller, Whichita

3/19 Wurlitzer		RJE Productions2005
The Elephant’s TangoDouglas ReeveGaumont Manchester

4/14 Wurlitzer		Acorn Records (CF 255)1974
Little Red MonkeyJohn MannTony Manning Residence, Farnborough

3/7 Christie		Grosvenor Records (GRS1114)1981
Monkey On A StringWalt StronyAuditorium Theatre, Rochester NY

4/22 Wurlitzer		ATOS 20192019
Penguin’s PlaytimeNigel OgdenFree Trade Hall, Manchester

4/20 Wurlitzer		OS Digital (OS201)1993
FamingoJim RoseveareWiltern Theatre Los Angeles CA

4/37 Kimball		Cambria Master Recordings (CD1040)1996
Alligator CrawlRobinson CleaverGranada, Tooting London

4/14 Wurlitzer		Musique Records2015
At The Panda’s PartySidney TorchGaumont State, Kilburn

4/16 Wurlitzer		Piping Hot (PH2007)2013
Tiger RagReginald DixonTower Ballroom, Blackpool

3/14 Wurlitzer		Starline (EMI Records)(MRS5056)1971

Episode 445 – From Nigel Ogden’s Archive: 70’s Look-Back

On this week’s show Nigel Ogden is back in his archive with tracks recorded in the 1970’s.

Music Played

Merry Makers DanceJohn MannGranada Sutton

3/10 Compton		Nigel Ogden Archive1970
Cheekie ChappieReginald Porter-BrownOdeon Hammersmith

4/15 Compton		Nigel Ogden Archive1973
Chattanooga Choo ChooAlec LeaderThe Plough, Great Munden

3/11 Compton		Nigel Ogden Archive1970
TangerineVic HammettGranada Harrow

3c/8 Wurlitzer		Nigel Ogden Archive1970
Put On A Happy FaceBryan RodwellGranada Harrow

3c/8 Wurlitzer		Nigel Ogden Archive1973
“My Fair Lady” SelectionBobby PaganTony Manning Residence, Farnborough

3/9 Christie		Nigel Ogden Archive1979
Waltz EspanaGeorge BlackmoreRitz/ABC Luton

3/8 Wurlitzer		Nigel Ogden Archive1973
If I Had A Hammer/A Lot Of Livin’Nigel OgdenBBC Playhouse Manchester

3/13 Wurlitzer		Nigel Ogden Archive1979