John Seng – The Organist Encores

Episode 630 – 1935

This week Damon features music written 90 years ago in 1935.

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Music Played

Broadway Rhythm	Nigel Ogden	New Victoria Centre, Howden-le-Wear 3/12 Wurlitzer	CrescendO (CDHLW1004)	1996
I’m In The Mood For Love	Simon Gledhill	Oriental Theatre, Milwaukee WI 4/39 Kimbal	Simon Gledhill & Kimbal Theatre Organ Society (KTOS339)	2000
Begin The Beguine	Len Rawle	Marine Arcade, Douglas, Isle Of Man 2/10 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Recording	2019
East Of The Sun	Bryan Rodwell	Buttermarket Shrewsbury 3/8 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1994
Cheek To Cheek	Robin Richmond	Kitchen Bros Garage Diss 3/19 Wurlitzer	Cinema Organ Society (COS 123)	1998
Red Sails In The Sunset	Dudley Savage	Royal/ABC Plymouth 3/8 Compton	Perfect Partner Records (PP001CD)	2008
It Ain’t Necessarily So	John Seng	St. Mary of the Lake Seminary Mundelein IL 4/23 Howell-Wurlitzer	Concert Recording (CR-0057)
My Romance	Buddy Cole	Buddy Cole Studio, Hollywood CA 3/27 Wurlitzer-Morton	Warner Bros. Records (WS 1533)	1963
Just One Of Those Things	Billy Nalle	Century II Wichita 4/36 Wurlitzer	Wichita Theatre Organ, Inc (1959)	1981

Episode 609 – O Lady Be Good

This week Robert Hope-Jones leans into international women’s day.

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Music Played

What Lola Wants?	Ray Bohr	Paramount Theatre, New York 4/36 Wurlitzer	Victor
The Mooche	George Wright	4/28 Hybrid Wurlitzer	Banda
How Come You Do Me Like You Do?	Dick Hull	Three Coins Restaurant, Louisville 3/13 Wurlitzer	Adelic (AD 101)
Love For Sale	Mark Herman	Shanklin Music Hall 4-34 Wurlitze/	ATOS
Blame it On My Youth	Larry Vanucci	Home of Pete & Shirley Sweeney Wurlitzer	YouTube
Don’t Blame Me	Eric Lord	Odeon Theatre, Manchester 4/20 Wurlitzer	BBC Records
Girl Talk	John Seng	St. Mary of the Lake Seminary, Mundelein 4/19 Howell-Wurlitzer	CR-0170
Lady Be Good	Tom Hazelton	Alabama Theatre,US 4/20 Wurlitzer	Prestige (86-106)

Episode 594 – Urgency

This week Robert Hope-Jones continues our rhythmical theme with some tracks with a sense of urgency!

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Music Played

Oodles of Noodles	George Wright	Grant Union High School 4/21 Wurlitzer	Transcription Disc	1939
Johnny’s Boogie	John Seng	Loderhose Studio 4/36 Wurlitzer	UAS 5056	1959
Moonlight In Vermont	Nigel Ogden	Pavilion, Bournemouth 4/22 Compton	BKT (BKT 003)	1988
Smash And Grab	Richard Hills	John Dickinson High School, Wilmington DE 3/66 Kimball	Dickinson Theatre Organ Society (DTOS1101)	2002
Love	Tom Sheen	Oriental Theatre, Chicago 4/20 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	1969
Cumana	Barry Baker	Century II Arts Center, Wichita 4/37 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	1999
Knave Of Diamonds/There’s A New World	Reginald Porter-Brown	BBC, St. Georges Hall London 4/23 Units Compton	Private Recording	1936

Episode 579 – A Feminine Touch

This week Robert Hope-Jones introduces us to the great ladies of song.

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Music Played

Once in Love with Amy	Jack Anderson Quintet	Baldwin electronic organ	Audio Fidelity (5856)	1958
Laura	Buddy Cole	Buddy Cole Residence, Hollywood CA 3/9 Morton	Columbia Records (CL 974)	1958
Li’l Darlin’	George Wright	Portland Theatre, Oregon 3/19 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	1961
Jeannine, I Dream of Lilac Time	John Seng	St. Mary of the Lake Seminary, Mundelein 4/19 Howell-Wurlitzer	HP3001	2016
Chloe	Vic Hammett	Dendy Theatre, Australia 3/15 Wurlitzer	Private	1968
Louise	Gordon Kibbee	Rich Vaughn Residence, LA 5/21 Wurlitzer	Starlite	1958
Ruby	Ian Mclean	VTPO	Private	2017
Stella by Starlight	Chester Smith	Fox Special Midi-organ	YouTube
Have You Met Miss Jones	Tom Hazelton	Battersea Town Hall 4/41 Hope-Jones, Hill Norman & Beard	Private	1986

Episode 574 – Summer Repose

This week Robert Hope-Jones presents music for a lethargic summers day.

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Music Played

Lazy Afternoon	John Seng, Bobby Hackett	Loderhose studio ex-Paramount NY studio Wurlitzer 4/36 Wurlitzer	Sony	2015
Time on My Hands	Dudley Savage	ABC Royal Cinema, Plymouth 3/10 Compton	Private Recording	1975
Lazy Day	Jim Riggs	Pasadena City College 3/23 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	1990
Gonna Be Another Hot Day	John Muri	Six-Mile-Uptown Theatre, Michigan 3/11 Wurlitzer	Private Muri-cord S-1	1970
That Summer That Sunday	Bryan Rodwell	Odeon Leeds 3/19 Wurlitzer	CR-0044	1968
The Summer Knows	Chris McPhee	South Bank University, London 4/24 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	2003
Wake Up And Live	Richard Hills	David Shepherd residence 4/22 Compton/Hybrid	ATOS Unconventional Convention	2021

Episode 556 – A bit random

This week Damon has a random selection of tracks.

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Music Played

March Of The Cards	Chris McPhee	Orion Centre, Sydney 3/17 Wurlitzer	Chris McPhee (CMCD002)	1995
Memory Lane/Tea For Two	Reginald Dixon	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Readers Digest (617-ES-1)	1968
Girl Talk	John Seng	St. Mary of the Lake Seminary Mundelein IL 4/23 Howell-Wurlitzer	Hot Pipes (HO3001)	2017
Night Ride	George Wright	Rialto Theatre, South Pasadena, CA 2/14 Wurlitzer	BANDA CD (BA-109759-2)	1997
Just Lovin’ You	Len Rawle	Tonawanda, Chorleywood 4/24 Wurlitzer	Columbia Records – EMI Records (SCX 6314)	1969
Nice ‘N’Easy/Too Marvellous For Words	Michael Wooldridge	New Victoria Centre, Howden-le-Wear 3/19 Wurlitzer	Merlin Productions	2012
Italian Serenade/Serenade In The Night	Nigel Ogden	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Grasmere Records (GRCD135)	2011
Sentimental Journey	Bill Vlasak	Paramount Music Palace, Indianapolis IN 4/42 Wurlitzer	WJV Productions,Inc (WJVCD-106)	1992
Opus One/It Don’t Mean A Thing (If it Ain’t Got That Swing)	Phil Kelsall	Buttermarket Shrewsbury 3/8 Wurlitzer	Langdale Records (LANCD 89)	1999

Episode 534 – Big Band Mode

This week Robert Hope-Jones celebrates the big band sounds of the mighty!

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Music Played

Holiday for Strings	Monty Kelly Orchestra & Buddy Cole	Buddy Cole Studio, California 3/27 Rank Wurlitzer/Robert Morton	Alshire International (S-5288)	1965
Oh! Lady Be Good	Bryan Rodwell	Granada Clapham Junction 3/8 Wurlitzer	Private Recording
Don’t Blame Me	Jim Riggs	Dolby House, Holbeach 4/23 Compton/hybrid	Private Recording
Ac-cen-tu-ate the Positive	Lew Williams	Organ Stop 4/33 Wurlitzer	Private Recording
Take the A Train	Michael Wooldridge	Regal Edmonton 4/15 Christie	COS Tapes (COS106)	1984
Dream	Bobby Hackett/Johnny Seng	Richard Loderhouse Studio NY 4/37 Wurlitzer	Colombia
Oh! I Do Like to be Beside the Sea Side	Bryan Rodwell & the Sounds of Brass	South Bank University 4/24 Wurlitzer	Private Recording

Episode 506 – Off The Shelf

This week John Leeming has pulled out some records, cassettes and LP’s from his shelves – simple!

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Music Played

Greenwich Witch/Serenade to a Wealthy Widow/Twilight in Turkey	Sidney Torch	Gaumont State Theatre, Kilburn 4/16 Wurlitzer	Piping Hot Recordings (PH2007)	2001
My Sin	Lyn Larsen	Sanfilippo Foundation Collection, Barrington Hills, IL 5/80 Wurlitzer-plus	Musical Contrasts (MCI207)	1994
Guilty	Jackie Brown	Granada Theatre, Tooting 4c/14 Wurlitzer	Tape of the Month Club	c1965
Sassy Brass	Buddy Cole	Buddy Cole Studio, Los Angeles, CA 3/27 Wurlitzer-Morton	Warner Brothers (WS1533)	1963
My Heart Belongs to Daddy	John Seng	St Mary of the Lake Seminary, Mundelein, IL 4/19 Wurlitzer-plus	Pipe Organ Presentations (POP113)	2005
Bidin’ My Time	George Wright	George Wright Studio Organ, Don Leslie Studio, Pasdadena, CA 3/29 Wurlitzer	Dot Records (DLP25612)	c1960
Sweet Georgia Brown/Whispering/I’ll See You In My Dreams/We’ll Meet Again	Eric Lord	South Bank University, London 4/24 Wurlitzer	Private recording (JL)	c1986
When the Stars Come Out at Night	David Shepherd	Rex Cinema, Stratford (London) 2/7 Wurlitzer	Deroy Records (Deroy 1154)	1975
Louise	Bryan Rodwell	Granada Theatre, Tooting 4c/14 Wurlitzer	Ventures in Sound (VISB3)	c1960

Episode 467 – Weird and Wonderful

On this week’s show John Leeming focuses of the weird and wonderful!

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Music Played

That’s Entertainment	Hector Olivera	Fox Atlanta 4/42 Moller	Vantage (VCD-6306)	1994
Cuban Cutie	John Seng	St Mary of the Lake Seminary, Mundelein 4/21 Wurlitzer	Pipe Organ Presentations (POP113)	2005
I Got Rhythm	Reginald Porter-Brown	Odeon Leicester Square, London 5/17 Compton	Deroy (DER 110)	1974
Ginza Samba	Justin LaVoie	Stahls Automotive Museum, Chesterfield, MI 3/23 Wurlitzer	ATOS Records	2016
Close Your Eyes	Bryan Rodwell	Hammond Concorde	Private recording (BBC)	1971
Moonlight Becomes You	Leo Rae	Granada, Welling 3/8 Wurlitzer	Private recording (John Leeming)	1979
Tiger Rag	Richard Hills	Dickinson High School, Wilmington, DE 3/66 Kimball	DTOS Records (DTOS1101)	2005
God Amongst Us (part – from The Nativity of Our Lord, Messaien)	Simon Preston	Westminster Abbey, London Harrison and Harrison organ 4/84ss	Decca Records (482 4917)	2017

Episode 452 – Meet the Ladies

As its international women’s day next Tuesday, Damon celebrates some of the ladies of song on this week’s show!

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Music Played

Lulu’s Back In Town	Mark Herman	Alabama Theatre, Birmingham AL 4/29 Wurlitzer	Alabama Chapter ATOS (ALA-1783-09)	2009
Clare	Buddy Cole	Buddy Cole Studio, Hollywood CA 3/27 Wurlitzer-Morton	Doric Recording (DO 1421)	1980
The Girl From Ipanema	Simon Gledhill	Burtey Fen Collection 2/9 Wurlitzer	Burtey Fen Collection (BFC003)	2004
Ruby	George Wright	George Wright Studio Organ, Leslie Factory, Pasadena CA 3/27 Wurlitzer	Westlake Productions/BANDA CD (BA-520042)	2004
Girl Talk	John Seng	St. Mary of the Lake Seminary Mundelein IL 4/23 Howell-Wurlitzer	Hot Pipes (HO3001)	2017
Nancy (With The Laughing Face)	Michael Wooldridge	New Victoria Centre, Howden-le-Wear 3/19 Wurlitzer	Merlin Productions	2012
Nicola	George Blackmore	Gaumont State, Kilburn 4/16 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (H.R Hart Collection)	1963
Laura	Joseph Seal	Regal/ABC Kingston 3/12 Wurlitzer	PYE Records (NSPL 18261)	1968
Louise	Bryan Rodwell	Granada, Tooting London 4/14 Wurlitzer	Ventures In Sound (VIS-B3)