Joseph Seal – The Organist Encores

Episode 551 – Kew the Music

This week Damon spotlights the Wurlitzer installed in the Musical Museum Brentford.

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Music Played

Torch Song Parade Of 1937 Part 1: I’ve Gotta Sing A Torch Song/Swing In The Air/You’re Here, You’re There, You’re Everywhere/Wake Up And Live/This Years Kisses	Sidney Torch	Regal/ABC Kingston 3/12 Wurlitzer	Sterndale Records (STE 1005)	1937
a) Sig Tune: D’ye Ken John Peel? b) The Tuneful 20s Selection c) Vlase Mignon	Joseph Seal	Regal/ABC Kingston 3/12 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive
La Mer	Len Rawle	Piano Museum, Brentford 3/12 Wurlitzer	Tonawanda Sound (TWS 2018D)
Wave	David Lowe	Piano Museum, Brentford 3/12 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1982
High Heels	David Shepherd	Piano Museum, Brentford 3/12 Wurlitzer	Grosvenor Records (GRS 1119)	1983
Nancy (With The Laughing Face)	Damon Cox	Musical Museum, Brentford 3/12 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	2023
Wurlitzer Fanfare	Donald MacKenzie	Musical Museum, Brentford 3/12 Wurlitzer	Musiqua (MMRCD0109)	2009

Episode 547 – Meet the Ladies

This week Damon starts 2024 by introducing you to the ladies – musically of course!

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Music Played

Nola	Bryan Rodwell	Granada, Clapham Junction, London 3c/8 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (John Leeming)	1978
Nancy (With The Laughing Face)	Michael Wooldridge	New Victoria Centre, Howden-le-Wear 3/19 Wurlitzer	Merlin Productions	2012
Louise	Dan Bellomy	Capri Theatre, Adelaide 4/29 Wurlitzer		2009
Ruby	George Wright	George Wright Studio Organ, Leslie Factory, Pasadena CA 3/27 Wurlitzer	Westlake Productions/BANDA CD (BA-520042)	2004
Have You Met Miss Jones?	Buddy Cole	Buddy Cole Studio, Hollywood CA 3/27 Wurlitzer-Morton	Warner Bros. Records (WS 1533)	1963
Sweet Georgia Brown	Vic Hammett	Town Hall Buckingham 3/10 Wurlitzer	Musiqua	2015
Laura	Joseph Seal	Piano Museum, Brentford 3/12 Wurlitzer	Golden House – PYE Records (GH 609)	1975
Stella By Starlight	Pierre Palla & Bep Rowold	AVRO Radio Studio, Hilversum, Holland 4/19 Standaart-Compton	Private Recording (YouTube)	1966
Sweet Sue/Dinah	Nigel Ogden	De Poort Technical College, Rotterdam 3/11 Standaart	Private Recording (NO Archive)	1985

Episode 536 – Random Tapes

This week John Leeming has picked some tracks from random tapes

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Music Played

Goofy Dame	Stanley Tudor	BBC Theatre Organ No.2 5/27 Möller	Private recording (BBC/Terry Bond/COS archive)	c1954
Puszta	Reginald Foort	BBC Theatre Organ No.1 4/25 Compton	NTOT Records (NCM 212)	1996
Transatlantic Lullaby/I’m in Love for the Very First Time	Joseph Seal	ABC Theatre, Kingston-on-Thames 3/12 Wurlitzer	Private recording (BBC/Geoff Day/COS Archive)	c1967
Home at Sundown	The Organ, the Dance Band and Me (Robinson Cleaver)	EMI Studio No.1 3/8 Compton	NTOT Records (NCM 213)	1997
In the Still of the Night	Len Rawle	Granada Theatre, Slough 3/8 Wurlitzer	Tonawanda Sound (TWS 2003)	1988
Sleigh Ride	George Blackmore	Granada Theatre, Walthamstow 3/12 Christie	Private recording (Geoff Day)	1988
I Want to Be Happy/Somebody Loves Me/I’ll Build a Stairway to Paradise/A Kiss in the Dark/Mississippi Mud	Simon Gledhill	State Theatre, Grays 3/6 Compton	Private Recording (Allan Newman/COS Archive)	1988
Autumn Leaves	Vic Hammett	Granada Theatre, Tooting 4c/14 Wurlitzer	Private recording (Geoff Day/COS Archive)

Episode 520 – Back To Old Ireland

This week Damon takes you to Northern Ireland for a nostalgia show.

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Music Played

Back To Old Ireland/Irish Whispers	Joseph Seal	Ritz Belfast 4c/10 Compton	Private Recording (NO. Archive)	1953
Here’s That Rainy Day	Stanley Wyllie	Gransha High School 3/8 Compton	Private Recording (NO. Archive)	1986
Time Was	Nigel Ogden	Gransha High School 3/8 Compton	Private Recording (NO. Archive)	1985
On The Sunny Side Of The Street/You Were Meant For Me	Louise McDonald	Gransha High School 3/8 Compton	Private Recording (NO. Archive)	1987
Rhythm Review Medley	Stanley Wyllie	Ritz Belfast 4c/10 Compton	Private Recording (NO. Archive)	1954

Episode 507 – From The Archive: Joseph Seal

This week’s from the archive show features Joseph Seal at the Regal/ABC Kingston-Upon-Thames Wurlitzer.

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Music Played

Hits Of Yesterday: The Sky Blue Shirt And A Rainbow Tie/Loveliest Night Of The Year/A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square/Mr Sandman/The Waltz Of Love/Duke Box Rag

lincke In The Ballroom

Rip Van Twinkle

Wizard Of Oz Selection

Waltz Without A Name

Favourites Old And New: Georgias Gotta Moon/I’ll Come When You Call/I’ll Never Stop Loving You/Seventeen/Goodnight Melody

All tracks played on the 3/12 Wurlitzer in the ABC/Regal Kingson-Upon-Thames broadcast unknown. Original recording from the Nigel Ogden Archive. Recording re-mastered with Adobe Audition.

Episode 487 – From Nigel Ogden’s Archive: Broadcast Duo

On this week’s show Nigel Ogden includes music from two great musicians of days gone by; Joseph Seal and Stanley Wyllie.

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Music Played

Melody For You Anything Goes/Transatlantic Lullaby/Nice Work If You Can Get It/I Wish You Love/I’m In Love For The Very First Time The Silver Wedding Waltz Jealousy	Jospeh Seal	Regal/ABC Kingston 3/12 Wurlitzer	Nigel Ogden Archive	1965
Fascinatin’ Rhythm Giant/Baby Doll/Good Companions/A Woman In Love Melody Corner including; I’ll See You In My Dreams/It’s A Sin To Tell A Lie/Sing Everybody Sing/Too Young	Stanley Wyllie	Ritz Belfast 4c/10 Compton	Nigel Ogden Archive	1957

Episode 480 – Famous Names

On this week’s show John Leeming focuses on famous theatre organ names of the past.

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Music Played

I Do Like to Be beside the Seaside	Reginald Dixon	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Private recording (John Leeming archive/BBC)	1963
September in the Rain/I Saw a Ship a-Sailing By/The Love Bug Will Bite You	Reginald Dixon	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/13 Wurlitzer	Sterndale Records (STE3101)	2001
Our Love Affair/Now I Lay Me Down to Dream/All Over the Place	Reginald Foort	Foort Touring Organ 5/27 Möller	Piping Hot Recording Company (PH2006)	2000
It’s a Lovely Day Tomorrow/ Who’s Taking You Home Tonight?/Somewhere Over the Rainbow	Sandy Macpherson	BBC St George’s Hall 4/25 Compton	EMI World Records (SH385)	1980
Wedding of the Rose; To a Wild Rose/Rose in the Bud/Love’s Garden of Roses/Only a Rose/Roses from the South	Quentin Maclean	Trocadero, Elephant and Castle 4/21 Wurlitzer	Sterndale Records (STE1001)	1991
Looking Around Corners for You	Sidney Torch	Regal, Kingston-upon-Thames 3/12 Wurlitzer	Sterndale Records (STE1005)	1996
Two Sleepy People	Joseph Seal	Regal, Kingston-upon Thames 3/12 Wurlitzer	Private recording (COS Archive/BBC)	1961
That Lovely Weekend	Dudley Savage	ABC, Plymouth 3/8 Compton	Perfect Partners Records (PP001CD)	2008
Goodnight My Love	Robin Richmond	Granada, Welling 3c/8 Wurlitzer	Private recording (COS Archive/Geoff Day)	1974
I Do Like to Be beside the Seaside	Reginald Dixon	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/13 Wurlitzer	Sterndale Records (STE3100)	2001

Episode 461 – Platinum

Damon celebrates the platinum jubilee ahead of the long celebration weekend with some hits from 1952.

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Music Played

Marching Strings	Ernest Broadbent	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	One-Up/EMI Records (OU 2042)	1974
The ‘Moulin Rouge’ Theme	Joseph Seal	Regal/ABC Kingston 3/12 Wurlitzer	Decca Recording Company (SKL 4154)	1962
Blue Tango	Bill Vlasak	Paramount Music Palace, Indianapolis IN 4/42 Wurlitzer	WJV Productions,Inc (WJVCD-107)	1996
Belle Of The Ball	Donald MacKenzie	Odeon Leicester Square, London 5c/17 Compton	Musiqua (DOMOLS2007)	2007
Lullaby Of Birdland	John Atwell	Capri Theatre, Adelaide 4/25 Wurlitzer	JAmusic (JAM103)	1995
El Choclo	Everett Nourse	Fox San Francisco CA 4/36 Wurlitzer	Fantasy Records (501395014)
Delicado	Robert Wolfe	Thursford Collection, Fakenham 3/19 Wurlitzer	Grasmere Records (GRCD 86)	1997
Auf Wiedersehn Sweetheart	Dudley Savage	Mere Farm, Haughley, Stowmarket 3/8 Compton	DS Productions
Black & White Rag	Phil Kelsall	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Grasmere Records (GRALP 34)	1989

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)