Len Rawle – The Organist Encores

Episode 668 – New Tapes

This week Damon delves into the latest batch of tapes.

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Music Played

Lets Twist Again/I Know Why/The Green Leaves Of Summer/The Young Ones	Reginald Dixon	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1962
Strolling Along	Neville Meale	Granada, Clapham Junction, London 3c/8 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1954
Miss Jane	Horace Finch	BBC Theatre Organ No.2, Hoxton, London 5/27 Möller	TOEnc Archive	1958
Canyon Caballero	Bobby Pagan	Ritz Richmond 3/8 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1967
Seventeen/I’ll Come When You Call/The Yellow Rose Of Texas/Close To Me/Twenty Tiny Fingers	Bryan Rodwell	Granada, Tooting London 4/14 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1957
If I Could Write A Book	Len Rawle	Paramount/Odeon Manchester 4/20 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1973
Skyliner	Noel Briggs	Gaumont Manchester 4/14 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1973
Belle, Belle My Liberty Belle/I Love The Sunshine Of Your Smile/Powder Your Face With Sunshine	Stanley Tudor	Odeon Sale 3/8 Christie	TOEnc Archive	1953
Tiger Rag	Reginald Dixon	Davenport Theatre, Stockport 3/6 Compton	TOEnc Archive	1978

Episode 657 – Love Is

This week Robert Hope-Jones is in romantic mood with valentines around the corner.

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Music Played

The Glory Of Love	George Wright, Dick Stewart and Friends	Richard Vaughn Residence, CA 5/21 Wurlitzer		1956
When the Organ Played, O Promise Me.	The Organ, The Dance Band and Me (Robinson Cleaver)	EMI Studio, London 3/8 Compton		1938
Cuddle up a Little Closer, Lovey Mine	Dick Leibert	Paramount Theatre, NY 4/36 Wurlitzer		1959
All’s Fair In Love And War	David Gray	Auditorium Theatre, Rochester, NY 4/23 Wurlitzer	ATOS	2019
Love Me Little, Love Me Long	Len Rawle	Rawle Residence, Chorleywood 4/24 Wurlitzer		1970
I Remember You	Nick Olsen	Odeon Leeds 3/19 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1968
The very thought of you	Ray Bohr and the Three Suns	Paramount Theatre, NY 3/46 Wurlitzer		1957
The Nearness of You	Nigel Ogden	Llandudno 3/8 Christie	COS	1983

Episode 651 – New Year Requests

This week Damon celebrates New Years Day with your requests!

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Music Played

Bye Bye Blues	Vic Hammett	Granada, Tooting London 4/14 Wurlitzer	Audicord (ACD 232)	1980
Scintillating Stars	Paul Roberts	‘M’ Ranch, Sutton-In-Ashfield 3c/11 Wurlitzer	Wessex Sound And Vision (WSV008CD)	1998
California Here I Come/Five Foot Two Eyes Of Blue/When Your Smiling	Unknown	National Motorcycle Museum, Birmingham 3/27 Wurlitzer-Robert Morton	Sovereign Music (SOV003CD)	1991
Country Gardens	Nigel Ogden	Tatton Hall, Knutsford, Cheshire 3/95 Henry Willis	Lancastrian Theatre Organ Trust (LTOT 8622)	1986
Aquarium	Nigel Ogden	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	OS Digital (OS 230)	1998
Teddy Bears’ Rave-Up	Nigel Ogden	Plaza Cinema, Stockport 3/11 Compton	COS Tapes (COS119)	1988
Ground Force Suite	Alec Walters	Troxy Stepney London 4/25 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Recording	2024
Blue Moon	Len Rawle	Marine Arcade, Douglas, Isle Of Man 2/10 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Recording	2019
Let’s Face The Music And Dance	George Wright	George Wright Studio Organ, Leslie Factory, Pasadena CA 3/27 Wurlitzer	Essential Records (ERS-01W)	1971
The Man That Got Away	Simon Gledhill	Sanfilippo Music Salon, Barrington Hills IL 5/80 Wurlitzer	Musical Contrasts (MCI-210)	1997
Harlem	Reginald Porter-Brown	Town Hall, Marrickville, Sidney, Australia 2/10 Wurlitzer	Deroy Records (Deroy 1020)	1974
Favourites Old And New: Georgias Gotta Moon/I’ll Come When You Call/I’ll Never Stop Loving You/Seventeen/Goodnight Melody	Joseph Seal	Regal/ABC Kingston 3/12 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1955
Hallelujah/Lover Come Back To Me/Who?/Merry Widow Waltz/Girls, Girls, Girls	Watson Holmes	Opera House, Blackpool 3/13 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive
Darktown Strutters Ball	Phil Kelsall	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1986

Episode 643 – 1965

This week Damon reveals the answers to last weeks quiz and then features music written 60 years ago in 1965.

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Music Played

On A Wonderful Day Like Today	Len Rawle	Tonawanda, Chorleywood 4/24 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1988
The Impossible Dream	Walt Strony	Aveni Mansion Unit Orchestra, Gates Mills, OH 4/60 Wurlitzer		2013
Sunny	Lyn Larsen	Senate Detroit MI 4/34 Wurlitzer	Essential Records (ERS1007)
Girl Talk	John Seng	St. Mary of the Lake Seminary Mundelein IL 4/24 Howell-Wurlitzer	Concert Recording (CR-0170)	1969
Spanish Flea	Ernest Broadbent	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Columbia/EMI Records (SCX 6410)	1970
What the World Needs Now is Love	Nigel Ogden	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Sanctuary Records Group Ltd (PLSCD 757)	2005
Goldfinger	Gerald Shaw	Odeon Leicester Square, London 5c/17 Compton	TOEnc Archive	1965
Michelle	Charlie Balogh	Organ Stop Pizza, Mesa AZ 4/73 Wurlitzer	ERB Enterprises (ERB112)	2011
A Walk In The Black Forest	Reginald Porter-Brown	BBC Playhouse Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1970

Episode 635 – Concert Recording – Part 1

This week Damon features tracks from the Concert Recording label.

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Music Played

Flying Scotsman	Jackie Brown	Granada, Tooting London 4/14 Wurlitzer	Concert Recording (CR-SO58)
Mighty Like A Rose	Arnold Loxam	Paramount/Odeon Leeds 3/19 Wurlitzer	Concert Recording (CR-0039)	1968
Have You Met Miss Jones?	Bryan Rodwell	Paramount/Odeon Leeds 3/19 Wurlitzer	Concert Recording (CR-0044)	1968
Too Late Now	Gerald Shaw	Odeon Leicester Square, London 5c/17 Compton	Concert Recording (CR-0017)	1968
Collection of Can Cans	Andrew Fenner	Odeon Hammersmith 4/15 Compton	Concert Recording (CR-0059)	1969
Song Of Alassio	Vic Hammett	Town Hall Buckingham 3/10 Wurlitzer	Concert Recording (CR-0006)	1966
Primero	Douglas Reeve	Dome Brighton 4/40 Hill Norman and Beard ‘Christie’	Concert Recording (CR-0020)	1967
Adios	George Blackmore	Regal/Odeon Marble Arch, London 4/37 Christie	Concert Recording (CR-0010)	1967
To A Wild Rose	Robinson Cleaver	Granada, Tooting London 4/14 Wurlitzer	Concert Recording (CR-0036)	1968
Sentimental Gentleman From Georgia	Len Rawle	Tonawanda, Chorleywood 4/24 Wurlitzer	Concert Recording (CR-0082)	1971

Episode 634 – 1945

This week Damon features music written 80 years ago in 1945.

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Music Played

Give Me The Simple Life	Jerry Nagano	Auditorium Theatre, Rochester NY 4/22 Wurlitzer	ATOS 2019	2019
Close As Pages In A Book from ‘Up In Central Park’	Ron Rhode	Sanfilippo Music Salon, Barrington Hills IL 5/80 Wurlitzer	Roxy Productions (RP-108 CD)	1995
Cruising Down The River	Len Rawle	Musical Museum, Brentford 3/12 Wurlitzer	Tonawanda Sound (TWS 2018D)	2000
If I Loved You	Chris McPhee	Orion Centre, Sydney 3/17 Wurlitzer	Chris McPhee (CMCD002)	1995
Atlanta G.A.	Mark Herman	Aveni Mansion Unit Orchestra, Gates Mills, OH 4/60 Wurlitzer	Mark Herman Productions	2008
Firm Fram Sauce (With The Salsa On The Side)	Howard Beaumont	New Victoria Centre, Howden-le-Wear 3/19 Wurlitzer	Fairview Studios (HB106)	2017
Laura	Joseph Seal	Regal/ABC Kingston 3/12 Wurlitzer	PYE Records (NSPL 18261)	1968
Tampico	Nigel Ogden	Free Trade Hall, Manchester 4/20 Wurlitzer	OS Digital (OS 225)	1996

Episode 632 – Highlights from the UK Young Theatre Organist of the Year Competition

This week Damon features highlights from this years UK Young Theatre Organist of the Year Competition.

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Music Played

Tom Horton – 1960’s Medley: Lets Twist Again/Breaking Up Is Hard To Do/Runaway/Can’t Buy Me Love

Len Rawle – Cry Me A River (From Tonawanda Sound, TWS 2018D, 2000)

Jack Morton – ‘The Band Wagon’ Selection: New Sun in the Sky/By Myself/Lousiana Hayride/Dancing in the Dark/I Guess I’ll Have to Change My Plan/That’s Entertainment/New Sun in the Sky (Reprise)

Andy Quin (Piano) – Prelude In C Sharp Minor (Part)/I Got Rhythm/Lullaby Of Birdland/Tea For Two

Oscar Battle – A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square/Hooray For Hollywood

All tracks played on the 3/12 Wurlitzer in the Musical Museum, Brentford. Recorded by Damon Cox. Thanks to the Musical Museum staff, Steve Barrett-White, Michael Wooldridge and The Wurlitzer Heritage Trust for their assistance in making this possible.

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 627 – Latin

This week Damon features music in a Latin vein.

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Music Played

Rio Chambira	Gerald Shaw	Odeon Leicester Square, London 5c/17 Compton	Concert Recording (CR-0017)	1968
Dansero	Keith Beckingham	Granada, Harrow, London 3c/8 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1968
Porto-Rico	George Blackmore	Empire Leicester Square 4/20 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1961
Radio Samba	Len Rawle	Ritz Ballroom, Brighouse 3/10 Wurlitzer	Piping Hot (PH2009)	2003
El Samba Chico	Nigel Ogden	Thursford Collection, Fakenham 3/19 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1982
Sambalina	Vic Hammett	Town Hall Buckingham 3/10 Wurlitzer	Saga Soc (STSOC 1037)	1967
Wave	David Shepherd	The Plough, Great Munden 3/11 Compton	Tonawanda Sound (TWS 1002)	1974
The Anaconda – Samba	Damon Cox	Studio Standaart, Byfleet 2/11 Standaart	Private Recording	2025
Tango: Tango 65	Phil Kelsall	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Grasmere Records (GRCD108)	2001
From Here To Eternity	Howard Beaumont	New Victoria Centre, Howden-le-Wear 3/19 Wurlitzer	Fairview Studios (HB106)	2017
El Adorno	David Lowe	Neuadd Pendre, Tywyn 3c/8 Wurlitzer	OS Digital (OS239)	1998

Episode 625 – 1925

This week Damon features music written 100 years ago in 1925.

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Music Played

Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie!	Charlie Balogh	Organ Stop Pizza, Mesa AZ 4/46 Wurlitzer	ERB Enterprises Inc (ERB 104-CD)
Only A Rose	Clark Wilson	Wheaton Fox Studio, Wheaton IL 3/16 Robert Morton	Wheaton-Fox Productions (WFP-1001)	1983
Five Foot Two, Eyes Of Blue	Arnold Loxam	Kitchen Bros Garage Diss 3/19 Wurlitzer	Kitchen Bros (KC3)	1976
Drifting And Dreaming	Len Rawle	Musical Museum, Brentford 3/12 Wurlitzer	Tonawanda Sound (TWS 2018D)	2000
Ukelele Lady	George Wright	George Wright Studio Organ, Leslie Factory, Pasadena CA 3/29 Wurlitzer	Dot Records (DLP 25526)	1963
Jealousy	Phil Kelsall	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	OS Video (OSV 505)	2000
If You Knew Susie (Like I Know Susie)	Reginald Dixon	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Readers Digest (617-ES-1)	1968
Sleepy Time Gal	Tom Hazleton	Nethercutt Collection, San Sylmar, Los Angeles CA 4/74 Wurlitzer	Klavier Records International Inc (KD-77025)	1999
Sweet Georgia Brown	Bryan Rodwell	Granada Clapham Junction 3c/8 Wurlitzer	Nostalgia Direct (AZCD214)	2011