Lyn Larsen – The Organist Encores

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 Gardens	John Mann	Pipes in the Peaks, Thorpe 3/15 Compton	OS Digital Recordings (OS255)	2003
Holiday for Strings	Charlie Balogh	Organ Stop Pizza, Mesa, CA 4/78 Wurlitzer	Organ Stop Pizza (ERB108CD)	1998
Cute	Jelani Eddington with Donnie Rankin (drums)	Sanfilippo Foundation Collection, Barrington Hills, IL 4/80 Wurlitzer-plus	Victorian Recordings (HHP205)	2014
’S Wonderful	Billy Nalle	Century II Center, Wichta, KS 4/36 Wurlitzer	Wichita Theatre Organ	2008
I’ll See You in My Dreams/In a Little Spanish Town/When It’s Springtime in the Rockies	Cor Steyn	Studio recording, Hilversum, NL ‘Magic Organ’	EMI Records (CDP7467532)	1980
Dainty Miss	Lyn Larsen	Fullerton Union High School, Fullerton, CA 4/37 Wurlitzer	Beldale Records (CD429)	2002
It’s All Right with Me	Jonathan Ortloff with Allan Ward (drums)	Auditorium Theatre, Rochester, NY 4/23 Wurlitzer	Jonathan Ortloff	2009
Do Nothin’ ’til You Hear from Me	Ken Double	Paramount Theatre, Denver CO 4/20 Wurlitzer	Banda Records	2008
Liza	Walt Strony	Kautz Ironstone Vineyards, Van Nuys, CA 3/15 Robert Morton	Kautz Ironstone Vineyards (KS-2)	1997

Episode 617 – King Cole

This week Robert Hope-Jones features music associated with Nat King Cole.

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Music Played

Straighten Up and Fly Right	Earl Grant	Hammond Organ	Decca (DL 12058)	1968
Lush Life	George Wright	Avenue Theatre, San Francisco 3/14? Wurlitzer	Private	1968
Our Love is Here to Stay	Dudley Savage	ABC Cinema Plymouth 3/8 Compton + Melotone	BBC
To the Ends of the Earth	Keith Beckingham	Town Hall Clydebank 3/13 Wurlitzer	COCD102	2004
Almost Like Being In Love	Clark Wilson	Century II Convention Center, Wichita 4/37 Wurlitzer		1666
Stardust	Sydney Torch	Gaumont State, Kilburn 4/16 Wurlitzer	DECCA (SPA 195)	1972
Thou Swell	Stephen Vincent	Yamaha/Paramount VTPO	Private	1666
Mona Lisa	Lynn Larsen	Plummer Auditorium 4/37 Wurlitzer
Route 66	Jim Riggs	Ye Olde Pizza Joynt, California 3/13 Wurlitzer

Episode 613 – Rio Sounds

This week Robert Hope-Jones is in latin mood.

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Music Played

Lamento	John Lauter and White Heat Sextet	Shanklin Music Hall 4/34 Wurlitzer	Private Recording
The Girl From Ipanema	Charlie Balogh	Organ Stop Pizza, Mesa AZ 4/78 Wurlitzer	ERB Enterprises, Inc (ERB110)	2000
Meditation	Lyn Larsen	Richard F. Kline Residence, Auburn Springs MD 4/28 Wurlitzer	Musical Contrasts Inc (MCI-102)
Wave	Bryan Rodwell	Hammond X-5	The Organist Encores (TOENC001)	2019
Summer Samba	Walter Wanderley	Hammond B3	Verve	1666
I Go to Rio	Charlie Balogh	Organ Stop Pizza, Mesa AZ 4/46 Wurlitzer	ERB Enterprises Inc (ERB 104-CD)
Song of the Jet	Walter Wanderley	Hammond B3	Verve	1666

Episode 610 – Shuffling

This week Damon features music chosen by shuffle (again).

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Music Played

Thunderbirds March	David Lowe	Trinity Arts Centre, Pudsey 3/8 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1994
My Love Song	Lyn Larsen	Sanfilippo Music Salon, Barrington Hills IL 5/80 Wurlitzer	Musical Contrasts Inc (MCI-208)	1995
Amor Amor	Nigel Ogden	BBC Playhouse Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer	Amberlee Records Ltd (ALM 312)	1982
Foxtrot: Trust In Me/I Apologise	Phil Kelsall	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Grasmere Records (GRCD108)	2001
Torch Song Parade Part 2 – Love Is Just Around The Corner/June In January/Build A Little Home/Stay As Sweet As You Are/Sing As We Go/I’ve Got To Sing A Torch Song	Sidney Torch	Regal Edmonton 4/15 Christie	Sterndale Records (STE 1001R)	1991
How Soon	Len Rawle	Tonawanda, Chorleywood 4/24 Wurlitzer	Columbia Records – EMI Records (SCX 6314)	1969
By The Fireside	Jim Roseveare	Paramount Oakland CA 4/27 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	1983
Willie Tell?	Reginald Porter-Brown	Town Hall, Marrickville, Sidney, Australia 2/10 Wurlitzer	Troubadour Records (TCS-026)	1972

Episode 600

This week Damon is joined by his two co-presenters for their requests and then its over to you, with your requests!

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Music Played

Carefree	Jim Roseveare	Paramount Oakland CA 4/27 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	1983
‘Superman’ Selection	Walt Strony	St. Mary Of The Lake Auditorium, Mundelein, Illinois 4/19 Wurlitzer	Walter Strony Organ Concerts (WSOC-2)	1993
Nola	Bryan Rodwell	Granada, Clapham Junction, London 3c/8 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (John Leeming)	1978
Winter Sunset	Nigel Ogden	St. John Vianney Church, Clayhall London 3/7 Compton	COS Tapes (COS114)	1988
The Snow Waltz	Arnold Loxam	Rufforth 3/9 Compton	Barrie Davenport (DAV036)	1993
Dance of the Icicles	Horace Finch	Empress Ballroom, Blackpool 3/13 Wurlitzer	Digital Gramophone Company	2014
Symphonic Foxtrot- Samum	Reginald Dixon	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Columbia Records (SCX 6019)	1966
Slaughter On Tenth Avenue	Lyn Larsen	Dendy Theatre, Brighton, Melbourne, Australia 3/15 Wurlitzer	Essential Records (ERS 1008)
Twelfth Street Rag	Reginald Porter-Brown	Town Hall, Marrickville, Sidney, Australia 2/10 Wurlitzer	Deroy Records (Deroy 1020)	1974
Moonglow	Len Rawle	Musical Museum, Brentford 3/12 Wurlitzer	Tonawanda Sound (TWS 2018D)	2000
Bats In The Belfry	Simon Gledhill	EMD/Granada Walthamstow, London 3/12 Christie	COS Tapes (COS109)	1985
The King And I Selection	Noel Briggs	BBC Playhouse Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer	Deroy Records (Deroy 1060)	1974
Summer Skies	Trevor Bolshaw	Kitchen Bros Garage, Diss 3/19 Wurlitzer	Raymer Sound (RSCD216)	2012
Chinatown, My Chinatown	Phil Kelsall	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Crimson Productions (CRIMCD79)	1999

Episode 599 – Felicitations!

This week Robert Hope-Jones gets 2025 off to a bright start!

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Music Played

Fascinating Rhythm/Theatre Land	Stanley Wylie	Ritz Cinema, Belfast 4/10 Compton	Archive	1953
Marche Loraine	John Mann	Gaumont State Theatre, Kilburn 4/16 Wurlitzer	OS DVD 105	2004
You Are My Sunshine	Jim Riggs	Paramount Oakland 4/26 Wurlitzer	Private recording	1989
Stella By Starlight	The Three Suns	Paramount, New York 4/36 Wurlitzer	RCA VICTOR (LPM 133)	1953
Liebesfreud	Lyn Larsen	Bill Brown Residence, Pheonix 5/34 Wurlitzer	Vantage	1995
Drifting	Peter Mintun & Jim Roseveare	Paramount Theatre, Oakland 4/37 Wurlitzer	PRCD 1060	1985
Waltzing In The Clouds	Stephen Vincent	Yamaha/Virtual Pipe Organ	Private Recording	2024
For Old Time’s Sake	Jessie Crawford	Wurlitzer Store, Chicago 3/15 Wurlitzer	Victor	1928

Episode 585 – Holbeach Calling

This week John Leeming has an extended show where he focuses on the organ installed in David Shepherds residence.

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Music Played

Coliseum March	David Shepherd	Dolby House, Holbeach 3m 6 pipe ranks + 5 Electrone stops	Cinema Organ Society (COS 107)	1984
Long Ago and Far Away	David Shepherd	Dolby House, Holbeach 3m 6 pipe ranks + 5 Electrone stops	Cinema Organ Society (COS 107)	1984
Love for Sale	Tom Hazleton	Dolby House, Holbeach 3/9 Compton-plus	Private Recording	1987
Vanessa	Simon Gledhill	Dolby House, Holbeach 3/9 Compton-plus	Cinema Organ Society (COS115)	1989
Experiment	Richard Hills	Dolby House, Holbeach 3/20 Compton-plus	Cinema Organ Society (COS125)	2000
My Silent Love	Lyn Larsen	Dolby House, Holbeach 4/22 Compton-plus	Private Recording	2000
Sirocco	David Gray	Dolby House, Holbeach 4/22 Compton-plus	Private Recording	2016
Russian Lullaby	Jim Riggs	Dolby House, Holbeach 4/22 Compton-plus	Private Recording	2004
Together Wherever We Go	Barry Baker	Dolby House, Holbeach 4/22 Compton-plus	Private Recording	1997
I Left My Heart at the Stage Door Canteen	Dudley Savage	Dolby House, Holbeach 4/22 Compton-plus	Private Recording	2002
The Flat Foot Floogie with the Flaw Flaw	Mark Herman	Dolby House, Holbeach 4/22 Compton-plus	Private Recording	2022
All Strings and Fancy Free	David Shepherd	Dolby House, Holbeach 4/22 Compton-plus	Private Recording	1996
Runaway Rocking Horse	Simon Gledhill (organ) and Richard Hills (piano and Dulcimer)	Dolby House, Holbeach 4/22 Compton-plus	Private Recording	2015

Episode 532 – An American in Britain

This week John Leeming focuses on American organists on British organs

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Music Played

This Could Be the Start of Something Big	Lyn Larsen	Opera House, Blackpool 3/13 Wurlitzer	Private recording (Tom Herd/TOEnc archive)	1977
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes/I Won’t Dance	Dennis James	Regal, Edmonton 4/14 Christie	Private Recording (John Leeming)	1982
Love Me or Leave Me	Tom Hazleton	Granada, Walthamstow 3/12 Christie	Private Recording (John Leeming)	1988
Two Sleepy People	Lew Williams	Town Hall, Watford 3/13 Compton	Private Recording (John Leeming)	1990
It’s Only a Paper Moon	Dan Bellomy	South Bank University, London 4/24 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (John Leeming)	2003
Deep Night	Jim Riggs	South Bank University, London 4/24 Wurlitzer	2000	2000
Love for Sale	Walt Strony	Dolby House, Holbeach 4/22 Compton-plus	Private Recording (David Shepherd)	2019
Cherokee	George Wright	Gaumont State, Kilburn 4/16 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	1978

Episode 529 – Big Theatre Wurlitzer

This week Damon features that big in theatre Wurlitzer sound.

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Music Played

Tiger Rag	Noel Briggs	Gaumont Manchester 4/14 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive (T Herd Collection)	1973
I Could Write A Book	Len Rawle	Paramount/Odeon Manchester 4/20 Wurlitzer	Acorn Records (CF 245)	1973
Calcutta/Try A Little Tenderness	George Blackmore	Empire Leicester Square 4/20 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive (N Ogden Collection)	1961
Dancing In The Dark	Jim Roseveare	Paramount Oakland CA 4/27 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (Dick Clay)	1983
’42nd Street’ Medley	Lyn Larsen	Shea’s Buffalo Theatre, Buffalo, New York 4/28 Wurlitzer	Musical Contrasts (MCI-110)	1993
I’ll Never Smile Again	George Wright	Chicago Theatre, Chicago IL 4/29 Wurlitzer	BANDA CD (42192F)	1992
Have You Met Miss Jones/My Romance/The Lady is a Tramp	Declan Poole	Troxy Stepney London 4/25 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Recrding	2023

Episode 522 – Exotica

This week Robert Hope-Jones features some tunes under the heading exotica.

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Music Played

Quiet Village	George Village	Richard Vaughn Studio, Hollywood 5/21 Wurlitzer	HiFi Records (R-502-45)	1955
Miserlou	Korla Pandit	Hammond Organ/Piano	Private recording
Lotus Land	Lyn Larsen	Sanfilippo Music Salon 5/80 Hybrid pipe organ	Musical Contrasts, Inc (MCI-208)	1995
Hawaiian Wedding Song	Phil Kelsall	Worthing Assembly Hall, Sussex 3/26 Wurlitzer	Grasmere (GRCD 130)	2009
Moon of Manakoora	Johnny Duffy	Kearns/Carson Residence, Hollywood CA 3/27 Wurlitzer	Liberty LRP-3281	1957
Flamingo	Jim Roseveare	Wiltern Theatre, LA 4/37 Kimball	Private recording
Shangri-La	Bob Van Camp	Fox Atlanta 4/42 Moller	Atlanta Landmarks Inc	1997