Quentin Maclean – The Organist Encores

Episode 670 – Tin Hau

This week Robert Hope-Jones look at Tin Hau.

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Music Played

Thunder And Lightning Polka	Simon Gledhill	Castro Theatre, San Francisco
China Doll Parade	Quentin Maclean	Trocadero Cinema, Elephant and Castle, London 4/21 Wurlitzer
I Cover The Waterfront	Dan Bellomy	Orpheum Theatre, Los Angeles 3/13 Wurlitzer		1996
Victory at Sea Scenario (excerpt)	Walt Strony	Sanfilippo Victorian Palace, Illinois 5/80 Wurlitzer/hybrid		2007
House of Bamboo	Earl Grant	Hammond/orchestra	Decca	1960
At the Codfish Ball	Jim Riggs	Shea’s Buffalo Theatre 4/28 Wurlitzer	Private	2009
Harbour Lights	Ken Griffin	Lowery organ

Episode 511 – Organ Oddities

This week John Leeming has some more light hearted tracks for you to enjoy.

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Music Played

Music, Music, Music	The Three Suns with Alfredo Mendez	Paramount, New York 4/36 Wurlitzer	RCA Victor (LPM-1543)	1957
What a Day!	MYSTERY	MYSTERY	MYSTERY	MYSTERY
The Continental/The Carioca	Don Thompson	Sandy Fleet Residence, San Diego 3/16 Wurlitzer	Organ Power Records (OP-001)	c1975
Harlem (extract)	Eddie Carroll and his Swing Music	n/a	Parlophone Records (R2314)	1937
Harlem	Reginald Porter-Brown	Thorngate Hall, Gosport 3/13 Compton	Private Recording (Malcolm Smith)	1981
The Teddy Bears’ Picnic	Quentin Maclean	Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Canada 5/22 Wurlitzer	Private recording (Lew Williams)	1961
Tiger Rag (extract) with additions	Noel Briggs	Regal, Torquay 3/11 Compton	BBC Records (REC 110M)	1971
Nola	Stuart Barrie	Granada, Tooting 4c/14 Wurlitzer	Ventures in Sound (VIS B-2)	1960s
The Whistler and his Dog	Bryan Rodwell	Granada, Walthamstow 3/12 Christie	Private recording (John Leeming)	1971
Blue Moon	Bernard Dargassies	Pavillon Baltard, Nogent-sur-Marne, France 4/15 Christie	ILD Records (IL690)	1990
When the Saints Go Marching In	Robin Richmond	Granada, Welling 3c/8 Wurlitzer	Private recording (Geoff Day)	1974

Episode 480 – Famous Names

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

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 460 – Hi-Speed Organ

On this week’s show John Leeming turns back the clock to the world of 78rpm records with this nostalgic show.

Music Played

A Great Big Bunch of You//Pagan Moon/Too Many Tears	Sidney Torch	Loew’Regal, Marble Arch 4/36 Christie	Columbia Records (DB819)	1932
Just Humming Along	Quentin Maclean	Trocadero, Elephant and Castle 4/21 Wurlitzer	Columbia Records (DB821)	1932
ABC March	Reginald Foort	BBC Theatre Organ #1 4/23 Compton	HMV Records (BD424)	1937
Can’t We Talk It Over?/Now That You’ve Gone	Harold Ramsay	Granada, Tooting 4/12 Wurlitzer	Decca Records (F2951)	1932
Moonlight Dance	Ena Baga	New Gallery Cinema, London 2/8 Wurlitzer	HMV Records (B3385)	1930
The Teddy Bears’ Picnic	Donald Thorne	Granada, Clapham Junction 3/8 Wurlitzer	Decca Records (F6848)	1938
Fairy on the Clock	Charles and Harold Smart	EMI Studio 3/8 Compton + Hammond	Parlophone Records (R3505)	1952
Twelfth Street Rag	The New Organolians	Hammond	Columbia Records (FB2850)	1943
Tiger Rag	Bobby Pagan	EMI Studio 3/8 Compton	HMV Records (BD775)	1939

Episode 407 – Miscellany

On this week’s show John Leeming has a mixed bag of theatre organ miscellany – anything can happen in the next 30 minutes – so tune in!

Music Played

Mr. Wonderful	Robert Wolfe	Thursford Collection, Fakenham 3/19 Wurlitzer	Wolfe Productions (WPCD 18)	2014
Mr. Lucky	Lyn Larsen	Sanfilippo Music Salon, Barrington Hills IL 5/80 Wurlitzer	Musical Contrasts Inc (MCI-208)	1995
Save the Last Dance for Me	Quentin Maclean	Trocadero Elephant and Castle, London 4/21 Wurlitzer	Columbia Records (DB 759 1934)	c1934
String of Pearls	Lew Williams	Organ Stop Pizza, Mesa AZ 4/78 Wurlitzer	ERB Enterprises (ERB 107-CD)	1996
Body and Soul	Bobby Pagan	Assembly Hall, Worthing 3/10 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	1987
Isn’t It a Lovely Day (To Be Caught in the Rain)	Jim Riggs	Dolby House, Holbeach 4/22 Compton-plus	Private Recording	c2004
A Cottage for Sale	John Clark McCall	Grace Church, Sarasota, FL 4/32 Wurlitzer	John Clark McCall	2020
Tea for Two	Bryan Rodwell	Regal/Scala Rotherham 3/9 Conacher	Private Recording	c1980

Episode 192 – The Magic Of Maclean

On this week’s Chris Borg delves in the artistry of pioneering theatre organ technician Quentin MacLean. Mac’s musicianship is well loved by many organ fans world wide, his crisp playing on classical works is matched by his sense of humour on his novelty items. This show just scratches the surface of Mac recording output, and I hope you will enjoy the selection Chris has chosen to play!

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Music played

Track	Artist	Organ	Record Label	Year
Song Hits from 1928: Dancing Tambourine/Just A Memory/Dear On A Night Like This/Barbara	Quentin Maclean	Pavilion Shepherds Bush 4/19 Compton	78rpm	1928
There’s Nothing New In Love	Quentin Maclean	Regal Marble Arch 4/36 Christie	Sterndale Records	2000
Lilly Of Laguna	Quentin Maclean	Regal Marble Arch 4/36 Christie	Sterndale Records	2000
‘King Of Jazz’ Selection: Ragamuffin Romeo/It Happened in Monterey/I Like To Do Things For You	Quentin Maclean & The Regal Cinema Orchestra	Regal Marble Arch 4/36 Christie	Sterndale Records	2000
It Was So Beautiful	Quentin Maclean & Dan Donovan	Trocadero Elephant & Castle 4/21 Wurlitzer	Sterndale Records	1994
An Eastern Romance	Quentin Maclean	Trocadero Elephant & Castle 4/21 Wurlitzer	Sterndale Records	1994
Says My Heart	Quentin Maclean	Trocadero Elephant & Castle 4/21 Wurlitzer	Sterndale Records	1994
Waltz Of The Flowers	Quentin Maclean	Trocadero Elephant & Castle 4/21 Wurlitzer	Sterndale Records	1994
Merrymakers’ Dance	Quentin Maclean	Shea’s Theatre, Toronto 3/15 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	1941