Reginald Dixon – Page 3 – The Organist Encores

Episode 463 – Animal

This week Damon takes you on a musical trip to the zoo!

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Music Played

Samba: The Parrot	Ernest Broadbent	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	One-UP/EMI (OU 2171)	1977
Suite From The Carnival Of The Animals – The Elephant	David Harris & Jelani Eddington	Little River Studio, Miller, Whichita 3/19 Wurlitzer	RJE Productions	2005
The Elephant’s Tango	Douglas Reeve	Gaumont Manchester 4/14 Wurlitzer	Acorn Records (CF 255)	1974
Little Red Monkey	John Mann	Tony Manning Residence, Farnborough 3/7 Christie	Grosvenor Records (GRS1114)	1981
Monkey On A String	Walt Strony	Auditorium Theatre, Rochester NY 4/22 Wurlitzer	ATOS 2019	2019
Penguin’s Playtime	Nigel Ogden	Free Trade Hall, Manchester 4/20 Wurlitzer	OS Digital (OS201)	1993
Famingo	Jim Roseveare	Wiltern Theatre Los Angeles CA 4/37 Kimball	Cambria Master Recordings (CD1040)	1996
Alligator Crawl	Robinson Cleaver	Granada, Tooting London 4/14 Wurlitzer	Musique Records	2015
At The Panda’s Party	Sidney Torch	Gaumont State, Kilburn 4/16 Wurlitzer	Piping Hot (PH2007)	2013
Tiger Rag	Reginald Dixon	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Starline (EMI Records)(MRS5056)	1971

Episode 462 – From Nigel Ogden’s Archive: In Conversation

On this week’s show Nigel Ogden is back in his archive where the focus is on conversation and music!

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Music Played

Pack Up Your Troubles/Thunder And Lightening Polka	Douglas Reeve	Dome Brighton 4/40 Hill Norman and Beard ‘Christie’	Concert Recording (CR-0020)	1967
Phantom Brigade	Doreen Chadwick	Gaumont Manchester 4/14 Wurlitzer	Audicord (ACD216)	1990
Sylvia	Eddie Ruhier	Hammond X5	Eddie Ruhier Recordings
Variations On B.B.C.	William Davies	Trocadero Elephant and Castle, London 4/21 Wurlitzer	BBC Records (REC 349)	1979
Our Love Affair	Sidney Torch	Opera House, Blackpool 3/13 Wurlitzer	Sterndale Records (STE 1005)	1996
Boo Hoo	Reginald Dioxn	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/13 Wurlitzer	Sterndale Records (STE 3100)	2013
The Wedding Of The Painted Doll	Reginald Dioxn	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Columbia Records (SCX 1587)	1964

Episode 459 – They Can’t Take That Away From Me

Damon indulges himself this week with some current favourite tracks this week!

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Music Played

The Charleston	Bill Vlasak	Paramount Music Palace, Indianapolis IN 4/42 Wurlitzer	Music Palace Productions (MPP-1002)
Jitterbug Waltz	Dave Wickerham	John Dickinson High School, Wilmington DE 3/66 Kimball	Dickinson Theatre Organ Society (DTOS901)	2000
Empty Saddles In The Old Coral	Vic Hammett	Granada, Tooting London 4/14 Wurlitzer	Audicord (ACD 232)	1980
Dancing In The Dark	Jim Roseveare	Paramount Oakland CA 4/27 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	1983
Plink, Plank, Plunk	Pierre Palla	AVRO Radio Studio, Hilversum, Holland 4/19 Standaart-Compton	Private Recording	1958
They Can’t Take That Away From Me	Buddy Cole	Buddy Cole Studio, Hollywood CA 3/27 Wurlitzer-Morton	Doric Recording (DO 1421)	1980
Time Was	Keith Beckingham	Town Hall Clydebank 3/13 Wurlitzer	Chow Productions (COCD102)	2004
Rhumba: Close Your Eyes/History Of Love	Phil Kelsall	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Grasmere Records (GRCD125)	2006
Three Coins In The Fountain	Reginald Dixon	BBC Playhouse Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer	One-Up (EMI Records) (OU 2132)	1976
Something’s Gotta Give	George Wright	George Wright Studio Organ, Leslie Factory, Pasadena CA 3/27 Wurlitzer	Westlake Productions/BANDA CD (BA-520042)	2004

Episode 442 – White Christmas

This week Damon continues with more festive favourites which need no introduction!

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Music Played

Jingle Bells	George Wright	Richard Vaughn Studio Organ, Hollywood CA 5/21 Wurlitzer	Hi-Fi Records (R-706)	1955
White Christmas	Reginald Dixon	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Readers Digest (2-769-0-1)	1968
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town	Tom Hazleton	Nethercutt Collection, San Sylmar, Los Angeles CA 4/74 Wurlitzer	Klavier Records International Inc (KD-77030)	2000
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas	Jackie Brown	Granada, Tooting 4/14 Wurlitzer	Concert Recording (CR-S070)	1969
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!	Eddie Dunstedter & The Jingle-Bells Orchestra	Gulbransen Theatre (Electronic) Organ	Music For Pleasure Ltd (MFP 1174)	1965
Mele Kalikimaka	Mark Herman	Nathan Barr Studio, Tarzana, Los Angeles CA 3/19 Wurlitzer	YouTube	2020
The Christmas Waltz	Mark Laflin	Organ Theatre, St. Albans 3/6 Rutt	TOEnc Recording	2016
The Christmas Song	Robert Wolfe	Thursford Collection, Fakenham 3/19 Wurlitzer	Wolfe Productions (WPCD 06)	2002
Sleigh Ride	Phil Kelsall	Thursford Collection, Fakenham 3/19 Wurlitzer	Thursford Enterprises Ltd (TECD 27)	1997

Episode 430 – Trumpets, Bugles & Tubas

On this week’s show Damon is in reed mood as we heat tunes with Trumpet, Bugle or Tuba in the title!

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Music Played

Toy Trumpet	Reginald Dixon	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Columbia Records (SCX 3379)	1961
Trumpet Voluntary	Dudley Savage	Royal/ABC Plymouth 3/8 Compton	Perfect Partner Records (PP001CD)	2008
Trumpet Blues & Cantabile	Bryan Rodwell	Hilversum, Holland 5/27 Möller	Private Recording	1966
A Trumpeter’s Lullaby	Chris McPhee	Capri Theatre, Adelaide 4/29 Wurlitzer	Chris McPhee (CMCD003)	1999
Bugler’s Holiday	Hector Olivera	John Dickinson High School, Wilmington DE 3/28 Kimball	Engle Associates Recording (EAR-10272-73)	1973
Boogie Woogi Bugle Boy	Ron Rhode	Organ Stop Pizza, Mesa AZ 4/26 Wurlitzer	Roxy Production. (RP-111 CD)	1997
Bugle Call Rag	Nicholas Martin	Turners Musical Merry-Go-Round 3/19 Wurlitzer	Turners Entertainments Ltd (TMM18CD)	1997
When Yuba Plays The Rhumba On The Tuba	The Three Suns ft. Ray Bohr	Paramount New York, NY 4/36 Wurlitzer	His Masters Voice. (LPM-1333)	1957
Tuba Tune	Walt Strony	Vince & Pat Aveni Residence, Cleveland OH 4/60 Wurlitzer	Walt Strony	2013

Episode 413 – With A Song in My Hart*

Yes we know it’s spelt wrong – don’t despair! This week Damon takes a look through a some of the reel-to-reel recordings from the Ricky Hart collection.

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Music Played

I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside/Up With The Curtain	Reginald Dixon	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	1960
They Didn’t Believe Me/Let Yourself Go	Reginald Adams	Odeon, Folkestone 3c/6 Compton	Private Recording
Richard Rogers Selection: June Is Bustin’ Out All Over/There’s A Small Hotel/Lover/Out Of My Dreams/The Lady Is A Tramp	Hubert Selby	Paramount/Odeon Leeds 3/19 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	1965
Waltz Selection: It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World/My Favourite Things/A Real Life Girl	Robinson Cleaver	Gaumont State, Kilburn 4/16 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	1965
Pili-Pili-Ho-Ho	Gerald Shaw	Odeon Leicester Square, London 5c/17 Compton	Private Recording	1963
The Breeze And I	Charles Smitton	Paramount/Odeon Manchester 4/20 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	1967
Swinging Sleigh Bells/Finale: Dance Of The Hours/Signature Tune: Powder Your Face With Sunshine	Stanley Tudor	Gaumont Manchester 4/14 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	1965

Episode 409 – Towering Heights

This week Damon takes a trip to the seaside and to the sounds of the Tower Ballroom Wurlitzer!

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Music Played

Lullaby of Broadway/Carolina Moon/Toot Toot Tootsie	Reginald Dixon	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Columbia Records (SCX 6387)	1970
Foxtrot Medley: C’est Si Bon/She’s Funny That Way/You Bought A New Kind Of Love To Me	Ernest Broadbent	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	One-UP/EMI (OU 2171)	1977
With My Little Stick Of Blackpool Rock	Arnold Loxam	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Grosvenor Records (CDGRS 1315)	2000
Those Foolish Things	Simon Gledhill	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	OS Digital (OS 205)	1994
Sweet Sue/Louise/If You Knew Susie	Nigel Ogden	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	OS Digital (OS233)	1998
As Time Goes By/You’ll Never Know/Whispering Grass	David Lobban	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Hallmark (307892)	1995
Somewhere Out There	Robert Wolfe	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Grosvenor Records (CDGRS 1238)	1990
Mack The Knife	Phil Kelsall	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Grasmere Records (GRCD80)	1996

Episode 400 – At Your Request

On this celebratory edition of the show you have been kind enough to choose the music! So sit back and enjoy the next hour of your requests and messages!

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Music Played

Cherokee	Bryan Rodwell	Southbank Polytechnic, London 4/24 Wurlitzer	COS Tapes (COS116)	1989
Meditation	Doreen Chadwick	Gaumont Manchester 4/14 Wurlitzer	Amberlee Records (AML 304X)	1972
Spooky Takes A Holiday	Donald Thorne	Granada Willesden 3/9 Christie	Delta Music Group (BYD77005)	2008
A Bedouin in Baghdad	David Lowe	Regal/Scala Rotherham 3/9 Conacher	COS Tapes (COS104)	1984
Bye, Bye, Blackbird	Keith Beckingham	Town Hall Clydebank 3/13 Wurlitzer	Chow Productions (COCD102)	2004
Orange Coloured Sky	Christian Cartwright	Pipes in the Peaks, Ashbourne 3/19 Compton	Pipes In The Peaks & Christian Cartwright (PIP004)	2019
The Carousel Waltz	John Mann	Town Hall Portslade 3/18 Compton	Grosvenor Records (CDGRS1320)	2000
Espana	Douglas Reeve	Dome Brighton 4/40 Hill Norman and Beard ‘Christie’	Musiqua	2015
Thriller	Charlie Balogh	Organ Stop Pizza, Mesa AZ 4/78 Wurlitzer	ERB Enterprises, Inc	2012
Midnight Sun	Jelani Eddington	Saunders Residence, Zanesville OH 3/31 Wurlitzer	RJE Productions (RJE 1677)	2011
When Yuba Played The Rhumba On The Tuba	Ron Rhode	Iowa Theatre, Cedar Rapids IA 3/14 Barton	Roxy Productions (RP-103-CD)	1991
My Kind Of Love/Then I’ll Be Happy/Lost	David Lobban	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer & Yamaha HS8	Sound Waves (SOW516)	1994
Waltz: Fascination	Phil Kelsall	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	AP Recordings (APR2)	2012
Tango: Rags To Riches/Havana Heaven	John Bowdler	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	John Bowdler (JB0008CD)	2002
The Wind Beneath My Wings	Robert Wolfe	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Grosvenor Records (CDGRS 1238)	1990
Old Pianna Rag	Reginald Dixon	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	1966

Episode 383 – From Nigel Ogden’s Archive: Distant Airwaves

On this weeks show Nigel Ogden back with music from the airwaves, or at-least they were in the distant past! Gems on this show include contributions from George Blackmore, Reginald Dixon, Harold Nash, Charles Smart and more!

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Music Played

Title	Artist	Organ	Info.	Year
El Cicada	Stanley Wyllie	Ritz Belfast 4c/10 Compton	Nigel Ogden Archive	1958
Calcutta	George Blackmore	Empire Leicester Square, London 4/20 Wurlitzer	Nigel Ogden Archive	1960
You Were Meant For Me/Manhattan/You Can’t Stop Me From Dreaming	Reginald Dixon	BBC Playhouse Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer	Nigel Ogden Archive	1975
Ballet Selection: Can Can (Rossini)/Waltz From ‘Coppelia’/Finale From ‘Dance Of The Hours’	Ernest Braodbent	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Nigel Ogden Archive	1975
Popgun Patrol	Bryan Rodwell	Gaumont Coventry 3c/9 Compton	Nigel Ogden Archive	1960
Dizzy Fingers	Charles Smart	BBC Theatre Organ No.2, Hoxton, London 5/27 Möller	Nigel Ogden Archive	1958
Let Yourself Go/???	Harold Smart	BBC Theatre Organ No.2, Hoxton, London 5/27 Möller	Nigel Ogden Archive	1965
The Wing Commander	Harold Nash	BBC Theatre Organ No.2, Hoxton, London 5/27 Möller	Nigel Ogden Archive	1956

Episode 336 – Seaside Memories

On this weeks show we conclude the two shows remembering Mr. Blackpool – Reginald Dixon. 30th March saw the 50th anniversary of Reg leaving the tower and a massive 90 years since he started there.

Tonight Nigel Ogden is at the microphone and in his archive as he brings us Reg’s last solo broadcast from the Tower Ballroom, Blackpool in 1967.

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Music Played

I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside

‘Over The Footlights’ Selection

Eleanora

Blue Tango

Black & White Rag

At Your Request: The Last Waltz/Little Girl/Autumn Leaves/Happy Days Are Here Again

Legend Of The Glass Mountain

Sing Song: Marie/Loves Old Sweet Song/Friends And Neighbours/I Love A Lassie/Till We Meet Again

I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside

All tracks played on the 3/14 Wurlitzer in the Tower Ballroom, Blackpool broadcast on 30th March 1970. Original tape thanks to Nigel Ogden. Recordings re-mixed with Adobe Audition.