Episode 577 – Playhouse Memories

This week Damon features tracks recorded on the BBC Playhouse Studio Wurlitzer.

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Music Played

Oh, Lady Be Good/PasadenaReginald DixonBBC Playhouse Manchester

3/13 Wurlitzer
Columbia Records (SCX 6496)1972
Musetta’s Waltz SongReginald FoortBBC Playhouse Manchester

3/13 Wurlitzer
Private Recording (N.O Archive)1972
Rodgers And Hart: With A Song In My Heart/Mountain Greenery/The Lady Is A TrampPeter JebsonBBC Playhouse Manchester

3/13 Wurlitzer
Private Recording (N.O Archive)
As Time Goes ByBryan RodwellBBC Playhouse Manchester

3/13 Wurlitzer
Private Recording (N.O Archive)1983
Toytown TrumpetersDavid ShepherdBBC Playhouse Manchester

3/13 Wurlitzer
Private Recording (N.O Archive)1986
Whats Another Year/Making Your Mind UpPhil KelsallBBC Playhouse Manchester

3/13 Wurlitzer
Private Recording (N.O Archive)1982
Heres That Rainy DayLen RawleBBC Playhouse Manchester

3/13 Wurlitzer
Private Recording (N.O Archive)1983
Taint No SinRobin RichmondBBC Playhouse Manchester

3/13 Wurlitzer
Private Recording (N.O Archive)1982
WhisperingNigel Ogden & Robin RichmondBBC Playhouse Manchester

3/13 Wurlitzer & Technics U90
Private Recording (N.O Archive)1982

Episode 552 – Dragon D’Amore

This week Robert Hope-Jones presents a double sided program celebrating Chinese new year and valentines day

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Music Played

In a Chinese Temple GardenReginald FoortNew Gallery Cinema, London

2/8 Wurlitzer
Regent
China Town, My China Town/Chinese Laundry BluesLen RawleTonawanda, Chorleywood

4/24 Wurlitzer
Tonawanda Sound (TWS 1003)1976
Puff the Magic DragonDave WickerhamEmbassy Theatre, Ft. Wayne

4/16 Page
ATOS 20142014
I’d like to get you on a slow boat to ChinaGeorge WrightParamount Theatre, New York

4/36 Wurlitzer
Private
Love Walked InChris GorsuchGranada Theatre
Kansas

3/21 Barton
Days of Wine and RosesDan BellamyParamount Brooklyn NY

4/26 Wurlitzer
Cambria Master Recordings (CD-1108)1997
But BeautifulSimon GledhillAlabama Theatre, Birmingham AL

4/29 Wurlitzer
Alabama Chapter ATOS (ALA-1783-09)2009
Chanson d’Amour/The Old Fashioned Way/Can’t Smile Without YouPhil KelsallTower Ballroom, Blackpool

3/14 Wurlitzer
Grasmere Records (GRCD43)1991
Strike Me PinkJim RigsAlabama Theatre, Birmingham AL

4/29 Wurlitzer
Alabama Chapter ATOS (ALA-1783-09)2009

Episode 541 – British in America

This week John Leeming focuses on British organists on American organs

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Music Played

Singing in the BathtubRichard HillsFox Theatre, Atlanta, GA

4/42 Möller
ATOS CD2004
LoverReginald FoortFox Theatre, Detroit, MI

4/36 Wurlitzer
Cook Records (10579-sd)c1960
Goody GoodyDavid GrayEl Capitan Theatre, Los Angeles, CA

4/36 Wurlitzer
ATOS CD2018
I’m in the Mood for LoveSimon GledhillJohn Dickinson High School, Wimington, DE

3/66 Kimball
Kimball Theatre Organ Society (KTOS339)2000
Tiger RagPhil KelsallMission Playhouse, San Gabriel, CA

3/17 Wurlitzer
ATOS CD2018
She’s Funny That WayDavid LoweEmbassy Theatre, Fort Wayne, IN

4/16 Page
Private recording (John Leeming)1985
San Francisco / I Left My Heart in San FranciscoGeorge BlackmoreOrpheum Theatre, San Francisco, CA

4/21 Robert Morton
Doric Records (DO (Q) 1501)1975
There’s No Business Like Show BusinessLen RawleGaumont Theatre, Manchester

4/14 Wurlitzer
Acorn Records (CF244)1973

Episode 536 – Random Tapes

This week John Leeming has picked some tracks from random tapes

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Music Played

Goofy DameStanley TudorBBC Theatre Organ No.2

5/27 Möller
Private recording (BBC/Terry Bond/COS archive)c1954
PusztaReginald FoortBBC Theatre Organ No.1

4/25 Compton
NTOT Records (NCM 212)1996
Transatlantic Lullaby/I’m in Love for the Very First TimeJoseph SealABC Theatre, Kingston-on-Thames

3/12 Wurlitzer
Private recording (BBC/Geoff Day/COS Archive)c1967
Home at SundownThe 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 NightLen RawleGranada Theatre, Slough

3/8 Wurlitzer
Tonawanda Sound (TWS 2003)1988
Sleigh RideGeorge BlackmoreGranada 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 MudSimon GledhillState Theatre, Grays

3/6 Compton
Private Recording (Allan Newman/COS Archive)1988
Autumn LeavesVic HammettGranada Theatre, Tooting
4c/14 Wurlitzer
Private recording (Geoff Day/COS Archive)

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 SeasideReginald DixonTower 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 YouReginald DixonTower Ballroom, Blackpool

3/13 Wurlitzer
Sterndale Records (STE3101)2001
Our Love Affair/Now I Lay Me Down to Dream/All Over the PlaceReginald FoortFoort 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 RainbowSandy MacphersonBBC 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 SouthQuentin MacleanTrocadero, Elephant and Castle

4/21 Wurlitzer
Sterndale Records (STE1001)1991
Looking Around Corners for YouSidney TorchRegal, Kingston-upon-Thames

3/12 Wurlitzer
Sterndale Records (STE1005)1996
Two Sleepy PeopleJoseph SealRegal, Kingston-upon Thames

3/12 Wurlitzer
Private recording (COS Archive/BBC)1961
That Lovely WeekendDudley SavageABC, Plymouth

3/8 Compton
Perfect Partners Records (PP001CD)2008
Goodnight My LoveRobin RichmondGranada, Welling

3c/8 Wurlitzer
Private recording (COS Archive/Geoff Day)1974
I Do Like to Be beside the SeasideReginald DixonTower 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.

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Music Played

A Great Big Bunch of You//Pagan Moon/Too Many TearsSidney TorchLoew’Regal, Marble Arch

4/36 Christie
Columbia Records (DB819)
1932
Just Humming Along Quentin MacleanTrocadero, Elephant and Castle

4/21 Wurlitzer
Columbia Records (DB821)1932
ABC March Reginald FoortBBC Theatre Organ #1

4/23 Compton
HMV Records (BD424)1937
Can’t We Talk It Over?/Now That You’ve GoneHarold RamsayGranada, Tooting

4/12 Wurlitzer
Decca Records (F2951)1932
Moonlight Dance Ena BagaNew Gallery Cinema, London

2/8 Wurlitzer
HMV Records (B3385)1930
The Teddy Bears’ Picnic Donald ThorneGranada, 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 RagThe New OrganoliansHammond Columbia Records (FB2850)1943
Tiger Rag Bobby PaganEMI Studio

3/8 Compton
HMV Records (BD775)1939

Episode 457 – The Rustle Of Spring

Theres an air of spring about – well at least there is on this weeks show!

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Music Played

Spring, Spring, SpringMark LaflinSt. John Vianney Church, Clayhall London

3/7 Compton
TOEnc Recording2016
The Last SpringDavid GrayDennis Unk Residence, Erie PA

3/21 Wurlitzer
Dennis Unks2017
On A Spring NoteJohn AtwellCapri Theatre, Adelaide

4/25 Wurlitzer
JAmusic (JAM103)1995
It Might As Well Be SpringMichael WooldridgeNew Victoria Centre, Howden-le-Wear

3/19 Wurlitzer
Merlin Productions2012
The Rustle Of SpringReginald FoortFoort Touring Organ

5/27 Möller
Piping Hot (PH2006)2000
Sweeden In SpringtimeGerald ShawOdeon Leicester Square, London

5c/17 Compton
Private Recording (H.R Hart Collection)
Spring Is HereBuddy ColeBuddy Cole Studio, Hollywood CA

3/27 Wurlitzer-Morton
Warner Bros. Records (WS 1533)1963
Spring FeverGeorge WrightHollywood Philharmonic Organ at George Wright Residence, Hollywood

4/28 Wurlitzer
BANDA CD (DIDX 3322)1988

Episode 425 – Random Numbers

On this week’s show John Leeming let his computer choose random numbers this week and from that he selected corresponding LP to create the music for this weeks show!

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Music Played

From This Moment OnBilly NalleCentury II Wichita

4/36 Wurlitzer
Wichita Theatre Organ, Inc (1458)1978
DestinyJoseph SealRegal/ABC Kingston

3/12 Wurlitzer
Marble Arch Records. (MALS 1255)1970
Lady Is A TrampGeorge WrightFox San Francisco CA

4/36 Wurlitzer
Doric Recording (DO 1417)1978
September In The RainEverett NourseFox San Francisco CA

4/36 Wurlitzer
Doric Recordings (DO 1406)1974
Cheek To CheekDolton McAlpinParamount Theatre, Baton Rouge, LA

2/6 Robert-Morton
Concert Recording (CR-0076)1969
Blue PreludeBill ThomsonRialto, South Pasadena, CA

2/10 Wurlitzer
Lift Music Company (BT 1002)1964
Doll DanceReginald FoortMosque Theatre, Richmond, VA

3/17 Wurlitzer
Cook Laboratories inc (1059x)1956
Moon RiverLenny Dee Studio recording Hammond + comboBrunswick Records (STA 8578)1964
Sambalina Vic HammettTown Hall, Buckingham

3/10 Wurlitzer
Saga Records (SOC 1037)1967
Sounds Of WonderLyn LarsenJohn Dickinson High School, Wilmington DE

3/24 Kimball
Swartwout Productions (DTOS-1001)1971