Richard Hills – The Organist Encores

Episode 626 – Farnon Riddle

This week Robert Hope-Jones takes at Robert Farnon and Nelson Riddle.

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Music Played

Jumping Bean	Reginald Dixon	Tower Ballroom Wurlitzer 3/14 Wurlitzer
Lisbon Antigua	Bill Vlasak	Paramount Music Palace, Indianapolis 4/42 Wurlitzer		1996
A Star is Born	David Shepherd	Dolby House, UK 4/22 Compton plus		1999
Body and Soul	Simon Gledhill	Chicago Theatre, US 4/28 Wurlitzer	Private	2002
How Beautiful Is Night	Pierre Fracalanza	4/50 Paramount VTPO	Private	2015
Journey Into Melody	Ashley Miller	Hollywood studio 4/22 Wurlitzer		1987
The Lady is a Tramp	Christian Elliott	Sheas Theatre, Buffalo, US 4/32 Wurlitzer	CPE CD	1991
Poodle Parade	Simon Gledhill/Richard Hills	Dickinson High School 3/66 Kimball	ATOS	1015

Episode 622 – London Amble

This week Robert Hope-Jones takes an able around old London town.

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Music Played

Chelsea Bridge	Larry Vannucci	Marin Pizza Pub, San Rafael 3/13 Robert Morton	WR5169	1978
Knightsbridge (March)	Richard Hills	Guildhall, Southampton, England 4/50 Compton		2011
Punch [Puppets Suite]	Bryan Rodwell	Granada Cinema, Clapham Junction 3/8 Wurlitzer
Shallow Waters	David Shepherd	Regent Street 2/8 Wurlitzer	COS 120	1991
Westminster Waltz	Nigel Ogden	Free Trade Hall, Manchester 4/20 Wurlitzer	OS 225	1996
London by Night/A nightingale sang in Berkeley Square	Robert Wolfe	Southbank University, London 4/24 Wurlitzer
Dancing On The Ceiling	Donald MacKenzie	Odeon Cinema, Leicester Square, London 5/17 Compton	Sterndale	1998
A Foggy Day in London Town	George Wright	Fox Theatre San Francisco 4/36 Wurlitzer	HIFI R-708	1956

Episode 594 – Urgency

This week Robert Hope-Jones continues our rhythmical theme with some tracks with a sense of urgency!

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Music Played

Oodles of Noodles	George Wright	Grant Union High School 4/21 Wurlitzer	Transcription Disc	1939
Johnny’s Boogie	John Seng	Loderhose Studio 4/36 Wurlitzer	UAS 5056	1959
Moonlight In Vermont	Nigel Ogden	Pavilion, Bournemouth 4/22 Compton	BKT (BKT 003)	1988
Smash And Grab	Richard Hills	John Dickinson High School, Wilmington DE 3/66 Kimball	Dickinson Theatre Organ Society (DTOS1101)	2002
Love	Tom Sheen	Oriental Theatre, Chicago 4/20 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	1969
Cumana	Barry Baker	Century II Arts Center, Wichita 4/37 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	1999
Knave Of Diamonds/There’s A New World	Reginald Porter-Brown	BBC, St. Georges Hall London 4/23 Units Compton	Private Recording	1936

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 583 – Entwinement

This week Robert Hope-Jones intertwines piano and organ.

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Music Played

East of the Sun	Bryan Rodwell	Granada Theatre, Tooting 4/14 Wurlitzer	VIS B-3
Hello Bluebird	Jim Riggs & Vincent Lopez	Little River Studio, Miller, Wichita 3/19 Wurlitzer	Jim Riggs Records	2006
Moonlight On the Ganges	Jim Roseveare & Peter Mintun	Ohio Theatre in Columbus, Ohio 4/26 Robert Morton and piano	Private Recording	1986
Time and Time Again	Ralph Wolf & Rob Richards	Nethercutt Collection, San Sylmar, CA Bosendorfer grand, 4/70 Wurlitzer	HPR-1080CD	2010
Babalu	Korla Pandit	Hammond, Piano	DJV-012-2	2007
Stardust	Pierre Fracalanza	Paramount Organ Works 332	Private	2011
Limehouse Blues	Everett Nourse & Frank Denke	Rodgers 36-E, Model O Steinway	Doric 1402	1971
Canyon Caballero	Simon Gledhill & Richard Hills	Dolby House, Lincolnshire 4/22 Compton hybrid, Steinway Piano	Private	2015
My Ideal	Johnny Duffy	Unspecified Organ/ Mason & Hamlin grand piano	Edison Int. SDL 101	1959

Episode 580 – Sunshine

This week Damon features tracks of a sunny nature.

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Music Played

Powder Your Face With Sunshine	Stanley Tudor	Gaumont Manchester 4/14 Wurlitzer	Deroy Records (Deroy 845)	1973
You Are The Sunshine Of My Life	Matthew Ross	Regal Uxbridge, London 2/5 Compton	Private Recording	1975
My Sunshine Is You	Jim Riggs	Paramount Oakland CA 4/27 Wurlitzer	RTR Productions (RTC103C)	1989
Sunshine Tango	Bobby Pagan	Ritz Richmond 3/8 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	1968
On The Sunny Side Of The Street	John Atwell	Capri Theatre, Adelaide 4/15 Wurlitzer	TOSA	1987
Dancing In The Sun	George Blackmore	Organ Power No. 2 San Diego CA 5/27 Möller	Doric Recordings (DO (Q) 1503)
I Got The Sun In The Morning	Michael Wooldridge	Town Hall Clydebank 3/13 Wurlitzer	Merlin Productions (MP107)	2003
Parade Of The Sunbeams	William Davies	Granada Tooting 4/14 Wurlitzer	BC Records (REC 72M)	1969
The Sunshine Of Your Smile	Reginald Dixon	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	1964
Painting The Clouds With Sunshine	Richard Hills	Sanfilippo Music Salon, Barrington Hills IL 5/80 Wurlitzer	ATOS 2023	2023

Episode 574 – Summer Repose

This week Robert Hope-Jones presents music for a lethargic summers day.

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Music Played

Lazy Afternoon	John Seng, Bobby Hackett	Loderhose studio ex-Paramount NY studio Wurlitzer 4/36 Wurlitzer	Sony	2015
Time on My Hands	Dudley Savage	ABC Royal Cinema, Plymouth 3/10 Compton	Private Recording	1975
Lazy Day	Jim Riggs	Pasadena City College 3/23 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	1990
Gonna Be Another Hot Day	John Muri	Six-Mile-Uptown Theatre, Michigan 3/11 Wurlitzer	Private Muri-cord S-1	1970
That Summer That Sunday	Bryan Rodwell	Odeon Leeds 3/19 Wurlitzer	CR-0044	1968
The Summer Knows	Chris McPhee	South Bank University, London 4/24 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	2003
Wake Up And Live	Richard Hills	David Shepherd residence 4/22 Compton/Hybrid	ATOS Unconventional Convention	2021

Episode 570 – Garden Reverie

This week Robert Hope-Jones takes us on a tour of his imaginary english country garden.

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Music Played

On Hearing the First Cuckoo of Spring	Thomas Murray	Woolsey Hall Organ, Yale University Hutchinson, E.M. Skinner 4/197	G 49054	1992
Little Serenade	Iain McGlinchey	Hauptwerk VTPO 4/50	Private Recording
Summer Breezes	Richard Hills	Dickinson High School 3/61 Kimball	DTOS 1101	2005
Fountain Reverie	Justin Maxey	Acme Organ Institute, Indiana Reuter-Compton-Wurlitzer-Barton hybrid	Private Recording
Maypole Dances	Barry Baker	Trinity Presbyterian Church, San Diego 4/24 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	2002
Vanity Fair	Bill Tustain	Hammond H100	Private Recording
June Night on Marlow Reach	Simon Gledhill	Fox Theatre, Detroit 4/36 Wurlitzer	CLUE 436	1995

Episode 569 – It was acceptable in the 90’s

This week Damon features tracks recorded in the 90’s

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Music Played

Another Opening	Michael Maine	Town Hall Portslade 3/18 Compton	Private Recording (N.O Archive)	1994
Fools Rush In	Bryan Rodwell	Buttermarket Shrewsbury 3/8 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (N.O Archive)	1991
Aint Missbehavin	Nigel Ogden	Organ Theatre, St. Albans 3/6 Rutt	Private Recording (N.O Archive)	1996
My Romance	Keith Beckingham	Southbank Polytechnic, London 4/24 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (N.O Archive)	1993
Dardanella	David Lowe	New Victoria Centre, Howden-le-Wear 3/11 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (N.O Archive)	1991
Rotten Row	David Shepherd	Guildhall Southampton 4/50 Compton (Dual Console)	Private Recording (N.O Archive)	1995
Put Em In A Box	Dudley Savage	St. John Vianney Church, Clayhall London 3/7 Compton	Private Recording (N.O Archive)	1996
On The Sunny Side Of The Street	Richard Hills	Civic Auditorium, San Gabriel, Hollywood CA 3/16 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (N.O Archive)	1996
Celtic Snapshots	Michael Wooldridge	Assembly Hall, Worthing 3/11 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (N.O Archive)	1994
12th Street Rag	Simon Gledhill	Allen Computer Organ, Snape Maltings, Suffolk	Private Recording (N.O Archive)	1990

Episode 554 – Stars, Stripes and Pipes

This week John Leeming remembers the ATOS convention last year.

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Music Played

It’s a Most Unusual Day	Justin Stahl	St Mary of the Lake Seminary, Mundelein, IL 4/21 Hybrid	American Theatre Organ Society	2023
The Swing o’ the Kilt	Aaron Hawthorne	Tivoli Theatre, Downers Grove, IL 3/10 Wurlitzer	American Theatre Organ Society	2023
Climb Every Mountain	Dave Wickerham	Rialto Square Theatre, Joliet, IL 4/24 Barton Plus	American Theatre Organ Society	2023
Sentimental Journey	Tedde Gibson	Sheraton Hotel Ballroom, Chicago, IL 4/50 Paramount VTPO	American Theatre Organ Society	2023
Pierette	Simon Gledhill	Rialto Square Theatre, Joliet, IL 4/24 Barton Plus	American Theatre Organ Society	2023
Don’t Get Around Much Anymore	Zach Frame	Organ Piper Pizza Restaurant, Greenfield, WI 3/30 Wurlitzer	American Theatre Organ Society	2023
How About You	Jelani Eddington	Carma Labs Warehouse, Franklin, WI 4/90 Wurlitzer	American Theatre Organ Society	2023
Little White Lies	Brett Valiant	St Mary of the Lake Seminary, Mundelein, IL 4/21 Hybrid	American Theatre Organ Society	2023
Painting the Clouds with Sunshine	Richard Hills	Sanfilippo Mansion, Barrington Hills, IL 5/80 Wurlitzer	American Theatre Organ Society	2023