Robert Wolfe – Page 2 – The Organist Encores

Episode 497 – Then & Now

This week Damon features the sounds of four instruments in their original and current locations.

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Music Played

Telstar	Reginald Porter-Brown	BBC Theatre Organ No.2, Hoxton, London 5/27 Möller	TOEnc Archive (N.O)	1963
Birth Of The Blues	Tom Hazleton	Civic Auditorium, Pasadena CA 5/28 Möller	Arkay Records (AR1076)	1983
Caribbean Honeymoon	Ron Curtis	Odeon Cinema, Sunderland 3/9 Compton	TOEnc Archive (N.O)	1983
Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea	Howard Beaumont	Community Centre, Ryhope 3/9 Compton	Fairview Studios (HB 111)	2019
An Earful Of Music/Spanish Gypsy Dance	Robinson Cleaver	Pyramid/Odeon Sale 3c/7 Christie	TOEnc Archive (N.O)	1971
It’s Foolish But Its Fun/The Very Thought Of You/I Only Have Eves For You	Nigel Ogden	Church Of St Mary, Lowe House, St. Helens 3/11 Christie	TOEnc Recording	2021
Waltz At Maxims	George Blackmore	Trocadero Elephant and Castle, London 4/21 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive (N.O)	1959
Nice Work If You Can Get It/Oh Lady Be Good/Somone To Watch Over Me/S’ Wonderful	Robert Wolfe	Troxy Stepney London 4/25 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Recording	2023

Episode 495 – 2023!

Happy New Year! On this first show of 2023, Damon has a rag bag of tracks!

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Music Played

Nagasaki	Thomas Trotter	Town Hall, Birmingham 4m 90 Speaking Stops Willis	TOEnc Archive (N.O)	1986
Juliet Bravo/Thunderbirds	Michael Wooldridge	BBC Playhouse Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive (N.O)	1986
These Foolish Things	Simon Gledhill	EMD/Granada Walthamstow, London 3/12 Christie	John Leeming Archive	1971
S’ Wonderful	Len Rawle	Tonawanda, Chorleywood 4/24 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive (N.O)	1985
Nancy	Bryan Rodwell	Thursford Collection, Fakenham 3/19 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive (N.O)	1989
Streets Of London	Robert Wolfe	Southbank Polytechnic, London 4/24 Wurlitzer	COS Tapes (COS 112)	1988
Darktown Strutters Ball	Phil Kelsall	Tower Ballroom Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive (N.O)	1986

Episode 494 – Farewell Nigel Ogden

After 42 years of broadcasting, Nigel Ogden is hanging up his microphones and mixers for the last time. Join Damon as he chats to Nigel and features music all played on the BBC Wurlitzer.

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Music Played

From This Moment On	Nigel Ogden	BBC Playhouse Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive (N. Ogden)	1981
Downtown	Nigel Ogden	BBC Playhouse Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive (N. Ogden)	1982
Stompin’ At The Savoy/9:20 Special	Robin Richmond	BBC Playhouse Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive (N. Ogden)	1982
Regency Romp	Ernest Broadbent	BBC Playhouse Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive (N. Ogden)	1981
Two Guitars	Louis Mordish	BBC Playhouse Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive (N. Ogden)	1981
They Cant That Away From Me	William Davies	BBC Playhouse Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive (N. Ogden)	1985
You Stepped Out Of A Dream	Bryan Rodwell	BBC Playhouse Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive (N. Ogden)	1982
Down Forget Me Not Lane	Nigel Ogden & Johnny Roadhouse	BBC Playhouse Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer	NDO Project (CD 207)	2018
Waldmare March	David Lowe	BBC Playhouse Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive (N. Ogden)	1980
Happy Talk	Simon Gledhill	BBC Playhouse Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive (N. Ogden)	1983
I Could Be The One	Len Rawle	BBC Playhouse Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive (N. Ogden)	1984
The Most Beautiful Girl In The World/Music To Watch Girls By	Phil Kelsall	BBC Playhouse Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive (N. Ogden)	1982
My Way	Peter Jebson	BBC Playhouse Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive (N. Ogden)	1983
Tea For Two/Singing In The Rain/I’m Gonna Charleston Back To Charleston	Robert Wolfe	BBC Playhouse Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive (N. Ogden)	1984
The Song Has Ended	Nigel Ogden	BBC Playhouse Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive (N. Ogden)	1988

Episode 493 – Christmas Time Is Here

Its Christmas all the way this week as Damon features festive sounds, past and present

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Music Played

We Need A Little Christmas	Ron Rhode	Reiny Delzer Residence Bismarck, North Dakota (ND) 4/27 Wurlitzer	Roxy Productions (RP-106-CD)	1993
Brazilian Sleigh Bells	Tony Fenelon	Free Trade Hall, Manchester 4/20 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive (N.O)	1981
Christmas Fantasy (arr. L Anderson)	Gerald Shaw	Odeon Leicester Square, Londo 5c/17 Compton	TOEnc Archive (N.O)	1971
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town	George Wright	George Wright Studio Organ, Leslie Factory, Pasadena CA 3/27 Wurlitzer	Dot Records (DLP 25479)	1962
Toyland	Robinson Cleaver	Granada, Tooting London 4/14 Wurlitzer	Brusnwick Ltd (LA 8688)
Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer	Reginald Dixon	Tower Ballroom Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Readers Digest (2-769-0-1)	1968
The Snow Waltz	Arnold Loxam	Rufforth 3/9 Compton	Barrie Davenport (DAV036)	1993
Jingle Bell Rock/Rockin Around The Christmas Tree	Robert Wolfe	Thursford Collection, Fakenham 3/19 Wurlitzer	Wolfe Productions (WPCD 06)	2002

Episode 490 – Dancing In The Dark

This week Damon features the famous Wurlitzer in the Tower Ballroom, Blackpool

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Music Played

Mr Sandman/S’posin/No More	Reginald Dixon	Tower Ballroom Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	(Rex Recordings) REXX 332	2009
Tango Taquin	Ernest Broadbent	Tower Ballroom Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Columbia/EMI Records (SCX 6410)	1970
Fleetwood Fisherwoman	Arnold Loxam	Tower Ballroom Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Grosvenor Records (CDGRS 1240)	1991
I Kiss You Hand, Madame/I Wish You Love	Robin Richmond	Tower Ballroom Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Grosvenor Records (KGRS 1273)	1994
Money/Money Is The Root Of All Evil/We’re In The Money	Robert Wolfe	Tower Ballroom Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Grosvenor Records (CDGRS 1238)	1990
Dancing In The Dark	Simon Gledhill	Tower Ballroom Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	OS Digital (OS 205)	1994
Moonlight In Vermont	Nigel Ogden	Tower Ballroom Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Grasmere Records (GRCD135)	2011
Yes My Darling Daughter/There’ll Be A Hot Time/It Don’t Mean A Thing	Phil Kelsall	Tower Ballroom Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Grasmere Records (GRCD87)	1998

Episode 477 – Thursford @ 90

This week Damon celebrates 90 years of the Thusrford Wurlitzer which started life in the Paramount/Odeon Leeds

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Music Played

Have You Met Miss Jones?	Bryan Rodwell	Paramount/Odeon Leeds 3/19 Wurlitzer	Musiqua	2015
Rhumbalina	Charles Smitton	Paramount/Odeon Leeds 3/19 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (E.R Hart Collection)	1958
They Say It’s Wonderful/I’ve Got My Love To Keep Me Warm	Hubert Selby	Paramount/Odeon Leeds 3/19 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (E.R Hart Collection)	1965
Happy Days Medley	Arnold Loxam	Thursford Collection, Fakenham 3/19 Wurlitzer	Thursford Enterprises (TE 01)	1977
The Way You Look Tonight/Fools Rush In/It’s All Right With Me	Reginald Dixon	Thursford Collection, Fakenham 3/19 Wurlitzer	EMI Records (NTS 205)	1980
Dream/I Can Dream, Can’t I?	Robert Wolfe	Thursford Collection, Fakenham 3/19 Wurlitzer	Thursford Enterprises (TE 11)	1983
Waiting For The Robert E Lee/Carolina In The Morning/Toot, Toot, Tootsie!/I’m Sitting On Top Of The World	Robert Wolfe	Thursford Collection, Fakenham 3/19 Wurlitzer	Wolfe Productions (WPCD 05)	2002

Episode 465 – Best Of British

Damon features the best of British to help celebrate the Platinum Jubilee weekend!

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Music Played

March – Lime Grove	Nigel Ogden	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	OS Digital (OS254)	2003
Nights Of Gladness	Joseph Seal	Regal/ABC Kingston 3/12 Wurlitzer	Golden House – PYE Records (GH 609)	1975
Run Rabbit Run/(We’re Gonna) Hang Out the Washing On The Siegfried Line/Wish Me Luck As You Wave Me Goodbye	Reginald Dixon	Granada Kingston, London 3c/10 Wurlitzer	Grasmere Recordings (GRCD 106)	2001
Cheeky Chappie	Richard Hills	Guildhall Southampton 4/50 Compton (Dual Console)	Silver Street Music (SSM0037)	2012
Valse Romantique	Simon Gledhill	Dolby House, Holbeach 4/21 Compton	Private Recording	2021
A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square/When They Sound The Last All Clear/There’ll Always Be An England	Phil Kelsall	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Grasmere Records (GRCD132)	2011
Land Of Hope And Glory	Robert Wolfe	Thursford Collection, Fakenham 3/19 Wurlitzer	Thursford Enterprises Ltd (TECD 04)	1991

Episode 464 – Elizabethan Serenade

On this week’s show John Leeming has been looking through the Radio Times in March and April 1952 to see what people were listening to in theatre organ broadcasts at the time of the Queen’s accession to the throne.

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Music Played

Legend of the Glass Mountain	Robinson Cleaver	Granada, Tooting 4/14 Wurlitzer	President Records (PLCD544)	1996
On a Spring Note	David Gray	Sanfilippo Foundation Collection 5/80 Wurlitzer	David Gray Records (DG0001)	2018
September in the Rain	Robert Wolfe	Orion Centre, Campsie 3/17 Wurlitzer	Music Digital (CD6021)	1996
September in the Rain	Reginald Dixon	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/13 Wurlitzer	Sterndale Records (STE3101)	2001
Montmartre	David Shepherd	Odeon, Leicester Square, London 5/17 Compton	John Leeming collection (BBC)	1981
Leicester Square Looks Round	John Howlett	Odeon, Leicester Square, London 5/17 Compton	John Howlett collection (BBC)	1965
Looking Around	Simon Gledhill & Richard Hills	David Shepherd Residence, Holbeach 4/22 Compton-plus	John Leeming YouTube	2014
Belle of the Ball	Stanley Wyllie	Granada, Walthamstow 3/12 Christie	John Leeming collection	1986
Dance of the Three Old Maids	John Mann	South Bank University 4/24 Wurlitzer	Odin Music (ODC012)	c1989
Dance of an Ostracised Imp	Reginald Dixon	Empress Ballroom, Blackpool 3/13 Wurlitzer	Damon Cox Records (DMCD03)	2016
Memories of You	Eric Lord	Odeon, Manchester 4/20 Wurlitzer	LTOT Records (LTOT9510)	1995

Episode 461 – Platinum

Damon celebrates the platinum jubilee ahead of the long celebration weekend with some hits from 1952.

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Music Played

Marching Strings	Ernest Broadbent	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	One-Up/EMI Records (OU 2042)	1974
The ‘Moulin Rouge’ Theme	Joseph Seal	Regal/ABC Kingston 3/12 Wurlitzer	Decca Recording Company (SKL 4154)	1962
Blue Tango	Bill Vlasak	Paramount Music Palace, Indianapolis IN 4/42 Wurlitzer	WJV Productions,Inc (WJVCD-107)	1996
Belle Of The Ball	Donald MacKenzie	Odeon Leicester Square, London 5c/17 Compton	Musiqua (DOMOLS2007)	2007
Lullaby Of Birdland	John Atwell	Capri Theatre, Adelaide 4/25 Wurlitzer	JAmusic (JAM103)	1995
El Choclo	Everett Nourse	Fox San Francisco CA 4/36 Wurlitzer	Fantasy Records (501395014)
Delicado	Robert Wolfe	Thursford Collection, Fakenham 3/19 Wurlitzer	Grasmere Records (GRCD 86)	1997
Auf Wiedersehn Sweetheart	Dudley Savage	Mere Farm, Haughley, Stowmarket 3/8 Compton	DS Productions
Black & White Rag	Phil Kelsall	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Grasmere Records (GRALP 34)	1989

Episode 450 – Splanky!

This show is called Splanky, give it a listen to find out why!

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Music Played

Splanky	Michael Wooldridge	Gaumont State, Kilburn 4/16 Wurlitzer	OS Digital (OS 218)	1995
Volare	Lyn Larsen	Organ Stop Pizza, Mesa AZ 4/78 Wurlitzer	Musical Contrasts Inc (MCI-211)	2000
Catch A Falling Star	Bill Vlasak	Paramount Music Palace, Indianapolis IN 4/42 Wurlitzer	WJV Productions, Inc (WJVCD-107)	1996
Twilight Time	Arnold Loxam	Thursford Collection, Fakenham 3/19 Wurlitzer	Thursford Enterprises (TE 01)	1977
Gigi Selection: Gigi/I Remember It Well/The Night They Invented Champagne/Thank Heaven For Little Girls	Robert Wolfe	Thursford Collection, Fakenham 3/19 Wurlitzer	Wolfe Productions (WPCD 05)	2002
Some Enchanted Evening	George Wright	Richard Vaughn Studio Organ, Hollywood CA 5/21 Wurlitzer	Hi-Fi-Records Record (R-716)	1958
Sugartime	Dwight Beacham	GW4 Allen Organ	Allen Organ Company (AOC P/N 031-2008)	1998