Robinson Cleaver – The Organist Encores

Episode 664 – All Original Part 3

This week Damon continues his series looking at UK original Installations that have survived.

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Music Played

Rhapsody in Blue	Harold Ramsay & Patricia Rossborough	Granada, Tooting London 4/14 Wurlitzer	Parlophone (R1895) Wayne Ivany Collection	1934
Who’s Afraid Of The Big Bad Wolf	Don Baker	Granada, Tooting London 4/14 Wurlitzer	Parlophone (R1687) Wayne Ivany Collection	1933
Charade	Robinson Cleaver	Granada, Tooting London 4/14 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1966
Pedro From Palamos	Bobby Pagan	Granada, Tooting London 4/14 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1963
Waltz Time: Sweet September/Falling In Love With Love/Lover	Jackie Brown	Granada, Tooting London 4/14 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1968
Consoling The Console	Reginald Porter-Brown	Granada, Tooting London 4/14 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1958
Lullaby Of The Leaves	Vic Hammett	Granada, Tooting London 4/14 Wurlitzer	Audicord (ACD 232)	1980
Louise	Bryan Rodwell	Granada, Tooting London 4/14 Wurlitzer	Ventures In Sound (VIS-B3)

Episode 663 – LPs – BCD

This week John Leeming has look through some of his LP’s.

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Music Played

Night Train	Jimmy Boyce	Alexandria Skating Arena, VA 4/34 Wurlitzer	Century Custom Records (CLP1411)	1970’s
Alone	Ron Curtis	Paramount Organ Studio, Bolton 4c/10 Compton	Decca Records (Argo) (ZMR1002)	1972
Marche Militaire	Carlo Curley	Alexandra Palace, London Custom Allen organ	Rediffusion Records (ROY2015)	1977
Caravan	Henry Croudson	Paramount Theatre, Manchester 4/20 Wurlitzer	LTOT Acorn Records (CF270)	1977/1937
Summer Samba (So Nice)	Bob van Camp	Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA 4/42 Möller	Concert Recording (CR0023)	c1969
Stepladders	Del Castillo	Elks Building, Los Angeles, CA 4/80ss Robert Morton	Concert Recording (CR0028)	c1969
The Toy Trumpet/Bugle Call Rag	Robinson Cleaver	EMI Sudios, London 3/8 Compton	TOC/NTOT Recordings (NOLM104)	1978/c1938
Satin Doll	Lenny Dee	Brunswick Recording Studio Hammond organ + rhythm accompaniment	Decca Records (Brunswick) (STA8587)	1964
Mood Indigo	Bill Dalton	Ohio Theatre, Columbus, OH 4/20 Robert Morton	Concert Recording (CR0141)	1972
Comedians’ Galop	William Davies	Granada Theatre, Tooting 4c/14 Wurlitzer	Embassy Records (WEP1059)	c1955

Episode 657 – Love Is

This week Robert Hope-Jones is in romantic mood with valentines around the corner.

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Music Played

The Glory Of Love	George Wright, Dick Stewart and Friends	Richard Vaughn Residence, CA 5/21 Wurlitzer		1956
When the Organ Played, O Promise Me.	The Organ, The Dance Band and Me (Robinson Cleaver)	EMI Studio, London 3/8 Compton		1938
Cuddle up a Little Closer, Lovey Mine	Dick Leibert	Paramount Theatre, NY 4/36 Wurlitzer		1959
All’s Fair In Love And War	David Gray	Auditorium Theatre, Rochester, NY 4/23 Wurlitzer	ATOS	2019
Love Me Little, Love Me Long	Len Rawle	Rawle Residence, Chorleywood 4/24 Wurlitzer		1970
I Remember You	Nick Olsen	Odeon Leeds 3/19 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1968
The very thought of you	Ray Bohr and the Three Suns	Paramount Theatre, NY 3/46 Wurlitzer		1957
The Nearness of You	Nigel Ogden	Llandudno 3/8 Christie	COS	1983

Episode 641 – Waynes Wonders

This week John Leeming presents another program chosen by Wayne Ivany.

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Music Played

Bonsoir	Joseph Seal	ABC Theatre, Kingston-upon-Thames 3/12 Wurlitzer	ABC private disc	1950s
March from ‘Things to Come’	Richard Hills	Apollo Theatre, Hammersmith, London 4/15 Compton	Private recording	2016
Polka Dots and Moonbeams	Bryan Rodwell	Odeon Cinema, Leicester Square, London 5c/17 Compton	Private recording	1976
Poupée Valsante	John Mann	Granada Theatre, Kingston-upon-Thames 3c/10 Wurlitzer	Private recording	1975
I Hate Myself for Being So Mean to You	Vic Hammett	Granada Theatre, Kingston-upon-Thames 3c/10 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	1973
Hoilday for Strings	Gerald Shaw	The Plough Inn, Great Munden 3/11 Compton	MJV Records (BEV SLP 1321)	1971
How Many Hearts Have You Broken?/Imagination/Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams	Robin Richmond	Gaumont State Theatre, Kilburn, London 4/16 Wurlitzer	Private recording	c1974
‘She Wore a Yellow Ribbon’ selection: She Wore a Yellow Ribbon/The Girl I Left Behind Me/O Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie/Dixie/Garry Owen/St Patrick’s Day	Robinson Cleaver	BBC Theatre Organ, London 5c/27 Möller	Private Recording	1950
Goodnight Melody	Joseph Seal	ABC Theatre, Kingston-upon-Thames 3/12 Wurlitzer	ABC private disc	1970

Episode 635 – Concert Recording – Part 1

This week Damon features tracks from the Concert Recording label.

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Music Played

Flying Scotsman	Jackie Brown	Granada, Tooting London 4/14 Wurlitzer	Concert Recording (CR-SO58)
Mighty Like A Rose	Arnold Loxam	Paramount/Odeon Leeds 3/19 Wurlitzer	Concert Recording (CR-0039)	1968
Have You Met Miss Jones?	Bryan Rodwell	Paramount/Odeon Leeds 3/19 Wurlitzer	Concert Recording (CR-0044)	1968
Too Late Now	Gerald Shaw	Odeon Leicester Square, London 5c/17 Compton	Concert Recording (CR-0017)	1968
Collection of Can Cans	Andrew Fenner	Odeon Hammersmith 4/15 Compton	Concert Recording (CR-0059)	1969
Song Of Alassio	Vic Hammett	Town Hall Buckingham 3/10 Wurlitzer	Concert Recording (CR-0006)	1966
Primero	Douglas Reeve	Dome Brighton 4/40 Hill Norman and Beard ‘Christie’	Concert Recording (CR-0020)	1967
Adios	George Blackmore	Regal/Odeon Marble Arch, London 4/37 Christie	Concert Recording (CR-0010)	1967
To A Wild Rose	Robinson Cleaver	Granada, Tooting London 4/14 Wurlitzer	Concert Recording (CR-0036)	1968
Sentimental Gentleman From Georgia	Len Rawle	Tonawanda, Chorleywood 4/24 Wurlitzer	Concert Recording (CR-0082)	1971

Episode 621 – Old Timers

This week Damon features some old times, some of who we don’t hear from that often.

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Music Played

Thats A-Plenty	Arnold Loxam	Kitchen Bros Garage Diss 3/19 Wurlitzer	Kitchen Bros (KC3)	1976
My Silent Love/There I’ve Said It Again/Alone	Armsbee Bancroft	Town Hall Burton-on-Trent 3/8 Wurlitzer	Compton Lodge Cassette CLC 8514	1985
Poupee Valsante	Doreen Chadwick	Gaumont Manchester 4/14 Wurlitzer	Amberlee Records Ltd (AML 304X)	1972
Midnight Tango	Watson Holmes	Opera House, Blackpool 3/13 Wurlitzer	Deroy Records (Deroy 886)	1973
Hot Toddy	Ken Stroud	ex. Servicemen’s Club, Stotfold, 3/12 Christie	CL Records & Tapes (CLC 8624)
Be My Love	Hubert Selby	Thursford Collection, Fakenham 3/19 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	1977
Robin’s Nest	Robin Richmond	Gaumont Manchester 4/14 Wurlitzer	Acorn Records (CF 265)	1974
A Man And A Woman	Robinson Cleaver	Granada, Tooting London 4/14 Wurlitzer	Crystal (CRY 3011)	1972
When I Fall In Love/A White Sports Coat/I’d Give You The World/Yes Tonight Josephine/I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside	Reginald Dixon	Opera House, Blackpool 3/13 Wurlitzer	TOENC Archive	1957

Episode 593 – Rhythm Review

This week John Leeming presents tracks of a rhythmical nature.

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Music Played

Honky Tonk Rag	Bryan Rodwell	Granada Theatre, Clapham Junction 3/8 Wurlitzer	Private recording	1953
Dodging a Divorcee	Dwight Thomas	Paramount Music Palace, Indianapolis 4/42 Wurlitzer	Klarion Productions (DTCD-101)	1987
Glasgow Fair	Gerald Shaw	Odeon, Leicester Square, London 5/17 Compton	Private Recording	1965
Hot Socks	Arnold Loxam	Plough, Great Munden 3/12 Compton	Merridale Motors (MM 004)	1994
The Minor Drag	David Gray	Sanfilippo Foundation, Barrington Hills, Illinois 4/80 Wurlitzer	David Gray (dg0001)	2018
Forty-second Street/Varsity Drag	Phil Kelsall	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Grosvenor Records (GRCD 137)	2011
We Just Can’t Say Goodbye	Reginald Stone	BBC Theatre Organ No 2, London 5/27 Möller	Private Recording	1952
Flashback	Eddie Ruhier	Hammond organ and keyboards Electronic	Grosvenor Records (CDGRS 1292)	1996
Ring-a-Ding Girl/Berlin Melody	Robinson Cleaver	Granada Theatre, Clapham Junction 3/8 Wurlitzer	Private recording	1962

Episode 586 – Granada! Then & Now

This week Damon features four Granada organs in their current and original homes.

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Music Played

Lady Be Good/Sophisticated Lady/Fascinating Rhythm/Trolley Song	Bryan Rodwell	Granada, Clapham Junction, London 3c/8 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	1978
You Made Me Love You	Simon Gledhill	Orgue De Cinéma, Collège Claparède, Genèva 3c/8 Wurlitzer	AAOCCC, Genève	2017
Little Girl/Just In Time	Jackie Brown	Granada Edmonton 3/10 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	1966
Stars Fell On Alabama	Len Rawle	Organ Theatre, St. Albans 3/10 Wurlitzer	St Albans Musical Museum Society (CAS 1011)	1994
Canadian Capers	Robinson Cleaver	Granada, Welling 3c/8 Wurlitzer	Nostalgia Direct (AZCD214)	2011
Cheek To Cheek/They Say It’s Wonderful	Declan Poole	Wurlitzer Hall, Leisure Centre, Woking 3/19 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	2024
Bells Across The Meadow	Dudley Beavan	Granada, Woolwich 3c/8 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	1938
El Adorno	David Lowe	Neuadd Pendre, Tywyn 3c/8 Wurlitzer	OS Digital (OS239)	1998

Episode 550 – Stars On 78

This week John Leeming picks some random section of 78rpm discs

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Music Played

I Go for That	Sidney Torch	Gaumont State, Kilburn, London 4/16 Wurlitzer	Columbia Records (FB2208)	1939
What a Day We’ll Have	Robinson Cleaver (The Organ, the Dance Band and Me)	EMI Studio, London 3/8 Compton	Parlophone Records (F2514)	c1950
Mistakes/Charmaine/Dancing with Tears in My Eyes	Reginald Dixon	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/13 Wurlitzer	Columbia Records (FB3636)	1952
I Used to Be Colour Blind/Change Partners/The Yam	Dudley Beaven	Granada Theatre, Clapham Junction 3/8 Wurlitzer	Decca Records (F6937)	1938
I’m Always Thinkin’ of You Rag	Frank Gordon	Ritz Cinema, Birkenhead 3/8 Christie	Cinema Organ Society (COS2)	c1955
Joseph! Joseph!/Cinderella (Stay in My Arms)/Georgia’s Got a Moon	Donald Thorne	Granada Theatre, Willesden, London 3/9 Christie	Decca Records (F6919)	1938
Stairway to the Stars	Arthur Young and Fela Sowande	Novachord and Hammond electronics	Decca Records (F7312)	1939
Manhattan Serenade	Henry Croudson	Paramount Theatre, Manchester 4/20 Wurlitzer	Regal Zonophone Records (MR2342)	1936
The Miller of Dee	Robin Richmond	Hammond electronic	His Master’s Voice Records (BD1144)	1946
It Don’t Mean a Thing if It Ain’t Got That Swing/St Louis Blues/Sentimental Gentleman from Georgia	Sidney Torch	Regal Cinema, Edmonton, London 4/15 Christie	Columbia Records (FB1158)	1935
Bonus track: Midnight, the Stars and You	Alex Mendham and His Orchestra	Orchestra	Palomar Records (2111-A)	2020

Episode 536 – Random Tapes

This week John Leeming has picked some tracks from random tapes

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Music Played

Goofy Dame	Stanley Tudor	BBC Theatre Organ No.2 5/27 Möller	Private recording (BBC/Terry Bond/COS archive)	c1954
Puszta	Reginald Foort	BBC Theatre Organ No.1 4/25 Compton	NTOT Records (NCM 212)	1996
Transatlantic Lullaby/I’m in Love for the Very First Time	Joseph Seal	ABC Theatre, Kingston-on-Thames 3/12 Wurlitzer	Private recording (BBC/Geoff Day/COS Archive)	c1967
Home at Sundown	The 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 Night	Len Rawle	Granada Theatre, Slough 3/8 Wurlitzer	Tonawanda Sound (TWS 2003)	1988
Sleigh Ride	George Blackmore	Granada 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 Mud	Simon Gledhill	State Theatre, Grays 3/6 Compton	Private Recording (Allan Newman/COS Archive)	1988
Autumn Leaves	Vic Hammett	Granada Theatre, Tooting 4c/14 Wurlitzer	Private recording (Geoff Day/COS Archive)