Sidney Torch – The Organist Encores

Episode 539 – Vinyl Impressions

This week Damon tracks from some of the first LP’s he and, original Co-presenter, James McLean got their hands on.

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Music Played

Tiger Rag	Reginald Dixon	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Starline (EMI Records) (MRS5056)	1971
Down The Mall	Watson Holmes	Opera House, Blackpool 3/13 Wurlitzer	Deroy Records (Deroy 886)	1973
I’ll Walk Beside You	Horace Finch	Empress Ballroom, Blackpool 3/13 Wurlitzer	BBC Records (REC129M)	1972
Sweet Georgia Brown	Vic Hammett	Town Hall Buckingham 3/10 Wurlitzer	Musiqua	2015
Sentimental Journey	Arnold Loxam	Thursford Collection, Fakenham 3/19 Wurlitzer	Thursford Enterprises (TE 01)	1977
Orient Express	Sidney Torch	Regal Edmonton 4/15 Christie	Sterndale Records (STE 1001R)	1991
Moon River/Blue Moon	Ernest Broadbent	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Columbia/EMI Records (SCX 6410)	1970
Brighton Blues: When The Blue Of The Night/Blue Skies/My Blue Heaven/Goodbye Blues	Douglas Reeve	Gaumont Manchester 4/14 Wurlitzer	Acorn Records (CF 255)	1974
That’s A Plenty	Noel Briggs	Gaumont Manchester 4/14 Wurlitzer	Acorn Records (CF 225)	1973

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Episode 513 – Railway Rhythm

This week Robert Hope-Jones takes you onboard the Organist Encores Express!

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Music Played

Chattanooga Choo Choo	Jonas Nordwall	Organ Grinder, Portland Oregon 4/51 Wurlitzer	OGP-102
Sentimental Journey	Jackie Brown	Granada, Tooting London 4/14 Wurlitzer	Concert Recording (CR-SO58)	1968
Choo Choo Samba	n/a	Barrel Organ Pacific	G & G Music	2015
Night Train	Julius Goldberg	Hammond Organ	UAS 6334	1965
Murder on the Orient Express	Kevin Morgan	Granada Studio Tours Manchester 4/14 Wurlitzer	OS Digital (OS246)	1998
Coronation Scot	Phil Kelsall	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Grasmere Records (GRCD43)	1991
Orient Express	Sidney Torch	Regal Edmonton, London 4/15 Christie Organ	Sterndale Records (STE 1001R)	1991
Take the A Train	Bryan Rodwell and The Sounds of Brass	South Bank University, London 4/24 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	1990

Episode 509 – Up The Theatre Organ Thermometer

This week Robert Hope-Jones climbs up the theatre organ thermometer!

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Music Played

Snowfall	Rob Richards	Senate Theatre, Detroit 4 34 Wurlitzer	Rob Richards (RR1001CD)	1995
Spring is Here	Bill Floyd	Paramount New York, NY 4/36 Wurlitzer	Cook Records (Cook-1150)	1957
Summer Breezes	Richard Hills	John Dickinson High School, Wilmington DE 3/66 Kimball	Record Label: Dickinson Theatre Organ Society (DTOS1101)	2002
Slow Hot Wind	Tony Thomas & Mark Demmin	Chicago Residence Allen Organ	Private Recording	2014
Thunder and Lightening Polka	Dudley Savage	Royal/ABC Plymouth 3/8 Compton	Private Recording	1975
Hot Dog	Sidney Torch	Regal/Odeon Marble Arch, London 4/37 Christie	World Records (SH-305)	1978
Le Jazz Hot	Walt Strony	Organ Stop Pizza, Mesa, Arizona 4/24 Wurlitzer	ERB 102-CT

Episode 506 – Off The Shelf

This week John Leeming has pulled out some records, cassettes and LP’s from his shelves – simple!

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Music Played

Greenwich Witch/Serenade to a Wealthy Widow/Twilight in Turkey	Sidney Torch	Gaumont State Theatre, Kilburn 4/16 Wurlitzer	Piping Hot Recordings (PH2007)	2001
My Sin	Lyn Larsen	Sanfilippo Foundation Collection, Barrington Hills, IL 5/80 Wurlitzer-plus	Musical Contrasts (MCI207)	1994
Guilty	Jackie Brown	Granada Theatre, Tooting 4c/14 Wurlitzer	Tape of the Month Club	c1965
Sassy Brass	Buddy Cole	Buddy Cole Studio, Los Angeles, CA 3/27 Wurlitzer-Morton	Warner Brothers (WS1533)	1963
My Heart Belongs to Daddy	John Seng	St Mary of the Lake Seminary, Mundelein, IL 4/19 Wurlitzer-plus	Pipe Organ Presentations (POP113)	2005
Bidin’ My Time	George Wright	George Wright Studio Organ, Don Leslie Studio, Pasdadena, CA 3/29 Wurlitzer	Dot Records (DLP25612)	c1960
Sweet Georgia Brown/Whispering/I’ll See You In My Dreams/We’ll Meet Again	Eric Lord	South Bank University, London 4/24 Wurlitzer	Private recording (JL)	c1986
When the Stars Come Out at Night	David Shepherd	Rex Cinema, Stratford (London) 2/7 Wurlitzer	Deroy Records (Deroy 1154)	1975
Louise	Bryan Rodwell	Granada Theatre, Tooting 4c/14 Wurlitzer	Ventures in Sound (VISB3)	c1960

Episode 505 – All Original

This week Damon spotlights some of the lesser heard original installations.

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Music Played

Collection Of Can Cans	Andrew Fenner	Odeon Hammersmith 4/15 Compton	Concert Recording (CR 0059)	1969
Cheek To Cheek	Michael Wooldridge	Granada Harrow 3c/8 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive (N.O)	1982
Cheekie Chappie	Simon Gledhill	Dreamland Cinema, Margate 4/19 Compton-Noterman	TOEnc Archive (N.O)	1993
Belle Of The Ball	Gerald Shaw	Odeon Leicester Square, London 5c/17 Compton	Musiqua	2015
Love For Sale	Len Rawle	Town Hall Watford 3/16 Compton	TOEnc Archive (N.O)	1994
Teddy Bears’ Rave-Up	Nigel Ogden	Plaza Cinema, Stockport 3/11 Compton	COS Tapes (COS119)	1988
Body And Soul	Lyn Larsen	Opera House, Blackpool 3/13 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive (Tom Herd)	1977
Hot Pipes Part 1 – The Toy Trumpet/I’m Gettin’ Sentimental Over You/The Snake Charmer	Sidney Torch	Gaumont State, Kilburn 4/16 Wurlitzer	Piping Hot (PH2007)	2013

Episode 500 – Show 500!

This week Damon is joined by James Mclean as they read your requests to celebrate the 500th edition of the show.

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Music Played

Smiling Through/The Boyfriend Selection	Dudley Savage	Royal/ABC Plymouth 3/8 Compton	TOEnc Archive (N.O)
March: Holyrood	Robert Wolfe	Thursford Collection, Fakenham 3/19 Wurlitzer	Grasmere Records (GRCD 79	1996
Yesterdays	Ashley Miller	Radio City Music Hall, New York City NY 4/58 Wurlitzer	CSP (CL 945)	1957
Cherokee	Bryan Rodwell	Hammond Organ	TOEnc Archive (JL)	1974
This Is My Song/I Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight/I Left My Heart In San Francisco/Jeepers Creepers	Reginald Dixon	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive (DMC)	1967
Gold And Silver Waltz	Phil Kelsall	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Grasmere Records (GRCD80)	1996
Stardust	Sidney Torch	Gaumont State, Kilburn 4/16 Wurlitzer	Decca Record Company (SPA 195)	1972
The Girl From Ipanema/Choo Choo Samba	David Lowe	Regal/Scala Rotherham 3/9 Conacher	TOEnc Archive (N.O)	1983
On Green Dolphin Street	Bert van den Brink	Muziekcentrum van de Omroep, Hilversum, Holland 4/20 Standaart-Compton	Private Recording	2020
Night And Day	George Wright	Chicago Theatre, Chicago IL 4/29 Wurlitzer	BANDA CD (61949)	1991
‘Rosalie’ Selection: Rosalie/In The Still Of The Night/Who knows?	Henry Croudson	Paramount/Odeon Manchester 4/20 Wurlitzer	Regal Zonophone (MR 2840)	1938
Jealousy	Douglas Reeve	Dome Brighton 4/40 Hill Norman and Beard ‘Christie’	Cinema Organ Society (COS126)	2001
Rain On The Roof	Richard Hills	Southbank Polytechnic, London 4/24 Wurlitzer	Cinema Organ Society (COS S01)	2005
Wedding Of The Painted Doll	Nicholas Martin	Turners Musical Merry-Go-Round 3/19 Wurlitzer	Turners Entertainments Ltd (TMM18CD)	1997
Blue Moon	Len Rawle	Marine Arcade, Douglas, Isle Of Man 2/10 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Recording	2019
Sales Talk	Stanley Tudor	Gaumont Manchester 4/14 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive (N.O)	1960

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 Seaside	Reginald Dixon	Tower 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 You	Reginald Dixon	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/13 Wurlitzer	Sterndale Records (STE3101)	2001
Our Love Affair/Now I Lay Me Down to Dream/All Over the Place	Reginald Foort	Foort 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 Rainbow	Sandy Macpherson	BBC 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 South	Quentin Maclean	Trocadero, Elephant and Castle 4/21 Wurlitzer	Sterndale Records (STE1001)	1991
Looking Around Corners for You	Sidney Torch	Regal, Kingston-upon-Thames 3/12 Wurlitzer	Sterndale Records (STE1005)	1996
Two Sleepy People	Joseph Seal	Regal, Kingston-upon Thames 3/12 Wurlitzer	Private recording (COS Archive/BBC)	1961
That Lovely Weekend	Dudley Savage	ABC, Plymouth 3/8 Compton	Perfect Partners Records (PP001CD)	2008
Goodnight My Love	Robin Richmond	Granada, Welling 3c/8 Wurlitzer	Private recording (COS Archive/Geoff Day)	1974
I Do Like to Be beside the Seaside	Reginald Dixon	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/13 Wurlitzer	Sterndale Records (STE3100)	2001

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 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 Tears	Sidney Torch	Loew’Regal, Marble Arch 4/36 Christie	Columbia Records (DB819)	1932
Just Humming Along	Quentin Maclean	Trocadero, Elephant and Castle 4/21 Wurlitzer	Columbia Records (DB821)	1932
ABC March	Reginald Foort	BBC Theatre Organ #1 4/23 Compton	HMV Records (BD424)	1937
Can’t We Talk It Over?/Now That You’ve Gone	Harold Ramsay	Granada, Tooting 4/12 Wurlitzer	Decca Records (F2951)	1932
Moonlight Dance	Ena Baga	New Gallery Cinema, London 2/8 Wurlitzer	HMV Records (B3385)	1930
The Teddy Bears’ Picnic	Donald Thorne	Granada, 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 Rag	The New Organolians	Hammond	Columbia Records (FB2850)	1943
Tiger Rag	Bobby Pagan	EMI Studio 3/8 Compton	HMV Records (BD775)	1939