Simon Gledhill – Page 4 – The Organist Encores

Episode 409 – Towering Heights

This week Damon takes a trip to the seaside and to the sounds of the Tower Ballroom Wurlitzer!

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Music Played

Lullaby of Broadway/Carolina Moon/Toot Toot Tootsie	Reginald Dixon	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Columbia Records (SCX 6387)	1970
Foxtrot Medley: C’est Si Bon/She’s Funny That Way/You Bought A New Kind Of Love To Me	Ernest Broadbent	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	One-UP/EMI (OU 2171)	1977
With My Little Stick Of Blackpool Rock	Arnold Loxam	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Grosvenor Records (CDGRS 1315)	2000
Those Foolish Things	Simon Gledhill	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	OS Digital (OS 205)	1994
Sweet Sue/Louise/If You Knew Susie	Nigel Ogden	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	OS Digital (OS233)	1998
As Time Goes By/You’ll Never Know/Whispering Grass	David Lobban	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Hallmark (307892)	1995
Somewhere Out There	Robert Wolfe	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Grosvenor Records (CDGRS 1238)	1990
Mack The Knife	Phil Kelsall	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Grasmere Records (GRCD80)	1996

Episode 402 – Jeepers Creepers

The music of Harry Warren is the sole feature on this show – he wrote some of the finest music in Hollywood and will forever be associated with master choreographer Busby Berkeley.

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Music Played

’42nd Street’ Medley	Lyn Larsen	Shea’s Buffalo Theatre, Buffalo, New York 4/28 Wurlitzer	Musical Contrasts (MCI-110)	1993
September In The Rain	Buddy Cole	Buddy Cole Studio, Hollywood CA 3/27 Wurlitzer-Morton	Warner Bros. Records (WS 1557)	1964
Jeepers Creepers	Arnold Loxam	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Grosvenor Records	1991
You’ll Never Know	George Wright	George Wright Studio Organ, Leslie Factory, Pasadena CA 3/27 Wurlitzer	Essential Records (ERS-01W)	1971
Remember Me?	Sidney Torch	Gaumont State, Kilburn 4/16 Wurlitzer	Piping Hot (PH2007)	2001
I Know Why	Simon Gledhill	Oriental Theatre, Milwaukee WI 4/39 Kimbal	Simon Gledhill & Kimbal Theatre Organ Society (KTOS339)	2000
Chattanooga Choo Choo	Len Rawle	Tonawanda, Chorleywood 4/24 Wurlitzer	Tonawanda Sound (TWS 1000)	1972

Episode 396 – Be My Love

On this weeks show Damon reminds us all it’s ten days till Valentines day – Enough time to order your loved one a gift! Don’t forget the sounds of the Cinema Organ is proven to act like a potion of love.

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Music Played

I’m In Love For The Very First Time	Simon Gledhill	Orgue De Cinéma, Collège Claparède, Genèva 3c/8 Wurlitzer	AAOCCC, Genève	2017
Be My Love	Walt Strony	Vince & Pat Aveni Residence, Cleveland OH 4/60 Wurlitzer	Walt Strony	2013
It’s Almost Like Being In Love	Clark Wilson	Miller Theatre, Wichita KS 3/19 Wurlitzer	Wichita Theatre Organ (WTO1462)	1999
Falling In Love With Love	George Wright	Howard Vollum Studio, Portland OR 4/49 Wurlitzer	BANDA CD (BA19009)	2000
I Wish You Love	Buddy Cole	Buddy Cole Studio, Hollywood CA 3/27 Wurlitzer-Morton	Warner Bros. Records (WS 1533)	1963
Love Everlasting	Phil Kelsall	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Grasmere Records (GRCD123)	2005
I Can’t Believe That You’re In Love With Me	Ron Rhode	Iowa Theatre, Cedar Rapids IA 3/14 Barton	Roxy Productions (RP-103-CD)	1991
Goodnight My Love	Robin Richmond	Kitchen Bros Garage Diss 3/19 Wurlitzer	Cinema Organ Society (COS 123)	1998

Episode 394 – I Got Rhythm

The music of George Gershwin is the sole feature on this show. The man who wrote, amongst many others, hits such as I Got A Crush On You, S’ Wonderful, Strike Up The Band and of course Rhapsody In Blue. Sit back and enjoy some of Gershwin magic!

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Music Played

I Got Rhythm	Billy Nalle	Century II Wichita 4/36 Wurlitzer	Wichita Theatre Organ, Inc (1959)	1981
I Got A Crush On You	Tom Hazleton	Southbank Polytechnic, London 4/24 Wurlitzer	COS Tapes (SBW401)	1988
‘Shall We Dance’ Selection: a) Shall We Dance? b) They All Laughed c) Slap That Bass d) Let’s Call The Whole Thing Off e) I’ve Got Beginner’s Luck f) They Can’t That That Away From Me g) Finale: Beginners Luck	Simon Gledhill	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	OS Digital (OS 205)	1994
Our Love Is Here To Stay	Geoff Solman	Assembly Hall, Worthing 3/11 Wurlitzer	COS Tapes (COS117)	1989
Fascinatin’ Rhythm	Walt Strony	St. Mary Of The Lake Seminary Mundelein IL 4/19 Howell-Wurlitzer	Walter Strony Productions (WSP-2)	1980

Episode 391 – A Perfect Party

If Damon was left to arrange the music for an end of year party, this is what you might expect to hear! Enjoy the celebrations with this extended hour long show!

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Music Played

Thunder And Lightning Polka	Ernest Broadbent	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Columbia/EMI Records (SCX 6410)	1970
I Cover The Waterfront (Version 1)	Bryan Rodwell	Paramount/Odeon Leeds 3/19 Wurlitzer	Musiqua	2015
Let’s Face The Music And Dance	George Wright	George Wright Studio Organ, Leslie Factory, Pasadena CA 3/27 Wurlitzer	Essential Records (ERS-01W)	1971
I Don’t Know Why (I Just Do)	Dan Bellomy	Paramount Brooklyn NY 4/26 Wurlitzer	Cambria Master Recordings (CD-1108)	1997
Bi Mir Bist Du Schoen	Chris McPhee	Orion Centre, Sydney 3/17 Wurlitzer	Chris McPhee (CMCD002)	1995
Moonlight Serenade	Walt Strony	Capri Theatre, Adelaide 4/29 Wurlitzer	Walter Strony Productions	1996
String Of Pearls	Lew Williams	Organ Stop Pizza, Pheonix AZ 4/29 Wurlitzer	Organ Stop Pizza (OSP 106)	1979
Old Cape Cod	Bill Vlasak	Paramount Music Palace, Indianapolis IN 4/42 Wurlitzer	WJV Productions,Inc (WJVCD-107)	1996
Memory	Lyn Larsen	Nethercutt Collection, San Sylmar, Los Angeles CA 4/36 Wurlitzer	Musical Contrasts Inc (MCI-108)
Can This Be Love	Jim Riggs	Granada Theatre, Kansas City KS 3/21 Barton	RTR Productions (RTC105CD)	1991
Anaconda Samba	Len Rawle	Concerthall and Auditorium, Middelburg 3/11 Compton	NOF Production	2006
If Love Were All	Simon Gledhill	John Dickinson High School, Wilmington DE 3/66 Kimball	DTOS & Simon Gledhill (DTOS366P)	1996
Brazil	Richard Hills	Dolby House, Holbeach 3/19 Compton	Cinema Organ Society (COS 127)	2000
In The Still Of The Night/Easy To Love/Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye	Robert Wolfe	Thursford Collection, Fakenham 3/19 Wurlitzer	Wolfe Productions (WPCD 17)	2011
Jive: Nagasaki/Sweet Georgia Brown	Phil Kelsall	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Grasmere Records (GRALP 18)	1987

Episode 387 – Give Me The Simple Life

On this weeks show Damon has given himself the simple life, by selecting tracks from recent CDs. The show includes tracks from Howard Beaumont, Mark Laflin, Donald MacKenzie, Christian Cartwright and four from the recent ATOS convention CD.

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Music Played

*Our Director*	Christian Cartwright	Pipes in the Peaks, Ashbourne 3/19 Compton	Pipes In The Peaks & Christian Cartwright (PIP004)	2019
*Morning Has Broken*	Howard Beaumont	Community Centre, Ryhope 3/9 Compton	Fairview Studios (HB 111)	2019
*Give Me The Simple Life*	Jerry Nagano	Auditorium Theatre, Rochester NY 4/22 Wurlitzer	American Theatre Organ Society (ATOS 2019)	2019
*Midnight In Mayfair*	Alex Jones	First Universalist Church, Buffalo NY 3/13 Hope-Jones	American Theatre Organ Society (ATOS 2019)	2019
*Somewhere In Time*	Nathan Avakian	Riviera Theatre, North Tonawanda NY 3/16 Wurlitzer	American Theatre Organ Society (ATOS 2019)	2019
Cheek To Cheek/Top Hat	Simon Gledhill	Clemens Centre, Buffalo NY 4/32 Wurlitzer-Marr & Colton	American Theatre Organ Society (ATOS 2019)	1961
*Her Name Is Mary*	Mark Laflin	St. John Vianney Church, Clayhall London 3/7 Compton	Cinema Organ Society (COS131)	2018
*Sweet Sue*	Donald MacKenzie	Odeon Leicester Square, London 5c/17 Compton	Musiqua (201801)	2018

Episode 384 – Star Organist Showcase – Encore!

On this weeks show we don’t have one star organist, but many! Damon looks back over the special programs he’s recorded and has picked a few tracks that either weren’t broadcast or we haven’t heard since they were!

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Music Played

Sirocco/At The Balalaika/Rio Chambira	David Lowe	Victoria Hall, Saltaire 3/12 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Recording	2019
East Of The Sun	Iain McGlinchey	Paramount 450 VTPO	TOEnc Recording	2019
Stevie Wonder Selection: For Once In My Life/Isn’t She Lovely?/I Just Called To Say I Love You	Mark Laflin	Barry Earl Residence, Leighton Buzzard 3/16 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Recording	2019
Harlem Nocturne	Simon Gledhill	Fentham Hall, Hampton-in-Arden 3/11 Compton	TOEnc Recording	2015
Sweet Georgia Brown/The Original Dixieland One Step/Mack The Knife	Robert Wolfe	Assembly Hall, Worthing 3/22 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Recording	2018

Episode 377 – ‘Tis Autumn

On this weeks show Damon is in Autumnal mood with some music associated with the time of year. The tracks are mostly sumptuous played for late evening listening – So, sit back in your favourite chair, pour yourself a drink and relax!

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Music Played

Autumn Concerto	Robert Wolfe	Thursford Collection, Fakenham 3/19 Wurlitzer	Thursford Enterprises Ltd (TECD 04)	1991
Autumn Crocus	Simon Gledhill	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	OS Digital (OS 205)	1994
‘Tis Autumn/Falling Leaves And A Faded Summer Love	Buddy Cole	Buddy Cole Studio, Hollywood CA 3/27 Wurlitzer-Morton	Warner Bros. Records (WS 1557)	1964
Lullaby Of The Leaves	Dan Bellomy	Paramount Brooklyn NY 4/26 Wurlitzer	Cambria Master Recordings (CD-1108)	1997
When October Goes	Chris Elliot	Shea’s Buffalo Theatre, Buffalo, New York 4/28 Wurlitzer	CPE Productions (CPE-105CD)	1993
With The Wind & The Rain In Your Hair	Bill Vlasak	Paramount Music Palace, Indianapolis IN 4/42 Wurlitzer	WJV Productions, Inc (WJVCD-106)	1992
When You Wish Upon A Star	Lyn Larsen	Shea’s Buffalo Theatre, Buffalo, New York 4/28 Wurlitzer	Musical Contrasts Inc (MCI-110)	1993

Episode 324 – Sanfilippo Send Off

On this weeks show Damon Cox is joined by Simon Gledhill as they pay tribute to Jasper Sanfilippo who passed away last week with an extended show. The centre point of his vast music room is a 5/80 Wurlitzer which is regarded by many as the finest in the world.

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Music played

Track	Artist	Organ	Record Label	Year
Excerpt: My Hopeful Heart	Lyn Larsen	Sanfilippo Music Salon, Barrington Hills IL 4/28 Wurlitzer	Musical Contrasts Inc (MCI-109)	1986
La Rosita	Lyn Larsen	Sanfilippo Music Salon, Barrington Hills IL 4/28 Wurlitzer	Musical Contrasts Inc (MCI-109)	1986
The Minor Drag	David Gray	Sanfilippo Music Salon, Barrington Hills IL 5/80 Wurlitzer	David Gray CD	2919
Serenata	Jelani Eddington	Sanfilippo Music Salon, Barrington Hills IL 5/80 Wurlitzer	RJE Productions (RJE 1906A)	2006
Tenderly	Lyn Larsen	Sanfilippo Music Salon, Barrington Hills IL 5/80 Wurlitzer	Musical Contrasts Inc (MCI-208)	1997
Overture To “The Thieving Magpie”	Simon Gledhill	Sanfilippo Music Salon, Barrington Hills IL 5/80 Wurlitzer	Musical Contrasts Inc (MCI-210)	2012
Ride Of The Valkyries	Carlo Curley	Sanfilippo Music Salon, Barrington Hills IL 5/80 Wurlitzer	Hopeful Heart Inc (HHP202)	1998

Episode 168 – Simply Sounds Like Simon

On this week’s show we visit the Leisure Centre in Woking for a console work out by International star Simon Gledhill. The sounds of the Mighty Wurlitzer work well in the hall and what you hear on the show is taken from a live performance last year. Apart from the wonderful music Simon also talks to Len Rawle who with his team look after the Wurlitzer.

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Music played

Cheek To Cheek/Top Hat

Lush Life

Caribbean Dance

‘The Desert Song’ Selection

There Will Never Be Another You

All tracks played by Simon Gledhill. Recorded and mixed by John Leeming. A big thank you to Simon for letting us record! Also thanks to the American Theatre Organ Society’s London and South of England Chapter for keeping the organ in tip top condition and to Woking Leisure centre from permitting the recording