Nigel Ogden is back in his archive with the sounds of two Comptons with two very contrasting organists playing them!
| Title | Artist | Organ | Info. | Year |
| “Showboat” Selection | Michael Maine | Town Hall, Portslade 3/18 Compton | Nigel Ogden Archive | 1990 |
| a) Rodeo March b) Till There Was You c) The Merry Widow Waltz d) Tiger Rag | Simon Gledhill | Wyton House, Huntingdon 4/15 Compton | Nigel Ogden Archive | 1992 |
On this week’s show Damon takes us on a tour of roads, avenues, streets and more!
| On Fifth Avenue | Lyn Larsen | Sanfilippo Music Salon, Barrington Hills IL 5/80 Wurlitzer | Musical Contrasts Inc (MCI-212) | 2002 |
| On The Street Where You Live | Ashley Miller | Paramount New York, NY 4/36 Wurlitzer | Command Records (RS 881 SD) | 1964 |
| 42nd Street | Vic Hammett | Granada, Tooting London 4/14 Wurlitzer | Audicord (ACD 232) | 1980 |
| Streets Of London | Robert Wolfe | Southbank Polytechnic, London 4/24 Wurlitzer | COS Tapes (COS 112) | 1988 |
| In A Cafe On The Road To Calais | Jim Riggs | Granada Theatre, Kansas City KS 3/21 Barton | RTR Productions (RTC105CD) | 1991 |
| In A Country Lane | Simon Gledhill | Warren Performing Arts Center, Indianapolis IN 3/18 Barton | Simon Gledhill & CIC-ATOS Inc | 2001 |
| Slaughter On Tenth Avenue | Neil Jensen | John Dickinson High School, Wilmington DE 3/25 Kimball | Engle Associates Recording (EAR-10495) |
On this week’s show John Leeming has an all Compton show – specifically featuring Comptons with a Melotone Unit.
| Happy Days Are Here Again | Unknown | Unknown | Theatre Projects Sound Library | c1960 |
| Love Walked In | Ron Curtis | Grays State Theatre 3/6 Compton | Dene Records (DKA9242) | 1992 |
| Wave | David Shepherd | The Plough, Great Munden 3/11 Compton | Tonawanda Sound (TWS1001) | 1974 |
| We’re in the Money/I’ve Got to Sing a Torch Song | Gerald Shaw | Odeon Leicester Square, London 5/17 Compton | COS Archives (BBC) | 1966 |
| In the Still of the Night | Sidney Torch | EMI Studio No 1, London 3/8 Compton | Columbia Records (FB1932) | 1938 |
| Harlem Nocturne | Simon Gledhill | St John Vianney, Clayhall 3/6 Compton | Private recording (JL) | 2007 |
| Once in a While | Al Bollington | Paramount, Tottenham Ct Rd 4/10 Compton | Pavilion Records (PAST CD 7052) | 1994 |
| Smoke Gets in Your Eyes | Trevor Willetts | Lyric, Wellingborough 2/5 Compton | Emporio Records (EMPRCD560) | 1995 |
| I’ll Be Around/Ça C’est Paris | Stanley Wyllie | Ritz, Belfast 4/10 Compton | COS Tapes (COS122) | 1995 |
| Moonlight Becomes You | Dudley Savage | ABC, Plymouth 3/8 Compton | Perfect Partners (PP001CD) | 2008 |
On this week’s show Damon has chosen some of his favourite tracks.
| Let’s Break The Good News | Simon Gledhill | New Victoria Centre, Howden-le-Wear 3/19 Wurlitzer | Crescendo (CDHLW 1007) | 2011 |
| It’s Been a Long, Long Time | Bill Vlasak | Paramount Music Palace, Indianapolis IN 4/42 Wurlitzer | WJV Productions,Inc (WJVCD-105) | 1990 |
| About A Quarter ‘Til Nine | Dave Wickerham | John Dickinson High School, Wilmington DE 3/66 Kimball | Dickinson Theatre Organ Society (DTOS901) | 2000 |
| I Guess I’ll Have To Change My Plan/Please | Robert Wolfe | Lowery Electronic | Wolfe Productions (WPCD 15) | 2010 |
| Bluesette | Bryan Rodwell | Hammond X66 | CBS (S 64694) | |
| Rio | Klaus Wunderlich | Hammond H100 | Bell Records (BLR 89 117) | 2010 |
| Java | Chris McPhee | Capri Theatre, Adelaide 4/29 Wurlitzer | Chris McPhee (CMCD003) | 1999 |
| On Green Dolphin Street/On The Sunny Side Of The Street | Chris Powell | Karrinyup Community Centre, Perth, Australia 3/20 Wurlitzer | CMP Productions (CMPCD05) | 2002 |
| Chinatown, My Chinatown | Phil Kelsall | Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer | Crimson Productions (CRIMCD79) | 1999 |
On this week’s show Damon Cox brings you sounds from recent commercial recordings.
| Put On A Happy Face | Simon Gledhill | Orgue De Cinéma, Collège Claparède, Genèva 3c/8 Wurlitzer | AAOCCC, Genève | 2017 |
| Pure Imagination | Zach Frame | Organ Piper Music Palace, Milwaukee WI 3/30 Kimbal/Wurlitzer | C-2 Productions LLC (zf0001) | 2018 |
| Dust On The Moon | Ron Rhode | The Shanklin Conference Center, Groton, MA 4/34 Wurlitzer | Roxy Productions. (RP-118-CD) | 2011 |
| Fun and Frolic | Mark Laflin | St. John Vianney Church, Clayhall London 3/7 Compton | Cinema Organ Society (COS131) | 2018 |
| Can’t Take My Eyes Off You | Christian Cartwright | Pipes in the Peaks, Ashbourne 3/19 Compton | Pipes In The Peaks & Christian Cartwright (PIP004) | 2019 |
| Rhumba: Born Free/You Only Live Twice | Phil Kelsall | Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer | Grasmere Records (GRCD136) | 2011 |
| Istanbul (Not Constantinople)/The Old Bazaar In Cairo/Chinatown, My Chinatown | Robert Wolfe | Thursford Collection, Fakenham 3/19 Wurlitzer | Wolfe Productions (WPCD 18) | 2013 |
On this weeks show Damon takes us on an international ramble of some of the best two manual Wurlitzer installations.
| From This Moment On | Declan Poole | Royalty Cinema, Bowness-on-Windermere 2/7 Wurlitzer | An FTOP Production | 2018 |
| Blue Moon | Len Rawle | Marine Arcade, Douglas, Isle Of Man 2/10 Wurlitzer | TOEnc Recording | 2019 |
| ‘Harry Warren’ Selection a) We’re In The Money b) Jeepers Creepers c) You’ll Never Know d) Remember Me? e) September In The Rain f) Lullaby Of Broadway g) Serenade In Blue h) 42nd Street | Simon Gledhill | Reactor Hall 1, KTH Royal Institute Of Technology, Stockholm, Sweeden 2/7 Wurlitzer | Recording from Per-Olaf Schultz | 2017 |
| Isn’t This a Lovely Day (To Be Caught in the Rain) | Jim Riggs | Macy’s Greek Hall, Philidelphia, PA 2/8 Wurlitzer | DSP Recordings | 2013 |
| Twelfth Street Rag | Reginald Porter-Brown | Town Hall, Marrickville, Sidney, Australia 2/10 Wurlitzer | Deroy Records (Deroy 1020) | 1974 |
The music of Jimmy Van Heusen is the sole feature on this show. Many songs on this show are also associated with Frank Sinatra and are great standards!
| Star! | Hector Olivera | John Dickinson High School, Wilmington DE 3/28 Kimball | Engle Associates Recording (EAR-10272-73) | |
| All The Way | Vic Hammett | Granada, Tooting London 4/14 Wurlitzer | Audicord (ACD 232) | 1980 |
| Throughly Modern Millie | Lyn Larsen | Kearns/Carson Residence, Hollywood CA 3/27 Wurlitzer | Essental Records (ERS-1010) | |
| Here’s That Rainy Day | John Mann | Town Hall, Henley-On-Thames 3/12 Allen MDS Theatre II | Grasmere Records (GRCD133) | 2015 |
| Love And Marriage/The Tender Trap | Michael Wooldridge | New Victoria Centre, Howden-le-Wear 3/19 Wurlitzer | Merlin Productions (MPCD110) | 2012 |
| Polka Dots And Moonbeams | Keith Beckingham | Town Hall Clydebank 3/13 Wurlitzer | Chow Productions (COCD102) | 2004 |
| It Could Happen To You | Bill Vlasak | Paramount Music Palace, Indianapolis IN 4/42 Wurlitzer | WJV Productions,Inc (WJVCD-106) | 1992 |
| Come Fly With Me | Simon Gledhill | Alabama Theatre, Birmingham AL 4/29 Wurlitzer | Alabama Chapter ATOS (ALA-1783-09) | 2009 |
This week Damon takes a trip to the seaside and to the sounds of the Tower Ballroom Wurlitzer!
| 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 |
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.
| ’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 |
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.
| 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 |