Stanley Wyllie – The Organist Encores

Episode 558 – Theatre Organ Forecast

This week Robert Hope-Jones gives us the ~~shipping~~ theatre organ forecast!

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Music Played

Sailing By	Phil Kelsall	Technics SX-FA1	Grasmere Records (GRCD78)	1996
I Still Get a Thrill Thinking of You	Jim Riggs	Assembly Hall, Worthing 3/22 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	2012
Primero	Douglas Reeve	Dome Brighton 4/40 Hill Norman and Beard ‘Christie’	Concert Recording OR Crystal Records (CR-0020 OR CRY 3002)	1967
Yer, Yer	Reginald Porter-Brown	Forum Cinema, Southampton 3/10 Compton	Private	1968
The Touch of Your Lips	Bryan Rodwell with Harold C Gee – Violin	Southampton Guildhall 4/50 Compton	TOEnc Archive	1967
Manhattan/Tea for Two/Time on my Hands	Dudley Savage	ABC Cinema, Plymouth 3/8 Compton	Private
Autumn Leaves	Nigel Ogden	Church Of St Mary, Lowe House, St. Helens 3/11 Christie	TOEnc Recording	2021
Boom!	Charles Smitton	Odeon Cinema, Manchester 4/20 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1967
Little Shepherd/How Beautiful is the Night	Stanley Wyllie	Ritz Belfast 4/10 Compton	TOEnc Archive	1956

Episode 553 – It was acceptable in the 80’s

This week Damon features another show with tracks recorded in the 80’s

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Music Played

Today I Feel So Happy/Button Up Your Overcoat	Dudley Savage	Davenport Theatre, Stockport 3/7 Compton	Private Recording (N.O Archive)	1987
Donegal Cradle Song	Stanley Wyllie	St. John Vianney Church, Clayhall London 3/7 Compton	Private Recording (N.O Archive)	1988
Animal Medley: Teddy Bears Picnic/Pink Panther/Hot Dog	Simon Gledhill	Regal Edmonton 4/15 Christie	Private Recording (N.O Archive)	1983
Someone To Watch Over Me	Nigel Ogden	EMD/Granada Walthamstow, London 3/12 Christie	Private Recording (N.O Archive)	1983
Quickstep Medley: Bye Bye Blackbird/California Here I Come/Nobody Sweetheart/Somebody Stole My Gal/Pack Up Your Troubles	Douglas Reeve	Dome Brighton 4/40 Hill Norman and Beard ‘Christie’	Private Recording (N.O Archive)	1988
Foxtrot Medley: Till/The Glory Of Love/I’ve Heard That Song Before	Ernest Broadbent	Assembly Hall, Worthing 3/10 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (N.O Archive)	1986
Quickstep Medley: Happy Days Are Here Again/Toot Toot Tootsie/Boo Hoo	Phil Kelsall	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (N.O Archive)	1985
The Way We Were	Len Rawle	BBC Playhouse Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (N.O Archive)	1983
You Stepped Out Of A Dream	Bryan Rodwell	BBC Playhouse Manchester 3/13 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (N.O Archive)	1982

Episode 544 – From The Archive: Stanley Wyllie

This week, John Leemings from the archive show features a moonlight lullaby played by Stanley Wyllie at the Ritz Belfast.

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Music Played

Clair de Lune (signature tune)
Kisses in the Dark
She Moved thro’ the Fair
Walk Hand in Hand
Serenade for My lady
O for the Wings of a Dove
Down by the River
Serenade to Moonlight
The Little Shepherd
How Beautiful Is Night
Love, Here Is My Heart
Clair de Lune (signature tune)

All tracks played on the 4c/10 Compton in the Ritz, Belfast, broadcast 11th September 1956. Recording from the John Leeming Archive.

Episode 537 – It was acceptable in the 90’s

This week Damon features tracks recorded in the 90’s

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Music Played

Bandstand March	David Shepherd	Guildhall Southampton 4/50 Compton (Dual Console)	Private Recording (N.O Archive)	1994
Speak To Me Of Love	Stanley Wyllie	St. John Vianney Church, Clayhall London 3/7 Compton	Private Recording (N.O Archive)	1994
Scintillating Stars	Iain Flitcroft	Assembly Hall, Worthing 3/11 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (N.O Archive)	1990
Be My Love	Michael Maine	Town Hall Portslade 3/18 Compton	Private Recording (N.O Archive)	1990
Harlem	Simon Gledhill	Dreamland Cinema, Margate 4/19 Compton-Noterman	Private Recording (N.O Archive)	1993
Blue Moon	Dudley Savage	St. John Vianney Church, Clayhall London 3/7 Compton	Private Recording (N.O Archive)	1996
Clarabella	William Davies	BBC Maida Vale Studios 4/14 Compton	Private Recording (N.O Archive)	1996
Keep Smiling	Nigel Ogden	Civic Auditorium, Pasadena CA 5/28 Möller	Private Recording (N.O Archive)	1997
Delicadio	Phil Kelsall	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Private Recording (N.O Archive)	1991

Episode 520 – Back To Old Ireland

This week Damon takes you to Northern Ireland for a nostalgia show.

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Music Played

Back To Old Ireland/Irish Whispers	Joseph Seal	Ritz Belfast 4c/10 Compton	Private Recording (NO. Archive)	1953
Here’s That Rainy Day	Stanley Wyllie	Gransha High School 3/8 Compton	Private Recording (NO. Archive)	1986
Time Was	Nigel Ogden	Gransha High School 3/8 Compton	Private Recording (NO. Archive)	1985
On The Sunny Side Of The Street/You Were Meant For Me	Louise McDonald	Gransha High School 3/8 Compton	Private Recording (NO. Archive)	1987
Rhythm Review Medley	Stanley Wyllie	Ritz Belfast 4c/10 Compton	Private Recording (NO. Archive)	1954

Episode 487 – From Nigel Ogden’s Archive: Broadcast Duo

On this week’s show Nigel Ogden includes music from two great musicians of days gone by; Joseph Seal and Stanley Wyllie.

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Music Played

Melody For You Anything Goes/Transatlantic Lullaby/Nice Work If You Can Get It/I Wish You Love/I’m In Love For The Very First Time The Silver Wedding Waltz Jealousy	Jospeh Seal	Regal/ABC Kingston 3/12 Wurlitzer	Nigel Ogden Archive	1965
Fascinatin’ Rhythm Giant/Baby Doll/Good Companions/A Woman In Love Melody Corner including; I’ll See You In My Dreams/It’s A Sin To Tell A Lie/Sing Everybody Sing/Too Young	Stanley Wyllie	Ritz Belfast 4c/10 Compton	Nigel Ogden Archive	1957

Episode 471 – Compton

This week Damon features instruments made by the John Compton organ company.

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Music Played

Up With The Curtain	David Shepherd	Tavernham Hall, Norfolk 3c/8 Compton	Deroy Records (Deroy 1352)	1976
My Valentine	Declan Poole	St. John Vianney Church, Clayhall London 3/7 Compton	DMC Recording	2022
Mexican Shuffle/Tijuana Taxi	Howard Beaumont	Community Centre, Ryhope 3/9 Compton	Fairview Studios (HB 111)	2019
When I Take My Sugar To Tea	Nigel Ogden	Plaza Cinema, Stockport 3/11 Compton	COS Tapes (COS119)	1988
Every Hour/Cherokee	Dudley Savage	Royal/ABC Plymouth 3/8 Compton	Perfect Partner Records (PP001CD)	2008
Narcissus	Reginald Porter-Brown	Guildhall Southampton 4/50 Compton (Dual Console)	Gemini Records (GM 2021)	1973
Memory Corner: I’ll Be Around/Waltzing In The Clouds/I’m Sure Of Everything But You/Chinatown, My Chinatown	Stanley Wyllie	Ritz Belfast 4c/10 Compton	COS Tapes (COS 122)	1995

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 434 – Melotone Magic

On this week’s show John Leeming has an all Compton show – specifically featuring Comptons with a Melotone Unit.

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Music Played

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

Episode 403 – Tremulating Transistors

On this week’s show John Leeming turns to the sounds of the the Electronic Organ. Sit back and enjoy these fun pipe-less sounds!

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Music Played

Five Sons	Klaus Wunderlich	Hammond H100	Bell Records (BLR 89 099)	2001
Portrait of a Flirt	Nigel Ogden	Hammond H100	Grasmere Records (GRCD 131)	2009
Champs Elysées	Stephen Vincent	Paramount VTPO Samples & Yamaha EL90	Stephen Vincent – YouTube	2021
Rhapsody in Blue/Tico Tico	William Davies	Royal Festival Hall Multi-Colourtone Electronic Instrument	Private Recording	1959
Tico Tico	George Wright	Allen GW4	Banda Records (BAE 5 2004 1)	2004
Pick Yourself Up	Stanley Wyllie	Hammond C3	Private Recording	1983
Root Beer Rag	David Lowe	Lee Valley Ice Centre Hammond C3 with PR200 & Korg synth	Private Recording	1984
Butterflies in the Rain	Eddie Ruhier	Conn Electronic Organ	Private Recording	1973
Oh Marie	Gerhard Gregor	Polydor Studios ‘Strato Organ’	Polydor Records (46 034)	1956