Vic Hammett

Episode 641 – Waynes Wonders

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

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Music Played

BonsoirJoseph SealABC Theatre, Kingston-upon-Thames

3/12 Wurlitzer		ABC private disc1950s
March from ‘Things to Come’Richard HillsApollo Theatre, Hammersmith, London

4/15 Compton		Private recording2016
Polka Dots and MoonbeamsBryan RodwellOdeon Cinema, Leicester Square, London

5c/17 Compton		Private recording1976
Poupée ValsanteJohn MannGranada Theatre, Kingston-upon-Thames

3c/10 Wurlitzer		Private recording1975
I Hate Myself for Being So Mean to YouVic HammettGranada Theatre, Kingston-upon-Thames

3c/10 Wurlitzer		Private Recording1973
Hoilday for StringsGerald ShawThe Plough Inn, Great Munden

3/11 Compton		MJV Records (BEV SLP 1321)1971
How Many Hearts Have You Broken?/Imagination/Wrap Your Troubles in DreamsRobin RichmondGaumont State Theatre, Kilburn, London

4/16 Wurlitzer		Private recordingc1974
‘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 DayRobinson CleaverBBC Theatre Organ, London

5c/27 Möller		Private Recording1950
Goodnight MelodyJoseph SealABC Theatre, Kingston-upon-Thames

3/12 Wurlitzer		ABC private disc1970

Episode 639 – British Light Show

This week Robert Hope-Jones has an extended show organs with illumined surrounds.

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Music Played

The Charge of the Light BrigadeNigel OgdenPlaza Cinema, Stockport

3/11 Compton		SLO40252002
On Green Dolphin StreetBryan RodwellCapital Cinema, Aberdeen

3/6 Compton
Peanut PolkaNicolas MartinPlaza Cinema, Stockport

3/11 Compton		Nigel Ogden Archive
William Tell OvertureReginald Porter-BrownRegal Cinema Torquay

3/11 Compton		Private
Where are you/There’s no Two Ways about itSidney TorchRegal Cinema, Kingston Upon Thames

3/12 Wurlitzer		Colombia 1937
Tonight’s the Night/When I Take My Sugar to TeaJoseph SealRitz Cinema Belfast

4/10 Compton		Live Broadcast 1950
LauraGerald ShawOdeon Leicester Square

5/17 Compton		Private1965
Petite WaltzReginald HollandOdeon, Blackpool

4/13 Conacher		Priavte1961
AvalonRobin Richmond/Vic HammettRegal Cinema Edmonton

4/15 Christie		Private1979
I’m Beginning to See the LightNigel OgdenAstra Llandudno,

3/8 Christie		COS2019

Episode 635 – Concert Recording – Part 1

This week Damon features tracks from the Concert Recording label.

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Music Played

Flying ScotsmanJackie BrownGranada, Tooting London

4/14 Wurlitzer		Concert Recording (CR-SO58)
Mighty Like A RoseArnold LoxamParamount/Odeon Leeds

3/19 Wurlitzer		Concert Recording (CR-0039)1968
Have You Met Miss Jones?Bryan RodwellParamount/Odeon Leeds

3/19 Wurlitzer		Concert Recording (CR-0044)1968
Too Late NowGerald ShawOdeon Leicester Square, London

5c/17 Compton		Concert Recording (CR-0017)1968
Collection of Can CansAndrew FennerOdeon Hammersmith

4/15 Compton		Concert Recording (CR-0059)1969
Song Of AlassioVic HammettTown Hall Buckingham

3/10 Wurlitzer		Concert Recording (CR-0006)1966
PrimeroDouglas ReeveDome Brighton

4/40 Hill Norman and Beard ‘Christie’		Concert Recording (CR-0020)1967
AdiosGeorge BlackmoreRegal/Odeon Marble Arch, London

4/37 Christie		Concert Recording (CR-0010)1967
To A Wild RoseRobinson CleaverGranada, Tooting London

4/14 Wurlitzer		Concert Recording (CR-0036)1968
Sentimental Gentleman From GeorgiaLen RawleTonawanda, Chorleywood

4/24 Wurlitzer		Concert Recording (CR-0082)1971

Episode 627 – Latin

This week Damon features music in a Latin vein.

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Music Played

Rio ChambiraGerald ShawOdeon Leicester Square, London

5c/17 Compton		Concert Recording (CR-0017)1968
DanseroKeith BeckinghamGranada, Harrow, London

3c/8 Wurlitzer		TOEnc Archive1968
Porto-RicoGeorge BlackmoreEmpire Leicester Square

4/20 Wurlitzer		TOEnc Archive1961
Radio SambaLen RawleRitz Ballroom, Brighouse

3/10 Wurlitzer		Piping Hot (PH2009)2003
El Samba ChicoNigel OgdenThursford Collection, Fakenham

3/19 Wurlitzer		TOEnc Archive1982
SambalinaVic HammettTown Hall Buckingham

3/10 Wurlitzer		Saga Soc
(STSOC 1037)		1967
WaveDavid ShepherdThe Plough, Great Munden

3/11 Compton		Tonawanda Sound (TWS 1002)1974
The Anaconda – SambaDamon CoxStudio Standaart, Byfleet

2/11 Standaart		Private Recording2025
Tango: Tango 65Phil KelsallTower Ballroom, Blackpool

3/14 Wurlitzer		Grasmere Records (GRCD108)2001
From Here To EternityHoward BeaumontNew Victoria Centre, Howden-le-Wear

3/19 Wurlitzer		Fairview Studios (HB106)2017
El AdornoDavid LoweNeuadd Pendre, Tywyn

3c/8 Wurlitzer		OS Digital (OS239)1998

Episode 616 – 2-5 Special

This week Damon features two Midland Console broadcasts featuring two contrasting 2/5 instruments.

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Music Played

a) The Centipede
b) Serenade To A Beautiful Day
c) Fun And Frolic
d) By The Sleepy Lagoon
e) Autumn Concerto		Sydney GustardRegent Leamington Spa

2/5 Compton		TOEnc Archive1959
a) The Happy Waltz
b) Lonely Ballerina
c) When I Fall In Love
d) The Waltzing Yodeler (Hammett)
e) The Whistling Boy		Vic HammettStanford Hall, Loughborough

2/5 Wurlitzer		TOEnc Archive1960

Episode 607 – The Hour Of Parting

This week John Leeming has mixed bag of music and pays tribute to Paul Sheffield, Paul Quarino and Scott Foppiano.

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Music Played

I Can’t Get StartedMichael WooldridgeNew Victoria Centre, Howden-le-Wear

3/19 Wurlitzer		Merlin Productions (MP 110)2012
Fun and FrolicChris ElliottPlummer Auditorium, Fullerton High School, CA

4/36 Wurlitzer		CPE Productions (CPE-106CD)1998
He Shouldn’t-a Hadn’t-a Oughn’t-a Swang on MeAlec LeaderHammond electronicAvenue Records (AVE095)1971
GuiltyJackie BrownGranada Tooting

4/14 Wurlitzer		Organ of the Month Clubc1960
Melody on the MoveDavid ShepherdTown Hall, Ossett

3/13 Compton-Christie		Amberlee Records (AML305X)1971
Tuxedo JunctionPaul SheffieldLondon South Bank University

4/24 Wurlitzer		Private recording (John Smallwood Collection)1986
Goody GoodyScott FoppianoMarkworth Residence, Omaha, NE

3/24 Kimball		Private Recording (YouTube)2019
Button Up Your Overcoat/Little White LiesPaul QuarinoOrgan Grinder Pizza, Portland, OR

4/51 Wurlitzer		Organ Grinder Records (OG101)1976
Hour of Parting/Now is the Hour/Auld Lang SyneVic HammettWycombe Organ Centre

2/5 Wurlitzer		Private Doric Recording (DO 1409)1971

Episode 587 – Theatre Organ Forecast

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

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Music Played

Sailing ByPhil KelsallTechnics SX-FA1Grasmere Records (GRCD78)1996
Summer SambaPeter Holt3 Js Gomersal, Yorkshire

3/10 Compton		GRS 11761986
Blue TangoReginald DixonTower Ballroom, Blackpool

3/14 Wurlitzer		Encore! (EMI Records) (ENC 198)1952
A Trumpet LullabyAaron Hawthorne (Organ) David Ford (Trumpet)Pollokshaws Burgh Hall, Glasgow

3/19 Wurlitzer		Private
Recording		2020
Getting Sentimental Over YouCon DohertyOdeon Newcastle Upon Tyne

3/19 Wurlitzer		Private
Recording		1964
TambourinRobert WolfeThursford, Norfolk

3/19 Wurlitzer		WPCD052002
We Couldn’t Just Say GoodbyeVic HammetClaude Birk’s Wycombe Organ Centre, Bucks

2/5 Wurlitzer		Doric (DO 1409)
Serenade in BlueBryan RodwellCompton House, Germany (ex-Regal, Putney)

3/7 Compton 		Private
Recording		1994

Episode 579 – A Feminine Touch

This week Robert Hope-Jones introduces us to the great ladies of song.

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Music Played

Once in Love with AmyJack Anderson QuintetBaldwin electronic organAudio Fidelity (5856)1958
LauraBuddy ColeBuddy Cole Residence, Hollywood CA

3/9 Morton		Columbia Records (CL 974)1958
Li’l Darlin’George WrightPortland Theatre, Oregon

3/19 Wurlitzer		Private
Recording		1961
Jeannine, I Dream of Lilac TimeJohn SengSt. Mary of the Lake Seminary, Mundelein

4/19 Howell-Wurlitzer		HP30012016
ChloeVic HammettDendy Theatre, Australia

3/15 Wurlitzer		Private1968
LouiseGordon KibbeeRich Vaughn Residence, LA

5/21 Wurlitzer		Starlite1958
RubyIan McleanVTPOPrivate2017
Stella by StarlightChester SmithFox Special Midi-organYouTube
Have You Met Miss JonesTom HazeltonBattersea Town Hall

4/41 Hope-Jones, Hill Norman & Beard		Private1986

Episode 568 – From The Archive: Vic Hammett

This weeks show is from the archive and features Vic Hammett, at the Town Hall Buckingham

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Music Played

1. Sig Tune: Beyond The Blue Horizon
2. Cherokee
3. I’m Confessin’
4. Pale Moon
5. Throughly Modern Mille/Jimmy
6. I Can Give You The Starlight
7. Got The Bench, Got The Park/A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody
8. Climb Every Mountain
9. Sig Tune: Beyond The Blue Horizon

All tracks played on the 3/10 Wurlitzer in the Town Hall, Buckingham , broadcast 14th December 1967. Recording from the Nigel Ogden Archive.

Episode 557 – Magic Medleys

This week Damon presents an hours of music with four contrasting long selections of music

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Music Played

‘Red, Hot And Blue’ Selection: Overture/It’s De-Lovely/Ours/Ridin’ High/Down In The Depths On The 90th Floor/It’s De-Lovely/FinaleGeorge WrightHollywood Philharmonic Organ at George Wright Residence, Hollywood

4/28 Wurlitzer		BANDA CD (DIDX 438)1985
Here’s To The Ladies: Maria/Marie/Liza/Louise/Peg O’ My Heart/Sweet Georgia Brown/Jean/Say Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose/Rose Marie/Mame/Bess You My WomanJohn AtwellTown Hall, Marrickville, Sidney, Australia

2/11 Wurlitzer		JAmusic (JAM110)2010
‘South Pacific’ Selection: A Wonderful Guy/I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right outa My Hair/Some Enchanted Evening/A Cockeyed Optimist/Bali Ha’i/Younger than Springtime/Honey Bun/This Nearly Was MineVic HammettGranada, Clapham Junction, London

3c/8 Wurlitzer		Cinema Organs Society (COSD 105)2017
Harold Arlen Remembered: Overture/Lose That Long Face/It’s A New World/I’ve Got The World On A String/A Sleepin’ Bee/Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea/Come Rain Or Come Shine/This Time The Dream’s On Me/Stormy Weather/Ding Dong! The Witch Is DeadSimon GledhillWarren Performing Arts Center, Indianapolis IN

3/18 Barton		Simon Gledhill & CIC-ATOS Inc2001