Vic Hammett – The Organist Encores

Episode 671 – All Original Part 4

This week Damon continues his series looking at UK original Installations that have survived.

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Music Played

Theres No Business Like Showiness	Michael Wooldridge	Granada Harrow 3c/8 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Recording	2026
Blue Moon/Bugle Call Rag	Damon Cox	Granada Harrow 3c/8 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Recording	2026
Yesterday/Can’t Buy Me Love	Michael Wooldridge	Granada Harrow 3c/8 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	2026
‘The Boyfriend’ Selection: The Boy Friend/A Room In Bloomsbury/Fancy Forgetting/It’s Never Too Late To Fall In Love/I Could Be Happy With You	Keith Beckingham	Granada Harrow 3c/8 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1968
By A Sleepy Lagoon	John Mann	Granada Harrow 3c/8 Wurlitzer	Wayne Ivany Collection
Play To My Gipsy	Vic Hammett	Granada Harrow 3c/8 Wurlitzer	Wayne Ivany Collection
Fate In Santa Lucia	Louis Mordish	Granada Harrow 3c/8 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1992
Says My Heart	Damon Cox	Granada Harrow 3c/8 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Recording	2026

Episode 669 – More New Tapes

This week Damon delves more into the latest batch of tapes.

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Music Played

Cockney Capers	Gerald Shaw	Odeon Leicester Square, London 5c/17 Compton	TOEnc Archive	1961
Dinkie Donkey	Reginald Porter-Brown	BBC Theatre Organ No.2, Hoxton, London 5/27 Möller	TOEnc Archive	1963
I’ll Follow My Secret Heart	Vic Hammett	Granada, Tooting London 4/14 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1967
Little Brazilian Soldier	George Blackmore	Gaumont State, Kilburn 4/16 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1963
There’s No Business Like Show Business/I Talk To The Trees/Dinah/Tenderly/Pretty Little Black-Eyed Suzie	Joseph Seal	Ritz Richmond 3/8 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1954
Strike Up The Band/Oh Lady Be Good/I Got Rhythm	Reginald Porter-Brown	BBC Theatre Organ No.2, Hoxton, London 5/27 Möller	TOEnc Archive	1963
I Can Give You The Starlight/It’s Only A Paper Moon/Now Is The Hour	Horace Finch	Empress Ballroom, Blackpool 3/13 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1962
The Old Pianna Rag	Reginald Dixon	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1961

Episode 664 – All Original Part 3

This week Damon continues his series looking at UK original Installations that have survived.

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Music Played

Rhapsody in Blue	Harold Ramsay & Patricia Rossborough	Granada, Tooting London 4/14 Wurlitzer	Parlophone (R1895) Wayne Ivany Collection	1934
Who’s Afraid Of The Big Bad Wolf	Don Baker	Granada, Tooting London 4/14 Wurlitzer	Parlophone (R1687) Wayne Ivany Collection	1933
Charade	Robinson Cleaver	Granada, Tooting London 4/14 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1966
Pedro From Palamos	Bobby Pagan	Granada, Tooting London 4/14 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1963
Waltz Time: Sweet September/Falling In Love With Love/Lover	Jackie Brown	Granada, Tooting London 4/14 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1968
Consoling The Console	Reginald Porter-Brown	Granada, Tooting London 4/14 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1958
Lullaby Of The Leaves	Vic Hammett	Granada, Tooting London 4/14 Wurlitzer	Audicord (ACD 232)	1980
Louise	Bryan Rodwell	Granada, Tooting London 4/14 Wurlitzer	Ventures In Sound (VIS-B3)

Episode 659 – Raid On My Archive

This week John Leeming raids his archive.

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Music Played

This Could Be the Start of Something Big [part]	Nigel Ogden	Free Trade Hall, Manchester 4/20 Wurlizer	Private recording	1977
Teddy Bears’ Rave-Up	Nigel Ogden	Plaza Cinema, Stockport 3/11 Compton	Cinema Organ Society Tapes (COS119)	1990
Scintillating Stars	Bryan Rodwell	Scala Cinema, Rotherham 3/9 Conacher	Private recording	c1985
I’m Beginning to See the Light	Dan Bellomy	London South Bank University 4/24 Wurlitzer	Bandleader Records OS Digital (OS239)	c1993
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square	Vic Hammett	BBC Theatre organ, Jubilee Chapel, Hoxton, London 5/27 Möller	Private Recording	c1962
Satin Doll	Armsbee Bancroft	Granada Theatre, Harrow 3/8 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	c1960
C’est Si Bon	Dudley Beaven	BBC Theatre Organ, St George’s Hall, London 4/23 Compton	Private recording	1938
Tell Me I’m Forgiven	Bobby Pagan	Granada Theatre, Kingston-on-Thames 3c/10 Wurlitzer	Private recording	1969
I Left My Heart in San Francisco/Auld Land Syne/San Francisco	George Wright	Fox Theatre, San Francisco 4/36 Wurlitzer	Private recording	1963

Episode 651 – New Year Requests

This week Damon celebrates New Years Day with your requests!

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Music Played

Bye Bye Blues	Vic Hammett	Granada, Tooting London 4/14 Wurlitzer	Audicord (ACD 232)	1980
Scintillating Stars	Paul Roberts	‘M’ Ranch, Sutton-In-Ashfield 3c/11 Wurlitzer	Wessex Sound And Vision (WSV008CD)	1998
California Here I Come/Five Foot Two Eyes Of Blue/When Your Smiling	Unknown	National Motorcycle Museum, Birmingham 3/27 Wurlitzer-Robert Morton	Sovereign Music (SOV003CD)	1991
Country Gardens	Nigel Ogden	Tatton Hall, Knutsford, Cheshire 3/95 Henry Willis	Lancastrian Theatre Organ Trust (LTOT 8622)	1986
Aquarium	Nigel Ogden	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	OS Digital (OS 230)	1998
Teddy Bears’ Rave-Up	Nigel Ogden	Plaza Cinema, Stockport 3/11 Compton	COS Tapes (COS119)	1988
Ground Force Suite	Alec Walters	Troxy Stepney London 4/25 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Recording	2024
Blue Moon	Len Rawle	Marine Arcade, Douglas, Isle Of Man 2/10 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Recording	2019
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
The Man That Got Away	Simon Gledhill	Sanfilippo Music Salon, Barrington Hills IL 5/80 Wurlitzer	Musical Contrasts (MCI-210)	1997
Harlem	Reginald Porter-Brown	Town Hall, Marrickville, Sidney, Australia 2/10 Wurlitzer	Deroy Records (Deroy 1020)	1974
Favourites Old And New: Georgias Gotta Moon/I’ll Come When You Call/I’ll Never Stop Loving You/Seventeen/Goodnight Melody	Joseph Seal	Regal/ABC Kingston 3/12 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1955
Hallelujah/Lover Come Back To Me/Who?/Merry Widow Waltz/Girls, Girls, Girls	Watson Holmes	Opera House, Blackpool 3/13 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive
Darktown Strutters Ball	Phil Kelsall	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1986

Episode 641 – Waynes Wonders

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

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Music Played

Bonsoir	Joseph Seal	ABC Theatre, Kingston-upon-Thames 3/12 Wurlitzer	ABC private disc	1950s
March from ‘Things to Come’	Richard Hills	Apollo Theatre, Hammersmith, London 4/15 Compton	Private recording	2016
Polka Dots and Moonbeams	Bryan Rodwell	Odeon Cinema, Leicester Square, London 5c/17 Compton	Private recording	1976
Poupée Valsante	John Mann	Granada Theatre, Kingston-upon-Thames 3c/10 Wurlitzer	Private recording	1975
I Hate Myself for Being So Mean to You	Vic Hammett	Granada Theatre, Kingston-upon-Thames 3c/10 Wurlitzer	Private Recording	1973
Hoilday for Strings	Gerald Shaw	The Plough Inn, Great Munden 3/11 Compton	MJV Records (BEV SLP 1321)	1971
How Many Hearts Have You Broken?/Imagination/Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams	Robin Richmond	Gaumont State Theatre, Kilburn, London 4/16 Wurlitzer	Private recording	c1974
‘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 Day	Robinson Cleaver	BBC Theatre Organ, London 5c/27 Möller	Private Recording	1950
Goodnight Melody	Joseph Seal	ABC Theatre, Kingston-upon-Thames 3/12 Wurlitzer	ABC private disc	1970

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 Brigade	Nigel Ogden	Plaza Cinema, Stockport 3/11 Compton	SLO4025	2002
On Green Dolphin Street	Bryan Rodwell	Capital Cinema, Aberdeen 3/6 Compton
Peanut Polka	Nicolas Martin	Plaza Cinema, Stockport 3/11 Compton	Nigel Ogden Archive
William Tell Overture	Reginald Porter-Brown	Regal Cinema Torquay 3/11 Compton	Private
Where are you/There’s no Two Ways about it	Sidney Torch	Regal Cinema, Kingston Upon Thames 3/12 Wurlitzer	Colombia	1937
Tonight’s the Night/When I Take My Sugar to Tea	Joseph Seal	Ritz Cinema Belfast 4/10 Compton	Live Broadcast	1950
Laura	Gerald Shaw	Odeon Leicester Square 5/17 Compton	Private	1965
Petite Waltz	Reginald Holland	Odeon, Blackpool 4/13 Conacher	Priavte	1961
Avalon	Robin Richmond/Vic Hammett	Regal Cinema Edmonton 4/15 Christie	Private	1979
I’m Beginning to See the Light	Nigel Ogden	Astra Llandudno, 3/8 Christie	COS	2019

Episode 635 – Concert Recording – Part 1

This week Damon features tracks from the Concert Recording label.

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Music Played

Flying Scotsman	Jackie Brown	Granada, Tooting London 4/14 Wurlitzer	Concert Recording (CR-SO58)
Mighty Like A Rose	Arnold Loxam	Paramount/Odeon Leeds 3/19 Wurlitzer	Concert Recording (CR-0039)	1968
Have You Met Miss Jones?	Bryan Rodwell	Paramount/Odeon Leeds 3/19 Wurlitzer	Concert Recording (CR-0044)	1968
Too Late Now	Gerald Shaw	Odeon Leicester Square, London 5c/17 Compton	Concert Recording (CR-0017)	1968
Collection of Can Cans	Andrew Fenner	Odeon Hammersmith 4/15 Compton	Concert Recording (CR-0059)	1969
Song Of Alassio	Vic Hammett	Town Hall Buckingham 3/10 Wurlitzer	Concert Recording (CR-0006)	1966
Primero	Douglas Reeve	Dome Brighton 4/40 Hill Norman and Beard ‘Christie’	Concert Recording (CR-0020)	1967
Adios	George Blackmore	Regal/Odeon Marble Arch, London 4/37 Christie	Concert Recording (CR-0010)	1967
To A Wild Rose	Robinson Cleaver	Granada, Tooting London 4/14 Wurlitzer	Concert Recording (CR-0036)	1968
Sentimental Gentleman From Georgia	Len Rawle	Tonawanda, 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 Chambira	Gerald Shaw	Odeon Leicester Square, London 5c/17 Compton	Concert Recording (CR-0017)	1968
Dansero	Keith Beckingham	Granada, Harrow, London 3c/8 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1968
Porto-Rico	George Blackmore	Empire Leicester Square 4/20 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1961
Radio Samba	Len Rawle	Ritz Ballroom, Brighouse 3/10 Wurlitzer	Piping Hot (PH2009)	2003
El Samba Chico	Nigel Ogden	Thursford Collection, Fakenham 3/19 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1982
Sambalina	Vic Hammett	Town Hall Buckingham 3/10 Wurlitzer	Saga Soc (STSOC 1037)	1967
Wave	David Shepherd	The Plough, Great Munden 3/11 Compton	Tonawanda Sound (TWS 1002)	1974
The Anaconda – Samba	Damon Cox	Studio Standaart, Byfleet 2/11 Standaart	Private Recording	2025
Tango: Tango 65	Phil Kelsall	Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer	Grasmere Records (GRCD108)	2001
From Here To Eternity	Howard Beaumont	New Victoria Centre, Howden-le-Wear 3/19 Wurlitzer	Fairview Studios (HB106)	2017
El Adorno	David Lowe	Neuadd 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 Gustard	Regent Leamington Spa 2/5 Compton	TOEnc Archive	1959
a) The Happy Waltz b) Lonely Ballerina c) When I Fall In Love d) The Waltzing Yodeler (Hammett) e) The Whistling Boy	Vic Hammett	Stanford Hall, Loughborough 2/5 Wurlitzer	TOEnc Archive	1960