Rare Recordings plus Bill Langford Tribute

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Name
Artist
Album
Year
Comments

Cuanto Le Gusta (La Parranda)
Jimmy Boyce
Plays The Woody Wise Grande Barton [Mark 24118]

3-10 Barton, Virginia Theatre, Alexandria, VA; formerly Paramount Theatre, Newport News, VA

3:09

Spring Parade – selections: Waltzing In The Clouds; It’s Foolish But It’s Fun; When April Sings
David Shepherd
Cinema Organ Encores Vol 71 [Deroy 1236]
1975
2-7 Wurlitzer, Rex Cinema, Stratford, London; now in Royalty Theatre, Bowness-on-Windemere, UK

7:10

Brush Off
Jack Helyer
I’m Happy When I’m Hiking [Crystal CRY 3006]
1968
4-22 Conacher, Odeon (formerly Ritz) Nottingham

10:04

What Is There To Say?
Paul Beaver
Perchance To Dream [Rapture 11111]

3-26 Wurlitzer, Carson/Kearns Studio, Hollywood, CA

14:29

Midnight Tango
Watson Holmes
Cinema Organ Encores Vol 10 [Deroy 886]

3-13 Wurlitzer, Opera House, Blackpool

16:40

If I Could Tell You (Firestone Hour Theme)
Dean Herrick
Cinema Organ Encores 41 [Deroy 1040]
1974
3-18 Wurlitzer, Dean Herrick Residence, Johannesburg, SA; ex-Metro Theatre (3-13), Johannesburg, South Africa

20:27

Hard Hearted Hannah
Bill Coffman
One Hour With You [LRS 2474]
1962
3-11 Wurlitzer from a theatre in Long Beach; Installed in a wood carving shop for 6 years – 1959 to 1965 before installation in Old Town Music Hall in 1968

22:58

March Of The Cobblers; Blaze Away
Jean Martyn
Best Of Both Worlds [Luda LRCD 028]
2007
3-10 Compton, Town Hall Ballroom, Louth, Linconshire

28:16

Girls Were Made To Love And Kiss
Robin Richmond
The Organist Entertains [DJSLM 2031]
1976
3-19 Wurlitzer, Les & Edith Rawle Residence, Northolt, Middlesex; ex-Granada Cinema, Wandsworth Road, London

31:49

On The S.S. Bernard Cohn
Tom Gnaster
A Young Man’s Fancy [Custom Fidelity CFS-2954]

3-16 Wicks, Robert Wheeler Residence, Lockport, IL; ex-Abundant Life Building, Tulsa, OK. Wicks’ first theatre organ since most manufacturers stopped building them in the 1930s. Also had some classical ranks.

35:57

Gypsy Airs
Bert Buhrman
Nostalgia [American Artists AAS-1003]
1971
3-15 Wurlitzer, School of the Ozarks, Pt. Lookout, MO. Formerly in RKO Keiths, Flushing, NY

41:42

It Had Better Be Tonight
Edwin Pegram
On The Wings Of Love [Concert Recording CR-0046]

2-7 Wurlitzer, Ellen Theatre, Bozeman, Montana

45:22

How Long Has This Been Going On?
Ed Welsh
Plays The 4-23 Wonder Morton [Concert Recording CR-0121]

4-23 Robert Morton, Peter Schaeble Residence, Long Island, NY; ex-Valencia Theatre, Jamaica, Long Island, NY

49:56

Sam, The Old Accordion Man
Bill Langford
Gangbusters and Lollipops [Fantasy F-8396]
1970
3-13 Wurlitzer, Ye Olde Pizza Joynt, San Lorenzo, CA; ex-State Theatre, Fresno (2-9 Wurlitzer); console ex-Warfield Theatre, San Francisco

52:34

Mr. Bojangles
Bill Langford
Impressions [Concert Recording CR-0146]
1974
3-13 Wurlitzer, Ye Olde Pizza Joynt, San Lorenzo, CA; ex-State Theatre,