Vintage era organists (mostly!)
StartNameArtistAlbumYearComments
Lullaby Of BirdlandEddie WeaverPlays The Byrd Theatre Organ [Century Custom LP]
4-17 Wurlitzer, Byrd Theatre, Richmond, VA
2:51Jing-a-Ling, Jing-a-LingSteve SchlesingParamount 4502022VTPO
5:14I Wish You LoveGus FarneyConcert: Organ Loft, Salt Lake City 1964-02-0619645-34 Wurlitzer, Organ Loft, Salt Lake City, UT; core of organ is former dual console 3-19 Wurlitzer, Paramount Theatre, Staten Island, NY
7:20(What Can I Say) After I Say I'm Sorry?Dave QuinlanPrivate: Organ Loft, Salt Lake City 1964-1019645-34 Wurlitzer, Organ Loft, Salt Lake City, UT
10:55FlamingoJim RoseveareATOS 1986 Richmond - Mosque Theatre 1986-07-0819863-17 Wurlitzer, Mosque Theatre, Richmond, VA; recorded by William O. Schlotter on DAT
14:53Chattanooga Choo ChooJonas NordwallOrgan Grinder, Portland: Volume 2 [LP OGP-102]
4-42 Wurlitzer, Organ Grinder, Portland, OR
21:38Empty SaddlesVic HammettBye Bye Blues [Audiocord ACD 232]19964-14 Wurlitzer, Granada Theatre, Tooting, London; CD released 2002
24:12So Beats My Heart For YouEddie BakerShuffle Off To Buffalo [Ralbar SLBP-1025]
4-18 Marr & Colton, Shea's Roosevelt Theatre, Buffalo, NY; currently in Gary Shipe residence, Buffalo
29:20The Rusty Pail (take 3)Fats WallerThe Complete Recorded Works [JSP927 A-D]1927Estey, Victor's Trinity Church Studios, Camden, NJ; Take 3
32:48Handful of KeysMark LaflinA Handful Of Keys20123-9 Wurlitzer, Neuadd Pendre, Tywyn, Wales; ex-Granada Cinema, Woolwich (1937), plus Orchestral Oboe
35:58I'm Crazy About My Baby (And My Baby's Crazy 'bout Me)Dick SmithConcert: Allen GW319-EX, Mike Phillips Residence 2007-05-172007Allen GW319-EX, Mike Phillips Residence, Chesterfield, VA
39:08Viper's Drag (The Reefer Song)Dick HymanCincinnati Fats [Musical Heritage CD]19873-30 Wurlitzer, Emery Theatre, Cincinnati, OH
42:27Alligator CrawlAndrew FennerTheatre Organ [Concert Recording CR-0059]
4-15 Compton, Odeon Theatre, Hammersmith, London
45:46Don't Try Your Jive On MeFats WallerFats Waller In London [EMI World Record Club SHB 29]19383-8 Compton, EMI Studios, London; 28 August, 1938
49:24The Jitterbug WaltzDick HymanCincinnati Fats [Musical Heritage CD]19873-30 Wurlitzer, Emery Theatre, Cincinnati, OH
53:17Military ShuffleDoreen ChadwickCinema Organ Encores Vol 46 [Deroy 1056 Reprocessed stereo]19744-14 Wurlitzer, Gaumont Cinema, Manchester
56:20Tell MeLeonard MacClainGolden Years Of Theatre Organ [Vantage DLP-6300]
3-31 Kimball, Stanton Theatre, Baltimore, MD
58:50I Love LouisaEdwin LaMarrPipe Organ Pops [Allegro 1705]1952Edwin LaMarr is an alias used by Edwin Lamar "Buddy" Cole. LP was most likely recorded on the 3/8 Robert Morton in his home studio.
60:59Top Hat, White Tie And TailsEverett NourseFrank Killinger (Doric Records) unreleased
4-14 Robert Morton, Warnors Theatre, Fresno, CA; recorded by Frank Killinger for CD but never released; mastered by Dick Clay
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