The Mighty Wurlitzer. Gems from the golden age of cinema, ballroom and theatre organs.
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- 2008 collection of organ-ic favorites. In Britain, owing largely to the enormous popularity of the organ at the Tower Ball, Blackpool, Wurlitzer has become a generic for all makes of cinema/theatre organ. Elsewhere, while the distinction may have been clearer, the Wurlitzer sound was rated superior to that of other `Unit' organs. Whereas eighteen of the tracks on this CD are of Wurlitzers, only five are Comptons although Compton built more British cinema organs than any other firm. Wurlitzer eclipsed its rivals, however, for as Geoffrey Wyatt stylishly observed (in At The Mighty Organ, in 1974) if Comptons [had] all the colors of the spectrum squeezed out on an artist's pallet, Wurlitzers had captured the rainbow itself. Bygone Day.
1. Joseph Seal - guys and dolls- selection sit-down you´re rocking the boat i ll-know if i were a bell. (0:01)
2. Donald Thorne-spooky-takes-a-holiday (3:06)
3..Harold Ramsay-popular-melodies (6:07)
4. Leslie James-medley-of-old-songs (9:10)
5. Quentin Maclean-marigold (12:09)
6. Sandy Macpherson-from-my-post-bag (15:29)
7. Bobby Pagan-bobby-pagan-s-hit-parade. (18:32)
8. Reginald Foort-louise (22:13)
9. Sindney Torch-bugle-call-rag (24:54)
10. Reginald Dixon-parade-medley-no-1-part-1-sam-s-song-goodnight-irene-bibbidi-bobbidi-boo (27:40)
11. Terance Casey-the-whistler-and-his-dog (30:53)
12. Al Bollington-onlight-rhapsody-medley-shine-on-harvest-moon-i-love-the-moon-lover-come-back-to-me (33:25)
13. Joseph Seal-popular-favourites-medley-lullaby-of-broadway-for-you-when-i-take-my-sugar-to-tea (36:40)
14. Reginald Dixon-dancing-at-the-tower-medley-no-7-part-1-quicksteps-there-s-always-room-at-our-house-why-worry-down-yonder. (39:37)
15. Reginald Dixon-blackpool-song-mixture (42:33)
16. Reginald Foort - Blancanieves y los siete enanitos de Cine Medley Silbando al trabajar Algún día mi príncipe Will Come (45:58)
17. Horace Finch-finch-favourites-medley-no-7-part-1-arm-in-arm-just-you-and-me-you-made-me-care-a-little-rain-must-fall (49:15)
18. Sandy Macpherson-from-my-post-bag-hit-medley-no-3-part-2-amapola-i-understand-south-american-way (52:26)
19. Jesse Crawford-singin-in-the-rain (55:30)
20. Lloyd Thomas-donkey-serenade (58:36)
21. Edward o Henry-swonderful (1:01:53)
22. H Robinson Cleaver-musical-sweethearts-medley-polly-dinah-nola (1:05:13)
23. Joseph Seal-popular-favourites-medley-part-2-i-ll-see-you-in-my-dreams-bye-bye-blues-i-ll-see-you-again (1:08:31)
24. Leslie James-medley-of-old-songs-where-did-you-get-that-hat-the-honeysuckle-and-the-bee-the-whistling-coon-pom-tiddly-om-pom-silver-threads-among-the-gold-let-s-all (1:11:20)
25. Quentin Maclean-marigold
26. Reginald Foort-louise
Have Just come across this great video there,s no sound like it is there have loved these theatre organ,s for over 60 years BRILLIANT .
This is just wonderful. Sounds of an era in which those large theater organs were the showpiece of the fabulous movie palaces. Our Wurlitzer Theater pipe organ 235 special was installed in our Tivoli Theater, Chattanooga, Tenn. in 1924. It is still playable, but I can't think of a recent time when a concert was given with just the organ. As a side note, Edwin Lemare, the foremost organist of his day, was our civic organist. He served from 1924-1929, playing the awesome Austin pipe organ at the Soldiers and Sailors Auditorium.
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imagine hearing it live.......
I've heard it in the ballroom in Blackpool.
@@rossmith5471 must have brought out all your emotions
I've heard it in an art deco cinema in Sydney. Apparently one of only about 100 at most left in any cinema in the world
theres nothing quite like it !
I’ve heard it at the Capri theatre in Adelaide, Australia.
uncle had a Wurlitzer in his cabin home up northern Michigan .I played it a lot. Neighbours came around and thought it was him. Gave it to a church to use. I almost got it, had an Estey Freedom he gave me 2 others before Estey, now have a Carnival Lowery. Mom and my Uncle encouraged me to play this instrument
Kathleen Gleeson I had a six stop Estey reed organ when I was a child. It had two rows of reeds one octave apart. The keyboard was split in the middle hence four of the stops. The remaining two were swell flaps and could be operated by the knee lever.
Thanks for uploading this, Luis. I thoroughly enjoyed it. I love theatre pipe organs! Used to play but now I just listen.
We had a few older organist now gone who could play the good old day sounds ..its now a lost treasure..now these guys play fast..like there in some hurry..the old gen made theses organs sing..clearly..a lost art..i was 10 or so..an 80 yr old man came in and played befor a show on a sunday ..didnt know his name..but made a 16 rank theatre sound big..
You are right, the young turks--on both sides of the pond--play far too fast--and absolutely overuse reeds and effects. They forget that all those notes were once attached to words--usually with a narrative--and the reason people remember the song.
@@randellfranklynbusby2334 Hi Frank. Tico tico is a classic example..just trying singing along to this...TICO TICO TICS , TICO TICO TOCS , TICO TICO IS THE CUCO IN MY CLOCK.
What a treat hearing all these Masters! Many thanks, beautiful music.
welcome
welcome
Great
Great stuff from an age past. Thanks.
Stunning. Thank you.
got to hear this live at my local cinema, it was great! Looking it up, apparently there's either only a few 100 left in the WORLD, to about 38ish, depending on how you define left (former includes wurlitzers not in original conditions and/or usually in tatters, and latter is as original as you can get)
Super excellent with very good interesting photo
Very nice collection! Thank you for sharing it.
Many thanks for uploading these tracks. It must have taken some time to type up the very interesting information and track list. many don't bother. Many thank for a great lunch break of Wurlitzer.!
Picture looks like "Big Berta" at the Alabama Theater in US.
Pretty sure you are right--I rode the old girl many years ago. She was a cougar even then.
My first hearing of "Polly". Cute tune.
Super excellent
Truly delightful
We played this video as background music when we had to mute Sausage Party to keep my 2 year old niece from hearing the profanity and the music fits the action most of the time.
LOL...kind of the reverse of the classic "Dark Side of the Moon" / "Wizard of OZ" pairing.
Lol
30:53 Whistler and His Dog
1:05:13 H Robinson Cleaver
Bill Vlascik somewhere my love on wurlitzer
Thanks, Luis, for putting this within my reach. Is there a full listing of who & what is played? The first item is surely Donald Thorne at the small Christie at the Granada, Willesden, N-W London. Who and what else?
I wonder if this music is good in a bar? It just sounds too cool
Not enough room for all the pipes, But there is Organ Stop Pizza in Mesa AZ.
I remember hearing there was one in a bar in Panama, some info suggest it’s likely in a church now
Which organ is Lloyd Thomas playing in Donkey Serenade? Thanks!
Is the Wurlitzer organ at the Granada Theatre, Tooting, UK.
Tooting Granada
Gordon Exmouth UK
How that description on Wurlitzer being a Superior sound. Hmm, I've heard some real nasty Wurlitzers over the years that many a Compton would have put to shame!
@new republic of dave There is more than one in Blackpool!
@new republic of dave There is one in the Opera House at the Winter Gardens and one in the Empress Ballroom in the Winter Gardens. All three are featured on my channel.
How true! And I've also heard, and played, some Comptons that make flatulence an infinitely more desirable auditory experience.
@@randellfranklynbusby2334 Yep! All builders produced good and not so good instruments. Some of it too is a reflection on the organist, some can great sounds out of some not so great instruments, and vice versa.
@@OrganMusicYT Don’t forget that tuning an organ is also an endangered skill that many “reputable” companies do not proficiently… such as one out of central Georgia.
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I used to like rhe sound of cinema organs but now the mushyness of it get son my nerves...and I prefer a clear church organ!
Still plenty of theatre organs out there with plenty of snap, buzz and clarity!
Bit crap
Had the mirror handy?!
Gordon Exmouth UK