Community Keyboards

A special programme celebrating the many homes of the ex Oldham Gaumont Wurlitzer organ.

Special credit to the Cinema Organ Society and David Lowe for the story as told in the Summer 2023 COS Journal. Additional musical itrems from the collection of Ian Wolstenholme

In this special programme, Ian is joined by BRETT WALES who goes back to his roots in creating the legendary Wersi HELIOS organ sound and chats about the idea for the new album.

You can obtain a digital download of HELIOS or the CD version from www.brettwales.com

A Community Keyboards Special edition featuring organist GLYN MADDEN talking with Ian Wolstenholme about his life as MR YAMAHA. Recorded on location at Cheadle Organ society, Manchester, on 3rd April 2023

Welcome to another edition of the award-winning Community Keyboards - celebrating all that's best from the King of Instruments in all its guises - from theatre and classical organs to the latest in digital keyboard technology and beyond.

On this programme musicnfrom HUGH WALLINGTON, NIGEL OGDEN, TORBEN GOLDIN, TONY BACK, JIMMY McGRIFF, RICHARD HILLS, KEN HALL, CHIHO SUNAMOTO, GLYN MADDEN, HECTOR OLIVERA, RON FRASER, BEV HARRISON and KLAUS WUNDERLICH.

This will be the last episode in the present series but do listen our for "specials" in 2023.

Thanks for listening.

Welcome to another edition of the award-winning Community Keyboards - celebrating all that's best from the King of Instruments in all its guises - from theatre and classical organs to the latest in digital keyboard technology and beyond.

On this programme, music from DAVID GILSON, ALEX McALLISTER, ANDY CARVILL, JOHN ATWELL, BARRY HALL, ALLAN MURRAY and NIGEL OGDEN.  We visit the Capri Theatre in Adelaide and chat with BARB CORNISH and BARRY HALL about the venue and Wurlitzer.

Welcome to another edition of the award-winning Community Keyboards - celebrating all that's best from the King of Instruments in all its guises - from theatre and classical organs to the latest in digital keyboard technology and beyond. On this programme we return to a couple of concerts we recorded at Stockport Town Hall and Victoria Hall in Saltaire as part of last August's COS Northern Convention starring RICHARD HILLS and MARK HERMAN

Sit back and enjoy some great theatre organ sounds from two great performers.

Welcome to another edition of the award-winning Community Keyboards - celebrating all that's best from the King of Instruments in all its guises - from theatre and classical organs to the latest in digital keyboard technology and beyond. On this programme a mixed bag of ancient and modern!  We turn the clock back 50 years to feature the Philips Philicorda played by KEN BAKER, listen to some great Lowrey tracks on vinyl from JERRY ALLEN, hear a 63 year old recording of REGINALD DIXON MBE which cost 63p in new money!

Our special guest is ANDREW GILBERT who has made some superb recordings at home on his Roland Atelier AT900 Platinum Edition exclusively for the programme and we listen to a recording of "Voice of Youth - Princess Elizabeth - performed by RICHARD HILLS at the Stockport Town Hall WurliTzer.

Welcome to another edition of the award-winning Community Keyboards - celebrating all that's best from the King of Instruments in all its guises - from theatre and classical organs to the latest in digital keyboard technology and beyond. 

The August bank holiday weekend saw the return of the Cinema Organ Society’s Northern Convention featuring several of the area’s theatre organs and a dozen or so organists to entertain on them.  Our microphones visited the Stockport Town Hall where RICHARD HILLS provided an excellent programme to show the many nuances of the Queen Wurlitzer so sit back and let’s join the audience.

Following on from that, a first-time visit to the Saltaire Wurlitzer for American star organist MARK HERMAN where, once again, we recorded some musical highlights from his concert there.

Many thanks to the Trustees of the COS Northern District and the Lancastrian Theatre Organ Trust for kind permission to record their instruments.  All recordings remain copyright of Oldham Community Broadcasting Limited

Welcome to another edition of the award-winning Community Keyboards - celebrating all that's best from the King of Instruments in all its guises - from theatre and classical organs to the latest in digital keyboard technology and beyond. On this programme it’s another opportunity to turn the clock back to hear again some classic keyboard instrument sounds which were released on 33 and a third rpm vinyl.  All this time are examples of Hammond organ used in varying ways by three contrasting exponents of such.

Music from RONALD CURTIS, TONY BACK and KEN GRIFFIN on Hammond organs

Welcome to another edition of the award-winning Community Keyboards - celebrating all that's best from the King of Instruments in all its guises - from theatre and classical organs to the latest in digital keyboard technology and beyond. On this programme, music and conversation from AARON HAWTHORN and a preview of his latest "creepy" project - NOSFERATU - A SYMPHONY OF HORROR.  We also meet the musician behind the music ALLAN MURRAY who is one of our regular contributors to the programme.  We have a couple of tracks recorded by ANDREW GILBERT especially for the programme on his Roland Atelier AT900 Platinum organ.

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