The Organist Encores

By Damon CoxMusic Music History

The Organist Encores episodes

August 31, 2017 Week 196 - From Here to Eternity (Well…Leeds)
On this week's show Damon introduces three new CD's and tells you a little about what he got up to on the Cinema Organ Society's Northern District Convention, which took place last weekend.
30 min
August 24, 2017 Week 195 - The Bs
On this weeks show John Leeming is at the microphone to tell you there are/were a heck of a lot of theatre organists whose surname begins/began with B, so I pulled a random selection off the shelf and selected tracks from those.
32 min
August 17, 2017 Week 194 - Summer Send off from the music Mann
On this weeks show we will be playing highlights from John Mann's final summer show at the Eastbourne Winter Gardens. John, for the last 36 years, has being performing his one man summer shows on his trusty Eminent Grand Theatre 2000 and Grand piano. It's a typical John Mann show but there are a few surprises along the way!
37 min
August 10, 2017 Week 193 - Take The A Train!
This is your guard speaking - On this week's show we are bringing you back the golden age of stream trains and luxury travel. With no chance of any delays, we advise passengers that the Blackpool Belle, Coronation Scott and Orient Express are but a few of the departures on the show. So sit back and enjoy the journey as expert divers of the mighty theatre organ take you up and down the line!
32 min
August 03, 2017 Week 192 - The Magic Of Maclean
On this week's Chris Borg delves in the artistry of pioneering theatre organ technician Quentin MacLean. Mac's musicianship is well loved by many organ fans world wide, his crisp playing on classical works is matched by his sense of humour on his novelty items. This show just scratches the surface of Mac recording output, and I hope you will enjoy the selection Chris has chosen to play!
33 min
July 27, 2017 Week 191 - Music From 1930
On this week's show Damon starts the first of ten shows talking us through the 1930's, a decade full of proper music! The series will be spread out of the next few months and each year will feature music either written in, popularized in or from a musical/stage production that ran that year! Tunes this week include, Embraceable You, Love For Sale, Get Happy and many more!
35 min
July 20, 2017 Week 190 - Gypsy In My Soul with David Ivory
On this week's show we venture to Suffolk and to the Cotton Mechanical Musical Museum. This vintage 2 manual Wurlitzer leads itself to the stye of its long running resident organist David Ivory. Davids going to plays a selection from his 2017 concert theme - Gypsy!
33 min
July 13, 2017 Week 189 - New Additions
On this week's show Damon plays some new additions to the archive. Artists include John Atwell, Scott Harrison, John Mann, Nigel Ogden and many more!
36 min
July 06, 2017 Week 188 - The American Way
This week Damon celebrates the 4th of July - Independence day in the states. So with that in mind all the tracks show off the bid American Sound - and some of the finest American organist to produce it!
33 min
June 29, 2017 Week 187 - Copy: Off The Shelf
This week's show is a bit like last week's show....only with a different presenter...and different music....!
35 min