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@screwdriver5181 15 сағат бұрын
Several shots at the Odeon Manchester Wurlitzer now in Stockport town hall.
@Offshoreorganbuilder 22 сағат бұрын
You can see why he was such a success. Thanks for the upload.
@OrganMusicYT 21 сағат бұрын
It's rather amazing he was doing all this on just two manuals. It's inspired so many different versions by other artists over the years.
@FraserGartshore 2 күн бұрын
Beautifully “tidied up” Ross! Haven’t heard this for years.
@OrganMusicYT Күн бұрын
Thanks, Fraser, for your encouraging comments and your support. Makes it all the worth while knowing people like yourself appreciate the effort.
@rosemarysilvester1048 2 күн бұрын
Met him in tywyn
@mike.7021 3 күн бұрын
Oh! Just reading some of the other comments, I was getting all excited about arranging a revisit, but Turners is no longer open😢 so sad does Nick play Wurlitzers at any other venues?
@OrganMusicYT 3 күн бұрын
@@mike.7021 Yes, very sad. This is only two Wurlitzers built for the Paramount circuit in the UK and it was highly regarded. It's sad that it hasn't been heard in all that time. Nick still gives concerts around the UK, the best place to visit to find out where he is playing is the Cinema Organ Societies website which has a pretty comprehensive list of all theatre organ concerts in the UK.
@mike.7021 3 күн бұрын
Wow!! I remember a local pub coach trip to Turners about 20 years ago, it was a great night and the food was excellent, a good time was had by all. With several cameras picking up the various foot and hand actions to make this marvellous music, it was hard to keep up with it all. A brilliant night out, keep up the good works Turners. Not sure if it was Nigel at the organ for that first visit but he certainly knows how to play it! Perhaps it’s time to organise a new outing? Mike.
@OrganMusicYT 3 күн бұрын
As per the video description, Turners closed down in 2001 and the building was demolished. The collection was sold off and the Wurlitzer has remained in storage ever since.
@praestant8 5 күн бұрын
The audio quality is horrific.
@OrganMusicYT 4 күн бұрын
@@praestant8 thank you for telling me something I already know. Now, you go and spend your time, money and effort in trying to preserve a 40 year old VHS tape and get better audio quality.
@larryjohnson6385 5 күн бұрын
Great version of a great classic song 👍👍 Thanks you for posting this 🙏🙏
@OrganMusicYT 4 күн бұрын
Thank you for tuning in, glad you enjoyed.
@user-fp3hb1yl3p 8 күн бұрын
Can any one tell me , when the beautiful glamorous Jane Mansfield came to switch the ilumanation lights on in Blackpool , could be 19 56 ??
@OrganMusicYT 8 күн бұрын
@@user-fp3hb1yl3p Reg Dixon turned them on in 1956, Jane Mansfield was 1959.
@alenavalickova9502 9 күн бұрын
Wow!!! ❤🎉
@Foxybiker72 9 күн бұрын
I have met Phil a few times years ago and he really is a nice guy very genuine. He is still the very best in the world and a pure master of the Mighty Wurlitzer. I have always looked up to him and always will.
@josdesouza 10 күн бұрын
The real Dr. Phibes.
@OrganMusicYT 10 күн бұрын
@@josdesouza just a real musician who provided the musical background for courting couples as they twirled their way around the dance floor, and an entertainer for those who were watching on the sidelines.
@barbaralcharles 15 күн бұрын
A piece new to me.
@OrganMusicYT 15 күн бұрын
Quite well known in theatre organ circles, at least in the UK. Ketelby's compositions were very popular for quite a time.
@JohnCavicchio 15 күн бұрын
Thanks for sharing this. Very nice
@russpeck1320 16 күн бұрын
Good medley, but, like you, I do much prefer Regal Zonophone sound!
@OrganMusicYT 15 күн бұрын
Yes, the distant sound on the Colombia discs doesn't have the same impact. It would be a very different outcome today though and I can hear what they were trying for.
@Tocsin-Bang 18 күн бұрын
My wife and I had our honeymoon in Norfolk, and Robert played a dedication for my wife!
@alexanderleach3365 18 күн бұрын
One of the best pieces of classical music by J.S Bach.
@trevorfleisig9056 21 күн бұрын
Beautifully played by Reg
@TurtleFL 23 күн бұрын
Been hearing "Beside the Seaside" a whole lot lately. I just can't get away from English music :-"
@TurtleFL 23 күн бұрын
Not that I'm trying to. <--- Erstwhile Black Sabbath tribute band singer
@OrganMusicYT 23 күн бұрын
It's always nice to hear, especially on TV and Radio etc. We're so lucky to have an instrument with a sound that is culturally embedded in the fabric of not just England, but the whole of the UK. It shows that Reg Dixons contribution to the organ is still relevant, and still remembered after almost 4 decades since his passing.
@micheallawrence5537 24 күн бұрын
They don't write music like that these days 😔😭
@OrganMusicYT 24 күн бұрын
They most certainly don't. Very much of a different time.
@robroth-zp6wu 29 күн бұрын
Yikes! This reminds me that there is a fully functional theater organ about thirty miles away, housed in a middle school it is "Open" to the public on a regular basis, and amateurs are welcome to play it (I'm not an amateur and was a working musician for 45 years). Obviously I must go and hear it. Then get my courage up and play it.
@donnablankenhorn5905 Ай бұрын
I am watching this in 2024. Is this fine organist still performing?
@OrganMusicYT 29 күн бұрын
Yes, you can still catch him in concert twice a day at the Thursford collection and at various venues around the UK.
@russellhabel5076 Ай бұрын
Have been a big fan of theater pipe organ music for 50 years. Worked in a Chicago roller rink for 18.5 years and listened to the pipe organ 5 nights a week.
@barbaralcharles 29 күн бұрын
If you are new to this channel the blogger has an outstanding collection of Reginald Dixon on the organ as well as other organists. It is truly a unique genre of music and we are so lucky to be able to partake of it.
@OrganMusicYT 24 күн бұрын
How very nice of you to say so. Thank you.
@OrganMusicYT 24 күн бұрын
I have a few tracks of Tony Tahlman at the one of the rinks. Some fantastic stuff there and not too dissimilar a style to what was happening in Blackpool when playing for dancing.
@0u0ak Ай бұрын
Wow. Thanks for posting. I didn't know there were any films of Reg playing.
@bencrawford3846 Ай бұрын
I like the part at 2:27 where everything starts going crazy, meanwhile the piano is desperately trying to keep the rhythm together!😂
@OrganMusicYT Ай бұрын
The piano is attached to the organ, so it's all part of the same instrument.
@bencrawford3846 Ай бұрын
@@OrganMusicYT oh I know that. That's just my way of interpreting the music.
@josephgraif2588 Ай бұрын
demolished to make room for a post office...and today "they" lament the decision. "a day late and a dollar short", eh?
@OrganMusicYT Ай бұрын
Always the way of it. World is full of complete and utter idiots.
@divyeshvyas6600 Ай бұрын
❤❤❤
@stevelong7702 Ай бұрын
I remember Koo Koo Waltz & Button and Bowls from my younger organ days, but never learned them. Love the W Theatre Organs..
@screwdriver5181 Ай бұрын
Anyone know the title of this tune .?
@OrganMusicYT Ай бұрын
Titles are in the video description :)
@richarddietzen3137 Ай бұрын
Could’ve been impossible, but nope!
@johnchambers6150 Ай бұрын
"A Sheer Delight"!
@FraserGartshore Ай бұрын
Yay! Playing catchup on my KZfaq favourites and here it is - one of the best made theatre organ films out there. Great to see it again. Thanks for this and all you do for the theatre organ world👍
@donnablankenhorn5905 Ай бұрын
Organ playing at its best!!
@user-kr6kl3fs7m Ай бұрын
0:01tocatta intro 0:37 tocatta theme 2:42 fuga theme
@russpeck1320 Ай бұрын
Wow, I've never heard "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" played like this! I've always thought of it as a dreamy ballad. Nevertheless, Reg did a terrific job with it. "Lovely to Look At" is also a great favorite of mine. Lastly, Regal gets a terrific sound. First class disc!
@OrganMusicYT Ай бұрын
Trust Reg to add some zip! Regal Zonophone discs seem to be the best of his 30s era. What a shame that the sides he recorded with Rex weren't on Zonophone, the quality of RZ is miles better.
@russpeck1320 Ай бұрын
Fine medley and recording on this one!
@OrganMusicYT 21 күн бұрын
Another one that come through pretty fine which always helps. Totally bucks the trend of what people think the "Blackpool" style is.
@christopherandrews2594 Ай бұрын
The phrasing and choice of registration is perfectly chosen for the music of Cole Porter. A lovely performance.
@jobstludwig6197 Ай бұрын
Furchtbarer Sound 😢😢
@OrganMusicYT Ай бұрын
Thats VHS for you, the sound quality was never all that great. I did spend a some time doing my best to improve it, but you can only do so much with a 35 year old VHS tape.
@jobstludwig6197 Ай бұрын
Diese Orgel klingt schrecklich 😢😢
@OrganMusicYT Ай бұрын
Actually its one of the finest theatre organs ever built, and it's Wurlitzers most successful installation having been played every day since it was installed in 1935. Its probably the most recorded pipe organ in the world, thousands of recordings have been made on it, countless thousands of broadcasts have been made on it too. Its sound has become synonymous with the British seaside, and it is a priceless cultural and musical icon. Try listening to a modern recording of it.
@user-ql7ij7ls5w Ай бұрын
Absolutely brilliantly played 😉 thankyou in 2024 😀.
@RaggyAl1971 Ай бұрын
Personally I think the bloke is overrated.
@OrganMusicYT Ай бұрын
Out of the thousands of comments and millions of views, and countless conversations with some of the finest organists in the world over the years, you are the first to say anything like that to me. You must be very difficult to please.
@davidcarson4421 Ай бұрын
Great quality for 89-year old recording.
@OrganMusicYT Ай бұрын
Regal Zonophone discs are often very good quality, I've found. The material doesn't seem to have suffered from wear as much as some of the other labels.
@duaneboise5389 Ай бұрын
a dear friend, miss him
@wordsmith52 Ай бұрын
One of his early 'hit' compilations! And a great selection! Who was that singing?🥰👍
@OrganMusicYT Ай бұрын
As I understand it, Tom Barrett was the vocalist for this session (14th June 1933)
@senianns9522 Ай бұрын
Wow! That man is literally 'part of the machine'! Brilliant!
@michaelparkinsonnotsir 2 ай бұрын
A brilliant combination of style, vision and music. Michael Parkinson
@hokitika4888 2 ай бұрын
Playing the Hammond organ the way it should be played ,absolutely brilliant
@davenicholas1946 2 ай бұрын
I first heard Reginald Dixon 1951 met first time 1954 in 1968 did two shows Kingston-on-Thames and Argyle St Glasgow I was with Conn organ Fred Woods at Bolton we did a short duet at those venues also the Odeon Bolton with Reginald Dixon Charles Smitton and my self Golden memories
@OrganMusicYT 2 ай бұрын
Super memories that will last a lifetime. What an honour!
@davenicholas1946 2 ай бұрын
@@OrganMusicYT Thank you for your interest
@davenicholas1946 2 ай бұрын
@@OrganMusicYT Thank you for your interest
@davenicholas1946 2 ай бұрын
Happy memories we had this record
@OrganMusicYT 2 ай бұрын
Uploaded with the kind permission of Phil Kelsall - This recording holds a significant place in theatre organ history as it was the first to be released on VHS format. Phil Kelsall was a fresh face in the theatre organ scene at the time, having just started at the Tower Ballroom five years before Ernest Broadbent's retirement. I have done my best to restore the recording, which dates from 1982, using the software available to me. Considering the age of the tape (which is older than myself) I think it has turned out not too badly. The transfer to the digital format has been made possible by @FraserGartshore and I thank him for making it possible. I hope you enjoy this piece of nostalgia and fun, which is certainly a product of its time and runs for 30 minutes. 00:00 - I Do Like to be Beside the Seaside 00:40 - Tiger Rag 05:06 - Cavatina 11:16 - The St Bernards Waltz 12:20 - Quickstep - Ma, She's Making Eyes at Me / Whispering / Don't Dilly Dally on the Way / The Black and White Rag 16:14 - The Birdy Dance 17:55 - Chattanooga Choo Choo 21:44 - Memory (From Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Cats") 26:08 - 12th Street Rag
@andersnystrom5003 10 күн бұрын
Thank you! from Sweden