Playing the Organ
Featuring a look back at the organ playing careers of father and son, Charles and Harold Smart, including vintage sounds from Charles at the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's original theatre organ.
Featuring a look back at the organ playing careers of father and son, Charles and Harold Smart, including vintage sounds from Charles at the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's original Compton theatre organ in London's St. George's Hall. This was where he recorded Arthur Askey and Richard Murdoch's famous 'Playing the Organ' sketch in 1939 for their Bandwaggon series. Harold is also heard performing in session for The Organist Entertains in 1972 with son Harold on the Compton at the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Maida Vale studios. And to complete the trio of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ organs, there's another rarity from the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ archives dating from the early 1980's. This one finds Nigel Ogden at the console of the former Blackpool Empress Ballroom Wurlitzer which in those days lived at the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Playhouse studios in Manchester. This is where Nigel was joined in session by the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Northern Dance Orchestra's lead alto saxophonist, Johnny Roadhouse.
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Nigel Ogden & John Roadhouse
Pink Champagne
- Two In Harmony.
- GROSVENOR.
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Charles & Harold Smart
Pipes And Plug-Ins
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Arthur Askey, Richard Murdoch & Charles Smart
Playing The Organ
- Organ Oddities and Novelties.
- NTOT Records.
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Charles & Harold Smart
The Three Generations
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Len Rawle & Keith Beckingham
You're Just In Love
- Double Touch.
- St Albans Music Museum.
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Bobby Hackett & John Seng
Stairway To The Stars
- Music 'Til Dawn.
- Sony Music Special Products.
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Charles & Harold Smart
March of St George
Broadcast
- Tue 20 Mar 2018 23:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2