Hot Pipes Half-Hour Broadcast m4a

Steve Ashley

Half hour broadcast shows of the best in theatre pipe organ in near-CD quality m4a 320 kbps format for listening through good quality sound systems. Both vintage and current artists are featured with mainly popular and light music composed before 1960.

  • 30 minutes
    Hot Pipes Half Serenade 2024-13 – The Songwriters: Cole Porter
    Broadcast on Serenade Radio on 28th March, 2024 – the last in the series Name Artist Album Year Comments From This Moment On George Wright Radio Days [Banda BA 19009] 4-42 Wurlitzer, Howard Vollum Organ House, Portland, Oregon; ex 4/32 Granada (later Paramount) Theatre, San Francisco; now Regent Theatre, Melbourne What Is This Thing Called Love? Stan Kann and Ralph Wolf Anything Goes! [Piping Hot CD] 1996 3-16 Wurlitzer, San Gabriel Civic Auditorium, CA; ex Albee Theatre, Brooklyn, NY; plus grand piano on stage You Do Something To Me Ann Leaf The Mighty Wurlitzer: Music For Movie-Palace Organs [New World CD NW 227-2] 1977 4-34 Wurlitzer, Senate Theatre, Detroit, MI Anything Goes Tony Fenelon Five Alive [Digipipe CD] 1985 4-15 Wurlitzer, Capri Theatre, Adelaide, Australia Night and Day; Easy To Love John Ferguson Paramount Music Palace 1995 4-42 Wurlitzer, Paramount Music Palace, Indianapolis Get Out Of Town Barry Baker NORCAL Concert 19-3-2000 2000 NORCAL 4-33 Wurlitzer, Berkeley Community Theatre Rosalie Rick Cucchi Plays The Mighty Wurlitzer 1995 4-34 Wurlitzer, Senate Theatre, Detroit, MI Don't Fence Me In Tom Hazleton Concert: Sanfilippo Residence 1989-03-10 1989 4-28 Wurlitzer, Sanfilippo Residence, Barrington, IL It's All Right With Me Lyn Larsen A Salute To The Swinging Years [Beldale CD] 2001 4-37 Wurlitzer, Plummer Auditorium, Fullerton, CA Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? Chris Barber Music From The Movies 2016 3-12 Wurlitzer, Musical Museum, Brentford
    29 March 2024, 1:00 pm
  • 30 minutes
    Hot Pipes Half Serenade 2024-12 – The Songwriters: Leroy Anderson
    Broadcast on Serenade Radio on 21st March, 2024 Name Artist Album Year Comments Promenade John Seng The Song Is Ended [Pipe Organ Presentations POP113] 4-19 Howell-Wurlitzer, St. Mary of the Lake Seminary, Mundelein, IL The Syncopated Clock Charlie Balogh Spectacular! [OSP CD] 2000 4-78 Wurlitzer, Organ Stop Pizza, Mesa AZ Serenata Joseph Seal At The Wurlitzer [Pye NPL 18130] 1965 3-12 Wurlitzer, ABC Kingston (Regal), Kingston-On-Thames The Waltzing Cat Nigel Ogden The Entertaining Organist [OS Digital CD] 1993 4-20 Wurlitzer, Free Trade Hall, Manchester; ex Odeon Cinema, Manchester Blue Tango Reginald Foort Organ Pops [Cook 10579sd] 1952 4-36 Wurlitzer, Fox Theatre, Detroit, MI Belle of the Ball Gerald Shaw Cinema Organ Encores Vol 72 [Deroy 1237] Reprocessed Stereo 1975 5-17 Compton, Odeon Theatre, Leicester Square, London China Doll Jelani Eddington Sleigh Ride [RJE CD] 2006 5-80 Wurlitzer, Sanfilippo Victorian Music Palace The Sandpaper Ballet Stanley Tudor Cinema Organ Encores Vol 6 [Deroy 871] 4-14 Wurlitzer, Gaumont Theatre, Manchester Forgotten Dreams Douglas Reeve A Tribute To A Gentleman Of Music [Grosvenor CDGRS 1311] 4-40 Hill, Norman & Beard Christie, Dome, Brighton Lazy Moon Dudley Savage As Prescribed 1975-09-07 1975 3-8 Compton + Melotone, Royal/ABC Plymouth, Devon, UK Jazz Pizzicato Robinson Cleaver Aria ad Astra [AK Records 7709] 1977 3-8 Christie, Astra Theatre, Llandudno, Wales (1935-1987)
    22 March 2024, 1:00 pm
  • 30 minutes
    Hot Pipes Half Serenade 2024-11 – The Songwriters: George Gershwin
    Broadcast on Serenade Radio on 14th March, 2024 Name Artist Album Year Comments Swanee Lyn Larsen San Sylmar - The Music Tour [Musical Contrasts CD] 1996 4-73 Wurlitzer, Nethercutt Collection, Sylmar, CA Somebody Loves Me William Davies Music From The Movies [MSS reissue download] 1986 3-7 Compton, Regal Cinema, Henley-on-Thames (1971 to 1986); ex-Ritz, Tunbridge Wells Maybe Everett Nourse Memories Of The Fabulous Fox [Doric DO 1404] 4-36 Wurlitzer, Fox Theatre, San Francisco, CA; album released 1973 Clap Yo' Hands Donna Parker Then And Now [E-1523CD] 1987 4-42 Wurlitzer, Paramount Music Palace, Indianapolis; originally 4-22 Crawford Special, Paramount Oakland I Got Rhythm George Blackmore I've Got Music [Columbia SCX 6212] 1968 4-50 Compton+Melotone, Guildhall, Southampton But Not For Me David Reese Demo: Bella Roma Pizza, Martinez, CA 1973-10-07 1973 3-18 Wurlitzer Hybrid, Bella Roma Pizza, Martinez, CA; recorded by Tim Kirkpatrick It Ain't Necessarily So Lyn Larsen Concert: Pasadena City College 1992-05-16 1992 3-23 Wurlitzer, Sexson Auditorium, City College, Pasadena, CA Promenade (Walking The Dog) David Peckham For The Fun Of It: San Diego's Spreckels Outdoor Pipe Organ [SOS 7 CD] 2001 4-63 Skinner, Spreckels Organ Pavillion, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA (I've Got) Beginner's Luck Jelani Eddington Aan Het Theaterorgel In Voorburg [NOF CD35] 2005 3-11 Standaart, Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek, Voorburg; former VARA studio A Foggy Day (In London Town) Ashley Miller The Famous Radio City Music Hall Organ [Sony Special Products A23627] 1960 4-58 Wurlitzer, Radio City Music Hall, NYC, NY Fascinating Rhythm Rex Koury Yours Sincerely [NCR 12-994] 1971 4-22 Wurlitzer, Old Town Music Hall, El Segundo, CA Liza Jim Roseveare Tribute [Cambria CD-1040] 1971 4-37 Kimball, Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles ; Largest made; rec live October 1971
    15 March 2024, 1:00 pm
  • 30 minutes
    Hot Pipes Half Serenade 2024-10 – The Songwriters: Harry Warren
    Broadcast on Serenade Radio on 7th March, 2024 Note: The organ played by Dave Wickerham is incorrectly stated on the audio as the Senate, Detroit. And no, I have no idea how that happened! Name Artist Album Year Comments Cheerful Little Earful Gus Farney Giant Pipes [Warner Bros. BS 1433] 1962 5-24 Wurlitzer, Organ Loft, Salt Lake City, UT I Found A Million Dollar Baby Dave Wickerham One Hour With You [WS-105] 2018 3-21 Wurlitzer Hybrid, Unks Residence, Erie, PA Young And Healthy Reginald Dixon Blackpool Switchback, Vol 1 [Sterndale STE 3106] 1933 2-10 Wurlitzer, Tower Ballroom, Blackpool; with vocal Honeymoon Hotel Ty Woodward Plays The Mighty Wurlitzer Organ at the Auditorium Theatre [LP TWP-200] 1986 4-22 Wurlitzer, Auditorium Theatre, Rochester, NY; RTOS, ex-RKO Palace, Rochester You Let Me Down George Wright 42nd Street and "Other Goodies" [Banda LP] 1981 The organ was custom built by Rodgers, probably starting with a 340. The circuitry was updated to provide more pipe-like sounds and two Vox Humana and one Brass Saxophone ranks were added. Jeepers Creepers; Say It With A Kiss Sidney Torch Hot Pipes! [Hot Pipes PH2007] 4-16 Wurlitzer, Gaumont State Theatre, Kilburn, London; recordings 1938-1940 Chattanooga Choo Choo Rob Richards Organ Stop Pizza Presents [ERB 103-CT] 4-30 Wurlitzer, Organ Stop Pizza, Mesa, AZ Serenade In Blue Phil Kelsall Live at the Buttermarket [Langdale Cassette LAN TC 89] 1999 3-8 Wurlitzer, Buttermarket, Shrewsbury; ex-Ritz Cinema, Chatham On The Atchison, Topeka and The Santa Fe Jackie Brown Flying Scotsman [Concert Recording CR-0058-T] 4-14 Wurlitzer, Granada Theatre, Tooting, London That's Amore Justin LaVoie ATOS 2018 Pasadena Highlights 2018 4-26 Wurlitzer, Vic Lopez Auditorium, High School, Whittier, CA; concert July 2, 2018
    8 March 2024, 1:00 pm
  • 30 minutes
    Hot Pipes Half Serenade 2024-09 – The Songwriters: Frederick Loewe
    Broadcast on Serenade Radio on 29th February, 2024 Name Artist Album Year Comments The Heather On The Hill Ashley Miller Showtime [Command RS 881 SD] 1963 4-36 Wurlitzer, Paramount Theatre, New York; last commercial recording made on Paramount Almost Like Being In Love Tom Hazleton Gone Is The Wind [Ben Davis CD] George Wright Signature 4 Manual Renaissance, Petway Residence, Alpharetta, GA I Talk To The Trees Dick Smith The Many Sides Of Dick Smith [EAR-10283] 3-?? Kimball, Dickinson High School, Wilmington, DE They Call The Wind Maria Don Baker I Got Rhythm [Pipe Organ Presentations POP137] 4-20 Wurlitzer, Alabama Theatre, Birmingham, AL The Rain In Spain John Mann Curtain Up, It's Showtime [Grosvenor CD] 2000 3-20 Compton/Christie, Portslade Town Hall, Sussex; 9-R Christie from Queen's Cinema, Cricklewood; 10-R Compton ex Regal/ABC, Ilford; 10-R Christie, Castle Cinema, Mertha Tydfil Get Me To The Church On Time George Wright Master Series Vol 1 - Impressions of My Fair Lady [Banda BA 109556] 1958 5-21 Wurlitzer Opus 1732, Richard Vaughn Studio, Hollywood, CA; ex-Paradise Theatre, Chicago I Could Have Danced All Night George Wright The Very Best of George Wright [Bescol BSCD 118/4] 1958 Impressions of My Fair Lady With A Little Bit Of Luck Horace Finch At the Organ of the Empress Ballroom Blackpool [BBC REC 129 M] 1959 3-13 Wurlitzer, Empress Ballroom, Blackpool Gigi Tony Fenelon Theatre Organ Magic [Stanza CD] 1967 4-19 Wurlitzer, Hoyt's Regent Theatre, Melbourne; ex-Ambassador Theatre, Perth (as 3-15) If Ever I Would Leave You Ashley Miller Showtime [Command RS 881 SD] 1963 4-36 Wurlitzer, Paramount Theatre, New York; last commercial recording made on Paramount
    1 March 2024, 1:00 pm
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    Hot Pipes Half Serenade 2024-08 – The Songwriters: Thomas ‘Fats’ Waller
    Broadcast on Serenade Radio on 22nd February, 2024 Name Artist Album Year Comments The Minor Drag David Gray ATOS 2016 Cleveland Highlights 2016 3-17 Kimball, Connor Palace Theatre, Cleveland, OH I've Got A Feeling I'm Falling Don Knights Don Knights At Twickenham [Audiocord AC173] 1979 2-6 Compton, Odeon Cinema, Twickenham; Originally issued as LP as Deroy 1451 Messin' Around With The Blues Fats Waller The Complete Recorded Works [JSP927 A-D] 1927 Estey, Victor's Trinity Church Studios, Camden, NJ The Digahs' Stomp (The Dream) (take2) Fats Waller Young Fats at the Organ, Vol. 3 1926-1929 [Hot 'n Sweet CD] 1927 Estey, Victor's Trinity Church Studios, Camden, NJ Handful of Keys Mark Laflin A Handful Of Keys 2012 3-9 Wurlitzer, Neuadd Pendre, Tywyn, Wales; ex-Granada Cinema, Woolwich (1937), plus Orchestral Oboe (What Did I Do To Be So) Black and Blue? Jonas Nordwall Plays The Paramount [Gamba JN-102] 4-20 Wurlitzer, Paramount Theatre, Portland, OR Ain't Misbehavin' Dick LaSalle Final Curtain [Audio Artistry T-J-165-66LP] 4-20 Wurlitzer, Minnesota Theatre, Minneapolis Alligator Crawl Robinson Cleaver Granada [Concert Recording CR-0036-T] 4-14 Wurlitzer, Granada Theatre, Tooting The Jitterbug Waltz Dave Wickerham dave@dickinson [DTOS CD] 2000 3-66 Kimball, Dickinson High School, Wilmington, DE
    23 February 2024, 1:00 pm
  • 30 minutes
    Hot Pipes Half Serenade 2024-07 – The Songwriters: Victor Herbert
    Broadcast on Serenade Radio on 15th February, 2024 Name Artist Album Year Comments The American Girl Two Step Ron Rhode Thine Alone: The Music Of Victor Herbert [Roxy RP-115-CD] 2004 5-80 Wurlitzer, Sanfilippo Residence, Barrington IL Kiss Me Again Ernest Broadbent The Organist Entertains [BBC Records REC 72M] 3-13 Wurlitzer, Empress Ballroom, Blackpool The Streets Of New York George Wright Live At The Rialto [Banda 109759-2] 1971 2-10 Wurlitzer, Rialto Theatre, South Pasadena Fleurette Alex Jones ATOS 2018 Pasadena Highlights 2018 3-19 Wurlitzer, Barnum Hall, Santa Monica, CA Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life Joseph Seal Golden Hour of Theatre Organ Favourites [Pye GH 517] 1971 3-12 Wurlitzer, ABC Theatre, Kingston-Upon-Thames Italian Street Song David Hegarty A Live! Symphonic Organ Pops Concert 2012 6-389 Harrah Symphonic Organ, Hurricane, West Virginia; part pipes, part Walker Digital I'm Falling In Love With Someone Dudley Savage A Touch Of Romance [DS 1] 1995 3-7 Compton plus Melotone & Solo Cello, Compton House (Ralf Krampen) Brey-am-Rhine, Germany; ex-Regal, Putney (3-6) When You're Away John Duffy Duffy At The Organ [London HA-U2012] 1957 3-10 Wurlitzer-Gottfried, CBS-KNX Studios, Columbia Square, Hollywood, CA; ex-Legion (Capitol) Theatre, Walla Walla, WA Cuban Serenade Tiny James Farewell To The Fox [Fantasy CD] 1963 4-36 Wurlitzer, Fox Theatre, San Francisco March of the Toys Allen Mills An Old Fashioned Christmas [McIver Recording DM-068] 1985 3-18 Wurlitzer, Proctor's Theatre, Schenectady, NY
    16 February 2024, 1:00 pm
  • 30 minutes
    Hot Pipes Half Serenade 2024-06 – The Songwriters: Jule Styne
    Broadcast on Serenade Radio on 8th February, 2024 Name Artist Album Year Comments Everything's Coming Up Roses Michael Wooldridge Showtime Spectacular [Merlin Productions CD] 2003 3-19 Wurlitzer, Pollokshaws Burgh Hall, Glasgow (Scottish Cinema Organ Trust Clydebank Wurlitzer) Sunday Bob Heil Bob Heil At Home [HSL Productions 324] 2007 3-24 Lyn Larsen Allen I've Heard That Song Before Len Rawle The Sounds Of Tonawanda [Concert Recording CR-0082-T] 1970 4-24 Wurlitzer Opus 1968, Ex-Empire Theatre, Leicester Square, London; Rawle Residence, Chorleywood Hertfordshire It's Magic Dudley Savage A Touch Of Romance [DS 1] 1995 3-7 Compton plus Melotone & Solo Cello, Compton House (Ralf Krampen) Brey-am-Rhine, Germany; ex-Regal, Putney (3-6) Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend; Bye Bye Baby Tom Sheen Bringin' Down The House [Concert Recording CR-0098] 2-11 (mostly) Wurlitzer, Joe & Dee Spurr Residence, Lyons, IL (installed 1967); ex-Riviera Theatre, Chicago (1920) The Things We Did Last Summer Everett Nourse Memories Of The Fabulous Fox [Doric DO 1404] 4-36 Wurlitzer, Fox Theatre, San Francisco, CA I Met A Girl John Muri Volume 1 [Muri-cord S-1] 1970 3-11 Wurlitzer (Style 235), Six-Mile-Uptown Theatre, Highland Park, MI Just In Time John Seng Midnight Sessions 4-19 Howell-Wurlitzer, St. Mary of the Lake Seminary, Mundelein, IL Some People Jelani Eddington Get Happy [RJE Productions RJE-7050] 2014 3-66 Kimball, Dickinson High School, Wilmington, DE Don't Rain On My Parade Clark Wilson ATOS 2009 Cleveland [Western Reserve] Highlights 2009 4-32 Robert Morton, Ohio Theatre, Columbus, OH
    8 February 2024, 1:00 pm
  • 30 minutes
    Hot Pipes Half Serenade 2024-05 – The Songwriters: Irving Berlin
    Broadcast on Serenade Radio on 1st February, 2024 Name Artist Album Year Comments Alexander's Ragtime Band Zach Frame It's About Time 2018 3-30 Wurlitzer, Organ Piper Pizza, Milwaukee, WI; console from Seneca Theatre, Buffalo, NY; www.C-2productions.com A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody Jesse Crawford Poet at the Pipe Organ plays the Melodies of Irving Berlin [Decca DL8565] 1958 4-24 Robert Morton, Lorin Whitney Studio, Glendale, CA Always Ken Double The Music Of Casa Loma [TTOS CD] 2008 4-15 Wurlitzer, Casa Loma, Toronto; ex-Shea's Hippodrome Theatre, Toronto in 1922 as 3-15 Blue Skies Ronald Curtis Plays Melodies For You 1991 ?-?? Compton, Paramount Organ Studios, Manchester; ex-Regal/Odeon Theatre, Gateshead, UK I Love A Piano; Say It With Music; Let's Face The Music And Dance; They Say It's Wonderful; You're Just In Love Peter Mintun, Jim Roseveare Piano At The Paramount [Premier PRCD 1060] 1985 4-27 Wurlitzer, Paramount Theatre, Oakland, CA; duet with piano Reaching For The Moon Ernest Broadbent Blackpool Favourites [EMI One-Up OU 2171] 1977 3-14 Wurlitzer, Tower Ballroom, Blackpool Heat Wave Dwight Thomas The All American Music of Irving Berlin [Newport Classic CD] 1990 4-42 Wurlitzer, Paramount Music Palace, Indianapolis, IN; originally Paramount Oakland 4-20 Steppin' Out With My Baby Rob Calcaterra Master of the Organ 4-22 Wurlitzer, Auditorium Theatre, Rochester, NY; RTOS, ex-RKO Palace, Rochester The Ragtime Violin Tom Hazleton Ragtime's Greatest Hits [Pro-Arte CD] 1989 4-48 Wurlitzer, Wilcox Residence, Gig Harbor, Seattle, WA; ex Ramish Theatre, LA (some ranks from Million Dollar Wurlitzer)
    2 February 2024, 1:00 pm
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    Hot Pipes Half Serenade 2024-04 – The Songwriters: Walter Donaldson
    Broadcast on Serenade Radio on 25th January, 2024 Name Artist Album Year Comments Carolina In The Morning Al Melgard This Is Melgard [Replica 518 CD] 4-24 Wurlitzer, Replica Studio, Des Plaines, IL (William Huck), plus guitarrist That Certain Party Vic Hammett Pipin' Hot! from the Cap'ns Galley [Doric 1401] 1978 4-18 Wurlitzer, Cap'ns Galley, Redwood City CA; ex-1926 Fifth Avenue Theatre, Seattle, WA (What Can I Say) After I Say I'm Sorry? Dave Quinlan Private: Organ Loft, Salt Lake City 1964-10 1964 5-24 Wurlitzer, Organ Loft, Salt Lake City, UT; unreleased Warner Bros. recording My Blue Heaven John Seng Concert: Town Hall Ossett 1989-10-01 1989 3-13 Compton-Christie, Town Hall, Ossett, Yorkshire Sam, The Old Accordion Man Bill Langford Gangbusters and Lollipops [Fantasy F-8396] 1970 3-13 Wurlitzer, Ye Olde Pizza Joynt, San Lorenzo Village, CA; ex-State Theatre, Fresno (2-9 Wurlitzer); console ex-Warfield Theatre, San Francisco Makin' Whoopee Jim Riggs Concert: Berlin Middle School 1992 1992 2-8 Wurlitzer, Berlin Middle School, New Hampshire; 20 May 1992 Love Me or Leave Me Bryan Rodwell At Tooting With Rodwell [Ventures In Sound VIS B-3] 4-14 Wurlitzer, Granada Cinema, Tooting, London 'Tain't No Sin (To Take Off Your Skin And Dance Around In Your Bones) Chris Elliott That's Entertainment [CPE 102-CD] 1990 4-48 Wurlitzer, Wilcox Residence, Gig Harbor, Seattle, WA; ex Brooklyn Fox via Cardinal Music Palace, Ft. Wayne, IN Little White Lies Brett Valliant ATOS 2023 Chicago CD 2 2023 4-21 Hybrid, St. Mary of the Lake Seminary, Mundelein, IL; Concert 2023-07-06 You Jelani Eddington Something Wonderful [RJE CD] 2006 J. Tyson Forker Memorial 4-32 Wurlitzer; Grace Baptist Church, Sarasota, FL; Manasota TOS
    26 January 2024, 1:00 pm
  • 30 minutes
    Hot Pipes Half Serenade 2024-03 – The Songwriters: Ray Henderson
    Broadcast on Serenade Radio on 18th January, 2024 Name Artist Album Year Comments Alabamy Bound Don Simmons Concert: Andriesian Residence 1965 1965 4-21 Barton-Wurlitzer Hybrid, Dr. Dan Andriesian Residence, Cottage Grove, OR; April 1965 It All Depends On You Tiny James Held Over at the Orpheum [Doric DO 1405] 1973 4-22 Robert Morton, Orpheum Theatre, San Francisco, CA The Birth Of The Blues Vic Hammett At The Wurlitzer Organ [Saga Society SOC 1037] 1967 3-10 Wurlitzer, Town Hall, Buckingham; ex-Metropole, Victoria Just A Memory Jesse Crawford The Early Years [Piping Hot PH2008] 1927 Wurlitzer Building, Chicago - intially 2-7 then 3-15 The Varsity Drag Tony Fenelon Pipes In Rhythm [Concept Records Productions LP] 1976 2-12 Wurlitzer, Pulteney Grammar School, Adelaide; ex-Regent Theatre, Sydney then ex-Plaza Theatre, Melbourne Sonny Boy Lyn Larsen Out Of A Dream [Allen Associates GA/1071] 1973 3-15 Marr & Colton, Opera House, Thomaston, CT Button Up Your Overcoat Dudley Savage As Prescribed 1974-12-29 1974 3-8 Compton + Melotone, Royal/ABC Plymouth, Devon, UK You're The Cream In My Coffee Eddie Osborn Fabulous Eddie Vol. 2 [Replica 515] 4-24 Wurlitzer, Replica Studio, Des Plaines, IL (William Huck) Why Can't You? Jim Riggs Paramount On Parade [RTR 103C] 1989 4-26 Wurlitzer, Paramount Theatre, Oakland, CA My Sin Lyn Larsen Paradise [Musical Contrasts MCI-207] 1994 5-80 Wurlitzer, Sanfilippo Residence, Barrington, IL If I Had a Talking Picture of You George Wright At The Movies [Essential ERS-01W] 1971 3-28 Wurlitzer, South Pasadena Studio; rec 1961
    19 January 2024, 1:06 pm
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