REGINALD DIXON - Sunday At The Tower CD [MINT] 1929/1935 Blackpool Wurlitzers

Description: REGINALD DIXON - Sunday At The Tower CD [MINT] 1929/1935 Blackpool Wurlitzers Vintage recordings at the ORIGINAL 1929 & 1935 Blackpool Tower Wurlitzer's.Released on the Audicord label in 2002. Previously released on cassette in 1998. NOTE: This is still the Audicord CD "ACD237" but the cover etc. have been updated and some of the tracks have been repaired. Released: 2002. Running Time: 63.47.Code: ACD 237. DISC: Mint.BOOKLET: Mint.CASE: Near Mint. 1929 2/10 WURLITZER:Classics of Jazz: Chinatown, My Chinatown / Sweet Sue / Somebody Stole My GalThe Skater’s WaltzClassica: Intro - Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 / Toreador’s Song / Spring Song / William Tell / Nocturne / Hungarian Dance / Minuet / Largo / Hungarian Rhapsody No.2Dixonland No.3, Pt.1: Smoke Gets in Your Eyes / The Continental / TinaVienese Memories of Lehar: The Merry Widow Waltz / You’re in Love / You Are My Heart’s Delight / Dutiful Wife / The Cavalier / Gypsy Love Song / BoysThe Whistler and His DogMerrie England Selection: Intro - Hey Jolly Robin / Rustic Dance / O Peaceful England / Hornpipe / Yeoman of England / Graceful Dance / My Troth is Plighted / When Cupid First This Old World Trod / Robin Hood’s Wedding 1935 3/13 WURLITZER:With Sword and LanceDixonland No.7, Pt.1: Two Trumpets Toot / Easter Parade / RainSnow White and the Seven Dwarfs Selection: Intro - Whistle While You Work / Some Day My Prince Will Come / One Song / Dwarf’s Yodel Song / With a Smile and a Song / Heigh-HoDixon Hits No.15, Pt.1: When My Dreamboat Comes Home / Broken Hearted Clown / Toodle-ooGypsiana (A Selection of Famous Gypsy Airs)Dixon Hits No.15, Pt.2: Where Are You? / On a Little Dream Ranch / The Merry-Go-Round Broke DownOrpheus in the Underworld: OvertureI Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside ORIGINAL SLEEVE NOTES: Just about every aspect of the life and career of Reginald Dixon has been extensively chronicled, and so these notes refer to this compilation of his recordings. In researching and assembling the programme, care was taken to select only items which had at the time never previously been re-issued on cassette. Furthermore, they have been arranged so that the first half features the original 2-manual 10-rank Wurlitzer which was installed in the Blackpool Tower Ballroom in 1929. The second half features the 'new' 3-manual 13-rank instrument, designed by Reginald Dixon himself, and installed there in 1935, at which time the original one was enlarged and rebuilt in the resort's Empress Ballroom. It now forms part of the Worthing Wurlitzer. The opening medley and item 6 are from the final recording session (January 1935) prior to the removal of the 2-manual organ, whereas "Skaters Waltz" is an example of Reginald Dixon's early period (January-October 1932) with Sterno. Eight Regal Zonophone sides of the original organ were issued among those of the new organ, including "Merrie England", recorded in October 1934 but not released until February 1936. Track 9 was Reginald Dixon's very first recording on the new organ, and the upright piano attachment is featured. Recorded on 7th April 1935, three days before the official opening, it was rushed through for issue in May. However, "Orpheus in the Underworld" was another of the delayed issues, being recorded in July 1940 and not released until February 1941, but at least it fared better than "Finlandia" (not included here), which was held back for 3% years! The primary purpose of this programme is to be representative of the music played by Reginald Dixon at his Sunday concerts in the Tower Ballroom. Popular items were certainly not forgotten, but ‘music of substance' played an important part, and it is hoped you will enjoy this selection chosen for your pleasure, and in recognition of the musical ability of this most famous organist in his more youthful years. Produced by John Greenwood.Mousetrap digital processing and mastering by Frank Hare.Photo from the JD Sharp collection. This compilation Copyright 1998 Audicord. I run MSS Studios (aka ORGAN1st) and have specialised in mail-order organ & keyboard recordings since 1996. I have been selling used recordings since 2020. The scans/photos are the item you get, I don't use images from other sellers. I scan them all at hi-res. I have a lot of Organ CDs & DVDs. Please check out my Ebay Shop. _gsrx_vers_1680 (GS 9.8.3 (1680))

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