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Recordings from Northwest Theatre Organs and Organists

This is only a partial list - mostly from the 1960's and 70's. We add new entries as they are found. If you have information about recordings of Northwest organists or Northwest theatre organs, please contact the PSTOS webmaster, tom@pstos.org.
 

Click for a larger version of this image (207K) The Bovey Restoration: The Marvelous Music Machines - Mechanical Music including Wurlitzer opus #224, Virginia City and Nevada City, Montana Music Hall. Kessler.
Click for a larger version of this image (31K) Don Baker: The Sound of 94 Speakers! - Rodgers electronic organ at Memorial Coliseum, Portland OR. Capitol, T-1626.
Click for a larger version of this image (26K) Dan Bellomy: Power Pipes - Organ Grinder Restaurant, 4/44 Wurlitzer. Portland, Oregon. BP 101B
Click for a larger version of this image (25K) Bill Blunk: Just Plain Bill 1968. - Bill Blunk studio, 5/24 Marr & Colton. Portland, Oregon. Sound City BP 1801
Click for a larger version of this image (30K) Donn Clayton: Mr. Entertainer. 3/17 Wurlitzer. Pizza & Pipes Restaurant, Seattle WA. Concert Recording CR 0140.
Click for a larger version of this image (27K) Andy Crow: As The Crow Flies - c.1967. Rodgers Theatre Organ. ORGANARTS/MUS-I-COL, #101409.
Click for a larger version of this image (27K) Ivan Ditmar & Alex Lasker: 5002 Pipes. Crescendo Records, GNP #80. Whitney Recording Studio. Glendale, California.
Click for a larger version of this image (90K) Ivan Ditmar: Joy to the World. Organ & chimes. Christmas album. Crown Records, CMX-800 (mono), CST-8 (stereo)
Click for a larger version of this image (22K) Reginald Foort: Live In Concert - 1977. Vancouver B.C. Orpheum Theatre Wurlitzer. Quest/Organ Master Records. #QOM 5001S, Stereo Canadian Independent pressing.
Click for a larger version of this image (48K) Don French: French Goes Oriental - 1967. Oriental Theatre Wurlitzer. Concert Recordings. CR-0009-R
Click for a larger version of this image (15K) Carl Helander: Moods. Gulbransen Premiere with two Leslie Isomonic Speakers.
Click for a larger version of this image (23K) Don Isham: That Old Feeling - 1981. The album cover features a picture of Don at a large Wurlitzer pipe organ console, but the recording was done on a wimpy electronic.
Click for a larger version of this image (81K)Jane Johnson: Just Playin' Jane. Pizza & Pipes Wurlitzer, Tacoma, WA. Angelus Records, WR-5144
Click for a larger version of this image (59K) Jane Johnson: The Second Time Around. Pizza & Pipes 3/17 Wurlitzer, Tacoma WA, Johnson residence 3/8 hybrid and Temple Theatre 2/9 Kimball. JMJ4
Click for a larger version of this image (52K) Gordon Kibbee: Pops for Pipes - 195x. Judson J-3020, Mono.
Tracks: I Could Have Danced All Night; I've Grown Accustomed to Your Face; When Your Lover Has Gone; Somebody Loves Me; My Heart Belongs to Daddy; Begin the Beguine; C'est Si Bon; Granada; Bahia; The Boy Next Door; and Tea for Two.
Click for a larger version of this image (97K) Dick Kimball: A Natural Man. 3/26 Kearns/Carson Wurlitzer. MAS 2002, Stereo.
Click for a larger version of this image (16K) Ann Leaf: Live In Concert - 1978. Vancouver B.C. Orpheum Theatre Wurlitzer.Quest/Organ Master Records. #QOM 5002S, Stereo Canadian Independent pressing.
Click for a larger version of this image (30K)Jonas Nordwall: Can't Stop The Music - 1998. Organ Grinder Restaurants in Portland and Denver. The Organ Grinder Archive Series, ASIN: B007OAVF2G, Compact Disk.
Click for a larger version of this image (24K)Jonas Nordwall: In a Persian Market - 1998. Berkeley Community Theatre 4/33 Wurlitzer. Nor-Cal Theatre Organ Society. Compact Disk.
Click for a larger version of this image (45K) Jonas Nordwall: At the Wurlitzer Pipe Organ. Oriental Theatre Portland, Oregon. 3/13 Wurlitzer. Gamba Records (JN101), stereo.
Click for a larger version of this image (15K) Jonas Nordwall: JONAS - 1975. Organ Grinder Restaurant, 3/ Wurlitzer. Portland, Oregon. Gamba Records (JN 104), stereo.
Click for a larger version of this image (108K) Jonas Nordwall: Jonas In Australia. Moorabbin Town Hall Wurlitzer. Gamba Records.
Click for a larger version of this image (94K) Jonas Nordwall: Marquee - 197x. Rodgers Marquee Organ. OrganArts (STK1034), stereo.
Click for a larger version of this image (109K)Jonas Nordwall: Omnibus - 1977. Organ Grinder Restaurant, 4/41 Wurlitzer. Portland, Oregon. Dennis Hedberg (JN 105), stereo.
Click for a larger version of this image (109K)Jonas Nordwall: Omnificent - . Organ Grinder Restaurant, 4/41 Wurlitzer. Portland, Oregon.
Click for a larger version of this image (34K)Jonas Nordwall: Plays the Paramount Wurlitzer Pipe Organ - . Paramount Theatre, 4/20 Wurlitzer. Portland, Oregon. (JN 102).
Click for a larger version of this image (34K)Jonas Nordwall: Space Organ - 1979. Organ Grinder Restaurant, 4/48 Wurlitzer. Portland, Oregon. Crystal Clear Records (CCS-6003).
Click for a larger version of this image (40K)Jonas Nordwall: West Hills Renaissance - 1995. Vollum Residence, 4/49 Wurlitzer. Portland, Oregon. Organ Grinder Recordings (JN 111) Compact Disk.
Click for a larger version of this image (22K) Jonas Nordwall: Bits, Bytes & Pipes, Volume II - . Organ Grinder Restaurant, 4/47 Wurlitzer. Portland, Oregon. Organ Grinder Label, Compact Disc JN110CD
Click for a larger version of this image (25K)Jonas Nordwall: Organ Grinder Pizza (Vol 1) Also featuring Paul Quarino, David Lee and Don Simmons - Organ Grinder Restaurant, 4/ Wurlitzer. Portland, Oregon. Organ Grinder Label (OG 101).
Click for a larger version of this image (91K)Jonas Nordwall: Organ Grinder Pizza (Vol 2) Also featuring Paul Quarino, Don Simmons, Russ Chilton and Jack Coxon - Organ Grinder Restaurant, 4/ Wurlitzer. Portland, Oregon. Organ Grinder Label (OGP-102).
Click for a larger version of this image (30K)Jonas Nordwall and Patti Simon: Organ Grinder Pizza - Organ Grinder Restaurant, 4/ Wurlitzer. Denver, Colorado.
Click for a larger version of this image (49K)Jonas Nordwall: Ho Ho Ho - Organ Grinder Restaurant, 4/44 Wurlitzer.
Click for a larger version of this image (37K)Skip O'Donnell: Mystic Woman - Gulbransen Theatre Organ
Click for a larger version of this image (24K) Donna Parker & Bill Vlasak: The Paramount Music Palace Proudly Presents - Paramount Music Palace, Indianapolis, IN. Music Palace Productions label, #37685 Stereo
Click for a larger version of this image (17K)Ron Poll: In a Lively Mood - Vancouver B.C. Organ Grinder Restaurant instrument. Quest/Organ Master Records, #QOM 5003S
Click for a larger version of this image (37K) Paul Quarino: Heads the Bill at the Orpheum - 1976. San Francisco Orpheum Theatre 4/22 Robert Morton. DORIC Records #DO(Q)1505 Stereo/Quad.
Click for a larger version of this image (30K) Harold Ramsay: Wurlitzer Pipe Organ Concert - 1964. Vancouver B.C. Orpheum Theatre Wurlitzer. Tibia Records of Canada. SMOC-2.
Click for a larger version of this image (245K) Jim Roseveare: In Concert - 1966. Oriental Theatre Wurlitzer. Gamba Records. J-101-R
Click for a larger version of this image (54K) Dick Schrum: So Rare - 1972. Former Seattle Music Hall Robert Morton installed in the Carl Greer Inn, Sacramento California. The album included the track "Sentimental Journey" which was recorded at the 1963 Seattle Farewell Concert. Concert Recording, CR-0119
Click for a larger version of this image (54K) Dick Schrum: At the Seattle Paramount - 1966. Featuring the unaltered sounds of a fine example of the famous Publix #1 Style 4/20 Wurlitzer. Relay Records, R-101
Click for a larger version of this image (78K) Dick Schrum: That's Entertainment - 1966. Bill Blunk studio. 5/24 Marr & Colton. Concert Recording #CR-0008, Lynwood, CA.
Click for a larger version of this image (6K)MARTHA - 1969. 45RPM. Relay Records. RS102, stereo only.
Click for a larger version of this image (17K)Don Simmons: Bing Band Jazz - 1965. "Playing a sensational jazz style on the Wurlitzer 4/18 Pipe Organ" Oaks Park Rink, 4/18 Wurlitzer. Portland, Oregon. Gamba Records, D-101 Stereo.
Click for a larger version of this image (8K)Don Simmons: A Session With Simmons - 1966. Don Simmons' second jazz-style LP. Oaks Park Rink, 4/18 Wurlitzer. Portland, Oregon. Gamba Records D-102-S
Click for a larger version of this image (4K)Don Simmons: Swingin' Pipes - mode 1960's. Oaks Park Rink, 4/18 Wurlitzer. Portland, Oregon. Sound Productions, Gamba Records D-103 Stereo
Click for a larger version of this image (21K) Don Simmons Plays the Organ Grinder Wurlitzer Pipe Organ - Sound Productions # DS OG (stereo). Organ Grinder Restaurant, 4/42 Wurlitzer. Portland, Oregon.
Click for a larger version of this image (28K)Greg Smith: Greats Sounds with Greg Smith. Pizza & Pipes Wurlitzer, Bellevue, WA. Doric Records, DO 2501
Click for a larger version of this image (14K)Jim Walls: One Big Beautiful Sound. Rodgers custom Theatre Organ at the Rodgers Organ Company plant in Hillsboro, Oregon. Organarts, Stereo
 
Jonas Nordwall: At the Wurlitzer Pipe Organ. Oriental Theatre Wurlitzer, Portland Oregon. Gamba Records.
 
Jonas Nordwall: Jonas In Australia. 4/21 Wurlitzer in the State Theatre, Melbourne. Gamba Records. JN-103
 
Patrick Wedd: Strike Up the Band - 1987. Orpheum Theatre Wurlitzer, Vancouver B.C. Canada.
 
Click for a larger version of this image (24K)Jonas Nordwall: In a Persian Market - 1998. Berkeley Community Theatre 4/33 Wurlitzer. Nor-Cal Theatre Organ Society. Compact Disk.

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