february 24 playlist:

al green - love and happiness (i'm still in love with you)

the meters - ease back (the meters)

bob seger system - ramblin' gamblin man (ramblin' gamblin man)

johnny ace - cross my heart (memorial album)

dr. dog - engineer says (the psychedelic swamp)

medeski, scofield, martin & wood - telegraph (out louder)

terry riley - anthem of the trinity (shri camel)

florence mahon - handel: concerto in b-flat major, opus 4 number 2: allegro (souvenirs: scarboro united church organ)

jimmy smith - minor chant (back at the chicken shack)

gene ammons & sonny stitt - why was i born (boss tenors in orbit)

the smalls - natural woman (my dear little angle)

both (excellent) tenor players are credited on the front cover "+ organ." the organ didn't play itself, however. i'm happy to shed some light on underappreciated musicians like don patterson on this program.

february 17 playlist:

the prisoners - gravedigger (in from the cold)

booker t. & the mg's - home grown (soul dressing)

neil young - the loner (neil young)

walter gatti - ludwig van beethoven: adagio in f major for mechanical organ (at the metzler organ (torino))

streetorgan 'de arabier' - ik hou van holland (famous dutch streetorgans)

plas johnson - robin's nest cha cha (rockin' with the plas)

peter sykes - neptune, the mystic (gustav holst: the planets for organ)

peter hammill - summer song in the autumn (fool's mate)

shirley scott with stanley turrentine - secret love (soul shoutin')

groove holmes - red onion (new groove)

grant green - ain't it funky now (blue breakbeats)

 

february 10 playlist:

john cale - ghost story (vintage violence)

jackie mittoo - jumping jack (champion in the arena 1976-1977)

link wray - water boy (beans and fatback)

michael rault - nothing means nothing (burger records cassingle)

daniel romano - louise (sleep beneath the willow)

craig yaremko organ trio - beach blanket bebop (cyo3)

akiko tsuruga - stormy weather (sweet and funky)

anna von hausswolff - discovery (the miraculous)

arthur crighton - intro/charles-marie widor: symphony no. 6 - first movement (organ broadcast recital: st. joseph's basilica)

bobbie gentry - sittin' pretty (local gentry)

doug organ trio - monstrous (doug organ trio)

a closeup of the organ manual played by arthur crighton in edmonton's splendid church. source: stjosephbasilica.com

february 3 playlist:

clarence wheeler & the enforcers - right on (doin' what we wanna)

manfred mann - bare hugg (soul of mann)

brother john sellers - sinner man (baptist shouts and gospel songs)

jesse crawford - trees (at the wurlitzer cinema organ)

max richter - iconography (the blue notebooks)

portishead - plastic (third)

broadcast - you can fall (the noise made by people)

t. rex - jupiter liar (futuristic dragon)

mogollar - halic'te gun batisi (les danses et rythmes de la turquie d'hier a aujourd'hui)

fats waller - lenox avenue blues (church organ blues) (1926-27)

sir julian - movin' at midnight (ultra-lounge vol. 11 - organs in orbit)

friendly rich & the lollipop people - how i learned to stop worrying and love the bomb (the sacred prune of remembrance)

kevin ayers - whatevershebringswesing (whatevershebringswesing)

the deep dark woods - charlie's (is coming down) (single)

happy birthday, mama organ grinder!