The Scottish Theatre Organ Preseervation Society, STOPS, was founded in 1972 and now owns and operates the New Palace Theatre Organ Heritage Centre, Greenlaw, TD10 6XD, Scotland, UK. Registered as a charity (SC 018217) in 1977 it is Scotland's first and oldest cinema / theatre organ preservation society.
The New Palace Theatre Organ Heritage Centre, officially opened in 1994, houses the Unique Hildon Unit Orchestral Pipe Organ which is an amalgam of the instruments from the Edinburgh Playhouse and the Palace Picture House, Edinburgh.
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David Hamilton played regularly at my local cinema in Kilburn, London when I was a child. It was mainly due to his playing that I became interested in the organ at an early age.
Superb playing as usual. Noel was a sad loss to us even before his untimely death due to arthritic hands. I`m sorry to hear about the organ. This sort of thing happens all too often when organs are placed in store, that or fire.
This is a gem. Never seen this before. David Cunningham singing By the Lochside the best version I have heard. Usual excellent performance by Jim and his band.
@@joanne26 Thank you-will look up Lee Dawson too-tried to Google the ladies and had no luck-I live in the USA and I am really enjoying these archived shows-the ladies are too funny-again-thanks
@@joanne26 Thanks I will-I just read about his passing-I read the UK papers every day-my mom was 100% English-her mom and dad's families were born in the UK and came to the USA in the 1600's-England fascinates me
Juliette Prowse was a wonderful performer taken from us so young and what a nice man Terry Wogan was too And Robert Goulet wow. Voices like his are so rare now. What memories from the 80s this brings back. A golden decade when we were all young and carefree.
Also wonder if John had Douglas Reeve in mind as a few of those tunes were recorded by Douglas at one time. Lovely pipework by Christie ,some bringing memories of the dome Christie .
I have just found this , it may have been in Scotland but the show was as always remembered by the performance from the lass from Tiger Bay , has Dame Shirley first song said there is a right way of doing it and a wrong way of doing it but nobody does it quite like Bassey.
A few glimpses of the organ in the pit towards the finale with, I presume, Gordon Lucas at the console and showing him as Theatre Stage Manager in the final credits
Quite simply a perfect combination. I was fortunate to meet him once, in Northampton, when he was demonstrating Yamaha electronic organs. I told him we had a Conacher at school and he said, "Perhaps we can sort something out." Sadly we never could - and I know many people think it was the organ which needed sorting out - which, happily Carl is now doing. I recollect one time at the Odeon his referring to that Egyptian posting and being given a copy of their national anthem to play printed on rice paper; he commented that he was probably supposed to eat it afterwards! Thank you for making this available.
The thick shutters are behind the photographer - the main chest was at right angles to them, so the organ had a chance to mix and blend in the timber lined chamber before getting out.
@@scottishtheatreorganpreser4855 Trouble with being a retired teacher of English; always got the red pen ready. (I come from the days when we were allowed to correct mistakes, not celebrate them as an individual effort!) but it was genuinely funny. Imagine being diagnosed with a case of Swell Sh++*ers! But a great post and a lovely-sounding organ. Glad it is once more rising from the ashes!
@@paulbland8799 I do try to triple check all of my writing, but some things manage to escape my occasional dyslexic fingers... :D English was and is a subject I love. I used to write instruction manuals for technical systems as part of my job, and frequently type 'comma and' and had to point out that it is called an Oxford comma to separate a following item from the preceding one. Also, the correct use of apostrophes and plurals is one of my 'phobias'...... :) (Larry McGuire)
