Chris Powell - In The Mood (Double DVD)
November 2011 Review (Available from ORGANS.co.uk)
This is another first as it's a double DVD with each disc played on a different organ. Disc one is played on the Roland Atelier AT-900C electronic, while disc two played on a Wurlitzer. Both instruments were recorded in the Burton Upon Trent Town Hall. The filming of this DVD is pretty straight forward, but effectively done as it seems to use two cameras, both fixed on the console (one left, one right). Apart from the occasional full-length and picture-in-picture shots, everything is shot like this, which I think looks a more professional than some of the hand-held shots from other releases. The close-ups of the Atelier are especially ‘shiny'. READ THE FULL REVIEW...
Carol Williams - TourBus 6 (Goes To Ocean Grove) (DVD)
October 2011 Review (Available from ORGANS.co.uk)
This is the sixth in the ‘Tour Bus' series of documentary-style DVDs from Carol Williams and this time she is at the five manual Robert Hope-Jones organ of Ocean Grove, New Jersey, USA, which is set in a massive 10,000 seat auditorium. READ THE FULL REVIEW...
Nicholas Martin - The Happy Wanderer (DVD)
October 2011 Review (Available from ORGANS.co.uk)
Nick Martin is producing a lot of DVDs at the moment, this is his fifth since 2009, each one being played on different theatre organs. This one is recorded live at the Compton theatre organ in Wolverhampton Civic Hall on April 23rd 2011. READ THE FULL REVIEW...
Carol Williams - TourBus 5 (Goes To Luxembourg) (Quadruple DVD)
May 2011 Review (Available from ORGANS.co.uk)
This DVD is of grand proportions, being a quadruple DVD release from Carol Williams on her Melcot Music Label. This is the fifth DVD in her "Tourbus" series which feature tours of various organs around the World. The first three DVDs mainly toured around organs in the USA, with volume four set in Paris. Carol presents, interviews and part-performs on all the DVDs. READ THE FULL REVIEW...
Trevor Bolshaw - Folly Farm Wurlitzer (DVD)
May 2011 Review (Available from ORGANS.co.uk)
This new DVD comes from the Raymer Sound label which specialises in jazz CDs, but also has a handful of organ CDs in their catalogue (one by Trevor Bolshaw and two by Mark Ireland). This is their first organ DVD and was recorded at the Folly Farm Wurlitzer in Begelly, Pembrokeshire in November 2010 (and released in March this year). It features the ex-Gaumont Manchester Wurlitzer now residing here in deepest, darkest Wales. READ THE FULL REVIEW...
