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Unknown Tunes Played on Wurlitzer 125 Band Organ
By Robbie Rhodes

Jon Schell wrote in 110809 MMDigest:

> I was recently at the Washington County Fair in Minnesota and came
> across a Wurlitzer Style 125 Military Band Organ. ... I have no idea
> what the songs are.  Can someone possibly identify them?
> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4914018/125_Military_Band_Organ_Wurlitzer_Style.mp3 

The organ is playing a "composite" music roll, wherein the songs of
two rolls are interleaved.  The first three songs are heard in the MP3
audio file.  The roll played is 3241-3257 which alternates songs from
roll 3241 (issued January 14, 1947) with songs from roll 3257 (issued
May 20, 1955):

W125 ROLL NUMBER 3241-3257 (Composite roll published by Ray Siou)
 1. (3241-1) On The Atchison, Topeka And The Santa Fe (FT)
 2. (3257-1) Hearts Of Stone (FT)
 3. (3241-2) There Must Be A Way (Fox Trot)
 4. (3257-2) Down In The Villa Capri (W)
 5. (3241-3) Yankee Boy (March)
 6. (3257-3) This Ole House ((FT)
 7. (3241-4) Just A Blue Serge Suit (F)
 8. (3257-4) I Can't Tell A Waltz From A Tango (FT)
 9. (3241-5) Some Sunday Morning (FT)
10. (3257-5) Backward, Turn Backward (O Time In Your Flight)  (W)
11. (3241-6) Our Capitol  (March)
12. (3257-6) Don't Let The Kiddygeddin (FT)

Details about the songs of the two original rolls are available at
http://wurlitzer-rolls.com/125catalog/Part2.pdf 

Thanks to Mike Grant for sharing his list of the composited 12-tune
Wurlitzer Style 125 music rolls.

Robbie Rhodes
Etiwanda, Calif.


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