Organ CD’s from Around the Globe Including “Key Expressions for Organ” books Free PDF Version www.organ.co.uk ORGAN1st: Issue Eight November 2000 to January 2001 1 WelcomeWelcome ToTo IssueIssue EightEight Welcome to issue eight and, as piece which shows in depth just series of organ books from Music this issue covers the festive what effort goes into making one Sales Ltd. including the popular season, we would like to wish all of his recordings. “Home Organist Library.” More our readers a Happy Christmas. details will follow soon. We have reviews of two organ There are a few more goodies in videos. Both were mentioned in We have a few piano items this this issue, including TWO our last issue, but due to the print issue, including a profile and arrangements. To put you in the deadline, we did not have time to details of six new CD’s from the Christmas mood, we have a top- include the reviews. “Velvet Piano Player” himself Jon line piece called “Season’s Gooch. We also have a special We have a profile of Mark Whale Greetings” and if all the cold subscriber offer of £1.00 off all his with details of his new Christmas winter weather is getting you CD’s until the end of the year. CD and features on the Wichita & down, just remember it’s only a Plummer Wurlitzers. We have also included a few other few more months until “non-organ” CD’s in this issue. We “Summertime”. We have a special offer for fans now stock all the CD’s produced of IMP’s extravORGANza! series There was so much to fit into this by the Empress record label. of books for organ. You can now issue, we needed another five There are over one hundred titles save at least £2.00 on the shop pages, so we have increased this listed in this newsletter and prices and only pay 90p postage issue to 48 and have used our subscribers should have received for however many you want to back page, usually reserved for a separate catalogue containing order (overseas postage is extra). the spare order form. most of the titles. We know they Please hurry as this offer is strictly are not organ, but we thought that Our thanks go to John Walker for limited. We are also pleased to many of you would be interested his behind the scenes look at his announce that we will soon be in the series. “Digital Orchestra”. It’s a great stocking the Kenneth Baker Subscriptions Contents List for Four issues (One Year). Newsletter Eight Price includes postage. Welcome / General Information ................................................... 2 UK £4.00 Video Reviews by Alan Ashton ................................................... 4 Europe £6.00 World £8.00 Organ Videos ................................................................................ 6 Organised Keyboards by Alan Ashton ....................................... 7 Note to subscribers: “Key Expressions for Organ” Books ........................................ 14 “extravORGANza!” Special Offer .............................................. 15 The address label on this envelope shows the issues Profile of Mark Whale ................................................................. 16 you have subscribed for. The Wichita Wurlitzer ................................................................. 17 Whenever you order an item EMPRESS CD’s ........................................................................... 18 from us, the subscription ORGAN1st Piano Catalogue ...................................................... 19 period will also be shown on Profile of Jon Gooch .................................................................. 20 the front of the package and on your receipt. You can The Piano Page........................................................................... 21 extend your subscription any MUSIC FEATURE 1: Summertime ............................................. 22 time you wish. MUSIC FEATURE 2: Season’s Greetings .................................. 26 Please note that it costs us Top 40 CD’s ................................................................................. 28 more than the subscription John Walker & The Digital Orchestra ....................................... 30 charge to produce and post ORGAN1st Catalogue ................................................................ 34 these newsletters, they therefor represent excellent ORGAN1st New Additions ......................................................... 46 value for money! The Plummer Wurlitzer .............................................................. 48 2 GeneralGeneral InformationInformation We specialise in compact discs and have [IS/ST] = All tracks are in sequence and MSS Music Publishing 99% of these titles in stock at any one time. in strict-tempo (and are suitable for “Key Expressions for Organ” Some titles can be deleted quickly, so if Ballroom Dancing). you can list an alternative choice when The “in the style of…” series of books can New additions since our last newsletter are ordering, then please do so. Some titles ONLY be sent to addresses in the UK and EU marked “✔” (In the catalogue section). We are also available on cassette but EUROPE (due to copyright restrictions), while have singled out certain recordings in the sometimes these may have to be ordered. other series can be sold WORLDWIDE. Please catalogue section with a “★”. We consider check each book for details of where they can We accept orders seven days a week, these titles worthy of praise (although this be sold. from 8:00 am to 7:00 pm. We are not a is just our opinion). Trade Prices for ‘Key Expressions’: We can shop and are strictly mail-order only. We [#7] etc. after the CD title indicates that supply books to shops, organ societies and are not a large company, just two people; the track listing was printed in a particular music teachers at trade prices. We give a 30% Gerry King (father) & Ian King (son). issue of our newsletter (Issues one, three discount, with a minimum order of SIX books, (titles can be mixed). We have an introductory If you would like track listings of particular and four have now sold out). offer of 50% discount if you buy one each of recordings or artists, please send an SAE The subscriptions we charge go towards all our books. 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LL40 2YS Sweden, Vatican City & the Irish We stock most of the record labels who United Kingdom Republic. produce organ recordings including Tel: (01341) 422115 Grosvenor, Grasmere, Maestro, Manual Fax: (01341) 422127 Books are zero-rated, so a book costing Music, Banda, OS Digital, Castle, Email: [email protected] £8.95 is the same price anywhere in the Sterndale and others too numerous to Website: http://www.organ.co.uk world. Please do not deduct the V.A.T. mention (over seventy separate sources!) from the postage charges. All other Countries (outside the EU) can Postage Rates remove the V.A.T. as follows: UK: 90p Per Order * (however many items you buy). Incl. VAT / Ex. VAT Incl. VAT / Ex. VAT EUROPE: £1.50 for first item, then 50p each additional item (CD’s & Cassettes). £1.95 ..... £1.66 £11.95 ... £10.17 WORLD: £2.00 for first item, £2.95 ..... £2.51 £12.45 ... £10.60 then £1.00 each additional item (CD’s & Cassettes). £3.45 ..... £2.94 £12.95 ... £11.02 £3.95 ..... £3.36 £13.45 ... £11.45 Videos count as 2 items outside the UK. £4.95 ..... £4.21 £13.95 ... £11.87 * All our “Key Expressions…” books are sent POST FREE in the £5.95 ..... £5.06 £14.95 ... £12.72 UK, but count as two items outside the UK. £6.35 ..... £5.40 £15.95 ... £13.57 £6.95 ..... £5.91 £16.95 ... £14.42 If you are ordering CD’s or cassettes at the same time as one of our £7.25 ..... £6.17 £17.95 ... £15.28 “Key Expressions for Organ” books, then all items will be sent post £7.95 ..... £6.77 £18.95 ... £16.13 free in the UK. £8.45 ..... £7.19 £19.95 ... £16.98 99% of items are in stock and are dispatched the same day (by first £8.95 ....