BAND ORGAN VINYL RECORDINGS COLLECTORS CORNER
by Dr. Bill Black

This series of monthly articles will feature information for collectors of recordings of Band Organs which were produced on vinyl 33 1/3 records years ago. Hopefully this information will be of value to those collectors by providing information about the record albums so they can search for them in old record stores etc.

This months record is "THE GREAT FRENCH CAROUSEL ORGANS" The album number is FRL1-7006 Stereo on the RCA Red Seal Label.

The album features recordings of nine different organs from the collections of Paul Bocuse & Marc Fournier. The jacket show a copyright date of 1975 by RCA Records. The back of the jacket gives some description of the organs operation and some history of the two collectors. Also included are color photos of the organs.

I will list each organ featured below along with the list of tunes played by that organ.

  • GROS ORGUE GAUDIN
  • Perles de Cristal
  • Light Cavalry Overture
  • The Thieving Magpie Overture
  • William Tell Overture
  • Jalousie
  • Under the Double Eagle
  • Ain't She Sweet


  • LIMONAIRE
  • Radetzky March


  • DUSSAUX
  • Tritsch-Tratsch Polka


  • LIMONAIRE
  • Valencia


  • LEMOINE
  • La Vague


  • LIMONAIRE
  • Ten Fais Pas Bouboule


  • PETIT LIMONAIRE
  • La Faubourienne


  • LIMONAIRE
  • Rose Marie


  • MORTIER
  • Boum
  • America (from West Side Story)