14. 06. 2012 Rondo "The Griffin
Years" By Bryon
Young. (Link 43.)
15. 02. 2011 You Can't Be True,
Dear and Love In Bloom mp3 tracks from the Spike Jones Show 1949 (Link
18)
22. 11. 11. N.B. New Internet address. See
bottom of Home Page.
16. 08. 11 Royce
(Doc) Brown. Bob Potts made contact with Royce and learned some
news. Link
42.
Ken Griffin Compositions. This mp3 page has been made permanent at
link
41.
13. 08. 10
Discology updated. Most Columbia 78's added, including date of
publication. Link
26. My thanks to Bryon Young for the link to the
web site showing Columbia recordings. Bryon's page has been
updated to show this list and link, at Link
39. You may find this of
interest for other Columbia artists.
N.B. Link 28 is a blank link due to work not yet beings started on
the Album photo collection.
04.
01. 10. Eric Larson's report on the Dedication Show on the
27th December at Woburn, Massechusettes. Click on date or
go to the Home Page.
14.12.09.
28th Dec. 2009. The 100th Anniversary of Ken's Birth. 12
Christmas mp3 tracks by Ken Griffin and Eric Larson. Link on Home
Page.
The 2009
Dedication Show takes place at the North Suburban
Home Organ Society Center in Woburn, near Boston,
Massachusettes on the
20th of December. We would like to wish Eric
and everyone involved a very successful day. Sorry that I couldn't
be there this year. Link at top of
Home page, or click on the
'2009' link above.
01.
10. 09. Marjorie Meinert: It was sad to receive the news
from Bryon Young that Marjorie passed away on Saturday the 29th of
August at 88 years old.
Click on Marjorie's name to go to the
report, which has been entered in Marjorie's page on our web site.
20. 07. 09. Home Page
rearranged. Links renumbered. Ken's Discography (26), Ken's Record
Covers (27) and W.I.P Ken's
Record Lables (28). Marjorie Meinert link now at (29).
14. 07. 09.
Bruce Mclean sent this interesting link,
which includes a mention of Ken. Click on the date to go to the Latest
News page link.
14.
07. 09. Bruce Mclean sent this interesting link,
which includes a mention of Ken. Click on the date to go to the
Latest News page link.
09.
07. 09. Ken's Record Covers. Click on date.
30.
06. 09. New Discography of Ken's records. Click on Date
31.
05. 09. Found an interesting web site with
information and photographs of Marjorie Meinert when she worked at
the WOC Radio & TV stations in Iowa. Click on the date to go to
the page which is in Frank Pugno's
'Electronic Organs' section (Link
32).
25.
05. 09. New REXX 334.double CD "Drifting & Dreaming" available from June
22nd. Click on date.
Price:
£8.95
N.B.
This is not a Jasmine CD as first mentioned.
16.
05. 09.
On the Home page you will find the two latest mp3's by Ken of Golden
sails and You Didn't Want Me When You had Me with vocalists Jerry
Wayne & Johnny Hill. Both Rondo recordings.
On the Latest
News Page is one of the few colour photo of Ken, taken from
the Philip's E.P (Produced in Holland) Hammond Rythm, which I purchased off Ebay back in
February. You will find the EP added to my collection at Extended
Play .
Also, with thanks to
Wilfred Hosteland for what is believed to the last photo ever taken
of Ken, only days from his death. Ken was appearing at a Ladies'
Group gathering. Also included are photographs of Ken's flat in
Chicago where he lived. It was from the flat number 1617 that Ken
took the 6 & 7 to form the name of his 1954 TV show 67 Melody
Lane. The colour photo wa staken in this falt as was the one on the
Columbia LP The Organ Plays At Christmas.
Seven new mp3 tracks
by Eric have been added to his Eric
Larson Page These are; Diesel Train Boogie,
Rose Room,
Beautiful Ohio, Button Up Your Overcoat and Tico, Tico, which are
all on the Hammond. Two tracks Take Five and Satin Doll, which are
from two of the Ken Griffin Dedication Shows and played on the
Rogers George Wright Signalture organ.
27. 08. 08.
A report on the 2008 Dedication Show, which took
place The North Suburban Home Organ Society, Woburn, Boston,
Massachussettes. Click on the deate on the left or gpo to the
Hoime Page link. Scroll down page report to view the photos.
25.
08. 08. A few new links to
internet information about Sterling Yates, Johnny Costa. At link
9. With thanks to Louis Doutt from Waynesburg, PA
The New CD set 'Skate On' has become one of Jasmine's best sellers
of 2008. A new CD is on the cards.
Two mp3 tracks by Ken are available on
the Home Page. If I Had You and The Shades Are Down On Cobble
Street. Both with vocals.
Tune into Alan
Ashton's Internet Radio Organ Show on the 1st September,
where he introduces Eric Larson by playing two of Eric's recordings.
Click on Alan's name to go directly to the link.
I have also added two additional tracks to Eric's web page, at the
link at the botton of this page along with my personal web sites.
27.
07. 08. Two new mp3's on the Home
Page. Music, Music, Music and My Life's Story.
Three new photos of Ken has been added to Link 22, below.
The sales of the New CD set 'Skate On' has been excellent.
A new page dedicated to Eric Larson is added and can be found at the
list of my Personal web sites at the botton of this Home Page There
are ten mp3's by Eric on the Hammond and Wurlitzer Electrostatic and
two tracks on the Alan Organ.
The Dedication Show in Boston on the 20th July was very successful.
I hope to have a report and some photos very soon.
04.
04. 08. "Skate On" tw-CD Set available from 16th of May 2008.
52 great tracks.
07.
04. 08.
A New organ CD source. The
Historical Recording Company This is run by Robert Ridgeway who
has recently retired from the Sanfillipo Estate where he worked for
many years on
preserving the mighty Sanfillipo Wurlitzer Organ and hundreds of
mechanical musical instruments and all types of Funfare machines.
Robert was in charge of the recording of live performances on the
Wurlitzer which many well-known organists played and there is a
wealth of fine recordings available.
03.
04. 08. News of a new 2-CD set of Ken's recordings on
Internet Radio Organ programme by Alan Ashton.
As
our News page continues to grow, it also becomes a bit top heavy and
longer to download. This 'secondary-Home Page' has been formed to
help you find individual items easier and pages with graphics to
download faster. The latest news and updates also have their own
'link, which you can go to first and catch up with all the latest
articles. The news page also includes the list of dealers and
Internet sites where you can purchase Ken's records.
N.B. The Geoff Wellbank and Audrey (In Memory)
have been moved to links at the bottom of this page.
As the The Latest News Page expands it requires to be reduced to save
time on opening the page.
22.
01. 08. Signed copy of You
Can't be True, Dear Music Sheet
(11. 11. 2007)
Report
on the latest Ken Griffin Dedication Show at Woburn, Boston,
Massachussettes on Sunday 28th November. Included many photos,
including the transport of Ken's Hammond AV from Main to the Woburn
venu, pictures of everyone involved and the audiance. Also included
a little-seen advert with Ken Griffin and Ann Gilbert at the Hammond
AV that was made for pre-publicity when he was travelling or
appearing on TV. Another great Dedication Show with lots of that
great 'Griffin Sound'. Go directly to the report at:
Woburn
Report.
Another
Dedication Show is planned for Woburn next year but it is also hoped
that there will also0 be another Dedication Show in Chicago around
the same time, so watch thes epages for the latest news on these
events.
Latest
mp3's by Ken, for your enjoyment. Our Christmas Waltz and Star Of
The East. From a Rondo 78. Link on Home
Page
For The
latest addition to my record collection, apart from the above 78 is
the 12" Rondo LP "Christmas Organ" by Ken. You will
find this on the 12" record list at Link
6.