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Master Design Series
By Allen
A Variety of Organ Favorites
Featuring the MDS-11 & MDS-60


Master Design Series? By Allen
Audio Cassette
Length: 28:00
Part #031-0105
Suggested Retail: $ 5.00

The Allen MDS-11 & MDS-60 heard on this recording utilizes Allen's Master Design Series™ technology, the result of more than 20 years of experience in digital technology. The organs were recorded in Octave Hall at the Allen Organ Company by staff artist Tom Hazleton.

Selections Recorded:
Fugue · la Gigue -- J.S. Bach
Prayer (Suite Gothique) -- Lèon BoÎllmann
This Is My Father's World -- arr. T. Hazleton
Joseph Est Bien Marie* -- Claude Balbastre
Now Thank We All Our God -- J.S. Bach
Middlebury -- Dale Wood
In My Life, Lord, Be Glorified* -- arr. Fred Bock
Great Is Thy Faithfulness -- arr. T. Hazleton

*with MDS-Expander™



Carlo Curley at the Great
Hall Organ


Audio Cassette
Length: 58:16
Part #031-0060
Suggested Retail: $ 9.95

This recording features Carlo Curley on the 4-manual, 140-rank Allen Custom digital organ in the Great Hall of the Wharton Center for Performing Arts at Michigan State University in East Lansing, MI.

Selections Recorded:
Prelude and Fugue in A Minor, BWV 543 -- J. S. Bach
Andante in F Major -- Jan Ladislav Dussek (arr. Thalben-Ball)
Air on the G String (from Suite in D) -- J. S. Bach
Sonata I in F Minor -- Felix Mendelssohn
Vivace (from Trio Sonata No. 6 in G Major) -- J. S. Bach
Sonata on the First Tone -- Josè Lidon
Fantasia on the Chorale "Wie Schön Leucht't Uns Der Morgenstern" -- Max Reger
Westminster Change on the Allen Digital Chimes

Amazing Grace

Amazing Grace
Compact Disc
Length: 61:33
Part #031-0069
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Audio Cassette
Length: 61:33
Part #031-0068
Suggested Retail: $ 9.99

Recorded in August 1988, this recording features anthems and hymn arrangements performed by Carlo Curley and the Chamber Choir of Grand Rapids; Larry Biser, director. The choral interpretations represent the finest traditions of Westminster Choir College. The organ is a three-manual, two-cage Custom Classic installed in 1987 at University United Methodist Church; Lansing, MI.

Selections Recorded:
Awake the Trumpets Lofty Sound -- G. F. Handel
Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee -- L. Van Beethoven
Dear Lord and Father of Mankind -- C. H. H. Parry
When I Survey the Wondrous Cross -- arr. Gilbert Martin
Hallelujah -- L. Van Beethoven
Father of Heaven, Whose Love Profound -- Healey Willan
Psalm 3 -- T. Charles Lee
Amazing Grace -- arr. Carlo Curley
Behold! God the Lord Passed By -- Felix Mendelssohn
Old 100th Psalm Tune -- arr. R. Vaughan Williams
O How Amiable -- R. Vaughan Williams
Let Us with a Gladsome Mind -- arr. Alan Ridout
Now Thank We All Our God -- J. S. Bach
All Glory, Laud and Honor -- arr. Alexander Schreiner
A Mighty Fortress is Our God -- arr. Carlo Curley

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Carlo Curley in Concert

Carlo Curley in Concert
Videocassette
Length: 41:04
Part #031-0052
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Audio Cassette
Length: 39:56
Part #031-0057
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Recorded spring 1988 in Allen Organ Company's Octave Hall by Carlo Curley on an Allen Model ADC 8350.

Selections Recorded:
Trumpet Tune and Air -- Jeremiah Clarke
All Through the Night -- Welsh (arr. Curley)
Concerto in F Major -- George Frideric Handel
Rejoice, Beloved Christians, BWV 734 -- J. S. Bach
Fantasy in E-flat Major -- Camille Saint-SaÎns
Largo (from Xerxes) -- George Frideric Handel
Fugue in G Minor ("Little"), BWV 578 -- J. S. Bach
A Perfect Day -- Carrie Jacobs Bond (arr. Curley)
Intermezzo (from Symphony VI) -- Charles-Marie Widor

Music of Inspiration
Harold DeCou

Music of Inspiration
Audio Cassette
Length: 31:20
Part #031-0016
Suggested Retail: $ 8.00 .....
 

This recording demonstrates the voicing flexibility of the Allen Digital Computer Organ. Instead of classical sound, the organ has been voiced and specially equipped to play gospel music.

Harold DeCou plays an Allen System 900 in Civic Auditorium, Grand Rapids, MI. Mr. DeCou is one of the nation's foremost arrangers and composers of gospel music. All selections have been arranged by Mr. DeCou.

Selections Recorded:
Calling -- John W. Peterson
The Old Rugged Cross -- George Bernard
Bless This House -- May Brahè
When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder -- James Black
Ivory Palaces -- Henry Barraclough
No Longer Lonely -- Robert Harkness
Something for Thee -- Robert Lowry
Only a Few More Shadows -- Merrill Dunlop
Heartaches -- Alfred H. Ackley
Count Your Blessings -- Edwin Excell

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Showers of Blessing
Harold DeCou

Showers of Blessing
Audio Cassette
Length: 43:26
Part #031-0085
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Recorded by Harold DeCou in June 1991 on an MDS-65-S at the International Sales Headquarters of the Allen Organ Company. All arrangements were done by Mr. DeCou.

Selections Recorded:
Brethren, We Have Met to Worship -- William Moore
How Great Thou Art! -- Swedish folk melody
Overshadowed -- George Schuler
I Have Found a Hiding Place -- Gladys Blanchard Muller
Daystar -- Roger Strader
Great Is Thy Faithfulness -- William M. Runyan
There Shall Be Showers of Blessing -- James McGranahan
Onward, Christian Soldiers -- Arthur S. Sullivan
I Walked Today Where Jesus Walked -- Geoffrey O'Hara
Medley: Jesus, There's Something About That Name, The Longer I Serve Him -- William J. Gaither
Whatever He Wants For Me -- Louis P. Lehman
The Lord's Prayer -- Albert Hay Malotte

Musical Prisms
Dwight Beacham

Musical Prisms
Audio Cassette
Length: 37:30
Part #031-0076
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No Longer Available

This recording was made in spring 1990 by Dwight Beacham on an MDS Theatre III at the International Sales Headquarters of the Allen Organ Company.

Selections Recorded:
Riff Song -- Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein, Sigmund Romberg
I Don't Need Anything But You -- Martin Charnin & Charles Strouse
True Love -- Cole Porter
"A" You're Adorable -- Buddy Kaye, Fred Wise, & Sidney Lippman
On The Sunny Side Of The Street -- Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields
Calvary -- Paul Rodney
Stars and Stripes Forever -- John Philip Sousa
Masquerade -- Paul Webster, John Loeb
Tarantella -- Paul Beaumont
Dancing in the Dark -- Howard Deitz, Arthur Schwartz
Prelude in Classic Style -- Gordon Young
I Would Be True -- Howard Walter, Joseph Peek


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Masterworks II
MDS-60 Octave Hall

Masterworks II
Audio Cassette
Length: 46:12
Part #031-0111
Suggested Retail: $ 9.95 .....
 

Richard Grant is a graduate of New England Conservatory and Boston University, where he studied with George Faxon, Francis Snow and Everett Titcomb, eminent Boston musicians. He became a church organist at the age of 13 and later held positions in Boston, New York and Boston Conservatory of Music. He is Music Director at St. Peter's By-The-Sea, a summer chapel, in Ogunquite, Maine.

He has performed over 600 organ recitals, including programs at Avery Fisher Hall and The State Theater at Lincoln Center, St. Thomas Church, New York City and Methuen Music Hall, Massachusetts, as well as frequent performances for the American Guild of Organists. As a concert artist, he has received wide acclaim for his informative and exciting programs.

Selections Recorded:
Allegro Giocoso -- George Frederick Handel
Adagio -- Jozef Hector Fiocco
Allegro-Concerto in A minor -- Johann Sebastian Bach
Air from the Suite in D -- Johann Sebastian Bach
Fugue in E flat-St. Anne -- Johann Sebastian Bach
Hymntune -- Duke Street
Sketch in D flat, Opus 58 -- Robert Schumann
Silhouette -- Carl McKinley
Two Hymntune Improvisations: I Love To Tell The Story, My Faith Looks Up To Thee -- Robert Elmore
Carillon de Westminster -- Louis Verne

A Church
Organist's Primer

Part I: Manual and Pedal Technique

A Church Organist's Primer
Videocassette
Length: 32:00
Part #031-0047
Suggested Retail: $29.95 .....
 

Respected organ instructor Sally Cherrington explains and demonstrates the basic elements of manual technique, pedal technique and notation, understanding console controls, and playing hymns and the liturgy.


A Church
Organist's Primer

Part II: Registration

A Church Organist's Primer
Videocassette
Length: 56:25
Part #031-0065
Suggested Retail: $29.95 .....
 

Part II of this acclaimed series introduces the student to the art of selecting stops appropriate to a wide variety of organ literature from various historical periods and traditions.

A Church
Organist's Primer

Part III: Hymn Accompaniment

A Church Organist's Primer
Videocassette
Part #031-0112
Suggested Retail: $29.95 .....
 

Part III introduces the student to accompaniment techniques for a wide variety of hymnody from traditional to gospel to contemporary. Examine a variety of hymnals from major denominations. Learn secrets to indexes for cross- referencing subject, author, composer, and source. Find out what works and what doesn't in leading group singing. Discover a wealth of source materials for a rebirth of congregational singing in your church. Even pianists and other keyboardist will learn valuable skills. After viewing Dr. Cherrington's videocassette, you'll never play a church service in the same way again.

NOTE: If purchasing Part I, Part II, and Part III of A Church Organist's Primer series at the same time, a special pricing of $84.95 is offered.

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Lyn Larsen
in Concert

Lyn Larsen in Concert
Videocassette
Length: 1:11:50
Part #031-0084
Suggested Retail: $ 29.95 .....
 

Recorded in April 1991 on an Allen Organ MDS-Theatre III at the International Sales Headquarters of the Allen Organ Company. All arrangements were done by Mr. Larsen. Exciting close-up shots exhibit Lyn's dazzling technique.

Selections Recorded:
Married I Can Always Get -- Gordon Jenkins
La Rosita -- Paul DuPont
Soliloquy -- Rube Bloom
The Touch of Your Hand -- Jerome Kern
Pick Yourself Up -- Jerome Kern
A Broken Rosary -- M. Klein
Tritsch-Tratsch Polka -- Johann Strauss, Jr.
Serenade (from The Student Prince) -- Sigmund Romberg
Nanette -- Adam Carroll
Hooray for Hollywood -- Richard Whiting
Shadow Waltz -- Harry Warren
Funiculi-Funicula -- Trad. Neopolitan
Un bel di vedremo (from Madam Butterfly) -- Giacomo Puccini
Grande Tarantelle -- Louis Moreau Gottschalk
Sanctuary of the Heart -- Albert Ketelbey
Vanessa -- Bernie Wayne
Tiger Rag -- Trad. Dixieland

The Joy of Music
with Diane Bish

Johnson Ferry Baptist
Church Marietta, Georgia


The Joy of Music with Diane Bish

Videocassette
Length: 28:49
Part #031-0093
Suggested Retail: $ 24.95 .....
 

Ms. Bish draws on the vast tonal resources of five manuals on the world's largest pipeless organ. Her performance is as delightful to watch as it is to hear. (Aired on national television).

Selections Recorded:
All Creatures of our God and King -- arr. Diane Bish
Allegro (from Symphony #5) -- C. M. Widor
Ronde Francais -- Boellmann
Flute Clocks (during factory sequence) -- Haydn
Fountain Reverie -- Percy Fletcher
Fanfare -- Ronald Arnatt
Amazing Grace (during credit roll) -- arr. Diane Bish

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Sacred Favorites
for Organ and Harp
Diane Bish, Susann McDonald



Audio Cassette
Length: 61:12
Part #031-0094
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Compact Disc
Length: 61:17
Part #031-0095
Suggested Retail: $ 14.95

Recorded in May 1992 in Allen Organ Company's Octave Hall on the Allen MDS-80-S. Features organist Diane Bish, and harpist Susann McDonald.

Selections Recorded:
Amazing Grace -- Traditional (arr. Bish)

Hymn Medley:
When I Survey the Wondrous Cross -- Mason (arr. McDonald-Wood)
Just As I Am -- Bradbury (arr. McDonald-Wood)
Breathe on Me, Breath of God -- arr. McDonald-Wood
Heavenly Sunshine -- George Cook (arr. Bish)
Have Thine Own Way, Lord -- Stebbins (arr. Bish-McDonald)
The Lord's Prayer -- Malotte (arr. Bish-McDonald)
Hymn Medley:
Spirit of God -- Atkinson (arr. McDonald-Wood)
Jesus Loves Me -- Bradbury (arr. McDonald-Wood)
What A Friend -- Converse (arr. McDonald-Wood)
Hark, Ten Thousand Harps and Voices -- arr. Bish-McDonald
Largo -- Handel (arr. Bish-McDonald)
Ave Maria -- Schubert (arr. Bish-McDonald)
Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing -- Wyeth (arr. Bish)
Great is Thy Faithfulness -- Runyan (arr. Bish-McDonald)
Hymn Medley:
Were You There -- Black American Spiritual (arr. McDonald-Wood)
In The Garden -- Miles (arr. McDonald-Wood)
Beneath the Cross of Jesus -- Maker (arr. McDonald-Wood)
Jesus Shall Reign -- Hatton (arr. Bish)
Nearer, My God, to Thee -- Mason (arr. Bish-McDonald)

The American
Classic Organ

Tom Hazleton, Organist

The American Classic Organ
Audio Cassette
Length: 63:04
Part #031-0101
Suggested Retail: $ 9.95 .....
 

A tour of the many tone colors and expansive resources of a large 4-manual organ. Recorded by Tom Hazleton in 1993 at Allen Organ Company's Octave Hall, one of the world's most innovative and imaginative musicians.

Selections Recorded:
Prelude, Fugue and Chaconne in C -- Buxtehude
Unter der Linden Gr¸ne -- Sweelinck
Passacaglia and Fugue in c minor -- Bach
Bourree in D -- Sabin
Toccata -- Mushel
Organ Variations on "Foundation" -- Martin
The Legend of the Mountain -- Karg-Elert
Variations on "God is so Good" -- Roberson
Blessed Assurance (Homage · Jean Langlais) -- Hazleton

Thomas Hazleton, Organist

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Aram Basmadjian
at Octave Hall

Aram Basmadjian, Organist

Aram Basmadjian at Octave Hall
Audio Cassette
Length: 54:34
Part #031-0103
Suggested Retail: $ 9.95 .....
Compact Disc
Part #031-0106
Suggested Retail: $ 11.95

Recorded in May 1993 using a four-manual 72 stop Allen organ at the International Sales Headquarters of the Allen Organ Company. Features one of America's most brilliant new concert artists, Aram Basmadjian.
Blessed Assurance (Homage · Jean Langlais) -- Hazleton

Selections Recorded:
Concerto in F Major, Op. 4, No. 4, Allegro Pomposo -- Handel
Trio Sonata IV in e minor, Adagio-Vivace -- Bach
Air for the G String -- Bach
Prelude and Fugue in D Major -- Bach
Scherzo -- Vierne
Toccata -- Gigout
Londonderry Air -- Traditional arr. Hebble
Roulade -- Bingham
The Lost Chord -- Sullivan
Adagio Cantabile -- Bach
Prelude and Fugue in g minor -- Duprè

 
Great and Glorious
Hymns of Praise

Fred Bock, Pianist
Dwight Beacham, Organist

Great and Glorious Hymns of Praise
Audio Cassette
Length: 53:10
Part #031-0098
Suggested Retail: $ 9.95 .....
Compact Disc
Length: 53:10
Part #031-0099
Suggested Retail: $ 14.95

No Longer Available

Fred Bock, noted composer, arranger, clinician, organist, and music publisher, and Dwight Beacham, Vice President of Allen Organ Company and nationally acclaimed theatre organist and recording artist, join forces to bring you these inspiring organ/piano duets.

Selections Recorded:
Ode to Joy -- Beethoven
How Majestic Is Your Name -- Smith
There's Something About That Name -- Gaither
My Tribute -- Crouch
Children of the Heavenly Father -- Swedish Folk Song
Praise to the Lord, the Almighty -- Lobe den Herren
Amazing Grace -- Traditional
Silent Night -- Gr¸ber
Lead On, O King Eternal -- Smart
Moment by Moment -- Moody
Majesty -- Hayford
Love Was When -- Wyrtzen
Near the Cross -- Doane
And Can It Be? -- Campbell
Just A Closer Walk With Thee -- Traditional
Through It All -- Crouch
Let Us Break Bread Together -- Traditional
God Will Take Care of You -- Martin
Crown Him With Many Crowns -- Elvey

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Walt Strony in Concert

Walt Strony in Concert
Videocassette
Length: 1:39:38
Part #031-0072
Suggested Retail: $ 29.95 .....
 

Recorded in September 1988 on a Custom Allen Theatre Organ at the International Sales Headquarters of the Allen Organ Company. All arrangements were done by Mr. Strony.

Selections Recorded:
Serenata -- Leroy Anderson
Oklahoma Medley -- Richard Rodgers
Jealousie -- Jacob Gade
As Time Goes By -- Herman Hupfeld
A Handful of Keys -- Thomas ("Fats") Waller
MalagueÒa -- Ernesto Lecuona
Gershwin Medley -- George Gershwin
Fascinatin' Rhythm -- Rialto Ripples
The Man I Love -- Rhapsody in Blue
Liza -- I've Got Rhythm
Someone to Watch Over Me
Stars and Stripes Forever -- John Philip Sousa
September Song -- Kurt Weill
Hoedown (from "Rodeo") -- Aaron Copland
The Piccolino -- Irving Berlin
What'll I Do? -- Irving Berlin
Tico-Tico -- Z. Abreu
Serenade (from "The Student Prince") -- Sigmund Romberg
Bacchanale -- Camille Saint-SaÎns
Variations on the "Oscar Mayer Wiener Theme" -- arr. Walt Strony
Interview with Walt Strony

Triumphs and Trials
of an Organ Builder
by Jerome Markowitz, Founder
of Allen Organ Company
Published in 1989


Triumphs and Trials of an Organ Builder

Hard-cover book
204 pp.
Part #VHP
Suggested Retail: $ 20.00 .....
 

Provocative facts and opinions about the realities of the church organ business--a business often savagely competitive and blatantly unethical--are explored.
Never-before-published stories about the Allen Organ Company, from being the producer of the world's first viable electronic church organ to becoming the world's largest church organ manufacturer.
How churches and other purchasers of institutional organs are duped by misguided organ "experts."
Some insights into our legal system--its reassuring strengths as well as its shocking flaws.
One of the "best kept secrets" in the musical instrument field revealed--how the digital revolution in musical instrument design began.