In 1986, with the fate of the Alabama Theatre and its Wurlitzer uncertain, Alabama ATOS commissioned organ great Tom Hazleton for this historic recording to document and preserve the "Alabama Theatre Sound". It still stands today as one of the greatest recordings on "Big Bertha". At 21 ranks, only the English Post Horn had been added to the original Publix #1 specification.

The original release was available only on a vinyl LP or a cassette tape. In 2017/2018, the original digital master tapes were found and used to create two CD's. Disc one is a digital release of the recording as released on vinyl in 1986. Disc two contains material intended for a second album which never happened until now. Also included are conversations and banter during the session by Hazleton, the recording engineers and a few others present during the session.

The first ever Compact Disc recording of a theatre organ, recorded "in-theatre". Recorded in 1989 and long out of print, this landmark recording has been re-issued and sounds as vibrant and fresh as ever!

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Recorded September 16, 2001 - five days after September 11 - and concluding with a moving patriotic medley, this is one of our favorite recordings of the Alabama Wurlitzer. "A master of the King of Instruments" according to the Los Angeles Times, Hazleton was considered to be one of the few concert organists equally at home at the console of both classical and theatre organs -- and this recording shares fine examples of both registrations and styles.

From a live concert by Jelani Eddington on September 28, 2003. Featuring fabulous arrangements ranging from Gershwin to Weill to West Side Story, this has been one of our most popular recordings, performed by one of the most prominent and sought-after artists on the concert circuit.

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Singin' in the Bathtub

The Alabama Wurlitzer

Stars Fell on Alabama

Recorded at the ATOS Regional Convention "Alabama Jubilee", November 27-29, 2009, this remarkable two CD set features nearly 160 minutes of "Big Bertha" played by Simon Gledhill, Ken Double, Jim Riggs, Donna Parker, and Mark Herman.

Thirteen tracks from "Big Bertha", the Alabama Theatre Wurlitzer, and twelve from the Senate Theatre Wurlitzer, played by renowned theatre organist Don Baker -- house organist at the famed New York Paramount for an unprecedented 14 years.

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