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WhatsApp: +86 18838072829The Organ Grinder pizza restaurant opened in Portland, Oregon in 1973. In 1979, a new location opened in Denver, Colorado that was twice the size of the Portland location. This series of albums, sold in the gift shop at each location, featured recordings of some of the organists that played the massive pipe organs that were part of the ...
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WhatsApp: +86 18838072829LOCATION: Portland, OR RECORDING PERSONNEL: Jonas Nordwall [Wurlitzer organ] RECORDING STUDIO: The Organ Grinder Pizza Parlor RECORDING ENGINEER: Dennis Hedberg. FORMAT: disc SIZE: 12" SPEED: 33 1/3 rpm DISC NOTES :*. Side two, Track #3 on compilation album At The Organ Grinder. "Willow Weep For Me".
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