Hammond Organ Extravaganza Part 1!!
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Topic: Hammond Organ Extravaganza Part 1!!
Posted By: erik neuteboom
Subject: Hammond Organ Extravaganza Part 1!!
Date Posted: September 28 2007 at 16:43
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HAMMOND ORGAN
EXTRAVAGANZA!!!
This thread is a small prelude to an extensive Hammond article I am preparing at this moment, I hope to publish it in the second half of November. This week I listened to a lot of Hammond drenched music (mainly prog but also jazz and blues) and I stumbled upon the following items, in my opinion very interesting for the Prog Archives Hammond aficionados! JIMMY SMITH – Funk In The Keys (live USA 1999)  Jimmy Smith is one of the most legendary and most exciting players on the Hammond organ. He was born in 1925 in Pennsylvania (USA), at the age of 9 he won an amateur contest. First he took the bass, then the piano and eventually the Hammond organ in 1953. Jimmy founded a trio (that briefly included other famous musician John Coltrane), he earned a contract with the known label Blue note and gradually Jimmy became a sensation with his powerful sound and as 'bebop' described style. He played with Art Blakey and guitarists Kenny Burrel and Wes Montgomery and in The Sixties he put more of his blues roots into his music. Jimmy Smith became an icon for famous musicians like Georgie Fame, Brian Auger, Graham Bond and Jimmy McGriff, another wizard on the Hammond organ! In the Seventies Jimmy opened his own nightclub but later he started touring again, from Europe to Japan. Today I bought this DVD, it is a registration of a concert at the Florida Keys Islamorada’s Festival By The Bay in 1999. We can enjoy Jimmy (74 years old!) playing lots of very quick runs and delivering a varied sound, one of the trademarks of the Hammond organ because of the drawbars that enable you to create almost endless sounds! To me the often swinging music mainly sounds as jazzy inspired, like the sound of the skilled guitarist who plays some very strong solos. The final song Trophhic contains a Latin-Amercian atmosphere (that reminds me of the rhythm in La Bamba) featuring outstanding flute work and a mindblowing improvisation by Jimmy Smith that fits perfect to the Latin-American rhythm, this man is a Hammond organ! JON LORD WITH THE HOOCHIE COOCHIE MEN – Live At The Basement (live 2003) javascript:window.open%28album_art?name=images/albums/49k/49845-500.jpg,closeup,width=525,height=525,toolbar=no,location=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=no,resizable=no%29;void%280%29;">
 In 2003 John Lord was asked to perform at the Sydney Opera House with the Queensland Orchestra, a dream came true for him because he had always loved to play there once. He also booked a few smaller venues but unfortunately he got injured so he could hardly play the Grand piano. The contact with an old Australian friend on the bass named Bob Daisley led to the temporary formation of Jon Lord With The Hoochie Coochie Men, this DVD is the excellent registration of a concert the band gave in 2003. As a huge fan of the Heavy Prog by Deep Purple, I was very curious to Jon Lord his role in this band. Well, it’s straight 12-bar blues (like Stevie Ray Vaughan) and Jon is clearly happy with it, he delivers an outstanding, very inspired job like many exciting solos, especially in Lonesome Traveller Blues, the classic Green Onions (swirling with great use of the drawbars) and the final song 12 Bar Blow Jam. The band plays tight (with good guitar play and pleasant work on the harmonica) and enthousiastically, in two songs there is a contribution by Jimmy Barnes. He sings very emotionally and expressive, it's very compelling to listen to the interplay between his vocals and John his bluesy Hammond organ sound. This is a DVD to check out if you like blues and the Hammond organ! HANSSON & KARLSON – Hansson & Karlson  - Many years ago I got this CD as a promo while I worked for the Dutch progrock magazine iO Pages. Hansson & Karlson was a Swedish duo featuring Bo(sse) Hansson on Hammond organ and Janne Carlsson on drums. They made three albums entitled Monument (1967), Rex (1968) and Man At The Moon (1969) and the single Lidingo Airport (1967). They also were the support-act of Frank Zappa, Jefferson Airplane, Cream and Jimi Hendrix. In the booklet of this CD (including an interesting interview) you can read that Jimi Hendrix was impressed by the duo and Jimi and the duo even became friends! By the way, Bo Hansson is also known as an artist who made several symphonic prog albums in the Seventies, his effort Attic Thoughts is recommended. So what about the music of this Swedish duo? Well, I am delighted about these virtuosic musicians, what a skills, what a great interplay and what a wide range of exciting Hammond organ sounds (especially on the outstanding track February). The music reminds me at some moments of Julian’s Treatment and Rare Bird but in general it’s swinging jazz and compelling blues. My highlight is I Love, You Love (live 1968 from Rex): Bo freaks out on his Hammond organ, then he slows down but he ends with a bombastic, classically inspired sound in the vein of Keith Emerson, goose bumps! In fact it’s “never a dull moment” during the 70 minutes running time of this dynamic and exciting CD compilation, highly recommended!
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Posted By: jimmy_row
Date Posted: September 28 2007 at 17:35
nice work Erik, the anticipation is building for your hammond organ special
I really like the style of Jimmy Smith, the grand-daddy of hammond organ players, you can find loads of interesting footage of him on YouTube.
another excellent jazzy hammond organ player is Brian Auger, erik what is you opinion of his bands Oblivion Express and The Trinity (featuring Julie Driscoll)?
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Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: September 28 2007 at 17:46
Thanks for your post Jimmy Row  About Brian Auger, many years ago I bought a video featuring a concert with his band on a Jazz Festival in 1989, an excellent performance with many exciting Hammond organ solos
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Posted By: glass house
Date Posted: September 28 2007 at 17:58
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I love the sound of the Hammond. Watched Focus, Thijs van Leer, at Symphorce in Tilburg and that was very enjoyable.!!
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Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: September 28 2007 at 18:08
Yes Glass House, the Symforce Festival was a Hammond Organ Extravaganza too featuring Focus, Riverside, Beard fish and especially Bootcut 
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Posted By: Leningrad
Date Posted: September 28 2007 at 18:45
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Another great topic, Erik! I've always loved Hammond organs, being a huge fan of the Canterbury Scene.
Now if only I could afford one...
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Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: September 28 2007 at 20:04
Lee Michaels an absolute must for anyone who loves Hammond organ.
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Posted By: Angelo
Date Posted: September 29 2007 at 05:00
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Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: September 29 2007 at 05:46
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Thanks for the recommendations and positive posts, it's a boost for my Hammond article  A big hand for the Hammond organ
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Posted By: Dick Heath
Date Posted: September 29 2007 at 07:57
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Beware of Hammond impersonators. Alan Freeman of Ultima Thule will tell you what sounds like a Hammond on some East European recording pre-90's would have been Russian built copies. Second, my keyboard favourite, especially of the Canterbury scene, Mike Ratledge favoured an overdriven Lowry. However, huge number of excellent examples - Jan Hammer on John Abercrombie's Timeless, Jens Johanson on Jonas Hellborg Group's e (I think it is a Hammond). Remember as Stevie Winwood started to get his royalties in the Spencer Davis Group he had the reputation of indulging himself by purchasing the latest Hammond. Al Kooper's Hammond work made him a very popular sessionist in the late 60's- e.g. The Who's Sell Out, Dylan. John Novello leader of Niacin continues the tradition of Hammond driven fusion ------------- The best eclectic music on the Web,8-11pm BST/GMT THURS. CLICK ON: http://www.lborosu.org.uk/media/lcr/live.php - http://www.lborosu.org.uk/media/lcr/live.php Host by PA's Dick Heath. |
Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: September 29 2007 at 09:19
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Thanks Dick, very varied view
Last week I wintessed a David Gilmour concert in the Royal Albert Hall on the BBC (it's now on a 2-DVD), some songs delivered excellent work on the Hammond organ by Rick Wright!
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Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: October 08 2007 at 12:20
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It goes very well with the preparations of my Hammond organ article that will be published between mid and late November this year. I am very glad that my vintage keyboard PA friend Pierreolivier will help me and you can expect contributions by 'progrock professor' Dick Heath (Sixties and Seventies specialist) and Hammond organ freaks Ozzy Tom and Jimmy Row.
Here's a mouth-watering preview:
  I made these pictures (thanks Angelo
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Posted By: Dick Heath
Date Posted: October 08 2007 at 13:07
Curious to know when Hammonds came into the UK (and so Europe) and were affordable to aspiring pop, blues or rock musicians. Clearly with the date of invention going back before WW2, then specific Hammond models would have been imported before 1939? But after 1945, like a lot of European countries Britain was broke, rationing prevailed, trade deficits limited the ability to import, unless you had money to cover heavy import duties and purchase tax. Hank Marvin and Jet Harris of the Shadows' imported Fenders and bass guitar from the States: not only did it cost them (and their management) a fortune but delievery dates were very extended, because in part of the means of shipping. I believe it is common sense to suggest importing the later models of Hammonds from the States much before 1960 would have been more diffficult. But it must been done but HOW? However, did recording companies/studios buy them (they did that in the mid 60's late 60's with the locally sourced Mellotrons and Moogs) OR did the occasional America musician/band bring them in and leave them? However, also remember there was relatively little exchange of musicians because the American and British musicians unions took many years to come to mutual agreements about exchange of musicians, meaning little British music got played in the US in the 50's (cf the amount of American music in the UK, but heavy restricted by "needle time"). However, UK/European jazz fans would have been aware of Jimmy Smith from the late 50's and Brother Jack McDuff from about 1960. Then one website writes about Alan Price of the Animal using a Hammond with a Leslie cabinet, and at that point pop musicians wanting Hammonds with Leslies - this with the Animals' first hit House of the Rising Sun (1964?). Graham Bond was playing a Hammond in 1963 - Georgie Fame is quoted as being inspired to get a Hammond by Bond. But again I believe we are talking Hammond with effects cabinets.
So Erik expect an extended fusion of various snippets you have read here from me for your piece - and based on the question :when did specific models of Hammond (presumably with specific effect boxs) become in demand and available and affordable this side of the Atlantic? 1960 seems a sensible start point. The picture suggested by Jazz Britannia wrt early British jazz fusion, increasingly seems over-simplified the more I read around this subject. Interestingly read that Graham Bond and others joined Blues Incorporated in 1962/3, with the idea of fusing the musics of Howlin' Wolf and Charles Mingus - so radical was the idea that one of the acknowledged godfathers of British blues was scared away - i.e. Cyril Davis. ------------- The best eclectic music on the Web,8-11pm BST/GMT THURS. CLICK ON: http://www.lborosu.org.uk/media/lcr/live.php - http://www.lborosu.org.uk/media/lcr/live.php Host by PA's Dick Heath. |
erik neuteboom wrote:Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: October 08 2007 at 13:29
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Dick, in my article I hope to clear a few questions from your post, that's why I take the time for my preparations. I am looking forward to your contribution, your ideas appeal to me. One of my chapters will be about the progrock Hammond pioneers like Mark Stein and Keith Emerson so this matches good with your contribution featuring 1960 as the starting point and your stories about the jazz and blues music About House Of The Rising Sun by The Animals, this was not a Hammond organ but a Vox Continental (with that distinctive red top), one of the most popular combo organs (less heavy and less expensive), also used by The Beatles and The Dave Clarke Five (source: Rock Hardware - Miller Freemann Books).
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Posted By: Dick Heath
Date Posted: October 08 2007 at 18:03
I'm sure you are right wrt to Alan Price - Manfred Mann as well?. However, that website author states he saw the Animals on TV - I guess US TV - and therefore do we have a case of a British band breaking and touring the States and buying instruments (including Hammonds) whilst there on the money made? Alan Price (several year after leaving the Animals) and Georgie Fame I think appeared in their own series on BBC TV in the late 70's, and I'm sure both played Hammonds as the normal by then. ------------- The best eclectic music on the Web,8-11pm BST/GMT THURS. CLICK ON: http://www.lborosu.org.uk/media/lcr/live.php - http://www.lborosu.org.uk/media/lcr/live.php Host by PA's Dick Heath. |
Posted By: Samurai3
Date Posted: October 08 2007 at 22:08
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Back at the Chicken Shack anyone?
hooray for the Hammond!!!
Wish they were a bit cheaper ;) ------------- You Must Die Before You Die So That When You Die You Will Not Die |
Posted By: sircosick
Date Posted: October 08 2007 at 22:53
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Love the hammond, and the keys in general I personally play them. I love the underrated work by Steve Winwood in that kind of keyboard... Nice work Erik, btw! ------------- The best you can is good enough... |
Posted By: Dim
Date Posted: October 08 2007 at 22:59
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Excuse me for my utter blasphemy, but I am actually not to keen to a boatload of Hammond in an album. Actually, I'm just not a fan of a lot of organ in one sitting.
I'm a mellotron person! ------------- 
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Posted By: Easy Money
Date Posted: October 08 2007 at 23:18
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Hi Erik, I have been a big fan of Hammond players for a long time, jazz, rock, funk, blues, RnB, avante-garde and exotic lounge too.
I want to reccomend Larry Young as a very unique player. Towards the end of his career he really started to use the drawbars as a constantly shifting psychedelic soundscape. Check out his work on his own Lawrence of Newark or with Miles on Big Fun. His influence is highly evident on the Santana Caravanserai album. I would also like to reccomend Jon Lord's solo during the long instrumental that comes after Space Truckin on the Deep Purple album Live in Japan. Except for maybe Sun Ra or the very young Chick Corea I have never heard a keyboard played with this much aggression, energy and imagination. He does to the Hammond what Jimi did to the guitar, and then some. |
Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: October 09 2007 at 04:52
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Thanks for your enthousiastic posts, fellow Hammond freaks but sorry for the pictures, they have disappeared, what a pity, I will ask my friend Angelo to help me out with this small disaster, it was so mouthwatering, now I have to cry
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Posted By: Dick Heath
Date Posted: October 09 2007 at 05:36
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Thanks for the reminder of Larry Young - the reminder propelled me to order one of his CDs from Amazon, which should have done a long time ago. Thank Q! ------------- The best eclectic music on the Web,8-11pm BST/GMT THURS. CLICK ON: http://www.lborosu.org.uk/media/lcr/live.php - http://www.lborosu.org.uk/media/lcr/live.php Host by PA's Dick Heath. |
Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: October 09 2007 at 05:42
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Indeed Dick, Easy Money his Larry Young recommendation sounds challenging and to Easy Money I would like to say: check out the DVD with Jon Lord and the Hoochie Coochie Band, awesome Hammond work, very creative and compelling (see my review earlier in this thread) but I also love Greg Rolie on Woodstock with Santana, great performance
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Posted By: Easy Money
Date Posted: October 09 2007 at 07:49
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Yeah Lord and Rollie are the two people who made me want to get into playing myself.
Anyway, excuse my persistence but I was still curious if you have checked out Lord's lengthy psychedelic solo that comes after Space Truckin on Made in Japan. I think it stands alone in the history of Hammond solos. Not neccessarily the best, but easily one of the noisiest. |
Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: October 09 2007 at 09:08
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Of course I have Easy Money, I am a huge Jon Lord fan, the Deep Purple DVD In Concert 1972/73 contains Jon Lord at his peak, indeed he's very creative with the drawbars, one of the trademarks of the Hammond organ
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Posted By: Easy Money
Date Posted: October 09 2007 at 09:53
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I thought of another good example of Larry Young's playing, its that album McLaughlin and Santana did together, not a great album, but Larry Young provides excellent shimmering tone colors functioning like a tambura player.
Larry Young's early career is more traditional 60s jazz with the occaisonal Beatles or Motown lounge cover thrown in. Later he discovered a much more psychedelic style and started using the drawbars a lot. He did an interesting trio with McLaughlin and Tony Williams, but they are a bit inconsistent. I think his solo work and work with Miles are the best. Before Hendrix died he was jamming with Young and it is possible they were going to form a band with Miles. Young is also at his most psychedelic on McLaughlin's Devotion which also features the Band of Gypsys rhythm section. I have heard that McLaughlin was filling in for the recently deceased Hendrix and in a tribute, McLaughlins playing shows a strong Hendrix influence. A very unique record for McLaughlin, suprisingly psychedelic. |
Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: October 09 2007 at 11:09
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Thanks for your post, Easy Money, it's a good start to check out new boundaries for me as a conservative symphonic prog die-hard Talking about Jimi Hendrix, I love Stevie Winwood his Hammond organ work on Electric Ladyland.
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Posted By: Easy Money
Date Posted: October 09 2007 at 11:54
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Winwood is great, I also like a lot of Emmerson's stuff, especially with ELP and Tony Kaye's work with Yes. There is a cut on 6 Wives where Wakeman cuts loose with some wicked RnB Hammond, wish he would have done that more often.
As mentioned before Brian Auger was a huge influence on all British rock keyboardists. He started as progressive rock and slowly shifted to RnB/jazz. There is a book you may want to check out called: The Hammond Organ Beauty in the B by Mark Vail. |
Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: October 09 2007 at 12:47
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For me Brian Auger is one of the Hammond organ pioneers. Many years ago I bought a second hand video that contains a very exciting gig by Brian Auger & The Oblivion Express during a jazzfestival in 1989, lots of great solos by Brian Auger on his Hammond B3.
About Mark Vail his Hammond organ book, I sleep with it under my pillow
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Posted By: Dick Heath
Date Posted: October 09 2007 at 13:03
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Erik have you any indicators as to comparative prices of Hammond on the European marketplace from aroun 1960, that is in comparison to keyboards more commonly available?Just come across a recording of an album of Julie Driscoll and Brian Auger 1964-67, although it isn't particularly obvious they were recorded together on all tracks, nor keyboards were prominent ion all tracks, nor that a Hammond was present on all tracks - in passing, the opening tracks suggest they were grooming Driscoll to compete with Dusty Springfield!
Trying to remember the name of a British Hammond lead trio of the early to late 60's, who quite often featured on British TV typically playing 3 minute long modern jazz pieces. I sure their music was my first exposure to the Hammond. Anybody help? ------------- The best eclectic music on the Web,8-11pm BST/GMT THURS. CLICK ON: http://www.lborosu.org.uk/media/lcr/live.php - http://www.lborosu.org.uk/media/lcr/live.php Host by PA's Dick Heath. |
Posted By: Dick Heath
Date Posted: October 09 2007 at 13:12
Just clicked The Pedlars - however, not an unique enough name to make for easy websearching - Amazon. Uk doesn't have any Pedlars' recordings - I'm sure they recorded for Phillips Records 40 years ago? ------------- The best eclectic music on the Web,8-11pm BST/GMT THURS. CLICK ON: http://www.lborosu.org.uk/media/lcr/live.php - http://www.lborosu.org.uk/media/lcr/live.php Host by PA's Dick Heath. |
Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: October 09 2007 at 13:18
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Dick, in the book The A-Z Of Analogue Synthesizers Part One: A-M (by Peter Forest) I stumbled upon these facts:
model price in US $
Hammond A-100 950 in 1967, 1426 in 1972
Hammond B-3 1250 in 1955, 1175 in 1967
Hammond C-3 1123 in 1967, 1369 in 1972
Hammond L-100 525 in 1967, 737 in 1972
Hammond M-100 630 in the early Sixties
In those days the US $ was a bit stronger than today
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Posted By: Easy Money
Date Posted: October 09 2007 at 13:26
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First time I heard a B-3 was African-American gospel music on the AM radio in the states in the early 60s. I had never heard such a sound before, very energetic and dramatic.
Anyway I think I may have some old B-3 prices, give me an hour or two on that. |
Posted By: Easy Money
Date Posted: October 09 2007 at 13:26
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First time I heard a B-3 was African-American gospel music on the AM radio in the states in the early 60s. I had never heard such a sound before, very energetic and dramatic.
Anyway I think I may have some old B-3 prices, give me an hour or two on that. |
Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: October 09 2007 at 13:42
The first time I listened to a Hammond organ was probably when I was 13-14, it was the album Pictures At An Exhibition by ELP (I remember very well because of the cover with the paintings), the boyfriend of my my girlfriend's older sister wanted me to listen to it, "nerveracking" was my conclusion, I couldn't bear the experimentations on the Hammond and Moog 
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Posted By: Easy Money
Date Posted: October 09 2007 at 14:06
| A lot of people don't like that record, I think its kind of raw and high energy for ELP, I like a lot of it. |
Posted By: Easy Money
Date Posted: October 09 2007 at 14:16
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OK I found a book that lists every Hammond imaginable as well as most other kybds, unfortunately the prices are for what they are worth in 1989.
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Posted By: glass house
Date Posted: October 09 2007 at 14:17
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Bought Pictures a long time ago, LP version, maybe I should give it a try again.
Later maybe, at the moment listening to Riverside's newest one.
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Posted By: Angelo
Date Posted: October 09 2007 at 14:33
Erik, I have to apologize here. When you asked for bigger pictures, I removed the small ones from my photobucket. Here they are again (resized smaller ones using the insert image dialog in PA). Angelo ------------- http://www.iskcrocks.com" rel="nofollow - ISKC Rock Radio I stopped blogging and reviewing - so won't be handling requests. Promo's for ariplay can be sent to [email protected] |
Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: October 09 2007 at 15:44
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I love you Angelo, yours truly: mr. Caveman
 Easy Money: Pictures At An Exhibition is now my favorite ELP album
Glass House: I am listening too to the new Riverside album (2-CD version), perhaps not that exciting as their previous effort but still a very compelling album with some mindblowing compositions and.. some powerful work on the Hammond organ
Thanks to Angelo, here's more Hammond organ picture extravaganza:
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Posted By: Easy Money
Date Posted: October 09 2007 at 15:58
| Hey Eric, You know after throwing all those Larry Young albums at you I think the one to start with is definitly John McLaughlin's Devotion, its just space blues and laid back psychedelic rock, really easy to relate to, nothing like the usual McLaughlin madness. Larry Young sounds great on there too. |
Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: October 09 2007 at 16:09
| Well Easy Money, in the past I was a huge John McLaughlin fan (I was delighted about jazzrock in the late Seventies and early Eighties), I have bought all his albums until Belo Horizonte so I presume I have listened to Larry Young. I just read in the Hammond book by Mark Vail that Groove Street is recommended. |
Posted By: Easy Money
Date Posted: October 09 2007 at 17:26
| Go for it, just make sure you eventually get one of his psychedelic records to get the full effect of his innovations. |
Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: October 19 2007 at 15:04
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Hello fellow Hammond freaks.
A few weeks ago I have started to prepare my Hammond organ article. Here is a set-up, feel free to react, to give ideas or to join the article with your own story
THE HAMMOND ORGAN IN PROGROCK Introduction Chapter 1: History Chapter 2: How does it work? by Pierreolivier Chapter 3: The models Chapter 4: The Hammond organ in rock and in the charts Chapter 5: A personal Hammond story (my meeting with Thijs Van Leer) Chapter 6: The Hammond in progrock a) The pioneers b) The masters c) Other interesting players d) The Hammond in the Sixties and Seventies, a story by jazz specialist Dick Heath Chapter 7: Quotes about the Hammond organ by Dutch progrock musicians Chapter 8: Recommended Hammond organ drenched albums Chapter 9: My personal Hammond organ Album Top 10 Chapter 10: Opinions, Stories and Album Top 5 by PA members (Jim Garten, Ozzy Tom, Jimmy Row, Easy Money and Dalt99) Chapter 11: This is not a Hammond organ! Chapter 12: The Hammond organ on DVD’s Chapter 13: Sources of information Chapter 14: Interesting links |
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: October 19 2007 at 15:09
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I just noticed that Barbara Dennerlein hasn't been mentioned yet in this thread ... it's about time. She *is* the Hammond B3, so to speak. But listen for yourself: http://www.myspace.com/barbaradennerlein - http://www.myspace.com/barbaradennerlein ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to: 
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Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: October 19 2007 at 15:13
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Thanks for your post Mike, I have read her name in the Hammond book by Mark Vail and I know Baldjean is a fan of her, if any Hammond fan wants to write about her, go ahead, it will be a fine addition to my article
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Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: October 19 2007 at 15:15
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^ there's a video of her playing on her myspace page ... be sure to watch it if you've never seen her play. It's truly *magnificent*!
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Posted By: Garion81
Date Posted: October 19 2007 at 15:22
Eric I know this person has not been very famous but his early work with the Hammond in the early 70's was pretty stellar. He even did a solo using a wah wah pedal back then. 
That would be Mr Dan Wright from Proto-Kaw.
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Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: October 19 2007 at 15:22
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Good idea Mike, at this moment I am checking out recommendations like Larry Young by Easy Money and I will make time to listen and watch Super Barbara
Thanks Garion 81, this is one of the rare moments you enter one of my threads, you must be lost on the Forum
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Posted By: Garion81
Date Posted: October 19 2007 at 15:43
Where am I?
Really by the time I get to one of your threads they are 5 pages long and most everything has been said! Must be time gap. BTW I look forward to your article because I think historically the Hammond was the key instrument in prog.
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Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: October 19 2007 at 16:25
| About the Hammond as the key instrument in progrock, the Mellotron remains my #1 vintage keyboard but since a few years the Hammond organ has become firmly my second best and I love its role in progrock, especially in bands like Julian's Treatment, Vanilla Fudge, Hansson & Karlson, Odyssey, Beggar's Opera and Fuzzy Duck but also The Spencer Davis Group with Eddie Hardin and the duo York & Hardin, a "Hammond freak's wet dream" |
Posted By: Garion81
Date Posted: October 21 2007 at 14:17
I love the organ in Spencer Davis Group! That was a killer sound they had.
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Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: October 21 2007 at 15:46
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Well Garion81, in my Hammond organ special I give a special mentioning to Eddie Hardin (and of course Brian Auger, what an innovative mind!), check out that early Seventies live album by The Spencer Davis Group, very exciting Hammond work
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Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: October 22 2007 at 15:19
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Fellow Hammond freaks, here is a new blueprint of my Hammond article:
THE HAMMOND ORGAN IN PROGROCK
Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2 : The history of the Hammond organ Chapter 3: How does it work? By Pierreolivier Chapter 4: The heavy weighted Hammond models on the small catwalk Chapter 5: A personal Hammond story: a meeting with my hero Thijs Van Leer Chapter 6: The Hammond in progrock a) The pioneers on the Hammond organ in The Sixties (from Keith Emerson, Julian Jay Savarin and Brian Auger to Gregg Rolie, Eddie Hardin and Mark Stein b) The important role by the Hammond organ in the Heavy Progressive Rock c) The Hammond organ embraced by the Progressive Rock keyboard players d) The Hammond in the Sixties and Seventies: a story by jazz specialist Dick Heath Chapter 7: Quotes about the Hammond organ by Dutch progrock musicians Chapter 8: Recommended Hammond organ drenched albums Chapter 9: My personal Hammond organ Album Top 10 Chapter 10: PA members about the Hammond organ and their Hammond Album Top 5 (Jim Garten, Ozzy Tom, Jimmy Row, Easy Money and Dalt99) Chapter 11: This is not a Hammond organ! (Farfisa, Vox Continental) Chapter 12: The Hammond organ on DVD’s Chapter 13: Sources of information Chapter 14: Interesting links By the way, Mike's post about Barbara Dennerlein made me curious, this one is on my wishlist:
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Posted By: Angelo
Date Posted: October 22 2007 at 15:37
^ Erik - that's not an article, that's a book  The photo's are in your PM Inbox - full set this time, I got a new scanner today. ------------- http://www.iskcrocks.com" rel="nofollow - ISKC Rock Radio I stopped blogging and reviewing - so won't be handling requests. Promo's for ariplay can be sent to [email protected] |
Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: October 22 2007 at 15:44
Thanks for the pictures Angelo and keep in mind: I am (in)famous for my enthousiasm, always and everywhere, even in my sleep because according to the stories of my wife I am a sleepwalker at some moments  ...
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Posted By: Garion81
Date Posted: October 22 2007 at 15:57
Brian Auger is great as well. I love that tone he has as well as the jazzy style he infuses without really leaving the boundary of rock. Dan Wright told me Brian was a huge influence on his playing as well back in the early 70's.
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Posted By: Angelo
Date Posted: October 22 2007 at 16:05
Careful when you enter the back garden in your sleep - don't forget you live on the third floor  ------------- http://www.iskcrocks.com" rel="nofollow - ISKC Rock Radio I stopped blogging and reviewing - so won't be handling requests. Promo's for ariplay can be sent to [email protected] |
Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: October 22 2007 at 16:11
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Garion81: a few months ago I have put music video's on DVD with my new Panasonic, on eof the video's was a 1989 Brian Auger concert (a jazz festival) featuring awesome work on the Hammond with many solos, this man is a legend!
Angelo: I live on the 6th floor, not on the 3rd and I have to be very careful because often I dream that I can fly, Freud would analyse it as an archetype for my deep wishes/feelings to feel free and to act with freedom
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Posted By: jimmy_row
Date Posted: October 22 2007 at 19:32
Erik, I'm really looking forward to this hammond organ extravaganza, collaborations from pierroliver and Dick "the encyclopedia" Heath in addition to your work will surely make it the comprehensive hammond resource  , and of course we can count on ozzy tom's list to uncover those obscure gems. Good luck and keep up the excellent work "flying dutchman"------------- Signature Writers Guild on strike |
Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: October 23 2007 at 05:28
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Jimmy Row, thanks for your positive words about Barbara Dennerlein, it was the final push I needed, I have just ordered the Best Of Barbara Dennerlein CD, there are two versions, one with partitures. I hope to include my impressions about that CD in the Hammond article.
At this moment I am listening to a live CD of The Spencer Davis Group, loaded with Hammond work by Eddie Hardin
The forthcoming weeks I am planning to listen to lots of prog with Hammond because of my Hammond organ article.
By the way, I am very happy with the contributions of several PA members, it gives an extra dimension to the article
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Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: October 25 2007 at 06:38
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Even the Monty Python team will contribute to my Hammond organ special
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Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: October 28 2007 at 13:37
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I just picked up from the homepage this interesting review:
http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=16910">
 Heavy Prog (Studio Album, 2007) Avg: 3.00/5 from 1 ratings http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=16910 - COSMIC NOMADS — Vultress
Review by http://www.progarchives.com/Collaborators.asp?id=3437 - chopper (Alan Hyde) Special Collaborator Band Submissions — First review of this album —
Obviously with a band so heavily based on the Hammond, there will be comparisons with other similar bands such as those already mentioned, but the songs are good as are the performances and the production, which is modern yet retro at the same time, is just right. My main criticism, as with a number of other new bands, is that the vocals lack character. Overall, a very enjoyable CD, highly recommended for Hammond fans! |
Definitely one for Hammond fans, this one! Led by organist, singer and main songwriter Ray Vanderby, this is an album heavy on the Atomic Rooster, Nice and less bombastic ELP influences. Opening track “Another World” starts off with a pulsating keyboard riff and is a good uptempo opener. This leads us into “No More Heartaches” which starts off sounding like ELP before settling into a heavy plodding rhythm which is very reminiscent of early 1960s underground/prog. “Elephant in my Soup” lightens things up a bit with its “boop boop de boop” backing vocals, sounding a bit like The Nice complete with suspect lyrics (“How he loves the rain like tears from heaven, How he loves the rain more than sliced devon”) . ”Escape Through the Mews“ throws in some electric piano to break things up a bit, although again the lyrics a bit lacking in the correct English department (“Well they might be a millionaire, They might be a thief“) . “Return of the Vultress“ is the epic 10 minute track here, again showing early ELP influences. It even manages to throw in a short drum solo. “We Are Lemurians“ wraps things up (sorry, I don‘t know what a Lumerian is).
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Date Posted: October 28 2007 at 13:52
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Cosmic Nomads are indeed a great find, and an excellent addition to the DB, brought to you by your very own Heavy Prog team!
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Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: October 28 2007 at 14:03
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I am glad that the name Heavy Prog I proposed two years ago is now a common term on Prog Archives In my forthcoming Hammond article I will focus on this exciting category, from Atomic Rooster and Uriah Heep to Kansas and early Journey
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Posted By: prog4evr
Date Posted: October 28 2007 at 22:41
The same Al Kooper who did not play on BS&T's self-titled [best!] album? (Why did they ever let him rejoin the group later?)
Related, but different, question: is that a Hammond being used on Procol Harum's original version of 'Whiter Shade of Pale'?
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Posted By: Easy Money
Date Posted: October 28 2007 at 23:29
That most definitley sounds like a Hammond organ to me, I have been into playing a listening to these instruments for quite some time now. |
Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: October 29 2007 at 05:47
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Many experts think it's a Hammond B3 but Matthew Fisher
himself told it is a Hammond M100 (spinet serie) on a Whiter
Shade Of Pale by Procol Harum.
Source of information, the Hammond bible
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Posted By: Mandrakeroot
Date Posted: October 29 2007 at 06:04
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A great album for this special is: ../artist.asp?id=3047 - HUNKA MUNKADedicato A Giovanna G.(Studio Album, 1972) Track Listings
Line-up/Musicians- Hunka Munka (Roberto Carlotto) / customized Hammond organ, effects, voice Releases informationLP: Riicordi (SMRL 6096) 1972 COLLABORATOR Italian Prog Specialist
Another info at: http://www.joeymauro.com/ - http://www.joeymauro.com/ http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=151225369 - MySpace.com - Hunka Munka - IT - Progressive / Classic Rock / Pop ... ------------- 
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My review is produced using this release: BMG 74321-98448-2Posted By: jakob_lien
Date Posted: October 29 2007 at 14:17
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Hi!
Really agre about the Hansson and Karlsson records. Absolutly stunning organ-drive prog.
Two other great hammond, organ, progressive, groovy records is:
- Kvartetten som sprängde - Kattvals Way cool swedish underground psyhedelic, prog, folk-funk band on the very rare and collectable lable Gump records (Telefon Paisa "Sogmusobil", Joakim Skosberg "Jola roata" etc). The music is organ-driven instrumental prog with a folk funk touch. The great latin percussion outbreaks on for example "Andesamba" are rather unique. Also for fans of good hammond organ playing, sometimes reminding of swedish supergroup Hansson & Karlsson and Sound Express.
Fläsket Brinner -"fläsket" 2LP
This must be one of the best swedish psychedelic and progressive rock LPs ever made. This double album has it all. Great hammond-driven progressive on for example "Klotet" and "Bennys hammare". Other tracks has a more jazz groove with long improvisations and fantastic percussion like "Grismakt" and "Örsprånget" both tracks over ten minutes. You also find some dope drum breaks on "Pukalle i Valparaiso", by some reason not availabe on the remastred CD reissue. Remindig of swedish Hansson och Karlsson and Kvarteten som Sprängde, but also about King Crimson and Gentle Giant.
I have two extra copys of these records for sale on ebay.co.uk. Please take a look at the following link, where you also can hear some examples of the music: http://search.ebay.co.uk/_W0QQsassZjakob_lien - http://search.ebay.co.uk/_W0QQsassZjakob_lien
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Posted By: Rivertree
Date Posted: October 29 2007 at 14:51
Psychedelic, Heavy and Kraut - a Hammond saturated album
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Posted By: Rivertree
Date Posted: October 29 2007 at 15:26
As Barbara Dennerlein is mentioned before - here is a very nice image ...   ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Rivertree" rel="nofollow"> |
Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: October 29 2007 at 17:16
Jakob Lien, good to share the Hansson & Karlson appreciation, how sad the promised addition is stil on the brink .. for months 
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Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: October 29 2007 at 19:09
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Rivertree, what a super-sensual Barbara Dennerlein picture, that gives an extra dimension to my words about her music: "A Hammond organ fan's wet dream" ....
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Posted By: Dick Heath
Date Posted: October 30 2007 at 06:25
After holding back for a very long time - but also restricted by not readily finding his albums available - I've bought my first Larry Young solo album, the (apparently totally) improv Lawrence of Newark (Castle Communication Records). An excellent piece of Hammond in Young's unique style, I guess continuing on from his work on Santana's Welcome album (although I'm not certain which got recorded first). The liner notes for the CD point to other albums, which the author claims were masterpieces - I'm definitely going to sample his solo work further.
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Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: October 30 2007 at 07:21
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Thanks Dick
Here is my final version of my Hammond organ article, it will be published in several parts between mid - and late November this year:
THE HAMMOND ORGAN “From a poor man’s pipe organ to a progrock musician's big band”
Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2 : The history of the Hammond organ Chapter 3: How does it work? By PA member Pierreolivier Chapter 4: The heavy weighted Hammond models on the small catwalk Chapter 5: A personal Hammond story: a meeting with my hero Thijs Van Leer
Chapter 6: The masters on the Hammond organ (from Jimmy Smith, Eddie Hardin and Greg Rolie to Brian Auger, Reese Wynans and
Barbara Dennerlein)
Chapter 7: 1967-2007 Fourty years of Hammond sounds in progressive rock Chapter 8: A Hammond story by PA member and jazz specialist Dick Heath Chapter 9: Quotes about the Hammond organ by Dutch progrock musicians (like Rick v/d Linden, Thijs van Leer and Ton Scherpenzeel)
Chapter 10: My favorite Hammond organ drenched CD’s and DVD’s Chapter 11: PA members about the Hammond organ and their Hammond Album Top 5 (Jim Garten, Ozzy Tom, Jimmy Row, Easy Money, Rivertree and Dalt99)
Chapter 12: This is not a Hammond organ! (about the Farfisa and Vox Continental organs)
Chapter 13: Sources of information Chapter 14: Interesting links
By the way, mailto:M@X - M@X : can I get a small percentage of the money you earn with the 'Hammond adds' in this thread ? |
Posted By: Easy Money
Date Posted: October 30 2007 at 08:27
Hi Richard, Glad you enjoy Lawrence ... that was one of my top 5 album picks. I was afraid it was too "raw" for many, but maybe not. |
Posted By: Dick Heath
Date Posted: October 30 2007 at 08:40
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which album(s) would you recommend next? ------------- The best eclectic music on the Web,8-11pm BST/GMT THURS. CLICK ON: http://www.lborosu.org.uk/media/lcr/live.php - http://www.lborosu.org.uk/media/lcr/live.php Host by PA's Dick Heath. |
Posted By: Easy Money
Date Posted: October 30 2007 at 09:52
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Everthing else I have by Young is in that massive 5 volume Blue Note collection which is all good but more traditional, so there is that middle period that I need to check out. I found some jazz and funk sites that had good info but I didn't save any of them.
By the way, did you ever get my Bartok recommendations? I have to go to "work" now. I'll respond later. |
Posted By: Dick Heath
Date Posted: October 30 2007 at 10:39
Cheers - I'll check what it said about other albms in the liner notes for Lawrence of Newark and post the info. Thanks for reminding me of the request of Bartok recommendations, I'm afraid it slipped my memory to check - and now with the reorganisation, where will I find the thread? ------------- The best eclectic music on the Web,8-11pm BST/GMT THURS. CLICK ON: http://www.lborosu.org.uk/media/lcr/live.php - http://www.lborosu.org.uk/media/lcr/live.php Host by PA's Dick Heath. |
Posted By: Rivertree
Date Posted: October 30 2007 at 11:34
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Looks well - your table of contents, Erik I hope there is room enough for the special collaboration between Hammond and Leslie? ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Rivertree" rel="nofollow"> |
Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: October 30 2007 at 13:39
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Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: November 04 2007 at 06:27
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Tomorrow I will receive this Barbara Dennerlein compilation CD, I am very curious to listen to it after all those euphoric words (while I have not heard a single note of her albums):
 More info: http://www.barbaradennerlein.com/en/recordings/index.php - http://www.barbaradennerlein.com/en/recordings/index.php
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Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: November 05 2007 at 14:54
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At this moment I am listening to
, what an awesome and exciting Hammond work, I am glad that she will appear in my Hammond article, thanks for the recommendations Barbara Dennerlein: "The pedals are absolutely crucial for my way of playing the Hammond organ. They enable me to create a very special rhythmic structure which cannot be easily imitated by the double-bass, since together with the two manuals I have a kind of "rhythmic triptych" at my disposal."
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Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: November 06 2007 at 05:14
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I just got a PM from Rivertree (Uwe), I had invited him to
contribute to my Hammond article, this is his proposal:
Uwe: "I have made some lists:
- my Top 10 Of Hammond infected songs - quite rare and unknown Hammond saturated Krautrock albums - current german Neo Krautrock/Psych Bands using Hammond (for this chapter I can also give some additional informations ...)" I think this is a wonderful extra dimension from Germany
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Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: November 11 2007 at 18:38
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Yesterday I received a splendid How The Hammond Organ Works chapter by vintage keyboard freak Pierre Olivier and today I received an e-mail from Nexus keyboardplayer Lalo Huber, I had asked him to write about his love for the Hammond and he has a fine story, I am sure the Hammond Organ Special will be an interesting one, also because of the great contributions of Hammond freaks on Prog Archives
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Posted By: Chicapah
Date Posted: November 11 2007 at 20:15
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I've been listening to my old Brian Auger LPs lately since he was added to the site and I'm still blown away by his Hammond rides. The guy is a monster. ------------- "Literature is well enough, as a time-passer, and for the improvement and general elevation and purification of mankind, but it has no practical value" - Mark Twain |
Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: November 12 2007 at 03:40
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Chicapah (and others), at this moment I am writing about Brian Auger for my Hammond article, which albums would you recommend to me? I was blown away by his 1989 Jazz Festival performance I have on a video, so many exciting solos on his Hammond B3, great build-ups and often very swirling, he's a master on the Hammond organ
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Posted By: Rivertree
Date Posted: November 12 2007 at 04:08
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Erik - Brian Auger's Oblivion Express is worth a listen I recommend - Second Wind (containing one of my top 10 Hammond songs Freedom Jazz Dance) - Happiness Heartaches (which I own as Vinyl - ) - Complete Live Oblivion (if you like live performances) ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Rivertree" rel="nofollow"> |
Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: November 12 2007 at 05:14
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Vielen Dank, Rivertree, the CD Complete Live Oblivion looks interesting because I love live albums and perhaps it matches with songs on my 1989 live video of Brian Auger's Oblivion Express
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Posted By: Lady In Black
Date Posted: November 12 2007 at 05:19
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In my opinion JON LORD is the King of Hammond in Prog field!
Who do you think? ------------- It's dark... I've fear... I have strong pains... A serpent is being born... That badly I did, I? |
Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: November 12 2007 at 05:24
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Lady In Black, you should check out Jon Lord with The Hoochie Coochie Band DVD (see page 1 of this thread), indeed, he's incredible and a master on the Hammond (very spectacular use of the drawbars). But I grew up with the album Made In Japan, mindblowing work on the Hammond organ and I am glad that it is now on DVD |
Posted By: The Whistler
Date Posted: November 12 2007 at 05:30
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What, Matthew Fisher mentioned merely in passing? Procol Harum is a God-like collection of organ rockers! And Shine On Brightly has some of the greatest (Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond) organ playing I ever heard, "Quite Rightly So" and "Skip Softly (My Moonbeams)" taking presidence. Avoid not these, oh lovers of the keys. ------------- "There seem to be quite a large percentage of young American boys out there tonight. A long way from home, eh? Well so are we... Gotta stick together." -I. Anderson |
Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: November 12 2007 at 05:43
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The Whistler, wait and see my Hammond article, I will not forget Procol Harum, certainly not
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Posted By: Lady In Black
Date Posted: November 12 2007 at 05:52
... and Hunka munka!!! ------------- It's dark... I've fear... I have strong pains... A serpent is being born... That badly I did, I? |
Posted By: The Whistler
Date Posted: November 12 2007 at 06:10
I wipe the sweat of fear off my brow of gratitude. Highly underrated band... ------------- "There seem to be quite a large percentage of young American boys out there tonight. A long way from home, eh? Well so are we... Gotta stick together." -I. Anderson |
Posted By: Easy Money
Date Posted: November 12 2007 at 07:05
Hi Erik, I would highly recommend Auger's Live Oblivion Express Volume 2. It is better material than Volume 1. This is Brian at his most pure and unpretentious, really rocking out on the B3 and Fender Rhodes. I think Brian sounds much better live. |
Posted By: Easy Money
Date Posted: November 12 2007 at 07:10
No one can play solos like Lord, especially when he was younger. Check out his solos on In Rock or Made in Japan, no one else in rock can play with that much aggression and imagination. I especially like the fact that he rarely relies on qouting other peoples material. Listen to the jam that comes after Space Truckin on Made in Japan to hear what he is really capable of. |
Posted By: Easy Money
Date Posted: November 12 2007 at 07:14
Early Procol Harum is some of the coolest early progressive rock out there. |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: November 12 2007 at 07:21
I second that 100%. Lord rules indeed, and he was the strongest link with prog in DP. *promises not to mention DP and Heavy Prog in the same sentence* |
Posted By: mystic fred
Date Posted: November 12 2007 at 07:52
many of you may already know but there is some awesome creative playing on the early Rare Bird albums, and many other bands from the early 70's. Jon Lord was the king though, one trick he did was run his Hammond through a distorted Marshall amp which helped create the trademark Purple sound, and his classical training added some interesting phrases to his solos - his replacement in Purple, Don Airey, is also an amazing player .
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