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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 25 2006 at 20:00

Anne Boleyn 'The Day Thou Gavest Lord Hath Ended' by Rick Wakeman 
the best part of the song is from 3:00 to about 3:50 it sounds so amazing.

a close second would be Karn Evil 9 Second movement

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 25 2006 at 20:01
Roundabout the organ solo at 5:50, I sometimes "head bang" to the solo.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 25 2006 at 20:04
Originally posted by BaldJean BaldJean wrote:

Originally posted by micky micky wrote:

Originally posted by BaldJean BaldJean wrote:

two solos by Dave Stewart are my favorite ones: the solo at the beginning of "Dreams Wide Awake" from National Health's album "Of Queues and Cures" and the solo at the beginning of the episode "Hiram Aftaglid Meets the Dervish" in "Solar Musick Suite" from Steve Hillage's album "Fish Rising"



I was loving his work on Hatfield and the North earlier today..


My favorite keyboard solo..... comes down to two...

Genesis - The Cinema Show
Traffic - Glad

different as night and day... but both are something else.

I just love it when a keyboarder goes really mad , and no-one does that better than Dave Stewart




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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 25 2006 at 20:28
Guys please...

all respect for your choices, but it seems you all have forgotten one of the very best.

listen to Rick van der Linden on the original Trace album - track one after ca. 2 minutes the most awesome solo kicks in. maybe not for technical skills but this is pure ENERGY!
to me one of the (if not THE) most wicked and energized hammond organ solo ever recorded on to a studio album.

Especially since Rick went from this earth recently, i encourage you to pull this album out once again and play it LOUD. may Rick v. d. Linden be blessed in eternity. What a gift of inspiration he left behind...

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 25 2006 at 22:02

Page McConnel of Phish. I love the solo on "Maze", and the solos at the end of "The Squirming Coil" are always beautiful.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 25 2006 at 22:03

1.tony banks "firth of fifth"
2.keith emerson "jerusalem"
3.rick wakeman "roundabout" 

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 25 2006 at 22:10
Toccata and Fugue in D minor  (not from ELP) - JS Bach

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 25 2006 at 22:18
Originally posted by barbarossa barbarossa wrote:

Guys please...

all respect for your choices, but it seems you all have forgotten one of the very best.

listen to Rick van der Linden on the original Trace album - track one after ca. 2 minutes the most awesome solo kicks in. maybe not for technical skills but this is pure ENERGY!
to me one of the (if not THE) most wicked and energized hammond organ solo ever recorded on to a studio album.

Especially since Rick went from this earth recently, i encourage you to pull this album out once again and play it LOUD. may Rick v. d. Linden be blessed in eternity. What a gift of inspiration he left behind...

greetings,
barbarossa


talk about... announcing your presence with authority hahahha. I'll be honest and say if I had it... I'd play it LOUD hahah.  Sounds like something I'd enjoy however.  I'll see about putting that on my list..
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 25 2006 at 23:16

Too many to name really....

Obviously Banks 'The cinema show' + 'Robbery assault and battery' and 'Down and out'

Moraz - End of 'Soundchaser'

Wakeman - 'Chamber of horrors'

Emerson - 'Aquatarkus' - live

Premoli (PFM) - End of 'Four holes in the ground' - live

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 25 2006 at 23:23
All my favorites have been mentioned already, but I have to say the best of the best is from Cinema Show.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 25 2006 at 23:25

The way the keyboards leap out at you in the keys solo of the song Closet Chronicles by Kansas has always been my favorite !  second is the solo in the Yes song Close to the edge.  Tony Banks does many short solos on The Lamb that are fantastic not to forget Firth of Fifth that is brilliant stuff 

It all depends on what you are looking for and what mood you are in, sometimes I like keys to create an ambiance and paint a nice background, other times I like the keys to rise up to the aggression and take control 

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 25 2006 at 23:39

A few that immediately come to mind:

Banks - Firth Of Fifth (how original of me)

Banks - Riding The Scree from The Lamb

Wakeman - organ solo on Awaken

Joe Zawinul - A Remark You Made on Weather Report's Heavy Weather album.

Most recently: Peter Bardens - La Princesse Perdue, from the live version of Snow Goose on Camel's A Live Record.

 

 

 

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 26 2006 at 03:43

It so difficult to decide on ones fav keyboard solo.

 

Emerson - Aquatarkus on WELCOME BACK - need quad speakers (and loads more)

Wakeman - Judas and the whole of Six Wives (have you spotted Richard Nixon on sleeve yet?)

Banks - Firth and Ripples

Yes - Finally someone mentioned 'Awaken' and parts of 'Close to the edge'

I love the whole keyboard theme to House of the Holy - Zep

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 26 2006 at 14:59
a whole lot by Ray Manzarek(Doors),especially when the music's over
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 26 2006 at 15:53
mmm...Patrick Moraz solos in Gates and Sound Chaser are my favorites!!!
And Jon Lord´s Highway star solo...great stuff!

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 26 2006 at 16:24

Let's get the obvious out of the way...

Tony Banks; The Cinema Show, Entangled, Robbery Assault and Battery, In The Cage

Rick Wakeman; Awaken (church organ climax is probably my fave prog moment ever), Revealing Science Of God, Merlin The Magician

Keith Emerson; Trilogy, Aquatarkus (live version), Karn Evil 9 1st and 3rd Impression, Rondo

Jon Lord; Fireball, Burn, Highway Star, Child In Time

Less obvious ones...

Dave Sinclair; Winter Wine, Nine Feet Underground,The Dog The Dog He's At It Again, Dabsong Concerto

Eddie Jobson; Metamorphosis

Chick Corea; Duel of The Jester and the Tyrant

Joe Zawinul; Cannon Ball, Black Market

Pete Bardens; Earth Rise, White Rider, First Light, Echoes, Lunar Sea, Rhayader

Mike Ratledge; Song For Insane Times (Kevin Ayers), No Good Trying (Syd Barrett), Out Bloody Rageous, Moon In June

Ken Hensley; Gypsy (live '73 version), Midnight, Paradise/The Spell

Vincent Crane; Gershatzer, V.U.G. (two of the very best Hammond showcases ever!)

Mark Stanway (Magnum); Sacred Hour, Reborn, Just Like An Arrow

Dave Stewart; Little Fugue In G, The Yes No Interlude

Dave Greenslade; Bedside Manners Are Extra, Pilgrim's Progress, Drum Folk, Spirit Of The Dance, Valentyne Suite (Colosseum)

Graham Field/ Mark Ashton (Rare Bird); Iceberg, God Of War

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 26 2006 at 18:26
Originally posted by salmacis salmacis wrote:

Let's get the obvious out of the way...

Tony Banks; The Cinema Show, Entangled, Robbery Assault and Battery, In The Cage

Rick Wakeman; Awaken (church organ climax is probably my fave prog moment ever), Revealing Science Of God, Merlin The Magician

Keith Emerson; Trilogy, Aquatarkus (live version), Karn Evil 9 1st and 3rd Impression, Rondo

Jon Lord; Fireball, Burn, Highway Star, Child In Time

I will add to that Jon Lord's Live versions of Highway Star, Child in Time and Space Truckin' from the album "Made In Japan" great musician ship almost up there with Keith Emerson 


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 27 2006 at 11:59

The intro to Firth of Fifth- Banks

The intro to Awaken- Wakeman

The entire album Brain Salad Surgery- Emerson

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 27 2006 at 15:21

SALMACIS

 

What great choices - VINCENT CRANE   -   JON LORD    -   KEN HENSLEY

 

All great rock keyboard players and do I love those solo's.

 

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 27 2006 at 17:09

No Tony Banks,Keith Emerson or Rick Wakeman in mine (too obvious!):

Further Away - IQ

State Of Mine - IQ

Royal Bed Bouncer - Kayak

Hold Your Head Up - Argent

Incommunicado - Marillion

Playing The Game - Gentle Giant

 

 

 

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