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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 14 2007 at 03:40
Take a look at this link - I expanded my Hammond collection considerably after seeing it.

http://rateyourmusic.com/list/Sandrose/hammond_organ_delights
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Yeah, it's good list. But I would also add (from not mentioned here before):

The Nice - "Nice"(1969)
Arzachel - "Arzachel"(1969)
Eloy - "Floating"(1974)
Frumpy - "Live"(1973)
Amos Key - "First Key"(1973)
2066 & Then - "Reflections on the future"(1972)
Triumvirat - "Illusions on a double dimple"(1973)
Egg - Egg"(1970)
The Crazy World of Arthur Brown - "The Crazy World of Arthur Brown"(1968)
Glass Hammer - "The Iconsolable Secret"(2005)
Jacula - "Tardo Pede in Magiam Versus"(1972)
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SNOW GOOSE AND SONG FOR AMERICA!!!!
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The Nice - The Thoughts Of Emerlist Davjack
The Nice - Ars Longa Vita Brevis
ELP - Pictures at an Exhibition
Atomic Rooster - Atomic Rooster
Colosseum - Valentyne Suite
Par Lindh Project - Gothic Impressions
Par Lindh Project - Mundus Imcompertus
Par Lindh Project - Veni Vidi Vici
Deep Purple - Made In Japan
Deep Purple - In Rock
 
 
btw most of ELP's stuff cannot be described as 'organ driven' ('Emerson driven' maybeBig smile ).PAAE is an exception IMO.
 
Also Par Lindh Project are one of the few modern bands that I've come across that actually are organ driven.I might also include Glass Hammer but they used sampled organ sounds compared to Par Lindh who uses the real thing.
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  • The Nice     Ars Longa Vita Brevis
  • The Nice     Five Bridges
  • ELP       ELP
  • ELP      Tarkus
  • ELP      Trilogy
  • ELP       BSS
  • ELP       PAAE
  • UK        Danger Money
  • Refugee    Refugee
  • Yes       The Yes Album


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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

I might also include Glass Hammer but they used sampled organ sounds compared to Par Lindh who uses the real thing.


You're wrong Richardh! Glass Hammer use real Hammond organs not samples! Sometimes they even use model B3. You can check it here (it's from their official site): http://www.glasshammer.com/pages/features/gear.html
    
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Eloy - Inside

Pollen - Pollen
 
Cosmos Factory - Old Castle in Transylvania
 
Zarathustra - Zarathustra
 
Tako - Tako
 
Tako - U vreci za spavanje
 
Crusis - Crusis
 
 


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Ars longa , vita brevis
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Obviously I agree with the pack of ELP albums, and the Yes Album was a nice choice. Two that haven't been mentioned:

Thick as a Brick; John Evans owns that album.
Procol Harum's debut...it's called Procol Harum, right?
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Points: 28029 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 15 2007 at 01:43
Originally posted by ozzy_tom ozzy_tom wrote:

Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

I might also include Glass Hammer but they used sampled organ sounds compared to Par Lindh who uses the real thing.


You're wrong Richardh! Glass Hammer use real Hammond organs not samples! Sometimes they even use model B3. You can check it here (it's from their official site): http://www.glasshammer.com/pages/features/gear.html
    
 
I was just going by Lex Live DVD which shows Fred Schendel demonstrating his keyboard rig..but presumably that is now out of date.If so then 'The Inconsolable Secret'(especially disc one) is a good one to add to the list.Thumbs Up
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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Colosseum - Valentyne Suite + Par Lindh Project - Gothic Impressions


Nice to see I didn't have to put those ones in myself (also, that I didn't have to humiliate myself by spelling 'Colosseum' & 'Valentyne' incorrectly - again!)

I'd also put into this list 'Spooky Tooth'; their music was powered by Gary Wright's Hammond playing - and I'm determined that one day, they shall be welcomed into this Forum as at the very least 'Prog-Related' (just try to forget that they eventually turned into Foreigner...)

If you want a good overview of them at their best, go for:



Sit back, put on their version of 'I am the walrus' and marvel!
    

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Van der Graaf Generator were so organ-driven that their bass player became redundant and left! Wink 
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i am the walrus by spooky tooth is indeed excellent.
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Amazed Mike Ratledge's Lowry organ work in Soft Machine (psychedelic and jazz rock periods) has not been mentioned - noting the thread title doesn't mention a make of organ. The most recent Soft Machine release Middle Earth Masters has several excellent live examples how out in front/innovative/organ-stretching Ratledge was, compared with keyboardists such as Keith Emerson in 1967 and 1968.
 
Jan Hammer on John Abercrombie's Timeless and Night
Larry Young on the first two Lifetime albums
Virtually every time Brian Auger touch the Hammond for recordng purposes.
Graham Bond (who also recorded the Mellotron before virtually everybody else - in 1964).
John Novello of Niacin
Jens Johnasson on Jonas Hellborg Group's e.
Wasn't Terry Riley playing Hammond on that masterpiece of minimalism, Rainbow In Curved Air  - inspiring Pete Townshend, Francis Monkman (and the rest of Curved Air), the aforementioned Mike Ratledge?
 
Other jazz-fusionists/organists:
Larry Golding
Joey Francisco
Wayne Peet
Wayne Horwitz
 
Finally, Spencer Davis Group/Traffic/Blind faith's Stevie Winwood was renown for spending his earnings on the latest models of Hammonds that had come on to the marketplace.
 
Marian Vargas of Collegium Musicum is a organ great, but it should be made clear on the album listed, he was playing a Russian Hammond copy, not a genuine Hammond.


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Has anybody mentioned Rick Wakeman's Six Wives of Henry VIII yet?
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Originally posted by profskett profskett wrote:

Has anybody mentioned Rick Wakeman's Six Wives of Henry VIII yet?


In fact it was mentioned in this site: http://rateyourmusic.com/list/Sandrose/hammond_organ_delights (Glueman wrote this link before)

Other organ gems:

Iron Butterfly - "In'A-Gadda-Da-Vida"(1968)
Jane - "Together"(1972)
Polyphony - "Without Introduction"(1971)
Birth Control - "Operation"(1971)
Argent - "All Together Now"(1972)
Attila - "Atilla"(1970)
Vanilla Fudge - "Renaissance"(1968)
Music Emporium - "Music Emporium"(1969)
Gli Alluminogeni - "Scolopendra"(1972)
Rustichelli & Bordini - "Opera Prima"(1973)
Gypsy - "In The Garden"(1971)
Abacus - "Abacus"(1971)
McPhee - "McPhee"(1972)
Tritonus - "Tritonus"(1975)
Brian Auger & The Trinity - "Befour"(1970)
Pell Mell - "From The New World"(1973)
Sixty Nine - "Circle of The Crayfish"(1973)
Twogether - "A Couple of Times"(1973)
Hardin & York - "Live"(1994, 1969 recorded)
Echolyn - "Mei"(2002)
Food Brain - "Social Gathering"(1970)
Ainigma - "Diluvium"(1973)
Eloy - "Power and The Passion"(1973)
Triumvirat - "Mediterranean Tales"(1972)
Frumpy - "Frumpy 2"(1971)
Frumpy - "All Will Be Changed"(1970)
Fuzzy Duck - "Fuzzy Duck"(1971)
Warhorse - "Warhorse"(1970)
Rare Bird - "As Your Mind Flies By"(1970)
Rare Bird - "Rare bird"(1969)
The Old Man & The Sea - "The Old Man & The Sea"(1972)
Night Sun - "Mournin'"(1972)
The Nice - "Elegy"(1971)
Pacific Sound -"Forget Your Dream!"(1971)
Yes - "Time and A Word"(1970)
Jacula - "In Cauda Semper Stat Venenum"(1969)
Antonis Rex - "Neque Semper Arcum Tendit Rex"(1974)

Ufff...lots of such a stuff...

    
    
    
    
    
    

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Originally posted by The Whistler The Whistler wrote:

Thick as a Brick; John Evans owns that album.

Very true. TAAB is very heavy on the organ.
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As already mentioned Eloy's early albums are well worth checking out if you love organ driven prog ,but stop at Power And The Passion (1975). After that they developed a space rock approach that typified their sound up to the present time.
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Points: 7113 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 16 2007 at 03:15
Originally posted by ozzy_tom ozzy_tom wrote:



Other organ gems:

Iron Butterfly - "In'A-Gadda-Da-Vida"(1968) 

     
     
     
     
     
    
 
UGH! Of course...Gadda! Why didn't I think of that?
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