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Points: 1594 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 16 2007 at 04:02
Originally posted by Dick Heath Dick Heath wrote:

Amazed Mike Ratledge's Lowry organ work in Soft Machine (psychedelic and jazz rock periods) has not been mentioned
 
I love Soft Machine Live At The Paradiso, fantastic organ and fuzz bass! Wink
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Originally posted by A B Negative A B Negative wrote:

Originally posted by Dick Heath Dick Heath wrote:

Amazed Mike Ratledge's Lowry organ work in Soft Machine (psychedelic and jazz rock periods) has not been mentioned
 
I love Soft Machine Live At The Paradiso, fantastic organ and fuzz bass! Wink
 
MR's organ work on Hibou Anemone & Bear on that album is one of the very best - but if you like that, check out Ratledge 2 years before on the Middle Earth Masters - even with the lo-fidelity, phew..............
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Points: 1594 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 16 2007 at 06:14
Originally posted by Dick Heath Dick Heath wrote:

Originally posted by A B Negative A B Negative wrote:

Originally posted by Dick Heath Dick Heath wrote:

Amazed Mike Ratledge's Lowry organ work in Soft Machine (psychedelic and jazz rock periods) has not been mentioned
 
I love Soft Machine Live At The Paradiso, fantastic organ and fuzz bass! Wink
 
MR's organ work on Hibou Anemone & Bear on that album is one of the very best - but if you like that, check out Ratledge 2 years before on the Middle Earth Masters - even with the lo-fidelity, phew..............
 
I'll look out for that! Wink
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Points: 6898 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 16 2007 at 11:11
I`m more of a guitar head but here is my list:

First Lucifer`s friend album, Lucifer`s friend
Focus Moving Waves
ELP Tarkus
Triumvirat Spartacus or anything before the atrocious a la Carte album.
Deep Purple Live in Japan ( the original one ) I didn`t really like Jon Lord`s playing when he switched from his Hammond to Yamaha gear.
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Just got Spock's Beard album "V" and the Hammond B-3 work is very evident and extensive throughout.  Love it.
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Points: 5111 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 16 2007 at 11:31
Originally posted by Vibrationbaby Vibrationbaby wrote:

Deep Purple Live in Japan ( the original one ) I didn`t really like Jon Lord`s playing when he switched from his Hammond to Yamaha gear.
 
Funny, I've just been listening to Live in Japan - Jon Lord really rocks on that album! His Hendrix-like freakouts on Lazy and Space Truckin' especially are just red hot.


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Originally posted by Mascodagama Mascodagama wrote:

Originally posted by Vibrationbaby Vibrationbaby wrote:

Deep Purple Live in Japan ( the original one ) I didn`t really like Jon Lord`s playing when he switched from his Hammond to Yamaha gear.
 
Funny, I've just been listening to Live in Japan - Jon Lord really rocks on that album! His Hendrix-like freakouts on Lazy and Space Truckin' especially are just red hot.


Great choice!Clap Though, of course, some people will start arguing that MiJ is not prog...Cry

I don't know whether it's been mentioned yet, but I think Caravan's second album, "If I Could Do It All Over Again, I Would Do It All Over You", features some stellar organ work by Dave Sinclair - especially in the marvellous "For Richard", which the band perform live to this day.
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Made In Japan..isn't it?Geek
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You are right - slip of the keyboard Embarrassed...
 
I believe they did release a 3CD set giving the whole of the three Japansese concerts called Live In Japan, but it's the original Made In Japan album I have.  Actually I think they have released every concert Purple Mk.II ever played on CD by now...
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Jon Lord aficionados, alert: check out his DVD with The Hoochie Coochie Men Live At The Basement, awesome Hammond work Clap
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Originally posted by Ghost Rider Ghost Rider wrote:

I don't know whether it's been mentioned yet, but I think Caravan's second album, "If I Could Do It All Over Again, I Would Do It All Over You", features some stellar organ work by Dave Sinclair - especially in the marvellous "For Richard", which the band perform live to this day.
 
Some great "plastic sounding" organ on there, gets right in your face.  Love it.
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Originally posted by erik neuteboom erik neuteboom wrote:

Jon Lord aficionados, alert: check out his DVD with The Hoochie Coochie Men Live At The Basement, awesome Hammond work Clap
 
On the list! Smile
 
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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

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.



Unfortunatelly you are right. I've got "Dawn" and "Ocean" and there are almost no organ . I suppose that their next records are similar...but maybe I will check them some day 'cause I've got big sentiment to them .
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                 THE NEW NEXUS ALBUM IS HAMMOND DRENCHED ClapClap
 
                       ... check out (another one Mascodagama Wink ) !!
 
 
 
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Triumvirat has some MEAN C3
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How about "Close to the Edge" at 15 minutes, that organ solo is NICE
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                   Check out the live CD by Canadian band Visible Wind
   (recorded at Baja Prog 2002), loaded with Hammond B3, The Beast Thumbs Up
 
 
                                
 
 
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Originally posted by ozzy_tom ozzy_tom wrote:

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)
kudos on the arzachel and egg albums, Dave Stewart's one of my favorites. Clap
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Points: 28029 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 18 2007 at 02:18
Originally posted by ozzy_tom ozzy_tom wrote:

Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

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.



Unfortunatelly you are right. I've got "Dawn" and "Ocean" and there are almost no organ . I suppose that their next records are similar...but maybe I will check them some day 'cause I've got big sentiment to them .
 
I actually love the later stuff more,just pointing out that there was a stylistic change.Planets and Time To Turn are worth checking out (but get the remasters) if you decide to go further with them.
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Points: 7003 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 18 2007 at 05:22
The brilliant Egg have had a couple of mentions so far, but they've been oddly overlooked by most posters. The debut is good, but The Polite Force is their masterpiece IMO. Dave Stewart also added some very tasty organ to Hatfield and the North and National Health.

Bo Hansson's Lord of the Rings is an enjoyable psychedelic organ fest which should also have more prominence here.
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