Hammond

[jammin]

Not sure if this has been covered.

but i'm seeing loads of hammond lp's at the moment
all look dodgy but there's gotta be gold in there somewhere !!

what i'm asking is .....
can anyone recommend some of the players i should be looking out for as my knowledge is rather thin in that department.

any help would be appreciated.

[Dr Rubberfunk]

Of the 'charity shop staples', and off the top of my head, Harry Stoneham, Big Jim H, Danny Hodgson (has a Portishead sample on it somewhere) all have their moments - I'm sure others will add more ...

R'Funk

[Martin Lovegrove]

If it's new stuff you're after, you could try a look at www.hammondbeat.com which has an enourmous amount if info on today's big players.

[jammin]

Thanks for the info.

i know it's a cheeky question , but if you don't ask and all that.

[happy monster]

any jerry allen
alan hawkshaw - non stop hammond
howard blake - that hammond sound (scorpio)
don reeve - mighty hammond (aquarius/let the sunshine in)
tony back - hammond hits back (working in the coalmine)
duke grant - hammond gold (go&#33
roger coulam - hammond sounds to spoil you
any big jim h

got some spares if you want to trade.

big jim h - hammond organ dance party (blues for the keyboard)
klaus wunderlich - hits again 3 (shaft)
will horwell - hammond party
harry stoneham - hammond my way (move in)
klaus wunderlich - golden sound of... (summertime)
klaus wunderlich - hit world of... (standing on the road)
klaus wunderlich - phase 4 world of... (strangers in the night)

trade for steel band/moog etc

[jammin]

Quote[/b] (happy monster @ 16 June 2003,20:51)]any jerry allen
alan hawkshaw - non stop hammond
howard blake - that hammond sound (scorpio)
don reeve - mighty hammond (aquarius/let the sunshine in)
tony back - hammond hits back (working in the coalmine)
duke grant - hammond gold (go&#33
roger coulam - hammond sounds to spoil you
any big jim h

got some spares if you want to trade.

big jim h - hammond organ dance party (blues for the keyboard)
klaus wunderlich - hits again 3 (shaft)
will horwell - hammond party
harry stoneham - hammond my way (move in)
klaus wunderlich - golden sound of... (summertime)
klaus wunderlich - hit world of... (standing on the road)
klaus wunderlich - phase 4 world of... (strangers in the night)

trade for steel band/moog etc

Thanks for the offer.. er... monster
but have most of these already.
maybe someone else here is interested ?
thanks anyway.

[chrisvulture]

Jerry Allen eh? i came across an LP of his a few weeks ago and its has a decidedly odd bash at 'Sylvia' that slips nicely into the 'so bad its good' bracket, mostly for the bontempi-stylee drum machine...odd!!

[Matt Hero]

Quote[/b] (chrisvulture @ 17 June 2003,10:12)]Jerry Allen eh? i came across an LP of his a few weeks ago and its has a decidedly odd bash at 'Sylvia' that slips nicely into the 'so bad its good' bracket, mostly for the bontempi-stylee drum machine...odd!!

I'm sure that Lord Thames will have more info on this than be, but....

Jerry Allen had more than a vested interest in the Hammond than most in that he also had 'Jerry Allens Organ Centre' (f'nar) or somesuch place selling the things. He is also responsible for the Gemini label, which for some unknown reason seems to the imprint that some of the material from Morgan Music (Barry's label ?) also came out on... certainly my copy of 'The Excursion' (an Allen project) is on Gemini rather than Morgan, as are all the other copies I've seen.

His 'Sump'n Else' LP is worth it for 'Persian Fly' (comped on 'Get Smarter), and there is a nice little break on his 'Oscar Winners' LP.

While we're on the Hammond tip, don't forget Ron Reeve and the mighty (and often discussed around here) Ad-Rhythm label.

[Lord Thames]

Quote[/b] (Matt Hero @ 17 June 2003,10:54)]I'm sure that Lord Thames will have more info on this than be, but....

Funny you should say that......( I can never resist a challenge)

Yes, Jerry Allen did run the Jerry Allen Organ Centre (can't remember where it was but I doubt it's still there - unfortunately he died in 1985).

Jerry had a hand in the Morgan label (the Morgan empire encompassed records, music publishing and the famous Morgan studios in Willesden Road), and was listed as one of its directors (along with founder Barry Morgan, Monty Babson, and Leon Calvert, although Barry always considered it to be his company).
The Morgan label later mutated into Gemini.

Jerry Allen was also involved with another label, Alamo which was specialised in organ music.
The best Alamo LP I have is 'The Hammond Set', on which he's uncredited, although his take on 'Sylvia' on 'The Hands of Jerry Allen' is very brave.

Other organists - Howard Blake's already been mentioned, but deserves to be mentioned again.
Also Andre Brasseur, Brian Dee and Don Hunt (check out Don H's solo on Bruce Forsyth's version of 'Lucretia MacEvil' - mindblowing&#33

Does Germany have more Hammond organists per 100 of population than any other country in the world? I think so.

[jammin]

Quote[/b] (Lord Thames @ 17 June 2003,23:50)]Does Germany have more Hammond organists per 100 of population than any other country in the world? I think so.

Well this is it.
I'm living on the boarder of germany in holland and i'm seeing
loads of the stuff.
like i said it looks all rather duff.
and there's only so much you can listen to on ya portable without it slowing you down.

cheers for all the help anyway.
i'll post up anything half decent that i can scrounge from the bins.

[bongolia]

Chris Waxman - 'Organ-ized' on Phase 4 is one tracker really, but the one track's a fast 'Mas Que Nada'. it's a retitled Klaus Wunderlich evidently

I had a dead mint Assigment London 10 inch De Wolfe
on the TRADES Forum for awhile now AND it just sold

It is a solid killer Hammond crime drama monster 100 %

JD