Jon Lord obituary Organist who infused Deep Purple with classical influences, helping to make them one of the world’s biggest rock bands Written by Joel Mclver, originally published by The Guardian, Monday 16 July 2012 Jon Lord’s unique keyboard playing with Deep Purple was often copied. Photograph: Fin Costello/Redferns ‘We’re as valid as anything by Beethoven,”Continue reading “Lord, Jon ( 1941- 2012)”
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Would you like to see Mick Jagger’s organ….?
Sound Of The Hound have been away on their summer holidays, hence the lack of activity in recent weeks. To kick off the new term, here is a link to some lovely pictures of instruments and equipment from the Rolling Stones archives. The on switch to the Hammond Organ played by Nicky Hopkin for theContinue reading “Would you like to see Mick Jagger’s organ….?”
No, its not Peter Sellers….it’s the man who recorded Rolling Stones, The Who & The Eagles
This is Dick Swettenham and, unlikely as it perhaps appears, he contributed to the sound of many of the greatest rock and pop recordings ever made. He also helped invent the recording equipment industry. Until the late 1960’s studios largely made their own core equipment; it was only in that decade that the number ofContinue reading “No, its not Peter Sellers….it’s the man who recorded Rolling Stones, The Who & The Eagles”
The strange origin of the UK Reggae big bass sound: John Hassell Recordings, Barnes.
Britain had developed a strong Reggae culture of its own by the mid-1970’s. Reggae, and its predecessors like Ska, naturally seeped into the UK via the communities of immigrants who had come to the country from Jamaica since the late 1940’s. Britain’s pop tendencies have often been to take music from the west (usually America)Continue reading “The strange origin of the UK Reggae big bass sound: John Hassell Recordings, Barnes.”
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