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Points: 191 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 19 2006 at 18:23
Originally posted by fuxi fuxi wrote:

Anyone familiar with the organ works of J.S. Bach or Buxtehude will know exactly what I mean.
Hi Fuxi. I love the organ work of both of the great composers you mentioned, but I also enjoy the organ work on Awaken very much. So I don't know what you're talking about. Do you seriously believe that keyboardists should stay away from the pipe-organ unless they come up with better stuff than Bach?Confused
 
I just like the sound of the instrument too much for that. Even when it gets played by lesser gods like myself. Therefore I also like it's use in prog in general.
 
Nice thread, some other examples:
 
Marillion - She Chameleon
Flower Kings - Humanizzimo, Church Of Your Heart, The Truth Will Set You Free (samples)
Alan Parsons Project - Don't Let It Show
Yes - Vevey revisited (GFTO remaster bonus)
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Points: 19535 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 19 2006 at 23:19
Originally posted by fuxi fuxi wrote:



Surely it's no coincidence that prog virtuosos of impeccable taste such as David Sinclair, Dave Stewart and Kerry Minnear never use the church organ at all?
 
  1. Please Man, there's nothuing like impeccable taste, taste is something personal that you can't measure, my taste is impeccable for me and your taste should be impeccable for you. Now if you need to adecquate your taste to other person's, then we're in trouble.
  2. BTW: Virtuso keyboardists as Wakeman, Moraz, Nocenzi and par Lindh love Church Organ.

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Points: 3300 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 20 2006 at 01:21
RDM - Contamination
Mercyful Fate - don't break the oath
Marillion - fugazi
Devil Doll - sacrilege...
i suspect on metheny's wichita falls the use of a church organ
arena - intro on crying for help 4? not sure though
roger waters - intro on it's a miracle? not sure though
vangelis - jerusalem


Edited by greenback - November 20 2006 at 01:25
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Points: 2459 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 20 2006 at 03:59
Originally posted by Sir Hogweed Sir Hogweed wrote:

Hi Fuxi. I love the organ work of both of the great composers you mentioned, but I also enjoy the organ work on Awaken very much.


Dear Sir, I can only admire your patience.
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Certainly Yes tracks mentioned, Rick Wakeman Tracks, Keith Emerson. The Focus track is La Cathedrale de Strasbourg from the Hamburger Concerto Album.
It is important to distinguish between a full blown Church organ and its much scaled-down offspring the positive Organ (I guess Wakeman's Mander is in this category). Same principle, far smaller and just about portable it has delicate flutey sounds (listen to Wakeman using it on Side 2 of Topographic Oceans) and also used occasionally by Kerry Minnear (Experience uses it I think) as well as the Regal, a similar instrument using reed pipes. Gryphon preobably used one of these two instruments.
Close to the Edge CERTAINLY uses a church organ (St. Giles, Cripplegate if it's the same as Wakeman used on Jane Seymour) but its clear the recording of this (which would have been made 'in situ') was switched on for their early live performance (see Yessongs) and played over by the band.
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Points: 754 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 20 2006 at 09:05
Rescenlty I found another church organ-driven gem: Il Paese dei Balocchi - "Ritorno Alla Condizione Umana" (from "Il Paese dei Balocchi" album).
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Points: 3300 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 20 2006 at 12:34
I guess the right term shoul be acoustic organ, so that my list should be reduced to:
 
RDM - Contamination
Mercyful Fate - don't break the oath
Devil Doll - sacrilege...
vangelis - jerusalem


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