![]() Cast aside the memories of Peter Fenn playing the Sale of the Century theme (that was actually a Yamaha anyway!) and read on. These days, the mention of a Hammond is as likely to conjure up pictures of Blackpool pleasure beach as it is Jimmy Smith in full R&B flight. At long last I discovered what it was: the Hammond organ. ![]() I had a faint memory of hearing this sound in theatres and cinemas, but after playing guitar for a good few years in a band, I started coming across it again in '60s soul and jazz songs. Since my childhood there's always been a sound I loved but never managed to identify. Hammond‑lover Rod Spark pulls out all the stops to bring you a personal organ odyssey. ![]() In these days of synths that stay in production for just a couple of years before being discontinued, respect is due to a keyboard design that's survived more than half a century of changing musical fashion and is still going strong.
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