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Cosmo Blues

(3,471 posts) Wed May 20, 2026, 10:05 AM 9 hrs ago

A Whiter Shade Of Pale

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A Whiter Shade Of Pale (Original Post) Cosmo Blues 9 hrs ago OP

Always good to hear.😊 Figarosmom 5 hrs ago #1

Believe It Or Not.... ProfessorGAC 3 hrs ago #2

Figarosmom

(13,405 posts)

1. Always good to hear.😊

Reply to Cosmo Blues (Original post)

Wed May 20, 2026, 01:59 PM

5 hrs ago

Takes me back to a time of happiness.

ProfessorGAC

(77,290 posts)

2. Believe It Or Not....

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Wed May 20, 2026, 04:05 PM

3 hrs ago

...the organ that was used on this song are available today for as low as $600!
The Hammond M-100 wizard spinet & nobody wants those. If it's not a B3 or C3 the demand is near zero.
I saw one on Reverb that was asking $900. It's been listed for nearly 3 years. The one that listed for $700 sold only after the seller dropped the price $100.
It's an iconic organ sound used on several famous rock songs (including some Beatles tunes) and nobody cares!
As a kid growing up playing my dad's Hammond, this makes me a bit sad.
I get it, though. I can get an absolutely killer Hammond tone out of 4 of the 6 instruments I used when I quit playing. And, I can do somewhere between a hundred & a thousand other things. Plus, they don't weigh 200#!

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