This has been mentioned before, but I believe it is worth mentioning again. Rick has excellent control of the hammond-leslie. His organ playing is still my favorite sound in the band's albums, which is one reason I really like UG Live, and ObC. It's a shame he rarely really let loose in studio albums.
I think that "Requiem" (or "Celestial Voices") is one of the best expositions of how much he is in control of his instrument.
I own UG, Meddle, ObC, DSotM, WYWH, Animals, TW, and TFC. What albums, besides these, are there that really feature the organ?
You may be interested in the live album Is There Anybody Out There. That's a concert album of The Wall, and I think you'll find the added work--including a few added Hammond solos--a treat for your ears.
And there is also Wet Dream, Mr. Wright's first solo album. Don't be put off by the title--I promise you that's the only double entendre on there! :)
Anyone else have suggestions?
Oh, I don't know. I've been able to hear and appreciate his individual work on all albums. Never really picked out a specific one other than the ones listed above. Broken China is the only RWr solo album I have and the synth work is great (along with every other aspect of the album). There is a bit of classic organ sound on that album as well (reminding me of The Wall).
yes...the session player who actually played the parts on the Live Wall album played very well...I believe "Mr. Wright" did not play very much...seeing as how I have a bootleg of the filmed concerts in New York, I would know this
I just noticed something interesting, upon buying the limited edition of ITAOT. It definitely seems like there is at least some truth to this--in that there are pictures in the book of Mr. Wright at both keyboard areas, the one with the Hammond, and the one without. During the times when the session player is on the Hammond, you can usually listen and pick out a second keyboard section, also well played--it's either a piano or a different kind of synth, in most cases (that synth sure shows up on Goodbye Blue Sky, at the end, where there's no question who's playing!). Certainly both of these musicians are very capable.
Although it's hard to tell who did what, exactly, I found something quite ironic indeed...it seems that the parts without Mr. Wright give themselves away because the session musician is not as able to control the rate of the Leslie speaker while playing! While the session player is certainly a good musician, he doesn't seem to have this added control that Mr. Wright does. A bit ironic, isn't it, that this would be the way the two could be distinguished? ;)
tindsotmr,mofiad Wrote:This has been mentioned before, but I believe it is worth mentioning again. Rick has excellent control of the hammond-leslie. His organ playing is still my favorite sound in the band's albums, which is one reason I really like UG Live, and ObC. It's a shame he rarely really let loose in studio albums.
I think that "Requiem" (or "Celestial Voices") is one of the best expositions of how much he is in control of his instrument.
I own UG, Meddle, ObC, DSotM, WYWH, Animals, TW, and TFC. What albums, besides these, are there that really feature the organ?
Buy the Pompeii DVD as soon as it comes. There's a lot of great organ work by Richard Wright.
There's some nice organ flourishes on Piper At the Gates of Dawn, which is an awesome album anyway.
Listening to the original version of 'Eugene' from the Relics cd I love his organ playing in this one.
Hammond Organs are quite expensive....even today. My A100 (which is essentially a C-3 with built in speakers) was $8000.00 completely rebuilt and refinished. B-3's and C-3 generally are over $4000.00 that's without a Leslie, which back then was a sperate company. You had to buy the organ then go buy the Leslie elsewhere. Anyways, the retail price for a Hammond B-3, C-3, A-100, RT-3 back in 1972, was over $3000.00 which was a lot of money back then. So i see why Rick waited until the band had enough money to switch.
Are there any cheap hammond organs? Low quality, or not?