# Recommend some great albums that feature the Hammond B3 Organ **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 16, 2012, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-great-albums-that-feature-the-hammond-b3-organ/631678 "2012-08-16T16:00:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-great-albums-that-feature-the-hammond-b3-organ/631678/41 "2012-08-17T19:32:04Z")
The OP might also enjoy Santana’s early work with Gregg Rolie on B3. ---
**Author:** ![tomcar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tomcar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomcar)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-great-albums-that-feature-the-hammond-b3-organ/631678/42 "2012-08-17T21:08:37Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > “She’s Not There” would be a good example, although one featuring an electric piano (a Hohner Pianet C, according to online sources), not an organ. 🙂 Try “Time of the Season” for the B3 sound. > > And, yes, I agree great band. I have them up there with the Beatles and Kinks as favorite pop rock bands on the 60s. The first dance at our wedding was “This Will Be Our Year.” “This Will Be Our Year” is one of the great pop songs. I would throw the Walker Bros (no hammond there) on your pop rock list and be very satisfied. Tell me, is that a Hammond in “Leave Me Be?” It’s only in a few parts midway through. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-great-albums-that-feature-the-hammond-b3-organ/631678/43 "2012-08-17T21:26:19Z")
> [@tomcar](#): > > “This Will Be Our Year” is one of the great pop songs. I would throw the Walker Bros (no hammond there) on your pop rock list and be very satisfied. > Tell me, is that a Hammond in “Leave Me Be?” It’s only in a few parts midway through. That sounds like a Vox Continental to me or something very similar. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-great-albums-that-feature-the-hammond-b3-organ/631678/44 "2012-08-17T23:29:12Z")
Several mentions of Jimmy Smith in here, but I didn’t see any love for Jimmy McGriff. Check out his big hit “[I’ve Got a Woman](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brV6SivHLDg)”. ---
**Author:** ![Sauron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Sauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sauron)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-great-albums-that-feature-the-hammond-b3-organ/631678/45 "2012-08-17T23:59:02Z")
Boston featured a Hammond B-3 in each of their albums, I believe. I know their album “Walk On” used the Hammond B-3 in several (if not all) songs; in fact, there’s a medley that features the organ with one segment titled “Get Organ-ized.” ---
**Author:** ![Greekfreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@Greekfreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greekfreak)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-great-albums-that-feature-the-hammond-b3-organ/631678/46 "2012-08-18T01:30:26Z")
Unless my ears deceive me, check out “Jeremiah” by The Brockingtons. It’s finally available on youtube now. Wicked, criminally obscure soul number. ---
**Author:** ![theoldman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b782af/32.png) [@theoldman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/theoldman)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-great-albums-that-feature-the-hammond-b3-organ/631678/47 "2012-08-18T01:59:58Z")
the entire Bloomfield, Kooper, Stills Super Session album is great, with tons of organ work… here’s some samples: Alberts Shuffle - [Bloomfield, Kooper, Stills - Super Session - 01 - Albert's Shuffle - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHFPVOEKEfA) Season of the Witch - [Bloomfield, Kooper, Stills - Super Session - 07 - Season Of The Witch Part 1 - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWzoHwP4T4g) damn… Mike Bloomfield could play. ---
**Author:** ![antonio107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-great-albums-that-feature-the-hammond-b3-organ/631678/48 "2012-08-18T02:20:07Z")
Did Dire Straits use a B-3? They had a few bitchin’ organ parts in their music…Tunnel of love and Walk of Life come to mind! ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-great-albums-that-feature-the-hammond-b3-organ/631678/49 "2012-08-18T14:26:25Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > Emerson used the L100 live, but his main organ in the studio was a C3, which is just a B3 with a different exterior. When I saw ELP, he mostly used the Hammond for sticking knives into, and tipping up. Most of his actual playing was on the Moog or one (or two simultaneously) of the several other keyboards (I am not sure what they all were). ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-great-albums-that-feature-the-hammond-b3-organ/631678/50 "2012-08-18T14:54:05Z")
> [@njtt](#): > > When I saw ELP, he mostly used the Hammond for sticking knives into, and tipping up. Most of his actual playing was on the Moog or one (or two simultaneously) of the several other keyboards (I am not sure what they all were). At least at latter-day ELP shows, Emerson would have two Hammonds onstage. The one he abused during the climax of the set was not the same one he had been doing the serious playing on for the bulk of the show. ---
**Author:** ![filling\_pages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b9bd4f/32.png) [@filling\_pages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filling_pages)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-great-albums-that-feature-the-hammond-b3-organ/631678/51 "2012-08-18T15:08:32Z")
Old school ska, reggae, and rocksteady is chock full of Hammonds. Pretty much anything on the Trojan record label will have it (okay, not everything, but it’s standard to the genre). Start with [The Liquidator](http://youtu.be/LmLDf9XKMfk) (Harry J Allstars). ---
**Author:** ![Ashley\_Pomeroy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c68b51/32.png) [@Ashley\_Pomeroy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashley_Pomeroy)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-great-albums-that-feature-the-hammond-b3-organ/631678/52 "2012-08-18T18:57:58Z")
> [@drastic\_quench](#): > > If you’re not sure if it’s a B3, that’s fine of course. Atomic Rooster’s _Death Walks Behind You_, from 1971. Comes from the short-lived “power trio with an organist” period of rock music. The spooky bizarre thing is that the drummer was called _Paul Hammond_! Isn’t that funny? He’s called Hammond _but he plays the drums_!!! The organist was Vince Crane which means that, logically, we can deduce that the singer - the only remaining member - played _the crane_ and was called Something Drums. Here’s the band on Top of the Pops, with ladies: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/L53aTgZ8B3Y/hqdefault.jpg "Atomic Rooster-Tomorrow Night (TOTP 1971)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L53aTgZ8B3Y) The organ took the place of the bass and rhythm guitars, unlike ELP (for example) who used it instead of lead guitar. The organist starts soloing at 1:45, and by gum he does it with gusto. Good example of the value of having a charismatic vocalist - Led Zeppelin had one, Atomic Rooster didn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Slade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@Slade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slade)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-great-albums-that-feature-the-hammond-b3-organ/631678/53 "2012-08-18T19:02:49Z")
Yeah, Jimmy Smith’s the man you need. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-great-albums-that-feature-the-hammond-b3-organ/631678/54 "2012-08-18T19:18:56Z")
> [@Ashley\_Pomeroy](#): > > Here’s the band on Top of the Pops, with ladies: > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L53aTgZ8B3Y](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L53aTgZ8B3Y) > > The organ took the place of the bass and rhythm guitars, unlike ELP (for example) who used it instead of lead guitar. The organist starts soloing at 1:45, and by gum he does it with gusto. Good example of the value of having a charismatic vocalist - Led Zeppelin had one, Atomic Rooster didn’t. Great clip, thanks for posting that. Here’s what happened when they _did_ hire a theoretically charismatic lead vocalist–at least one who was already an established star in the UK: his idea of stage presence is munching on a sandwich while singing. https://www.youtube.com/embed/IIlKiRPSNGA?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque Sad trivia note: all three band members in the clip you posted are now dead. ---
**Author:** ![Wakinyan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wakinyan/32/352_2.png) [@Wakinyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wakinyan)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-great-albums-that-feature-the-hammond-b3-organ/631678/55 "2012-08-18T22:17:13Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > Lots of heavy metal organ in **Uriah Heep** , but not sure if it was a B-3 or not. I think Ken Hensley used a [Moog](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moog_synthesizer). Edit: Upon further research, it seems I was wrong. Not on Uriah, but in his wikipedia page, it says > [@](#): > > In Early 1965, Hensley formed a band called The Gods, with the young guitarist Mick Taylor, well known later for his work with The Rolling Stones. Ken wrote most of the material, sang and played the \*\*Hammond B3 \*\*organ as the band already had the talented Mick Taylor on guitar. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-great-albums-that-feature-the-hammond-b3-organ/631678/56 "2012-08-18T22:33:20Z")
> [@Wakinyan](#): > > I think Ken Hensley used a [Moog](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moog_synthesizer). > Edit: Upon further research, it seems I was wrong. Not on Uriah, but in his wikipedia page, it says Hensley played both Hammond and Moog with Uriah Heep, as well as piano, guitar, and occasionally other instruments. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-great-albums-that-feature-the-hammond-b3-organ/631678.md?page=2)