Cover of Joe Cocker's With a Little Help from my Friends Hammond organ intro.

Hammond M162 and Leslie 145.

Jonathan Palman - 2013.


Joe Cocker - With a Little Help from my Friends (Hammond Organ Intro Cover)

Procol Harum's all time classic 1967 chart-topper 'A Whiter Shade of Pale'. One of the most iconic singles of all time to feature a Hammond organ with Matthew Fisher's memorable organ riff inspired by J S Bach.

I had to record this finally as it is one of my absolute favourites. This is a test of my Shure SM57s, mic'ed about 6" away from the louvres of my 145 at a 90° angle. I only mic'ed the horns, I need to get a decent kick drum mic and a mixer with more than 2 channels before I can add the drum to the mix! Fairly decent bass response with this though, so I thought I'd go ahead and upload it. I'll probably replace this file when I can mic the bass, as well as definitely upload a video to YouTube then.

For now, I hope you enjoy!

Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade of Pale

I thought I'd upload this recording I done of Sylvia quite a while back. One last upload before this organ goes, unfortunately! It certainly has an amazing sound and has been really fun to look after for a couple of years.

Jonathan Palman

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