Procol Harum

Beyond
the Pale

Hammond Organ

The sound of A Whiter Shade of Pale

'The instruments used were piano, organ, lead guitar, bass guitar and drums, and it was the haunting sound produced on the organ which captured the ears of disc-buyers the world over.'

Denny Cordell, Bristol Evening Post, 14 February 1969

'A funereal organ establishes the haunting, almost sacred tone ...'

Q Magazine, February 1999

For your pleasure ...

Here's a bunch of links to the various Hammond-oriented pages at 'Beyond the Pale' and other websites.

Have fun following the links, and if you know other good ones that belong on this page, just let us know

Frequently Asked Questions at this website

AWSoP in Organ Literature	AWSoP organ sound	B3 and C3 design	Mysteries of the Leslie cabinet (inc. a twice- repeated egregious mistaken identity)	Benmont Tench insists Hammonds are better than synths
Matthew Fisher's settings for AWSoP	Convert your clumsy Hammond into something light and elegant	Jon Lord's Hammond	Hammond organ ring	How to tell one Hammond model from another
Interior of Leslie model 147	Joan May's Synthophobia	Lars Mikael from Denmark has a Hammond page	M 102 as played on AWSoP	M100 and other spinets
M102A ('A' = percussion and pedal-sustain features added in shop)	Mark Vail's Hammond book, at amazon.com	Matthew Fisher at BtP	Matthew Fisher's Homepage	My old organ's a good old organ ...
Scant reference to MF, but lots of other interesting stuff	Ian McLagan and the Hammond Organ	Hammond UK	Hammond related Projects from Conquistador Films	Check out the Organ directory