Shamanczarek
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Pink Floyd in Salem, Oregon 1971. Tickets were $3.50 and less than a hundred people attended. No light show but they had the quad sound system. Saw them in Portland about a year later when they were performing Dark Side of the Moon pre-release and they nearly filled the Coliseum.
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Jon Lord already made it in 1970.
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MF and GC have this listed for $1249. MF is currently offering a 15% Presidents Day sale coupon. Apparently SSL products are not exempt as I got 15% off the SSL 2+ I purchased in December.
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David Robertson co-author of the Classic Keys book lives in Adelaide and has done some amazingly detailed cosmetic restorations on vintage Keyboards some of which he photographed for the book.
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Lehle makes the 1at3 SGoS which allows you to use a single input with three separate amplifiers. They make several other boxes for various switching and splitting functions.
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I was in a band in the 70s that covered this song. I had to play it on a Hohner Combo Pianet.
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Most of the keybeds in Rhodes were manufactured by Pratt-Read so they may have been stamped at the P-R factory. Apparently from 1974 to 1976 Rhodes switched to keybeds manufactured by Wurlitzer. There are recognizable differences between the two Keyboards. The Wurlitzer keycaps are said to be more prone to hairline cracking. If the Wurlitzer equipped models have these these same stampings it would have been done on the Rhodes assembly line. Rhodes went back to Pratt-Read keybeds and these have some differences from the earlier Pratt-Reads.
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This is the first song I ever heard where I recognized the Clavinet sound. I had been at a local music store where a guy was playing a new instrument called the Clavinet that had just come in. Shortly afterward this song came out and I knew right away what Keyboard was being used.
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Then not long after that this song came out.
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Here is more of Hilton with the Rick. Hilton was still performing this song when I played with him. BTW, The Animals were the first band to have a Fender Rhodes Electric Piano seen here in 1965 for the first time on national TV. Dave Rowberry had replaced original member Alan Price on Keys.
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Here he is with a teardrop-shaped Vox 12-string.
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He plays a Telecaster here. By this time John Steel had left the band and was replace by Barry Jenkins previously with The Nashville Teens. Hilton was playing a red Telecaster with a Vox amp in 2000. He said after The Animals made it big he never had to buy instruments as they were given to him by the manufacturers.
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Songwriter Graham Gouldman has cited "House of the Rising Sun" as the melancholy minor key inspiration for his 60s hits such as "For Your Love", "Heart Full of Soul". "Evil Hearted You", "No Milk Today", "Bus Stop", and "Look Through Any Window".
Tom Petty was a big fan of The Animals covering their songs in live shows and playing their records on his Buried Treasure radio show. Compare "Breakdown" to The Animals "Cheating".
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On several occasions in 2000 I got to play keys (Vox Continental) with Hilton on most of The Animals repertoire. Any guitarist can play "House of the Rising Sun" but there was a certain magic when Hilton played it. I also got to meet Dave Rowberry, John Steel, and Jim Rodford who Hilton was playing with at the time. I kept in touch with Hilton over the years and he was always willing to answer my many questions regarding his days with The Animals.
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Original Animals guitarist Hilton Valentine has passed away. He will be forever remembered for his arpeggiated Gretsch guitar introduction on "House of the Rising Sun". He was also notable for his playing on several other Animals recordings including "Don't Let Me Be Understood", "We Gotta Get Out of this Place", "It's My Life", "Don't Bring Me Down", "Boom Boom", "Baby Let Me Take You Home", "Inside Looking Out", "Shake", "I'm Crying'", "Cheating", "See See Rider", and many others.
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I saw a Scottish movie on TV several years ago that used subtitles. I couldn't make out a single English word they were speaking.
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My first synth was an ARP Odyssey white-face. At the time the main choices were the Odyssey, Minimoog, and ARP 2600 (which was more expensive). The music store where I went had the Odyssey and Minimoog but the salesman told me the Odyssey was the one to get. He did a demonstration and said everything he was showing me were things the Minimoog couldn't do. The Minimoog has become the iconic synth more for it's fat sound than it's range of functions. The odyssey could do a much wider range of sounds and since that was what I learned on it was my "game-changing" synth. My overall favorite synth is the Roland Jupiter 6. I think this is as close to a polyphonic Odyssey as anything I've owned or played.
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The DX7 changed music by putting an end to production of the Rhodes, Wurlitzer, Pianet, Clavinet and most analog polysynths. It has taken many years for new facsimiles of most of these instruments to become available again. A used DX7 was going for about $200 at one point and has been increasing in value somewhat in recent years.
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I bought a Korg Poly 800 because of Chuck. He, Don Muro, and guitarist Elliot Randall were doing new product demonstration for Korg/Unicord at winter NAMM 1984. After seeing how much fun Chuck and Don were having with the Poly 800 strapped on like a Keytar I got one as soon as they were available.
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Bought this SSL 2+ USB Audio Interface on a Black Friday sale from GC. Includes Pro Tools|First, Ableton Lite, SSL plugins, and more.
Also got this a few months ago to use for repairing music gear. Dual trace 200Mhz scope at a fraction of the price of the HP and Tektronix scopes I used at work in the 80s.
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I too looked around for a modern controller for my Behringer Model D and just didn't find anything I thought was suitable. I tried several of my old and newer Keyboards as controllers none of which worked satisfactorily. Then I tried my old Korg Poly 800 which worked perfectly. What is great about the Poly 800 is that the D sits firmly on top putting it in easy reach so it operates like a single unit. The Poly 800 has 49-keys with the joystick controlling pitchbend as well as modulation. The bend range slider on the 800 quickly sets the bend range from 0 up to an octave. The 800's internal sequencer can control the D on a separate MIDI channel allowing you to manually play a second part on the 800. May not be a practical option unless you already happen to own one or can find a good deal on a used one but just letting you know what worked for me.
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Solid State Logic is not known for products that mere mortals can afford. I recently became aware of the SSL 2 and SSL 2+ USB audio interfaces and placed an order yesterday. The price on these is affordable even without discounting. Right now a couple of retailers (GC and PAS) are offering 15% off through the end of November. Through the end of December SSL is including DSP plugins valued at over $800 plus 6 months trial on all other SSL plugins. Also included is Avid Pro Tools First with SSL AAX plugins, Ableton Live Lite, Native Instruments Hybrid Keys & Komplete Start, and 1.5GB of samples from Loopcloud. Class Compliant on Mac but drivers needed for Windows.
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I started gigging after high school with our home organ which was an all-tube Wurlitzer 4100A spinet. It was okay for a while but on a trip from Oregon to Reno Nevada it barely worked when we got there and I had to limp through a two week gig with no lower manual. When I got home my organ tech told me Wurlitzers weren't built to hold up for road use. He suggested a Lowrey as a well-built alternative. My tech rented me a Vox Super Continental in the meantime. I then got a Hammond M3 and my tech got me a great deal on two brand new Leslie 147's which I first used on the next gig in Reno.
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The first time I heard Dark Side of the Moon was at a Pink Floyd concert in Portland, Oregon in 1972. Radio ads announced Pink Floyd would be performing their forthcoming album Eclipse. Not being familiar with the music the only song that really stood out was "Money". The staging and light show was spectacular for the time. The album was performed with only the four band members. They then took a 15 minute break and then played a set of classic songs like "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun', "Echoes", "Careful with that Axe, Eugene", "Astronomy Domine", etc. I had seen Pink Floyd about a year earlier and less than 100 people attended. There was no light show but they did have the quad sound system. Then in 1973 Dark Side was released and all of a sudden they were one of the biggest bands in the world.
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Assuming this is not a design flaw as on the PX-5S it could be dirt or dust in the contact bubble. Before opening it up turn the Keyboard upside down and work the Key rapidly to try to clear the contaminant. If this doesn't work try to blow it out with a compressed air canister. If this doesn't do it the Keyboard will have to be opened up. If still under warranty let Casio take care of it. Otherwise you could take it apart yourself or pay a tech to fix it.
The PX-5S has a similar problem which commonly only affects the velocity response on an A# note. This is because the A# is at the break point of one contact strip to the next strip. Over time the strip with A# moves and lifts slightly pushing against the next strip causing higher velocity sensitivity/double struck notes. This can be fixed by opening the Keyboard, cutting a very small piece off the end of the strip, cleaning out any dust/dirt and gluing it down. This has happened on my PX-5S and has been a commonly reported problem. Casio is aware of this and should have fixed it on their new models assuming the Keyboard has any similarity in design.
https://www.casiomusicforums.com/index.php?/topic/12626-a5-acting-strange/
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Try tapping your foot in half-time especially on faster pieces. This keeps your feel more relaxed and reduces the tendency to speed up. In some cases halving the number of counts will simplify how things fall in more complicated pieces.
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Used to play "Easy Livin'" and "Sweet Lorraine" with my band in the 70s. Loved Ken's Minimoog on the latter. There was another local band in SoCal that played "Poet's Justice" which I thought was very cool. Demons and Wizards and Magician's Birthday were on my turntable a lot.
Foam/padding - need to add more to a case
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DIY Road Cases Store sells ester and etha foam in various thicknesses. The descriptions tell you which foam is typically used for a particular application. They also sell all case building accessories including spray adhesive.
https://www.diyroadcasesstore.com/foam-2-thick-plank-etha-hard-foam-24x108-cut-int-3-pieces/