"You Can't Sit Down" (Philip Upchurch Combo) - Hammond sound

[Kawai James]

Hello folks,

 

I'd like to ask any Hammond aficionados if they can help me to reproduce the "vintage", out of condition Hammond sound in this tune (organ solo from 1:09):

 

 

I've played this tune for a few years using my Electro 3 with a fair amount of leakage and distortion to get something of a "vintage" sound.

 

However, I'm looking to transition over to my iPad as a tone generator, so figured I can perhaps get a more authentic sound using B-3X, given the multitude of options and settings available.

 

Any suggestions welcome!

 

Cheers,

James

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[Baldwin Funster]

B3x can do that. I use a preset that has a ton of leakage and sympathetic overtone and grind. I don't remember the name because I tweaked it and did save as for several songs, but what you want is in there.

[MathOfInsects]

There's something else in play too, right?

 

Mono!

 

Single mic set back from the Leslie, but probably still being overloaded a bit along the way.

 

Running NE3 in mono will not get the same effect, alas, because that's the board summing to mono.

I'm convinced that's what makes that Mike Melvoin intro to "That's Life" sound so badass too. (That one's a stereo record, but it's the "Beatles stereo" thing of just putting mono tracks on different sides of the stereo field.) You can hear the distance between that mic and the speaker. 

 

I have a strengthening conviction that in the end, we should just go back to recording all instruments in mono, and only use stereo for the effects we add to those instruments. All those old soul records...so punchy. 

[stoken6]

7 hours ago, MathOfInsects said:

I have a strengthening conviction that in the end, we should just go back to recording all instruments in mono, and only use stereo for the effects we add to those instruments. All those old soul records...so punchy. 

Reminds me of a video I saw (posted here?) about recording directly to tape - firstly with one mic for the whole band, then two, then four. Mixing was done by varying the distance between musician and mic. The engineer said he loved the first recording (with a single mic), because the mic was such high quality.

 

Cheers, Mike.

[El Lobo]

One of my fave rock instrumentals -- besides organ, it features sax, guitar, and trumpet solos. 

Chicago musician Philip Upchurch’s band was comprised of Upchurch on guitar, Cornell Muldrow on organ, David Brooks on sax, Marc Johnson on trumpet, and Joe Hoddrick on drums. Muldrow wrote “You Can’t Sit Down.” The influence of this instrumental hit was felt in every garage and bar band for many years. The Dovells made a #3 vocal hit of this song in 1963.

- THE HISTORY OF TOP 40 SAXOPHONE SOLOS 1955-2015

By John Laughter & Steve D. Marshall

 

Tenor sax solo on the Dovells version is by Georgie Young

 

 

[stoken6]

Great bass playing - is that pedals? No bass player listed, but there is a legato quality to the bassline that I wouldn't expect from kicking over such wide intervals.

 

Cheers, Mike.

[zxcvbnm098]

Apparently the organ player wrote the tune....

 

 

[zxcvbnm098]

Or was the principal writer I should say...?

[Steve Nathan]

3 hours ago, zxcvbnm098 said:

Apparently the organ player wrote the tune....

I wonder how much of this is an overdriven organ and how much is a really crappy recording.  I see buried meter needles when I listen.

 

I wonder how much of that is an overdriven organ and how much of that is a really crappy recording.  I see buried meter needles when I listen.

[pjd]

This track made my day! 😁

 

Concur on the console overdrive. Blast it through a compressor, tape sim and don't forget the vinyl noise. 😏

 

Thanks -- pj

 

[Steve Nathan]

This will probably nail it.  https://www.pspaudioware.com/products/psp-saturator

[linwood]

A little OT, but when I first got to Vegas in '80 I could go down to the Sahara on my breaks and watch Phil, Jimmy Smith, and Grady Tate in the lounge. No cover no min.That was the stuff.