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D14 – Farfisa Compact
The "other" combo organ of the 60's. Actually, there were quite a
few combo organs around – the Fender Contempo (which looked
suspiciously like the Compact), the Gibson Combo Organ, the Elka
Panther (the one I actually used), and the Vox Continental's little
sibling, the Vox Jaguar. But aside from the Continental, the combo
organ heard most on records was the Farfisa Compact. Elton John
used it on "Crocodile Rock", one of the more familiar "Farfisa" hit
songs. Screechy, buzzy, transistorized, and loud – just the ticket to
complement jangly, overdriven guitars.
Farfisa Compact.
D15 – Electric Harpsicord
Roger Manning, of the Moog Cookbook and formerly the brilliance
behind the 90's band Jellyfish, is one of the few people who knows
what a Baldwin Electric Harpsichord was. I saw one at a music store
in Boulder, Colorado, in 1971. That's how I know.
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