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'Flanging': The Psychedelic Sound of the Future?
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Return to top of page · Post #: 16 · Written at 7:56:13 PM on 12 March 2018.
	JamieLee Location: Clare, SA Member since 27 March 2016 Member #: 1894 Postcount: 510
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6c_xQhQgv4I The "Eddie Van Halen Flanger"

Return to top of page · Post #: 17 · Written at 10:09:02 PM on 12 March 2018.
	Pitchersj Location: Albury, NSW Member since 2 July 2017 Member #: 2134 Postcount: 172
I love the sound of the Hammond, it enhanced the sound of so many great recordings too numerous to mention. I also love the sound of the Vox Continental check it out on the The Zombies track "Just out of Reach" The Beatles also used the Vox during the "Help" period (1965) (There is great footage of John Lennon playing it with his elbow at the Shea Stadium concert) I also agree with New Vista, Ian McGlaglan of the Small Faces & Mathew Fisher of Procol Harum were great exponents of the Hammond. As was Steve Winwood of the Spencer Davis Group. I will think of some others after I have written this. Some recommendations of recordings featuring the Hammond: All for you - Earl Van Dyke and the Soul Brothers - Motown 1965 Repent Walpurgis - Procol Harum - 1967 Image - Alan Haven - 1965 I'm a Man - Spencer Davis Group - 1967

Return to top of page · Post #: 18 · Written at 10:45:48 PM on 12 March 2018.
	GTC Location: Sydney, NSW Member since 28 January 2011 Member #: 823 Postcount: 6687
The classic Hammond organ sound of that era comes from the models that use tone wheel generators. Suzuki Hammond have tried very hard in recent years to replicate that in LSI.

Return to top of page · Post #: 19 · Written at 4:40:48 PM on 16 March 2018.
	Relayautomatic Location: Canberra, ACT Member since 24 April 2012 Member #: 1136 Postcount: 168
I think that phasing effects in pop recordings were around before the mid 1960s; does anybody else remember Toni Fisher and "The Big Hurt" from 1959? (Re an earlier post, I was attending Manly Primary School that year and thought that the number was fantastic as heard on the HMV 'Little Nipper' 5-valve set in the kitchen of our house.) Details of the song are on Wikipedia at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Hurt_%28song%29 Also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phaser_%28effect%29 The song itself at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlE6eHEENg4

Return to top of page · Post #: 20 · Written at 7:38:44 PM on 16 March 2018.
	GTC Location: Sydney, NSW Member since 28 January 2011 Member #: 823 Postcount: 6687
I don't recall that song, but it reminds me of how recorded off air overseas reports sounded in news bulletins back then, with the frequent fading.

Return to top of page · Post #: 21 · Written at 3:23:41 PM on 17 March 2018.
	NewVista Location: Silver City WI, US Member since 10 May 2013 Member #: 1340 Postcount: 977
A lot of interesting links and references posted! That's a surprising song by Toni Fisher in 1959. They mention Del Shannon later doing a cover version where he also applied same flanging effect - as well as his 'trademark' *Clavioline* (an early valve monophonic synthesiser) - worth a listen to hear flanged Clavioline, but I prefer Toni Fisher's from an artistic point of view. I'm thinking the Clavioline would have been more pitch stable that early Moogs as it didn't use Voltage-Controlled-Oscillators?

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