A Whiter Shade Of Pale

[Cosmo Blues]

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[ProfessorGAC]

1. How Can That Lush Organ Not Grab Your Ear?

Pretty darned good vocal performance, too.

[Cosmo Blues]

2. Yes and yes

Loved this since it's release in 1967

[ProfessorGAC]

3. Fun Faft

It was played by Matt Fisher on a Hammond M-102.
That's a spinet, (only 44 keys per manual) and had limited drawbars for each manual. The fixed stops (sound) had paddle switches like on a Wurlitzer, Gulbransen or Lowry.
But, it was still a tone wheel organ so it sounded like a genuine Hammond.
Not sure if he played it through a Leslie cabinet or not.
Fisher sued Brooker over authorship because Brooker didn't credit him as a songwriter, and didn't share royalties. But, Fisher wrote that organ part which is integral to the song.
Fisher won & a judge gave him 40% of the royalties.

[Cosmo Blues]

4. Always love the sound of

What I call rolling organ. This and Steve Winwood... I did always wonder why they denied any drug references, considering feeling kind of seasick and the ceiling flew away. But now I realize J Edgar Hoover was still around probably still investigating Louie Louie

[ProfessorGAC]

5. Beauty!

Thanks for the chuckle!
My dad had a Hammond, but was an H series, so no Leslie. Had a good stereo shift that sort of sounded Leslie-like. Percussion wasn't as popping as a B series, but still pretty good.
I enjoyed playing it from time to time but I still was pretty focused on piano until I was 15. Then synths caught my ear, and multikeyboardist dreams kicked in.

[Figarosmom]

6. I have this album

I also have Johnnie rivers doing a cover of it