VOX CONTINENTAL 71 - Rare vintage combo organ - Demonstration

[@frankleroux2733]

So many bands and hits of the 60s with this organ.

[@THECONTINENTALMAN]

most bands used a V301J or V301H. but in general yeah, amazing organ.

[@seanhuds229]

96 Tears. ? And the Mysterians! What a great instrument from some great songs!

[@kkteutsch6416]

With echoes added the first register sound showed remembers me " Marie Jolie with Demis Roussos " ...

[@dannybrazen]

sounds killer, man. love the dirty late 60's/early 70's vibe it puts out

[@TheOtherLogan]

This is the most beautiful instrument I have ever heard.

[@mariaulfah7902]

yeah, very very ver

[@bertspeggly4428]

Then it's time you heard a few more instruments!

[@jasondorsey7110]

​@@bertspeggly4428They were stretching, but it really is fantastic, I'm getting flashbacks to a time before I was even born

[@kohlemainen]

I still got mine since the mid-80s. Love it :)

[@maverandrej]

Great!

[@URTH-yb5xh]

Thats really cool great sounds Nice playing

[@gary987]

Sweet ! I want one of these -- and Alan Price's talent, of course :)

[@THECONTINENTALMAN]

haha!

[@ronniefarnsworth8224]

I miss the Crazy Cool and Eerie sounds of the Vox Organs ! : D

[@LuisEduardoGalindo]

the area next to the drawbars makes it perfect to lay down my Dry Martini while playing

[@fnathan0]

Amazing instrument , I hope I can play it one day

[@Narwhil]

I love the song you played I want to learn it now

[@78awhite]

This is the sound of my youth. It sounds like all of the video games I played:)

[@phayzyre1052]

This organ has 1960's written all over it! Very unique sound and decade defining indeed because by the early 1970's the Continentals went to the wayside and the Moog synthesizers started to take hold.

[@stuartphelps3293]

Lay lady lay? I love that progression!

[@markpettigrew3482]

Definitely a thinner sound than a Hammond B3. The Vox and Farfisa organs weren't suitable for earthy blues or funky jazz. But they were great when laying "pads" behind rock groups like the Animals or the Doors.

[@gasolineandwine]

Something I've come to realize recently is that while both the Vox and Farfisa were amazing organs, they couldn't compete with the versatility and the iconic sound of a Hammond organ. If you buy a Farfisa or a Vox versus a Hammond, you'll find yourself using it sparingly. Hammonds cover far more ground, and have been used a lot more. Still, both are mindblowing instruments.

[@Shred_The_Weapon]

Do you think that the sine wave harmonics produced by Hammond organs can re-create the sounds of these transistor organs?

[@therealborischang]

They also didn’t damage your back trying to schlep them from gig to gig.

[@SharkRecordFilms]

I think comparing legendary instruments like a Vox and a Hammond would be nothing short of silly. Transistor Organs have their history ingrained in the Psychedelic Rock of the late 1960's. Hammond is clearly more popular today and has remained an icon for multiple genres that span wider than the niche transistor organs of the 1960's.

[@despicabledog]

what a stupid comparison. Each instrument has his own unique sound, nothing is better or worse, it depends on the kind of music it is used for. Also the Hammond is huge.

[@DntBuyTheHype]

There's some soul in there!

[@1969EType]

Thank you for sharing this awesome instrument. One question I have is...For many years into this day, the Hammond B-3 was considered the gold standard in rock and prog music, especially when paired with the equally legendary Leslie doppler speaker. Your Vox as demonstrated here also features that classic, warbling, doppler sound. Is this achieved internally by the instrument's hardware or is this an amplifier effect of some kind that you have implemented after the signal leaves the instrument? Thanks again for your video here. I am huge fan of so much of the rock and prog music that this instrument was used to create.

[@maverandrej]

All the sounds you hear are internally, done by the analogue keyboard Vox. It is a special instrument used by The Doors, The Beatles, The Animals... Just look for songs like: Monkees "I'm a Believer", Van Morrison's "Brown Eyed Girl".. and many more!

[@wileystephen8045]

Listen to the song 96 tears by? And the Mysterion‘s. This is the organ that was used in that song in 1966

[@SwingingCreeper]

Not this model

[@crazypainter56]

Vox vibrato---!!!!!---nothing like that moody combo organ sound-you want to hear blues--listen to----------------------worried life Blues by the Animals----Alan Price kills it

[@dukeoffuzz67]

Nice tone.

[@hotwax9376]

They really need to start making Connies again...

[@jackkovar7806]

They make digital versions I think.

[@crazypainter56]

@@jackkovar7806 Korg makes it -has white keys

[@dout0rm942]

​@@crazypainter56 way less coll, and the Korgs look ugly LOL

[@mchorchos]

It's called VOX CONTINENTAL 71 but still it has only 49 keys :P

[@thecolorenhancmentchannel432]

:p. It Came out in 1971. Should’ve called it Vox continental 49.

[@robappleby583]

This would be ideal for Philip Glass ensemble music, like Glassworks.

[@armandochaverri4617]

beautiful

[@kj4ilk]

if people still made music this way you'd be my keyboardist

[@thecolorenhancmentchannel432]

I used to play like this. My friends were surprised that I could play like that. It’s been a long time since I’ve played the organ and keyboard in general.

[@joelespindola8182]

Beautiful

[@emilybiroschak9937]

YES PLEASE.

[@gibriladam1913]

John cale of The Velvet Underground ran this through a guitar amp to get that noisier sound on Sister Ray

[@bookmedia67]

Yeah, that song always raises the hairs on the back of my neck.

[@SwingingCreeper]

He used an earlier version. This one has different circuitry and was made after Vox went into receivership. The earlier Vox organs were made in the U.K., Italy, or by Thomas Organ in the States.

[@kingorbit]

good sound and looks cool to boot. Also looks like someone left a burning cigarette on the left side.

[@yeeturmcbeetur8197]

But then I saw her face. *que organ* Now I'm a believer.

[@bossmeep6467]

i want one of this

[@LoveandCreativity-pc8ny]

That's so cool, i surprise

[@harmono8766]

Rick Wakeman wants one of these. He said so in an interview. I'm not sure which one.

[@wildphil64]

Did chicory tip use this keyboard in their song ‘son of my father’

[@walkinthrutheparkbymr.melo3905]

Groooovy Baby!

[@graham3282]

Brilliant Andrej Maver ! Marvelous thank you ..👏👏 One of my favourite singles of the seventies - Son of my Father - Chicory Tip [ a very early ' synth ' HIT ] , uses it, the VOX along with a very early MiniMoog you can see it on their videos from 1972 .. the beach is Southsea Portsmouth England BTW .. here ; kzbin.info/www/bejne/hIisY39nnJxpgMk

[@sagegoodwin1]

Cool song, not familiar with them so thanks for some musical knowledge. Noticed they all had the same tee shirt on- any idea what is avro's?

[@graham3282]

@@sagegoodwin1 TopPop was the first regular dedicated pop music television series in the Dutch language area. The Netherlands broadcaster AVRO aired the programme weekly, from 22 September 1970, to 27 June 1988.

[@sagegoodwin1]

@@graham3282 ahh, TIL- thanks so much :)

[@MustafaAydnisdead]

Is it a spesific song starting from 1:37 ? It sounds familiar.

[@lucashoffmannn]

It reminds me of A Saucerful of Secrets

[@iskank2reggae]

It sounds a little like Space Oddity

[@giuseppecognome3647]

it sound beautiful

[@rainbowbridge4766]

I would shit myself if i ever got to play one of these

[@lulukot7377]

Please I don't need to know that

[@Ivankolyvan175]

Light My Fire!

[@undergroundbodega9766]

what what key are you playing in. I wanted to sample this and add some bass but I need to know the key cuz I'm not good at using my ear.

[@maverandrej]

Hi Bodega, thx for your comment. You can see chords from hand position, it was just jamming for video. Unfortunately it was sold and the only memory of the organ is this video. :) Cheers!

[@0truckmafk]

How much did you get for it?

[@refusenik1]

You sold it?! Damn, you must've needed a sandwich pretty freakin' badly.

[@WhyAyeMann]

where can i get one of these, i need one in the worst way

[@Josehbass]

great

[@cforssi]

Another great organ that was not available in the USA.

[@hotwax9376]

Then why did so many American bands use them?

[@dannybrazen]

still love this video so much! you know you can get replacement continental drawbar tips online. that beauty deserves some! i've never owned a continental though and your vibrato seems pretty fast compared to a lot of other videos i've seen. is this adjustable under the hood?

[@michaellavender]

How does one learn to play like this? I want to learn how to play organ like this (with the fancy tricks like in this video) all the lessons in KZbin are all gospel related and I dont really want to go through those because I hate gospel. Please help, What are those fancy fast tricks called? I know how to play the basic major and minor scale and I know how to shape chords but I want to dig deeper and get better. What other fancy tricks can be learned in an organ? I own a 1960s farfisa compact deluxe organ.

[@FrStProductions]

Michael Lavender learn songs that sound the way you want to play. Eventually you will start to be able to emulate it

[@elzbietabetlejewska4685]

Sound like synth lead

[@ArnaudCDLC]

And Robert Wyatt too…

[@louiscornale5667]

Great for wooly bully

[@thomaspick4123]

Play some Muzak.

[@therealborischang]

Not exactly a plethora of controls. Plenty of room to lay another keyboard on top.

[@chrisgutierrez5983]

Boris Chang well that's why you have your hands to create the sounds. Really good musicians don't need a plethora of controls to make their stuff sound good

[@WESSERPARAQUAT]

no big deal, i've got TWO! of these in nearly MINT condition....this one doesn't look that great and is missing drawbar tips

[@crazypainter56]

still doing video's ?/

[@Speshoholic]

Dude hold the camera still