Sunday, July 19, 2009
1978 Baldwin Fanfare Deluxe Organ Demo Record
YouTube via jafafah0ts flexi disc
"A vintage demo flexidisc for the Baldwin Fanfare Deluxe home organ."
Update via Milo Johnson in the comments:
"I used to sell these at a Baldwin store in Daytona Beach back when they were new in the late Seventies, and as surprising as it might be, this was a monstrously good instrument that I would love to own today. Forget the "Fun Machine" rhythms and one-finger accompaniments, the actual sounds of the organ section, string section, and and in particular brasses, were fantastic. And I'm NOT an organ fan to begin with so for me to offer any kind of praise like this is way out of character, but this was a really complex, deep, and forward-thinking instrument and the last of the big Baldwin organ series made before they went to digital microprocessor instruments. I didn't notice any performer credits, but just listening to it I'd be willing to bet this was Baldwin demonstrator Bill Pedrick who played for this demo and Bill could make these things sit up and do tricks, truly a tremendous player that attracted customers to the store whenever he dropped by. Thanks for posting this!"
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I used to sell these at a Baldwin store in Daytona Beach back when they were new in the late Seventies, and as surprising as it might be, this was a monstrously good instrument that I would love to own today. Forget the "Fun Machine" rhythms and one-finger accompaniments, the actual sounds of the organ section, string section, and and in particular brasses, were fantastic. And I'm NOT an organ fan to begin with so for me to offer any kind of praise like this is way out of character, but this was a really complex, deep, and forward-thinking instrument and the last of the big Baldwin organ series made before they went to digital microprocessor instruments. I didn't notice any performer credits, but just listening to it I'd be willing to bet this was Baldwin demonstrator Bill Pedrick who played for this demo and Bill could make these things sit up and do tricks, truly a tremendous player that attracted customers to the store whenever he dropped by. Thanks for posting this!
ReplyDeleteWell, thank you for the props! I just wanted to add that Bill is alive and well and is currently VP of a large piano and organ store in Des Moines.
ReplyDeleteThanks for posting this, I'm a little surprised you did, I didn't think it was within your purview... odd (and a little saddening) to see that it got more hits than the Ondioline vid (which is my personal favorite)... That ondionline one is just special.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, lots more to come, including plenty of cheesy organ demos.
Thanks. Only the best of the best goes up when it comes to organ posts. :)
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