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Listening to this c.d. kind of reminded me of earlier days at the roller and skating rinks and you know the merry go round. No liner notes to tell us any- thing about the artist. Some of the tunes (many) are kindda dated and best left in the vaults. It is kind of in the Earl Grant vein, minus Earl's nice pipes.

There are no liner notes with this cd but it appears the artist is from the UK or Germany. No indication of the date of the recording either but it has been remastered. The budget price and slightly inferior sound suggest this is not a major recording label. The selections and arrangements are very very good and crosses barriers such as Beatles, Simon and Garfunkel (Bridge Over Troubled Water) to Amazing Grace. Over 72 minutes of hammond cover tunes. Quite a listenable CD.

This collection is fine for happy people, with one great song for everyone.

When I think Hammond Organ I think cool, suave, somber, and NOT happy-skippety as all of the songs on this album are except ONE. These musician's even ruined the soulful searching mood of "Girl from Ipanema" with bouncy smiley chords.

The one exception is a delicious and funkadelic version of "Amazing Grace" that is excellent with an attention grabbing intro a most groovy interlude and a final amazing postlude. If the cd cost $7 it would be worth the cost of the cd, but it probably costs more and the other songs ruin it.

I ask if Johnny Patrick is an ashamed person, because I bought this thinking he was proud to be associated with his work, but when I search the liner notes and the back of the cd I see his name no where on it. I don't know where Amazon got his name. I was dissapointed by the collection, and I am guessing Johnny was too.

Johnny Patrick really pushes the Hammond organ to it's limits with this CD! The modulation is amazing!