Demo of a rare vintage combo organ VOX Continetal 71, also known as the Super Continental II., from 1971! Super rare, no more than a few houndred ever produced by EME for Jennings Musical Industries, Ltd - you can see by special drawbars position on top, instead on the left side (on video is currently missing drawbar plasitc knobs).
Serial number: 3175185 / Marchesini G. / EME / Jennings Musical Industries, Ltd
"This machine is one of the last of the Jenning's Vox Continentals, it was completely manufactured in Italy. It still has the reverse colour keyboard but it is plastic rather than the wooden keys of the earlier Connies, and the Germanium transistor dividers of the originals are replaced by an early integrated circuit, the SAJ 110, which took the master frequency for each note in a octave and divided it 7 times to supply all the Octaves and Footages for the entire organ. That being said, it seems to be quite rare, possibly no more than a few hundred were ever produced."
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"Hoo, boy! Can you say weeeeeird!? Man, I just about fell over when I saw this thing. Another of Henry B's rare finds, it sits here supported by his trusty ironing board stand. Clearly a latecomer, probably 1971 (hence, the model name). The badge indicates it's Italian, a product of EME, under license from Vox Sound, which would place it in that time period. From the serial numbers I've collected, it appears there may have been over 900 of these suckers manufactured!"
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The instrument is commonly associated with Rock & Roll of the 1960s, being used by such artists as Alan Price of The Animals, Mike Smith of The Dave Clark Five and Ray Manzarek of The Doors. Famous songs that feature the Vox Continental include:
"House of the Rising Sun" (1964) by The Animals
"Because" (1964) by The Dave Clark Five
"California Sun" (1964) by The Rivieras
"She's About a Mover" (1965) by the Sir Douglas Quintet
"Pushin' Too Hard" (1965) by The Seeds
"Woman" (1965) by The Zombies
"I'm Down" (1965) by The Beatles
"96 Tears" (1966) by Question Mark and the Mysterians
"I'm a Believer" (1966) by The Monkees
"Hungry" (1966) by Paul Revere and The Raiders
"(We Ain't Got) Nothin' Yet" (1966) by the Blues Magoos
"Working My Way Back to You" (1966) by The Four Seasons
"If You Gotta Go, Go Now" and "Absolutely Sweet Marie" (1966) by Bob Dylan, who also played the Connie on the 1979 tour for his album Slow Train Coming
"Light My Fire" and "The Crystal Ship" (1967) by The Doors
"The Rains Came" (1966) and "Mendocino" (1968) by the Sir Douglas Quintet
"Sister Ray" (1968) by The Velvet Underground
"In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" (1968) by Iron Butterfly
"Don't Do Me Like That" (1979) by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
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