The Most Exciting Organ Ever
Studio album by
Billy Preston
ReleasedAugust 20, 1965
RecordedSeptember 1964
GenreSoul
Length33:11
LabelVee-Jay
ProducerSteve Douglas
Billy Preston chronology
16 Yr. Old Soul
(1963)		 The Most Exciting Organ Ever
(1965)		 Early Hits of 1965
(1965)

The Most Exciting Organ Ever is the second album by Billy Preston. The fully instrumental album was released in 1965, several weeks before Preston's nineteenth birthday, at a time when he was a regular performer on the ABC TV pop music series Shindig![1] The album includes "Billy's Bag", which was a favorite among British musicians and club-goers at the time.[2] Preston included a live version of the track on his 1974 album Live European Tour.

Extra songs recorded during the sessions for The Most Exciting Organ Ever were released on Preston's next studio album.

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]

Track listing

All songs by Billy Preston, except where noted.

  1. "If I Had a Hammer" (Lee Hays, Pete Seeger) – 2:54
  2. "Low Down" – 2:13
  3. "Slippin' and Slidin'" (Richard Penniman, Edwin Bocage, Al Collins, James Smith) – 3:06
  4. "Drown in My Own Tears" (Henry Glover) – 3:24
  5. "I Am Coming Through" – 2:04
  6. "The Octopus" – 2:13
  7. "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin'" (Joe Greene) – 2:30
  8. "Soul Meetin'" (Don Covay) – 2:42
  9. "Let Me Know" (Ted Wright) – 2:05
  10. "Billy's Bag" – 3:48
  11. "The Masquerade Is Over" (Herbert Magidson, Allie Wrubel) – 4:20
  12. "Steady Gettin' It" – 2:50

References

  1. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th edn). London: Omnibus Press. p. 1997. ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8.
  2. ↑ Wakeman, Rick (presenter); Wilson, John (producer) (2010). Billy Preston: That's the Way God Planned It (Radio 4 on Music documentary). bbc.co.uk.
  3. ↑ Ankeny, Jason. Billy Preston: The Most Exciting Organ Ever at AllMusic. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
  4. ↑ Larkin 2011, p. 1998.



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