Virgil Fox Toccata & Fugue in D minor Allen Touring Organ

Virgil Fox (May 3, 1912 -- October 25, 1980) ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgil_Fox ) playing on his Allen Digital Touring Organ ( http://www.allenorgan.com/www/special/VirgilFox/dearjerome.html ) recorded in the late 1970's. Toccata & Fugue in D minor.

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• Virgil
• Fox
• Allen
• Touring
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• Toccata
• Fugue
• minor

[SadisticMagician54]

At leat the humming is in key? :P

[ShandyHall]

@SadisticMagician54 Yeah, I hate the hum but it was part of the recording. At least you get a flavor of a live Virgil concert.

[DrBeetleBubba]

This was Virgil Fox's personal high-end organ, with which he traveled the country and internationally to give concerts. It was phenomenal at the time, and the concerts were amazing. Give a listen to his ALBUM "Virgil Fox: Heavy Organ" (recorded live at Winterland in San Francisco) to hear a good representation of what this sounded like in reality. The audio on this You Tube video is as bad as listening to AM radio from a thousand miles away by comparison.

[ShandyHall]

@DrBeetleBubba Actually, the organ in the Heavy Organ recording at Winterland was the 3 manual Rodgers "Black Beauty", not the 4 manual Allen. And yes, the Allen was a wonderful instrument!!!!!!

[19shea85]

This really is a pretty terrible organ, but I've heard much worse, sadly. You know it's a great musician when the poor quality of the organ goes un-noticed because of impeccable artistry. Also, does anyone know what that annoying humming sound in the background is?

[ShandyHall]

@19shea85 I hate that humming sound too. It seems to be in the recording. I know it did not come from the organ.

[OrganistGreg]

Wish Virgil was alive today!

[rodeoclown3579]

There are some organist that can't maximize an electric organ to its full potential and you can tell the difference. This master of the king of instruments does one of the greatest jobs of masking the fact that this isn't a traditional organ

[DavidSnyderLumierist]

@ShandyHall I suspect the humming that ruins the video application is due to poor grounding in the video devise used by the person putting it out.I wish they had taken time to do it right,,but hey,,thanks anyway

[DrBeetleBubba]

@ShandyHall  I obviously was misinformed on this - from years past - and now sit corrected! Thanks for setting the record straight!

[badkarmaiii]

I've been listening to this music since I was born and love it. This is the first time I've seen the master perform it and I'm speechless...

[ShandyHall]

@AAFDirectors The background noise is from the recording, not the Allen Organ. That Allen sounded fantastic and was the best thing out there in the late '70's. I remember well the first time I heard it at Wolf Trap. I was blown away with it. How I miss those Wolf Trap concerts,

[AAFDirectors]

I SO aggree with the Shandy Hall, I KNOW ! First of all I know VIGIRl! I can't understand why he even AGGREED to sit at the console of this peice of mjess. It was cyphing and all. Sounded like a bull horn. Virgil must REALLY have been paid to do this on THIS peace of mess.