Hammondbeat Records, (founded 2002) is an American record label dedicated to bands and fans of the organ sound. Hammondbeat finds its origins in 1997 as the fan website JTQgroove for the Hammond organ led Acid Jazz band (James Taylor Quartet). Over the first five years, JTQgroove grew as a fan collective that moved well beyond the constraints of one artist, and soon attracted many next-generation organ-centric bands, leading to a recording project with The Link Quartet (Piacenza, Italy). The Link Quartet were greatly influenced by the sound established by JTQ 15 years earlier. Beat.It was the project, and while JTQ influences can be heard, The Link Quartet found themselves leaders with 10 years or more professional experience from each founding member, and Paolo Negri on keys. Unlike most labels, Hammondbeat doesn't involve a particular genre in the traditional sense, but rather embraces all genres of music which the organ sound has influenced. As such, Hammondbeat's range is ever-expanding. Hammondbeat considers all opportunities both artistic and overtly commercial to be fair game. Hammondbeat controls most of its catalog to be both entertainment and content for the marketing and synchronization world. In addition to operating as record label, Hammondbeat is also an online community connecting fans to hundreds of organ bands and the indie labels that support them. It includes discographies, downloads, web radio, forum, and a mailing list. Discography Catalog Titles 2002 HBR-001 Beat.it CD (The Link Quartet) 2003 HBR-002 Wilson Chance: The Sound of Danger CD (Various Artists) 2004 HBR-003 Italian Playboys CD (The Link Quartet) 2006 HBR-004 Bulletproof Beat CD (The Special Agents) 2006 HBR-005 Wit CD (The Yards) 2006 HBR-006 Evolution: 1997-2001 CD (The Link Quartet) 2006 HBR-007 The Living Eye CD (The Men From S.P.E.C.T.R.E.) 2006 HBR-008 Don't Spoil The Soup! CD (Phat Fred) 2007 HBR-009 A Bigger Tomorrow CD (Paolo 'Apollo' Negri) 2008 HBR-010 The Origin of Captain Hammond CD (Captain Hammond) 2008 HBR-011 Fat Lip CD (Fred Leslie's missing Link) 2010 HBR-012 The Great Anything CD (Paolo 'Apollo' Negri) 2011 HBR-013 4 CD (The Link Quartet) 2011 HBR-014 COBOL CD (Paolo 'Apollo' Negri) 2014 HBR-015 Trans-mission CD (The Blaxound) 2014 HBR-016 Hotel Constellation CD (The Link Quartet & Miss Modus) 2014 HBR-017 Hello World CD (Paolo 'Apollo' Negri) Limited Edition Titles 2005 HBL-001 Oh My! EP CD (The Dansettes) 2005 HBL-002 Stinky Stinky EP CD (Fil Lorenz Soul-tet) 2006 HBL-003 Scream On! CD (Screamin' Retro)