Mellotronists

On Apr 3, 2005, at 4:20 PM, mark kasian wrote:

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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Paul_Jones_%28musician%29
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> http://www.wacklepedia.com/s/st/stairway_to_heaven.html
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> http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/ 
> John%20Paul%20Jones%20%28musician%29
>
> ....as usual, the press get's things planted in
> history, like it or not. These articles say that JPJ
> played the bass recorder parts...not Richard Harvey.

Mark,

You ought to know by now that the press NEVER gets anything wrong. We  
all know it's genetically impossible for them to even stretch the truth  
and, heaven forbid, lie, and I'm sure they have to pass a test or  
something to make sure that they know absolutely everything about  
everything...

All that being said, I KNOW it's not bass recorder, and having just  
listened to it, JPJ could be playing the top part in the second  
register of an alto (the 'huskier' tone as opposed to a soprano in the  
first register leads me to think this), soooo my revised opinion is a)  
it's definitely recorders and b) it could be two altos and a tenor. I  
have a friend who's a recorder heavy here in Tronto and I'll see if he  
can give me the definitive answer.

Now, does anyone know what tron sounds Tony Banks used for the intro to  
"Watcher of the Skies"?

Rick (who's ducking quickly to avoid the things being hurled at him)