Mellotronists

In a message dated 05/09/2002 8:11:59 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
chris.dale@... writes:


> I recommend listening to this piece with headphones and no background noise
> in order to discern what I'm saying below.
> The mellotron appears in the closing sequence at the end of the song. It
> begins to surface with the 8 voice choir mixed with the loud organ
> crescendo. The attentive listener then hears a chord of the flutes as a
> trail off and the entrance of Anderson singing "High vibration go on". Then
> after the lyric "Here we can beeeee......" you hear the fade in of 
> mellotron
> strings. Then after the second lyric of  ".... turned around and you were
> standing close to me" the 8 voice choir fades in with a drum roll alongside
> the strings. The piece closes with a gentle guitar solo over the 8 voice
> choir. The double tron is used in this particular piece. I'm not being
> biased in my assessment. I too, thought it was Birotron for the longest
> time, but the characteristic warble in the flutes is a giveaway. Wakeman
> used the double tron to record the album, and half way through the tour,
> replaced it with two Birotrons. This is documented in the Yesyears video,
> concert footage, and pictures of the Going for The One tour. The sounds in
> the double tron are also inscribed (in Birotron lettering?) on the control
> panel and are the above described sounds.
> 
> 
> 
> Chris Dale
> 

Chris, buddy, I love ya, but I'm gonna be blunt. You need to take a walk in 
that nice Canadian fresh air and get your wits back. :>)

Fritz m400#1697