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Re: Wakeman "Retro"

2006-06-13 by charel196

yeah I picked it up a couple of weeks ago...I wish he'd have done it just instrumentally like 
6 WIVES.... his daughter sings on a couple of tracks and has a pleasant enough voice. The 
tron sounds a bit thin eq wise...especially the brass parts.




--- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, MAinPsych@... wrote:
>
> Got my first listen earlier today to Rick Wakeman's new "Retro"  album, done 
> on vintage instruments, including an M400 (provided by one Lee  Pomeroy, who 
> also plays bass on the tracks).  The tron is prominently  featured on 8 of the 
> 10 tracks (strings/brass/choir/flutes).  At first  listen, it seems to by a 
> hybrid of 6 Wives, Arthur, Criminal Record, ands White  Rock.  Anyone else heard 
> this CD yet?  Can't Rick find anyone besides  that God-awful Ashley Holt to 
> do his vocals?
>  
> Frank 1
>

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