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2003-02-13 by tron@blackcat.demon.co.uk
OK - just out of curiosiy here... Just how many pre-'Strawberry Fields' recordings feature the Mellotron? I suspect a raft of them, but I really can't think of any right now aside from Graham Bond. Mike Dickson (tron@...) M400 #996 The Official Cynic of Streetly Electronics Streetly Sample Library http://www.blackcat.demon.co.uk/tron/
2003-02-13 by ceccles_ca <clay123@rogers.com>
--- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, tron@b... wrote: > OK - just out of curiosiy here... > > Just how many pre-'Strawberry Fields' recordings feature the Mellotron? I think that Days of Future Past was recorded in early 1966. The SFF Mellotron track was recorded in November 1966. Maybe they were both released about the same time. Clay
2003-02-13 by Don Robertson
-----Original Message-------- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, tron@b... wrote:
From: ceccles_ca [mailto:clay123@...]
Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 1:25 PM
To: Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Mellotronists] Re: Early Recordings
> OK - just out of curiosiy here...
>
> Just how many pre-'Strawberry Fields' recordings feature the
Mellotron?
I think that Days of Future Past was recorded in early 1966. The SFF
Mellotron track was recorded in November 1966. Maybe they were both
released about the same time.
Clay
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2003-02-13 by Colin Crawford
On Thursday, February 13, 2003, at 07:17 pm, Don Robertson wrote: > Days of Future Past didn't use the tron. Surely the Orchestra was just used for the tacky bits between songs to give the impression of a "concept album"? "Nights in White Satin" is just one of the tracks on this album which sure as hell used Tron. No orchestra worth its members' union fees would play that badly. CfN!! CC http://www.s-club.co.uk SundaeClub* [there ain't no party]
2003-02-13 by doctorwho8@aol.com
The gentleman's history is incorrect. The Moodies did use the Mellotron on
Days. The orchestra was overdubbed after the Moodies recorded their stuff.
After Days, they used no orchestra, just the Mellotron even more.
Bill "the Doctor" Rudloff
In a message dated 2/13/03 1:27:36 PM, g-colin.crawford@... writes:>On Thursday, February 13, 2003, at 07:17 pm, Don Robertson wrote: > >> Days of Future Past didn't use the tron. > >Surely the Orchestra was just used for the tacky bits between songs to > >give the impression of a "concept album"? "Nights in White Satin" is > >just one of the tracks on this album which sure as hell used Tron. No >orchestra worth its members' union fees would play that badly. > >CfN!!
2003-02-13 by sdavmor
doctorwho8@... wrote: > The gentleman's history is incorrect. The Moodies did use the Mellotron on Days. The orchestra was overdubbed after the Moodies recorded their stuff. After Days, they used no orchestra, just the Mellotron even more. > Bill "the Doctor" Rudloff I for one would prefer it if it had no syrupy orchestra on it. Tron all the way, baby! > In a message dated 2/13/03 1:27:36 PM, g-colin.crawford@... writes: > >> On Thursday, February 13, 2003, at 07:17 pm, Don Robertson wrote: >> >>>Days of Future Past didn't use the tron. >> >>Surely the Orchestra was just used for the tacky bits between songs to >>give the impression of a "concept album"? "Nights in White Satin" is >>just one of the tracks on this album which sure as hell used Tron. No >>orchestra worth its members' union fees would play that badly. >> >>CfN!! <chortle chortle> -- Cheers, SDM -- a 21st century schizoid man http://systemstheory.net internet music project http://thecleanersystem.com software for dry cleaners NP: nothing
2003-02-13 by mellotrongirl <mellotrongirl@hotmail.com>
Makes one wonder who the first bands and musicians were that actually bought the pricey cumbersome units & called them their own. The majority of them in the mid 1960's went to recording studios and never really were marketed as music instrument store items, am I correct? Some early records by the Hollies, Bee Gees, Rolling Stones, Eyes Of Blue, Pretty Things, etc. were only a year or two after Strawberry Fields Forever...but it seems The Beatles used 'tron a time or two prior to SFF...????
2003-02-13 by tonkev66@aol.com
> but it seems The Beatles used 'tron a > time or two prior to SFF...???? I've heard it rumoured that 'tron might have been used on Tomorrow Never Knows - parts of the backing tapes they used there do sound a lot like some sort of heavily-treated MKII brass but I'm completely guessing there... Tony Swettenham M400S # 581
2003-02-16 by Andy Thompson
-----Original Message-----
From: mellotrongirl <mellotrongirl@...> [mailto:mellotrongirl@...] Sent: 13 February 2003 20:12 To: Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Mellotronists] Early Recordings Makes one wonder who the first bands and musicians were that actually bought the pricey cumbersome units & called them their own. The majority of them in the mid 1960's went to recording studios and never really were marketed as music instrument store items, am I correct? Some early records by the Hollies, Bee Gees, Rolling Stones, Eyes Of Blue, Pretty Things, etc. were only a year or two after Strawberry Fields Forever...but it seems The Beatles used 'tron a time or two prior to SFF...???? The Hollies? What in particular? Andy T. M400 #1145 'The Ultimate Mellotron Recordings List (Possibly)' http://freespace.virgin.net/andy.thompson/