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What was the first use of the choir tapes on record? I think the 
first I heard it was on Six Wives by RW....I have the Chamberlin solo 
voices on the Pinder CD Rom.Did Harry ever record a full choir sound? 
Those solo voices are too vibrato heavy for much use.Whose idea was 
the choir for the tron(Martin??)?

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Subject: [Mellotronists] Tron choir history?


> What was the first use of the choir tapes on record? I think the
> first I heard it was on Six Wives by RW....I have the Chamberlin solo
> voices on the Pinder CD Rom.Did Harry ever record a full choir sound?
> Those solo voices are too vibrato heavy for much use.Whose idea was
> the choir for the tron(Martin??)?

It's got to be either '6 Wives' or the Strawbs' 'Bursting at the Seams', on
'Lay Down' and 'Down By The Sea'. According to one of my reference books,
they both appeared in the same month, Feb.'73, so it's a toss-up as to who
actually recorded with it first.

Andy T.

In a message dated 2/5/2004 9:49:19 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
andy.thompson@... writes:
It's got to be either '6 Wives' or the Strawbs' 'Bursting at the Seams', on
'Lay Down' and 'Down By The Sea'. According to one of my reference books,
they both appeared in the same month, Feb.'73, so it's a toss-up as to who
actually recorded with it first.
Assuming that it was one of the two above-mentioned albums, a little research 
turns up the information that "6 Wives" was released on 02/11/73, and that 
"Bursting" had an originally scheduled release date of 01/26/73, but got "pushed 
back a week" because of a graphics problem, which would place its release on 
or about 02/03/73.  Chalk one up for Strawbs and Mr. Weaver.  As far as who 
actually recorded it first, "6 Wives" was recorded much earlier in 1972 than 
Strawbs did on Bursting" (12/72), so Rick appears to have won that round.  
Depends on your standard of measure, I guess!

Frank Samagaio
San Diego CA
MkII #134 / M400 #908
author, The Mellotron Book

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Sent: Friday, February 06, 2004 5:46 AM

Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] Tron choir history?

In a message dated 2/5/2004 9:49:19 AM Eastern Standard Time, andy.thompson@virgin.net writes:

It's got to be either '6 Wives' or the Strawbs' 'Bursting at the Seams', on
'Lay Down' and 'Down By The Sea'. According to one of my reference books,
they both appeared in the same month, Feb.'73, so it's a toss-up as to who
actually recorded with it first.

Assuming that it was one of the two above-mentioned albums, a little research turns up the information that "6 Wives" was released on 02/11/73, and that "Bursting" had an originally scheduled release date of 01/26/73, but got "pushed back a week" because of a graphics problem, which would place its release on or about 02/03/73. Chalk one up for Strawbs and Mr. Weaver. As far as who actually recorded it first, "6 Wives" was recorded much earlier in 1972 than Strawbs did on Bursting" (12/72), so Rick appears to have won that round. Depends on your standard of measure, I guess!

Frank Samagaio

Frank's right - '6 Wives' says 'recorded between Feb & Oct '72', while 'Bursting' says 'Oct to Dec '72'. So, iiiiiit's......... Rick! There may possibly be an earlier recording of the sound, but I've listened to an awful lot of 'Tron albums over the last few years, and haven't heard anything that would qualify.

Andy T.