Mellotronists

Of interest to 'tron brethren everywhere because Nick Magus was on keys.
There isn't any 'tron on the album, but there is some very nice Vox String
Thing work.  4 outstanding instrumental prog tracks + a reprise of the title
track at the end of the disc, all lovingly restored to excellent sound
quality by band members.  Recorded in 77-78 it hadn't a prayer of commercial
success, but is well worth checking out, since the compositions are strong
and the playing is uniformly excellent.  Try instrumental Yes meets
instrumental Greenslade meets instrumental Gentle Giant for texture, and
you'll have an idea of what they sounded like.  Tracks run from 4-13 minutes
in length and the disc is 36 minutes long.  No losers here.  Buy it if you
can find it.  Thanks Nick et al for bringing this lost goodie back to life!

1) Oceanworld [13:09]
2) Some Like it Crunchy [8:36]
3) Little Finger Exercise [8:36]
4) The Celebrated Court Jester [4:17]
5) Oceanworld (reprise) [1:30]

Nick Magus - keys,synths
Robbie Dobson - drums, percussion
Steve Huff - basses
Mark Easton - guitars

Cheers,
SDM -- a 21st century schizoid man
www.systemstheory.net

I bought it used from a guy in France named Dominque Iroz.  I get all kinds
of hard to find stuff from him.  You can get on his email list at
iroz@....

"Oceanworld" is listed as a 1999 release on Autumn Records.  Artwork is by
Gordon Reid BTW, so there's even more relationship to this list.  Inside the
liner there's this email and web-site info:

info@...
www.autumn76.freeserve.co.uk

It says that you can order it right there, so have at it.  I'm enjoying it
through headphones as I write this... :-)

Cheers,
SDM -- a 21st century schizoid man
www.systemstheory.net

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Anderson" <jima2@...>
To: "sdavmor" <sdavmor@...>
Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 9:15 AM
Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] OT, I just acquired Autumn "Oceanworld"


> > Buy it if you can find it.
>
> hey - where did YOU find this??  it sounds great!
>
> thanks
> jim
>
>
> On 3/8/02 9:05 AM, sdavmor spoke the words:
>
> >Of interest to 'tron brethren everywhere because Nick Magus was on keys.
> >There isn't any 'tron on the album, but there is some very nice Vox
String
> >Thing work.  4 outstanding instrumental prog tracks + a reprise of the
title
> >track at the end of the disc, all lovingly restored to excellent sound
> >quality by band members.  Recorded in 77-78 it hadn't a prayer of
commercial
> >success, but is well worth checking out, since the compositions are
strong
> >and the playing is uniformly excellent.  Try instrumental Yes meets
> >instrumental Greenslade meets instrumental Gentle Giant for texture, and
> >you'll have an idea of what they sounded like.  Tracks run from 4-13
minutes
> >in length and the disc is 36 minutes long.  No losers here.  Buy it if
you
> >can find it.  Thanks Nick et al for bringing this lost goodie back to
life!

> >
> >1) Oceanworld [13:09]
> >2) Some Like it Crunchy [8:36]
> >3) Little Finger Exercise [8:36]
> >4) The Celebrated Court Jester [4:17]
> >5) Oceanworld (reprise) [1:30]
> >
> >Nick Magus - keys,synths
> >Robbie Dobson - drums, percussion
> >Steve Huff - basses
> >Mark Easton - guitars
> >
> >Cheers,
> >SDM -- a 21st century schizoid man
> >www.systemstheory.net
> >
> >
> >
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> >
> >
> >
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> >
> >
>

Hi all,

>Oceanworld... all lovingly restored to excellent sound
>quality by band members.

Actually... there's a CEDAR logo and a mention of some other bloke on the 
insert. Those Mellotronists get everywhere.

If you're interested in audio restoration: http://www.cedaraudio.com

>Artwork is by
>Gordon Reid BTW, so there's even more relationship to this list.

Ah, yes... that's the bloke. But I can't take the credit for the artwork.

Gordon.

----- Original Message -----

From: "Gordon Reid" <gordon@...>
To: "sdavmor" <sdavmor@...>; <Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2002 1:46 AM
Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] OT, I just acquired Autumn "Oceanworld"
>
> Hi all,
>
> >Oceanworld... all lovingly restored to excellent sound
> >quality by band members.
>
> Actually... there's a CEDAR logo and a mention of some other bloke on the
> insert. Those Mellotronists get everywhere.
>
> If you're interested in audio restoration: http://www.cedaraudio.com
>
> >Artwork is by
> >Gordon Reid BTW, so there's even more relationship to this list.

<shakes head> Duh!  How did I come up with you being the artist when it says
right there in the notes that "The overall recordings have, of necessity,
been 'cleaned up' (cedared by the incomparable Gordon) a little and EQ'd but
ostensibly these are as they were twenty-something years ago".  They sound
terrific, so hats of to you for your work from the 8 track masters.
>
> Ah, yes... that's the bloke. But I can't take the credit for the artwork.

So who did the artwork?  Nick?  Calling Nick...
>
> Gordon.

Cheers,
SDM -- a 21st century schizoid man
www.systemstheory.net