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Yes 'Tron

2005-02-16 by Andy Thompson

Dear all

For those of you who are interested, I just found this posting from '96 on an archive Elephant Talk:

"As a HUGE and LONG TIME YES fan I must correct a mistake that has been repeated a few
times here at ET. YES' use of a mellotron was NOT significant. I'd like to
know where the mellotron was supposidly played. It is known that Tony Kaye,
in both the early years and the 80's, did NOT use one because he disliked
them. Yes, Wakeman used one, but it's use is SO rare that it is not even
worth mentioning, and again he also disliked useing them. And I am pretty
confideant in saying that FRAGILE was the *only* album he used one on. So
don't look to YES for a mellotron."

The same digest features someone asking if the string sound at the beginning of 'Starless' was a 'Tron.

Well, it made me laugh...

Andy T.

Re: [Mellotronists] Yes 'Tron

2005-02-16 by Ken Leonard

>For those of you who are interested, I just found this posting from '96 on 
>an archive Elephant Talk:

Heh...Bizarre coincidence...Just today on Analogue-Heaven someone posted 
something about Genesis along the same lines (see below).  I like the 
comments about prog rock.  :-P

>I was just listening to the new boxed set "Genesis Archive 1967-1975" and
>on the song "Selling England By the Pound" there is a very noticable
>"AH" choir chord that swells and repeats a few times. Is that a mellotron?
>
>FWIW this boxed set is great if you're at all interested in Peter
>Gabriel's early days with the band. It contains a fantastic complete live
>recording of "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway" on the first two cds and
>then the third CD is various live tracks (inclduing the only PG live
>version of "Supers Ready") and the final is their *really* early material
>when they were starting out as an English pop band.
>
>I've never really liked much Prog rock but I've always liked this stuff
>for some reason over other bands and fare. Yes it's complex gratuitous
>pomp but rather than being overblown I'd say it's blown just about the
>right amount :)

Hmmm...A "new" box set?  (Hardly! :-) )  Anyway, it sends chills down my 
spine when newbies discover stuff that's pretty old only to realize the 
Mellotron was long gone from the main scene before they were born...

"See, I told you Paul McCartney was in a band before he went solo!"

EEK!

...kl...
M400 #805 - always been solo
M400 #1037 - complex gratuitous pomp in three dimensions

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Re: [Mellotronists] Yes 'Tron

2005-02-17 by jonesalley

"See, I told you Paul McCartney was in a band before he went solo!"

EEK!

Well, duh. We all know Paul was in Wings with his first wife, the one with two legs. See, I read "People" magazine!

(...Super's Ready?)