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http://members.ozemail.com.au/~rodneywaterman/StairwayRecorder.pdf



--- Rick Blechta <rick@...> wrote:
> 
> On Apr 3, 2005, at 4:20 PM, mark kasian wrote:
> 
> >
> >
>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Paul_Jones_%28musician%29
> >
> >
>
http://www.wacklepedia.com/s/st/stairway_to_heaven.html
> >
> > http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/ 
> > John%20Paul%20Jones%20%28musician%29
> >
> > ....as usual, the press get's things planted in
> > history, like it or not. These articles say that
> JPJ
> > played the bass recorder parts...not Richard
> Harvey.
> 
> Mark,
> 
> You ought to know by now that the press NEVER gets
> anything wrong. We  
> all know it's genetically impossible for them to
> even stretch the truth  
> and, heaven forbid, lie, and I'm sure they have to
> pass a test or  
> something to make sure that they know absolutely
> everything about  
> everything...
> 
> All that being said, I KNOW it's not bass recorder,
> and having just  
> listened to it, JPJ could be playing the top part in
> the second  
> register of an alto (the 'huskier' tone as opposed
> to a soprano in the  
> first register leads me to think this), soooo my
> revised opinion is a)  
> it's definitely recorders and b) it could be two
> altos and a tenor. I  
> have a friend who's a recorder heavy here in Tronto
> and I'll see if he  
> can give me the definitive answer.
> 
> Now, does anyone know what tron sounds Tony Banks
> used for the intro to  
> "Watcher of the Skies"?
> 
> Rick (who's ducking quickly to avoid the things
> being hurled at him)
> 
> 


		
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On Apr 4, 2005, at 10:52 PM, mark kasian wrote:

> http://members.ozemail.com.au/~rodneywaterman/StairwayRecorder.pdf

Thanks a lot for sending this along, Mark. I want to listen to the 
recording very carefully with this in front of me before I make any 
comments!

More anon...

Rick