The Mellotron Group

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Blair" <ceratos@shaw.ca>
To: <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 5:29 PM
Subject: [newmellotrongroup] First use of choir?



Jim

> I was blasting the M4000D through the studio last night, and started
> wondering......was Dancing With the Moonlit Knight the first recorded
> use of 8v choir?

I think it's a toss-up between Rick's Six Wives and The Strawbs' Bursting at 
the Seams ('Lay Down'), both released January '73, both recorded late '72. 
Unless anyone knows better...

Andy T.