The Mellotron Group

Thanks Mark!
Pete
On 1/4/15 1:40 PM, Mark Pring markpringnz@yahoo.com [newmellotrongroup] 
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> Hi Pete,
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> My favourite album is BJH Live 1974 and it is the only one I would 
> whole heartedly recommend. The youtube clip is taken from the video of 
> the same concert. Apart from Mockingbird, She said, Galadriel and 
> Medicine Man are standout mellotron performances in my opinion. The 
> album is on Youtube  as a sound only recording and the there are 
> several other song clips from the video available there as well.
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> I found most of the studio albums disappointing. They were one of the 
> local groups when I was a lad and I saw them half a dozen times 
> between 1971 and 1975, the mellotron only broke down once. I thought 
> they were very good live particularly if they didn't have the 
> orchestra with them!
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> Woolly's mellotron arrangements then seem much more interesting than 
> in later years, as he added more keyboards to his set up he didn't 
> seem to take as much trouble with them. In the early days the tron was 
> all he had and the arrangements were much better to my ears.
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> After 1974 they moved to a more AOR type sound and I lost interest.
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> Of the studio albums I think "Once again" and "And other short 
> stories" are worth a listen. The mellotron is much less to the fore 
> however. The live sound is the one that has been my obsession for over 
> 40 years. Listening to Woolly's later performances with BJH and 
> Maestoso I am convinced you need an M300 to get it. When Woolly uses 
> the M300a tapes in an M400 it sounds just the same as mine.
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> I should have got an M300 selected the M300a violins and never changed 
> stations again!
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> Cheers
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> Mark
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> *From:* "marabus marabus@charter.net [newmellotrongroup]" 
> <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
> *To:* newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
> *Sent:* Sunday, 4 January 2015 11:14 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [newmellotrongroup] Woolly on m300 1974
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> Mark,
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> Thanks for sharing. Great song and Mellotron. I never really got into 
> BJH.What album would be a good place to start?
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> Pete
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