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Re: King Crimson - Cirkus

2008-07-08 by Bernie

I just realized that 1C could be the organ on the second half of the 
Mellotron demo video because the other instrument is electric 
guitar; that is, assuming the Tron in the video is a MkII and not a 
MkI.

Bernie

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, john barrick 
<astroboy@...> wrote:
>
> Well why didn't you say so in the first place...
> 
> 
> Mark Pring wrote:
> >
> > Hi John, the smiley face was there, but what the hell it's only 
60 
> > feet of tape times 35 keys, you wouldn't need to bother doing 
the 
> > rythmn section!  :)
> >
> > Mark
> >
> >
> > --- On *Tue, 7/8/08, john barrick /<astroboy@...>/* wrote:
> >
> >     From: john barrick <astroboy@...>
> >     Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: King Crimson - Cirkus
> >     To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
> >     Date: Tuesday, July 8, 2008, 5:26 PM
> >
> >     Forgive me if you put a little smiley face at the end there 
and I
> >     didn't
> >     receive it, Mark, but that's a fairly major undertaking.
> >     jb
> >
> >     Mark Pring wrote:
> >     >
> >     > I suppose you could put mike's tapes back in for a bit.
> >     >
> >     > Mark
> >     > --- On *Tue, 7/8/08, MAinPsych@aol. com
> >     <mailto:MAinPsych%40aol.com> /<MAinPsych@aol. com
> >     <mailto:MAinPsych%40aol.com>>/* wrote:
> >     >
> >     > From: MAinPsych@aol. com <mailto:MAinPsych%40aol.com>
> >     <MAinPsych@aol. com <mailto:MAinPsych%40aol.com>>
> >     > Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: King Crimson - Cirkus
> >     > To: newmellotrongroup@ yahoogroups. com
> >     <mailto:newmellotrongroup%40yahoogroups.com>
> >     > Date: Tuesday, July 8, 2008, 3:55 PM
> >     >
> >     > In a message dated 7/7/2008 6:51:31 P.M. Pacific Daylight 
Time,
> >     > tomdcour@amnh. org writes:
> >     >
> >     > I think 5a is the Seven Stones sound. I remember 5c as the
> >     > Cirkus sound
> >     > although someone who actually owns a MkII would know for 
sure.
> >     > I've
> >     > played around with the "hammond' organ on the Pinder sample
> >     > disk and it
> >     > sounds like a dead ringer for "Seven Stones". The 6c Church
> >     > organ is the
> >     > sound Pinder used. I hope Markus doesn't die or the world 
end
> >     > if I am
> >     > mistaken in any of this!
> >     >
> >     > *I do have Mike Pinder's original tapes from my #134 which 
would
> >     > clear the mystery; HOWEVER, 134 has had bespoke tapes in 
it since
> >     > its restoration in 2003-2004, and my memory isn't that 
good.
> >     > Brian Kehew's 2nd MkII has standard MkII tapes, so he could
> >     > readily tell which organ is which, but I don't believe 
that Brian
> >     > is on this list.*
> >     > **
> >     > *6C is definitely Pinder's choice.*
> >     > **
> >     > *Frank Samagaio*
> >     >
> >     >
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