"I am down on prog bands and I shan't stop ripping them till I do get buckled..." --- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, "tony1" <atm655@...> wrote: > > Hmmm did you move North from London Jack, I mean Mike? > Rip on. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Mike Dickson > To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2009 4:55 PM > Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: Court > > > This IS my new hobby. > > I used to murder prostitutes. > > fdoddy@... wrote: > > > > dude, you need a dog or a different hobby or something. How about some garden tools or new running shoes? > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Dickson <mike.dickson@...> > To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Sat, Oct 17, 2009 3:03 am > Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: Court > > > > There is a market in this.... > > http://www.mikedickson.org.uk/private/Court%20Reworked.mp3 > > As interpreted on Tibetian Signing Bowls. > > > markpringnz wrote: > > That is brilliant Mike even better than NIWS! > > --- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dickson <mike.dickson@> wrote: > > > > http://www.mikedickson.org.uk/private/Epitaph-Reworked.mp3 > > > > markpringnz wrote: > > > > > > > > > Apparently in the 50th anniversary edition the mellotron will be > > > replaced with a kazoo. > > > > > > --- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com > > > <mailto:newmellotrongroup%40yahoogroups.com>, Mike Dickson > > > <mike.dickson@> wrote: > > > > > > > > This may sound like heresy.... > > > > > > > > Does anyone else have the new 40th anniversary edition of 'In The Court > > > > of the Crimson King'? I do (as you may expect) and believe it or not, > > > > what has been done to it in terms of sonic quality is astounding. It's > > > > even better than the 30th anniversary edition (which I thought was > > > > outstanding) and comes with some really good extras too. > > > > > > > > But. > > > > > > > > To me, the biggie on this album was always 'Epitaph'. It was really > > > this > > > > track that showed me the way and pointed me at a style of music I don't > > > > think anyone else in the genre has come /close /to equalling. And it > > > was > > > > always the Mellotron that did it. Everything else in the track was > > > > great, but the piercing shreik of the Mellotron propelled it from being > > > > a /fairly/ standard minor key tune into something really magical. > > > > > > > > Which begs the question: /what the shiny blue fuck has happened > > > here? /I > > > > was listening to the track again today having had a feeling of loss > > > in a > > > > couple of previous listens, and have suddenly found out where it was > > > > coming from. Or not. At the close of the first chorus the Mellotron > > > > climbs to the top E as well all know...and never gets there. The > > > note is > > > > /not there/. One note. Big deal, you may say, but it is a /sublime > > > > /note. As Fripp himself has droned, you '/can play any note they like > > > > provided it's the right one/'. And this is the right one. It's sweet > > > and > > > > perfect and rounds off the chorus perfectly. So why is it omitted. It's > > > > even in tune! > > > > > > > > Worse is to come. /That pitch bend. /My 14 year old jaw dropped on > > > > hearing it for the first time. I think I destroyed my first copy by > > > > dropping the needle onto at point again and again and again. It is a > > > > fantastic, blood-curdling hair-on-the-back-of-the-neck experience. And > > > > on the 40th anniversary set it is /sludged out/. The crescendo > > > behind it > > > > absolutely overwhelms it to the extent that you can hear the trick; one > > > > Mellotron plays a crescendo climbing 'flat' to E-minor whilst the other > > > > one bends up to it. Expert fading on the original ensured that the > > > > /effect /was heard but that the squeak of strings ratcheted up like > > > that > > > > /was not/. It's a superb moment. And you can barely hear it on the new > > > > release. > > > > > > > > Has anyone else noticed this or any other weirdness/ It's the only > > > track > > > > I have listened to in such detail so far, which makes me a tad scared > > > > for the rest now. Actually, I'm playing it now and the clarity of the > > > > piece now makes it sound like Mike Giles banging on timpani in a > > > studio, > > > > not the far-off and distant /sound of doom /that I know so well. Maybe > > > > less is nore. Perhaps Fripp has /tinkered beyond. /Perhaps I'll ask him. > > > > > > > > Musical choices aside, the sound quality is to be heard and > > > disbelieved. > > > > A friend with a good 5:1 system says that 21CSM is like having the band > > > > play in your front room. It's that good. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Mike Dickson, Edinburgh > > > > > > > > Free Music Project: http://www.mikedickson.org.uk/ > > > <http://www.mikedickson.org.uk/> > > > > Or http://www.last.fm/music/Mike+Dickson > > > <http://www.last.fm/music/Mike+Dickson> > > > > Or http://soundcloud.com/mikedickson <http://soundcloud.com/mikedickson> > > > > Or http://www.planetmellotron.com/revd4.htm#mikedickson > > > <http://www.planetmellotron.com/revd4.htm#mikedickson> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Mike Dickson, Edinburgh > > > > Free Music Project: http://www.mikedickson.org.uk/ > > Or http://www.last.fm/music/Mike+Dickson > > Or http://soundcloud.com/mikedickson > > Or http://www.planetmellotron.com/revd4.htm#mikedickson > > > > > > > -- > > Mike Dickson, Edinburgh > > > > Free Music Project: http://www.mikedickson.org.uk/ > > Or http://www.last.fm/music/Mike+Dickson > > Or http://soundcloud.com/mikedickson > > Or http://www.planetmellotron.com/revd4.htm#mikedickson > > > > > -- > Mike Dickson, Edinburgh > > Free Music Project: http://www.mikedickson.org.uk/ > Or http://www.last.fm/music/Mike+Dickson > Or http://soundcloud.com/mikedickson > Or http://www.planetmellotron.com/revd4.htm#mikedickson >
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Re: Court
2009-10-17 by jonesalley