The Mellotron Group

On Oct 19, 2009, at 1:19 PM, Mike Dickson wrote:

> For everyone's information, I asked Robert about the 'oddities' on  
> Epitaph and got this in reply:
>
>
> "the album was re-mixed. that's the answer. the original mix was the  
> template, but it's not possible to exactly match the original. so,  
> in the details, there may be changes."
>
> So there you are.

So he seems to be saying that they couldn't match the original. Did  
they even try? I have to say that I am let down by what I've heard  
from your two samples. Omitting that high note in the resolution of  
the chorus into the verse was not a wise move in my opinion. Whatever  
their intention, it sounds like a note was left out, and I really  
can't see any concrete musical reason for it. To my mind, it was one  
of the most elegant moments on the whole album. But in thinking about  
it, if you've heard any of the live versions of this song by KC, the  
high note was not included (for obvious reasons: only one mellotron on  
stage) -- and maybe that's coloured Fripp's thinking. Only he can say.  
I think it is a huge omission.

As for the climax before the instrumental interlude, that was  
obviously a complex thing to construct (and why it was so effective).  
They've just done a new take on what was there. That is their  
prerogative. However, the new mix would never have caused me to say,  
"I don't know what that thing is, but I want one!" which was my  
initial reaction -- like so many others'.

Rick

Has Robert actually stopped using capital letters at the beginning of  
sentences on all his communications? How 20-years-old of him!