The Mellotron Group

That is a total deal-killer for me... That Mellotron part in Lizard  
was incredible. Figures they would fuck it up.



On Oct 27, 2009, at 12:07 PM, Mike Dickson wrote:

> I've just played through the '40th Anniversary' remix of Lizard and  
> it seems to be more of the same. Weird mixing decisions. Odd stereo  
> placements. McCullochs (frankly) annoying snare stuck way too high  
> in the mix. But worst of all is what they do to the Mellotron. It's  
> fairly well established in Cirkus and has a prominent place in the  
> alternative version of Lady of the Dancing Water, but unfortunately  
> it's posted missing in my favourite bit in the album.
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> The coda to the god-awful Jon Anderson song features a colossal  
> Mellotron section that restates the melody from the verse,  
> culminating in a wonderful resolution to A which then drops to A  
> minor in entrance to the bolero. Oh dear. But it doesn't. The  
> harmonic complexities of this section are lost once we realise that  
> of the two Mellotronii recorded for this section, only one is on the  
> new recording. Consequently, it all sounds a bit thin and a bit anti- 
> climactic.
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> On the positive side, the clarity on the CD is breathtaking, but the  
> mixing decisions are weird in the extreme.
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> -- 
> Mike Dickson, Edinburgh
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