The Mellotron Group

Five Bridges wasn't much good if I recall.  Side one - I don't remember, Sibelius: Karelia suite - Intermezzo had a few good bits,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtIw5AkUEsE
Then the album ended with Country Pie and One Of Those People <- Rubbish!!!  

Nice album cover though.  (A little play on words...arrrh arrrh)

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, "John Wright" <john.wright@...> wrote:
>
> I have most of the Nice albums, not including the re-released "greatest
> hits" stuff.  I got into them because I was such a fan of ELP first and
> I wanted to explore the bands that led up to ELP.  For me, much of the
> music was difficult.  Seems like you had endure a lot  of  Hammond
> bashing and reverb tank boinking noise before the good stuff.  However,
> the album artwork was very cool, particularly Five Bridges and Elegy.  I
> think these were early offerings by Hypnosis.
> 
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> From: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Dale
> Sent: Monday, February 15, 2010 3:25 AM
> To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: Steinberger bass
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> Yes - Diamond Hard Blue Apples Of The Moon.
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> I used to go on road trips with a couple of friends, and one of them
> loved this song, and the other hated it. 
>  
> When they'd have a disagreement, the one who loved it played it
> endlessly for the one who hated it. 
>  
> Needless to say, they weren't together for very long.
>  
> Girls especially don't like that song for some reason. 
>  
> About the Mellotron - it does sound like real brass in most parts.
>  
> And Mike is right - the song is awful, but I attribute that to Lee
> Jackson and Brain Davison singing out of tune on it.
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> On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 1:45 AM, Mike Dickson <mike.dickson@...
> <mailto:mike.dickson@...> > wrote:
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> 	I've read someplace that he 'didn't believe in stealing other
> people's music from them' which is what he thought the Mellotron did.
> Considering that he appropriated (and desecrated) so much by Copland,
> Ives, etc etc that seems to be a fairly wild thing for even *him* to
> say.
> 	
> 	He used one once though on a Nice record. Can't remember the
> title; something about 'apples' and 'the moon'. Bloody awful, as you may
> expect. 
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> 
> 	william Beith wrote: 
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> 		One queston I never asked Emerson when I interviewed him
> for a magazine- Why did he never use a mellotron?
> 		 
> 		Anyone know if he ever answered this?
>