Of the 1k+ CDs in my collection, this is easily one of the worst.
Every song is a complete stinker, and if there is any tron (even in
'Waters Beneath the Bridge') it's way down in the mix and can't
salvage the pitiful sappy songwriting. The vocals are especially
horrid. Hard to believe it's even the same Mike Pinder that signed
all of those Mellotron covers on ebay.
-jima
On Jan 10, 2007, at 5:48 AM, charel196 wrote:
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> Hi Andy Off The Shelf is a shortened version of Among The Stars
> ( same songs from Off
> The Shelf are on the latter plus additional tracks.) I believe Mike
> played real tron on
> "Waters Beneath The Bridge" (also found on the Mellotron Album) as
> it was an older song/
> demo from the 80s. There's a lot of tron strings on the rest but
> done with his own
> personal samples (and they sound really nice,btw) but again most of
> the music is a bit
> MOR for my tastes. No prog epics here......
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> --- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, "Andy Thompson"
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>> Chaps
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>> Quick general question re.Mike Pinder's '90s solo albums, Off the
>> Shelf and Among the
> Stars. Does anyone have these? Does he actually play Mellotron on
> either of them, or had
> he long disposed of his machines by then? Ta!
>>
>> Andy T.
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