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In the 60’s I had no idea that theMoodies used a Tron. I always thought that it was an orchestra.
It was when I saw King Crimson in 1969 atthe West Palm Beach Rock festival did I realize what this was all about. It wasCrimson who turned me on to the magic of the Tron….
From:Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of The Franz Family
Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 9:18PM
To: Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com;MAinPsych@...
Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] Soundused in Tuesday Afternoon was...?
Wow, it took me a while to decipher the Moody albums and I'mas big a fan as most any, outside this list, of course. OK, fess up, howmany of you are fans of the Mellotron because of the Moodies?
Jeff
PS Guilty as charged!
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From: MAinPsych@aol. com
Sent: Tuesday, March 13,2007 9:20 PM
Subject: Re:[Mellotronists] Sound used in Tuesday Afternoon was...?
In a messagedated 3/13/2007 6:01:09 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, rick@rickblechta. com writes:
If memory and earsserves, that's a real oboe played by Mssr. Ray Thomas. There was no mellotronoboe at that point, and in listening to the recording, it sounds to me like thereal deal. The percussive sound is "key clack" because he must besqueezing the hell out of the poor thing. The pinched quality of the tone alsoleads me to that conclusion.
Sorry,Rick, but I respectfully beg to differ, and I have an orchestralbackground as well. You are correct in that there was no Oboe sound forthe MkII at that time. I think it's been long established that the"other" Tuesday Afternoon sound is Tenor Sax (Station 2, Track 3 onMike's standard MkII tapes (although live recordings show that Mike only played3 Violins despite having identical tapes on both keyboards -- go figure). Check it out directly if you have both sounds in your SFX m/c. I firstheard this sound alone playing Justin Mayer's MkII and was blown away at thediscovery, having originally thought that it was something like mutedtrumpet. I later recorded both sounds (the TA intro) when I got thePinder CD-ROM and THAT was the sound. You can hear that it's the TenorSax sound more prominently in later recordings (e.g., alternate takes, theMFSL disk). The new Classic Artists Moodies DVD and my interview withTony Clarke confirm that Ray's exposure to the oboe (bleeding lips and all) wasnot until ISOTLC, where he dubbed them "the world's smallestorchestra". Mike also used the Tenor Sax sound on the break in"Evening (Time To Get Away)" on DOFP, and on "Lazy Day"from OTTOAD.
Cheers,
Frank
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