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Subject: Re: The day I played with Genesis

From: "Steve" <calyx12001@...>
Date: 2007-04-14

i like this quite a lot. well done!!!! i wish i could have a full
fidelity copy. you should upload it on the YouSendIt website in audio
format (or some lossless format...NOT mp3).

i disagree regarding someone's comment about replacing Phil's vocal
with Peter, though. Phil has a prettier voice which, i feel, better
suits the song. but then, i prefer Phil's vocals (circa 1976/77...
before he got too confident and oversang it) on The Carpet Crawl.

Steve

--- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, kinchmusic@... wrote:
>
> In 1979 Genesis recorded the album Duke with little or no
Mellotron.... Damn
> their eyes!
> I've always thought that Heathaze was the poorer for this stripped
down
> approach to the production.
> Well, after thinking about it for some time, I've finally got
around to
> doing something about rectifying this grave injustice.
> Guys, please have a listen to how I think the track would have
sounded, had
> it appeared on, say A trick of the tail.
> For anyone unfamiliar with the original track, I have added
Mellotron and
> bass pedals.
> Might have overdone it in places, but, hey, and old guy is allowed
the
> occasional self-indulgence isn't he? I know Genesis purists will
hate anyone
> tampering with perfection...but, watch my face...Does it say
Bovvered? .....Am I
> bovvered?...No! (Apologies to our American cousins, for whom the
last bit will
> mean nothing al all)
> Andy K
>