I second the notion. I remember first hearing the album and, while they
were opening up with "Gypsy", could swear the machine was going to burst
into flames before the song completed. Doesn't sound too bad on "The
Voyage". Maybe it just needed to warm up, not Rick Wakeman style.
-----Original Message-----
From: J.K.Beresford [mailto:
j.k.beresford@...]
Sent: Monday, August 05, 2002 11:45 AM
To:
Mellotronists@yahoogroups.comSubject: Re: [Mellotronists] Trying to get "that" sound
I am I the only one who thinks the Mkii on Caught live is the
crappyist ever? Being so enamoured of the moodies studio albums
for their time I was really disappointed with that.
Strangely I was also listening to "Heaven" this weekend and picked
out the chords. Have you heard "Blood red sun" off the other
Gracious album for fantastic use of in-your-face Brass?
John
>
>
> kenmerb@... wrote: ..... running a mellotron through a Marshall
> stack. Sounds great on guitars, not so great on mellotrons. The
> first concert I ever went to was the Moodies back in 1972, and Mike
> Pinder must have been running his MKII through a stack of amps,
> because it was distorting like hell. I remember thinking, man - he's
> going to blow something.
>
> > I can verify he Marshall stack / Mike Pinder connection. I have a
> > photo of the Moodies circa 68/69 from the Shrine Auditorium
> > Exhibition Hall here in LA. The Moodies are on a very small stage.
> > Justin playing his Tele through a Marshall stack. John playing his P
> > Bass through a Marshall stack. Both stacks are on Graeme's left. To
> > his right is a Marshall stack without the head on the top. The head
> > is on top of Mike's Mk II. (Ray's tambourine is on top of the head.)
> > He obviously used the amp settings as well as the volume pedal for
> > controlling effects he created. Listen to Caught Live. The sound is
> > a bit thin because the recording pretty much sucks, but the
> > imagination is not fooled. He does push the amp to distort in a few
> > places.
>
> If I recall correctly someone on the list said that Mike had told him
> that he always doubled the tron/chamby parts in the studio. Am I
> right?
>
> Vance
>
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