Archive of the former Yahoo!Groups mailing list: Mellotronists
Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] Trying to get "that" sound
From: kenmerb@...
Date: 2002-08-05
In a message dated 08/05/2002 11:46:16 AM Eastern Daylight Time, j.k.beresford@... writes:
I am I the only one who thinks the Mkii on Caught live is the
crappyist ever?
No, It's a fact. Good point too. Here's the Mellotron / Marhsall stack combo in action, but it sounds like crap (for a Moodies record). It's the recording - that's the difference. Put that setup in the studio with an expensive plate reverb, a "controlled" environment, double track everything and you start to get a much better sound. But then, I guess live albums are pretty much the way you hear it in concert.
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?
I've only heard ther first two albums, and "Heaven" is actually the only song I really like, because of the tron. I'll have to listen to Blood Red Sun. I guess he (Martin Kitkat) was using his famous SFX, not a MKII.
Ken M.