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That reminds me of a story I read concerningwhen King Crimson was going to record their first album (in the Court of theCrimson King). Atlantic insisted thatTony Clarke produce it. After several meetings and sessions with Fripp, Lake,Giles, and McDonald, the musicians insisted that Clark be removed from the project as they did not want their sound being “drenchedin acoustic guitar reverb”. In other words, they did not want to soundlike The Moody Blues.
From:Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of john barrick
Sent: Sunday, October 14, 200711:57 AM
To: mellotronists@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] NeedMellotron in No. California
ross_mehan wrote: > Hi Everyone--My name is Ross and I'm new to the group. I'm a huge Moody
Blues fan, and > I've been entranced with the sound of the Mellotron for years. I've had
the pleasure of > meeting and spending time with Mike Pinder, one of the founders of the
Moody Blues. I'm > not a musician, but I've heard the mellotron used by many artists over the
years, and Mike is > (IMHO) the master. I've never heard anyone who's gotten the exquisite
sounds out of this > tempermental device as he has.
Hi Ross - welcome to the group. I'm in southwest Ohio , so I probably
>
>
can't help you out that much. If you do need something from here,
you're more than welcome.
Not to take away anything from Mike Pinder, as he's one of my favorite
Tronists too, but you shouldn't make the mistake of overlooking how much
Tony Clarke's production work brought to the Moodies sound. I have a
feeling that Mike would be one of the first to tell you that.
Best of luck,
john barrick
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