Something else you might have caught. On the song "I close My Eyes"
you will hear at the beginning of the second verse a fast rewind of a
tape. Well at the end of the mellotron violin, Maurice held down the
tape to the head as he released the key. I have done this myself and
that's gotta be what that is!!
Good ol Mo! Always playing!!!
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Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, "mellotrongirl
<mellotrongirl@h...>" <mellotrongirl@h...> wrote:
> I know with the recent passing of Maurice Gibb, we mentioned Every
> Christian Lion Hearted Man Will Show You has the classic eerie up-
> front pitching 'tron bridge, but I would gather most of us
discovered
> that one via their Best Of Bee Gees album. I just found an
absolutely
> mint Atco SD 33-223 copy (lavender and tan label, no less) for a
> dollar last week, and a number of songs are laced with 'tron...of
> course there is Every Christian Lion Herted Man Will Show You, but
> the opening track "Turn Of The Century" has 'tron strings merged
with
> real orchestra strings (is only the Moody Blues on the Days Of
Future
> Passed album the only other record that has done this?). "Red Chair
> Fade Away" has 'tron flutes all over the place, and pitch knob
> effects also. And y'know when the brothers Gibb do those long
> signature ooh and aah vocal bits...that would make a GREAT
Mellotron
> choir tape. Especially when you hear that long "a" sound. Reminds
me
> almost of the weird organ used in the Tornados' version
> of "Telstar"...