| > Hmmmm--come to think of it "Shakin' All Over" never made a Guess Who best of either. Must be an RCA inclusive thing. .......................................................................................................................................................... This brings back old memories.........................."Shakin' All Over" was originally recorded by Chad Allen & the Expressions on a small label. It became a Top 100 Hit and they got the RCA contract. The band changed their name to "Guess Who" with the release of "These Eyes. Meanwhile, all of us Chad Allen fans in North Dakota were trying to figure out why Guess Who sounded just like the Chad Allen & the Expressions band from Winnipeg, Manitoba that we used to pay $1.75 cover to see at the Red Willow Resort every month during the summer. It was a real treasure to see a band evolve from a local dance hall favorite to one of the best R-R bands ever. Alan M400S #343 -------Original Message------- From: mellotrongirl Date: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 00:23:59 Subject: [Mellotronists] Mellotron/Chamberlin discoveries for the week: I just happened to be listening to an old Deep Purple album, and caught "Anthem" from the second LP, "Book of Talesyn" released in December, 1968. It's the only Mellotron Jon Lord ever played with the band. Light strings is all. I always wondered why such a fantastic hit like "Black Night" was so big in Europe, but was never released on an album besides an import greatest hits package, and was unknown in the States. I would think it would have wound up on Deep Purple In Rock...after all, the single's flip did. What a turnaround--when their first three stateside LP's were huge here in the USA and relatively unknown in their homeland. Hmmmm--come to think of it "Shakin' All Over" never made a Guess Who best of either. Must be an RCA inclusive thing. Sad about Wooly Wolstenholme...the double live BJH has such a heavy dose of his Mellotron prowess in particular, but over the Holidays, I pulled out the first four albums and listened to them again after what seems to be at least two decades of gathering dust. I remember being asked if Keith Emerson ever played Mellotron--and I said that he had not, but upon reading recent commentary here, I had completely overlooked his contribution with The Nice. Doh! And another rediscovery is the incredible cover of "Losing My Religion" from Slowdive--so lush, seraph and gorgeous with simple, yet strong deep and dark M-400 strings for the last two minutes...I've heard their first two CD's from around ten years ago, but I believe this particular R.E.M. cover was originally on one of those "Sounds Like Plastic" compilations...The group is basically a shoegaze band (Creation UK, SBK in the USA) akin to maybe Cocteau Twins or Cranes, but have some beautiful extruded moments--no mention of keyboards even being played. At least I was able to lift it from the days of Napster when I couldn't find the compilation it was on. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Mellotronists-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ . | |||