Archive of the former Yahoo!Groups mailing list: Mellotronists
Subject: Tony Visconti
From: kinchmusic@...
Date: 2003-03-24
The clue is right at the front of the article. He was initially attracted to the sound of the mellotron by "that" intro on Strawberry Fields. There is little doubt in my opinion that if we were able get Dr Who to take one of today's samplers back in time. And while the guys were still struggling to load the mellotron off the van into Studio B at Abbey Road, John Lennon was to say never mind all this crap, lets use this little box of tricks instead, this is just so easy. I doubt very much whether Mr Visconti (or anyone else for that matter) would have taken much notice. SFF would have been just another Beatles track, ahbeit still a bloody good one! At the end of the day, for those of us using synths. Don't we all detune our oscillators the create a much richer sound? A typical orchestra will contain instruments that are either slightly out of tune or played slightly out of tune. That's the way it is, that's the way life is. We are all slightly different variations on the same theme.
Andy K
EMI m400 E4/1405