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Subject: RE: [Mellotronists] musical box

From: "Andy Thompson" <andy.thompson@...>
Date: 2003-10-18

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From: Michael Peters [mailto:mpeters@...]
Sent: 17 October 2003 09:16
To: Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Mellotronists] musical box


Michael


saw The Musical Box (Genesis cover band) here in Oberhausen, Germany
yesterday night. If you liked Genesis back 30 years ago, go see this band
when you have a chance. I couldn't believe how good they were, and how
perfectly they did the Selling England show. I knew from a video that this
guy who does Peter Gabriel was pretty good at it - what I didn't expect was
that the guy who plays Phil Collins was even better - not just his drumming
but even his voice when he sang was so close to the original that I couldn't
tell the difference. And yes, they had a tron of course, played masterfully.


As I said recently (and as John has just said), it's a sampler mounted in a
Mellotron-shaped box. So you didn't think they gave a lifeless, soulless
'performance'? More wooden than an M400 cabinet.

Andy T.