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Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 10:48 PM
Subject: [Mellotronists] (no subject)
Can't hear any 'tron on Visions of Angels. However, I remember being stunned by 'tron choir on an Arthur Brown LP. I can't remember the name of it but it had track called "Time Captives". There was heavy use of an electronic rhythm box being speeded up and slowed down. Elsewhere there was something about eating your peas and carrots and also something about stimulating the brain of traffic lights...!!) This pre-dates even Close To The Edge, if I'm not mistaken.
Kingdom Come - 'Journey', from '73, so rather later than 'CTTE'. Fantastic album, with more 'Tron than you can shake a stick at, including 'Tron Hammond. Keys man Victor Peraino went on to fron his own version of Kingdom Come, resulting in another Mellotron Monster in 'No Man's Land'.
I'm sticking with a straight tie between '6 Wives' and 'Bursting at the Seams' for premier choir usage.
Andy T.