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Hello all,

A quick question for those on this list who know the Moodies'
song "Sun Is Still Shining" from their "To Our Children's Children's
Children" album...

I've just been listening to the aforementioned track again this
evening, and I'm still trying to work something out which has been
puzzling me for ages -

Does anyone know what that 'tron (or Chamberlin?) sound is that plays
the main riff at the start and between verses - it sounds a little
bit like the cello tape (but more 'raspy'), but as the album is from
1969 and, as far as I know, the cellos didn't appear until a year
later with the release of the M400, that knocks that idea on the
head. I suppose it could also be a case of Mike Pinder playing one of
the other sounds at half speed (violins maybe), but I'd be interested
to see if anyone else knows what that sound is.

Tony Swettenham

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