I met Brian at one of Kean's Audities parties once and
this subject came up...mostly about Ken Scott. Brian
ALSO said that Ken remembers lots of stuff wrong.
Things that were refuted by Brian's Abbey Road studios
visits, other's accounts etc.
I still think it's a tron.
Mark.
--- Bob Snyder <
bob.snyder@...> wrote:
> kinchmusic@... wrote:
>
> > In a message dated 28/11/2004 17:59:53 GMT
> Standard Time,
> > bob.snyder@... writes:
> >
> > Seems to me that long ago someone on this list
> claimed that they
> > were at
> > the sessions for Daniel and that despite the
> liner notes crediting
> > EJ on
> > "Flute Mellotron", the only Tron on the track
> was the mandolin part
> > (listen closely from the bridge on). Anybody
> else remember that?
> >
> > Bob, forgive my ignorance here but are they really
> trying to tell us
> > that there was no mellotron flutes on Daniel?
> > They're having a laugh I think.
> > Tell you what has just come to me though. Remember
> EJ's version of
> > Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds? Some fantastic
> flutes and strings on
> > this track. Dare I say that it's better than the
> original! I see this
> > is being included as a bonus track on the soon to
> be released multi
> > channel SACD of Captain Fantastic. Should be good.
> >
> > Andy K
>
>
> Yes, they were really trying to tell us that. I know
> it sounds
> sacrilegious, but the credentials are impeccable.
> Brian Kehew wrote to
> this list back in '99 that he had a conversation
> with Ken Scott,
> engineer on the "Don't Shoot Me.." and he claimed
> that he played the
> flute part on an ARP 2500.
>
> I dug up the email and have attached it. I
> remembered it because it was
> such an earth shattering revelation. One reason I
> had always loved the
> song was the gorgeous flute sound. This doesn't
> actually prove it wasn't
> Tron - maybe he forgot. Maybe Brian made it up.
> Maybe they were having a
> laugh.
>
> I like EJ's LSD too. Great job.
>
> And yes, I do save all the mail from this list :-)
>
> Bob S.
>
>
> ATTACHMENT part 2 message/rfc822 name=Mellotronists:
Mellotron greatest Hits.eml
> From: MelloT@...
> Subject: Mellotronists: Mellotron greatest Hits
> Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 05:14:07 EST
> To: mellotronists@...
>
> << "Isn't Life Strange" would be a good alternative
> to KIWS. Also, Don't
> forget about some of Elton John's stuff. "Daniel"
> or "Lucy in the Sky with
> Diamonds" are obvious choices. >>
>
> NIWS seems to be almost THE most noteworthy Tron
> track; imagine the song
> without it...
>
> I was recently playing the MkII with Ken Scott (who
> recorded Bungalow Bill and
> the Mellotron o/dubs on Flying, and more...) He
> asked to hear the flutes, so I
> played the solo from "Daniel" which he also
> recorded, and he said - "that
> wasn't Mellotron, it was ME on the ARP 2500!"
>
> However, I pointed out that the mandolins in the
> background certainly are...
> Ken also says that there's no saxophone on
> "Suffragette City" - it's just ARP
> overdubs. Listen...
>
> Brian Kehew
>
>
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