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Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] Yes 'Tron

From: Ken Leonard <ken@...>
Date: 2005-02-17

>For those of you who are interested, I just found this posting from '96 on
>an archive Elephant Talk:

Heh...Bizarre coincidence...Just today on Analogue-Heaven someone posted
something about Genesis along the same lines (see below). I like the
comments about prog rock. :-P

>I was just listening to the new boxed set "Genesis Archive 1967-1975" and
>on the song "Selling England By the Pound" there is a very noticable
>"AH" choir chord that swells and repeats a few times. Is that a mellotron?
>
>FWIW this boxed set is great if you're at all interested in Peter
>Gabriel's early days with the band. It contains a fantastic complete live
>recording of "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway" on the first two cds and
>then the third CD is various live tracks (inclduing the only PG live
>version of "Supers Ready") and the final is their ∗really∗ early material
>when they were starting out as an English pop band.
>
>I've never really liked much Prog rock but I've always liked this stuff
>for some reason over other bands and fare. Yes it's complex gratuitous
>pomp but rather than being overblown I'd say it's blown just about the
>right amount :)

Hmmm...A "new" box set? (Hardly! :-) ) Anyway, it sends chills down my
spine when newbies discover stuff that's pretty old only to realize the
Mellotron was long gone from the main scene before they were born...

"See, I told you Paul McCartney was in a band before he went solo!"

EEK!

...kl...
M400 #805 - always been solo
M400 #1037 - complex gratuitous pomp in three dimensions

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