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Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] Re: (no subject)

From: mark kasian <easle12@...>
Date: 2005-04-05

http://members.ozemail.com.au/~rodneywaterman/StairwayRecorder.pdf



--- Rick Blechta <rick@...> wrote:
>
> On Apr 3, 2005, at 4:20 PM, mark kasian wrote:
>
> >
> >
>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Paul_Jones_%28musician%29
> >
> >
>
http://www.wacklepedia.com/s/st/stairway_to_heaven.html
> >
> > http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/
> > John%20Paul%20Jones%20%28musician%29
> >
> > ....as usual, the press get's things planted in
> > history, like it or not. These articles say that
> JPJ
> > played the bass recorder parts...not Richard
> Harvey.
>
> Mark,
>
> You ought to know by now that the press NEVER gets
> anything wrong. We
> all know it's genetically impossible for them to
> even stretch the truth
> and, heaven forbid, lie, and I'm sure they have to
> pass a test or
> something to make sure that they know absolutely
> everything about
> everything...
>
> All that being said, I KNOW it's not bass recorder,
> and having just
> listened to it, JPJ could be playing the top part in
> the second
> register of an alto (the 'huskier' tone as opposed
> to a soprano in the
> first register leads me to think this), soooo my
> revised opinion is a)
> it's definitely recorders and b) it could be two
> altos and a tenor. I
> have a friend who's a recorder heavy here in Tronto
> and I'll see if he
> can give me the definitive answer.
>
> Now, does anyone know what tron sounds Tony Banks
> used for the intro to
> "Watcher of the Skies"?
>
> Rick (who's ducking quickly to avoid the things
> being hurled at him)
>
>



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