Uh, Chris, not wanting to pick nits here, but how does one "fade in"? If
anything could do it, though, it would be that wacky machine of yours...
Rick
Chris Dale wrote:
> Hi Andy:
>
> I recommend listening to this piece with headphones and no background
noise
> in order to discern what I'm saying below.
> The mellotron appears in the closing sequence at the end of the song.
It
> begins to surface with the 8 voice choir mixed with the loud organ
> crescendo. The attentive listener then hears a chord of the flutes as
a
> trail off and the entrance of Anderson singing "High vibration go on".
Then
> after the lyric "Here we can beeeee......" you hear the fade in of
mellotron
> strings. Then after the second lyric of ".... turned around and you
were
> standing close to me" the 8 voice choir fades in with a drum roll
alongside
> the strings. The piece closes with a gentle guitar solo over the 8
voice
> choir. The double tron is used in this particular piece. I'm not being
> biased in my assessment. I too, thought it was Birotron for the
longest
> time, but the characteristic warble in the flutes is a giveaway.
Wakeman
> used the double tron to record the album, and half way through the
tour,
> replaced it with two Birotrons. This is documented in the Yesyears
video,
> concert footage, and pictures of the Going for The One tour. The
sounds in
> the double tron are also inscribed (in Birotron lettering?) on the
control
> panel and are the above described sounds.
>
> Chris Dale