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Sorry

Norman Fay wrote:

> Ugh, god, no. I really don't like Spock's Beard.
>
> I was referring to the poor little orphaned Genesis track, the only
> known recording of which I have as part of the "hogweeds" set of
> remastered live boots. I stripped the track out of the CD and bunged
> it into "Cubase", intending to work on it myself, I thought it would
> be a larf to play it live, especially to a progressive-orientated
> crowd, if only to see the look of appalled recognition on the faces
> of, I dunno, 2 people.
>
> But, as anyone who's heard it knows, even in the remastered version (&
> comparing this to the previously available version, the guy who did it
> worked a miracle on it), the sound quality is really, really, really
> bad. wtfe, anyway.
>
> Is there a recording of "Moss", from the same era out there, does
> anyone know?
>
> best etc.
>
> On 3/21/06, pete <marabus@...> wrote:
> > Andy,
> > Maybe he's referring to Spock's Beard's "The Light"?
> > Pete
> >
> > Andy Thompson wrote:
> >
> > > In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, "Norman Fay" <vietgrove@...>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > As an aside, with respect to Genesis midi files, has anyone
> ever had
> > > > a
> > > > > crack at midi-filing "The Light"? Likely to be quite a tricky
> one to
> > > > > do, I know, even after you've imported bits from all the stuff
> they
> > > > > picked out of it.
> > > >
> > > > The Light? What is that?
> > >
> > > Careful, Clay - you're entering Genesis über-nerd territory...
> :-) 'The
> > > Light' was an early piece, played live in '71, later rifled for
> 'Lilywhite
> > > Lilith'. Available on the La Ferme, Belgium, 7th March '71 bootleg.
> > > Good but
> > > not a classic.
> > >
> > > Andy T.