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Subject: RE: [newmellotrongroup] MOODY BLUES voices EEEEEK

From: "Ms. Janet Strauss" <jandjstrz@verizon.net>
Date: 2011-05-30

…heh heh.

 

You mean,  like at the 1:05 mark in this vid……..? LOL

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TY9msQztHSI

 

Ray sure gets into it ….physically……andthe ‘Tron sounds ok…

 

Jim

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com[mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com] OnBehalf Of john barrick
Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2011 7:35 PM
To:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup]MOODY BLUES voices

 

 

It must have been considered.  Just listen to anyof their live performances and not cringe when Lodge cuts loose with thosedescant falsettos that overpower Hayward's leads. 

john

On Sun, May 29, 2011 at 6:10 PM, Bruce Daily <pocotron@yahoo.com> wrote:

 

Hi all-

  Maybe Mike Pinder resisted the idea of using a 'Tron or Chamby choir when it became available.  The Moodies were known for their vocal harmonies.  Would the group have resented the use of pre-recorded vocals over their own?  I wonder if the idea was ever brought up.  If so, maybe they considered recording their own vocals for the 'Tron.

  It's ask an ex-Moodie time, I guess.

 

  Pondering-

 

   -Bruce D.



--- On Sat, 5/28/11, Chris Dale <unobtainiumkeys@gmail.com> wrote:


From: Chris Dale <unobtainiumkeys@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] MOODY BLUES voices
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Date: Saturday, May 28, 2011, 11:12 PM

 

 

I don't think the idea was given serious consideration because both the Mellotron and Chamberlin were thought of as ' home organ' type units doing big band music largely. The Chamberlin 'Voices' are only a single Female and single Male - not quite a choir until the two sounds are put together which is what happened on the M1 model.

 

The idea was first advertised in the late 60's on Chamberlin brochures but only as 'voices' and not as a choir. The Mellotron really nailed the choir sound.

 

 

On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 8:23 AM, Charles <charel196@yahoo.com> wrote:

 

I was always surprised Mike Pinder never used any choirs with the Moodies, or had the band members do Mellotron tapes. Imagine Justin, John, Ray, and Mike making vocal tapes for that massed "OM" effect or the backing ahhhs on Melancholy Man....a missed opportunity.
If Harry did the solo voices in the 50s and Mellotron used Music Masters as a guide, why didn't Mellotron add human voices to their units until the M400?