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Since they've been using professional backup singers for years now, their live vocals are just fine.

Bernie

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, Bruce Daily <pocotron@...> wrote:
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>   Yeah, they were vocally out of tune in concert.  Their studio brilliance sure didn't come through on stage (for the most part).  It was too bad Justin Hayward didn't use an acoustic guitar live once in a while.  Mic systems weren't great for acoustic instruments back then.  They sure could've used some vocal coaching.  I saw them in 1981 (with Moraz), and the vocals were just as bad, and JH was still all electric.  I bet they had some good nights, though.
>   I wonder if they use Autotune live now.  I hate the current constant misuse of Autotune as a vocal effect, but, had it been available then it could've helped the old Moodies.
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> --- On Sun, 5/29/11, Ms. Janet Strauss <jandjstrz@...> wrote:
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> From: Ms. Janet Strauss <jandjstrz@...>
> Subject: RE: [newmellotrongroup] MOODY BLUES voices EEEEEK
> To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Sunday, May 29, 2011, 5:44 PM
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> You mean,  like at the 1:05 mark in this vid……..?  LOL
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TY9msQztHSI
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> Ray sure gets into it ….physically……and the ‘Tron sounds ok…
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> From: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com [mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of john barrick
> Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2011 7:35 PM
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> Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] MOODY BLUES voices
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> It must have been considered.  Just listen to any of their live performances and not cringe when Lodge cuts loose with those descant falsettos that overpower Hayward's leads. 
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> On Sun, May 29, 2011 at 6:10 PM, Bruce Daily <pocotron@...> wrote:
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>   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.
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>   It's ask an ex-Moodie time, I guess.
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> --- On Sat, 5/28/11, Chris Dale <unobtainiumkeys@...> wrote:
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> From: Chris Dale <unobtainiumkeys@...>
> Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] MOODY BLUES voices
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> Date: Saturday, May 28, 2011, 11:12 PM
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 8:23 AM, Charles <charel196@...> wrote:
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> 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?
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