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Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] First use of choir?
From: "Andy Thompson" <andy.thompson@virgin.net>
Date: 2012-02-21
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From: "Jim Blair" <ceratos@shaw.ca>
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Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 5:29 PM
Subject: [newmellotrongroup] First use of choir?
Jim
> I was blasting the M4000D through the studio last night, and started
> wondering......was Dancing With the Moonlit Knight the first recorded
> use of 8v choir?
I think it's a toss-up between Rick's Six Wives and The Strawbs' Bursting at
the Seams ('Lay Down'), both released January '73, both recorded late '72.
Unless anyone knows better...
Andy T.