The pipe organ used for Close to the Edge, as well as for Six wives, is located at the Church of St. Giles Cripplegate, London.
On GFTO RW used the Saint Martin's pipe organ in Vevey Switzerland.
--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, Tom Doncourt <tomdcour@...> wrote:
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> On Mar 28, 2012, at 11:43 AM, Chris Dale wrote:
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> Isn't the church organ part on Close To The Edge the St John's Wood Mellotron sound ?
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> On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 6:11 PM, tronbros <tronbros@...<mailto:tronbros@...>> wrote:
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> Hi Paul,
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> The recording was made around 70/71 and was released in the M400 catalogue. Far too late for the MKII.
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> On 27 Mar 2012, at 22:41, "PJ12" <pj4000@...<mailto:pj4000@...>> wrote:
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> Hi All
> I popped in to the church today to have a look at the organ I have so much fun with (no, I mean the other one). Must get to hear it some time.
> I read on t'internet that this is not the original 1862 one but a replacement installed 1912, if anyone cares about such tedious trivia.
> Does anyone know when the recordings were made, and was it on the Mk1 and Mk11?
> Paul
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