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Subject: RE: [newmellotrongroup] Strawbs: was The Ugly Duckling

From: R l <bluesrock77@hotmail.com>
Date: 2012-04-25

Hi Bernie,

I'd say Ghosts is the last one...Nomadness was recorded without a Mellotron, which was a silly idea by John Hawken according to the Mellotron book. At that point Strawbs lost its old audience and failed to acquire a new one...a bad move...to say the least.

best,

Roberto


To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
From: tron400@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 11:17:06 +0000
Subject: [newmellotrongroup] Strawbs: was The Ugly Duckling

 
I really like the olde Strawbs albums and have several of them (the most recent is "Ghosts") and I'd like to add more to my collection, but at what point in their history do you folks think is the cutoff for their listenability? (OK, I know that's not a real word)

Bernie

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, Andy Kinch <kinchmusic@...> wrote:
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> Sorry guys, my last post to Martin should have gone as an email.
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> For what it's worth, the CD in question is the rather unfortunate (IMO) recent re-working of the Strawbs classic "Hero and Heroine" by the current lineup. I gave him my copy in the hope that he will like it and not send it back!
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> Oh dear!
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> To: newmellotrongroup <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
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> From: tronbros <tronbros@...>
> To: newmellotrongroup <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 8:48
> Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] The Ugly Duckling
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> To be truthful, John did the cabinet refit, I was just the delivery boy and tweaker of the settings!
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> On 24 Apr 2012, at 23:45, Vance Pomeroy <vance@...> wrote:
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> Beautiful!
> Martin and John are magicians
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> On 4/24/2012 4:48 AM, Andy Kinch wrote:
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> With the new cabinet, my 400 looks and plays like brand new!
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> Respect and thanks to Martin and John.
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> Bravo!
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> I'll try and post some more pics in the members area later.
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> Andy Kinch
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: tronbros <tronbros@...>
> To: newmellotrongroup <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 8:48
> Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] The Ugly Duckling
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> To be truthful, John did the cabinet refit, I was just the delivery boy and tweaker of the settings!
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> On 24 Apr 2012, at 23:45, Vance Pomeroy <vance@...> wrote:
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> Andy -
> Beautiful!
> Martin and John are magicians
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> On 4/24/2012 4:48 AM, Andy Kinch wrote:
> ... becomes a pretty white swan!
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> With the new cabinet, my 400 looks and plays like brand new!
>
> Respect and thanks to Martin and John.
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> Bravo!
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> I'll try and post some more pics in the members area later.
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> Andy K
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> Andy Kinch
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