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Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Favourite Things

From: Mark Pring <mellotronmadness@yahoo.com.au>
Date: 2012-08-07

Thanks Bruce, a few there I don't know, I'll check them out on youtube. So far I've checked out Out and In, some very nice tron.

Mark

From: Bruce Daily <pocotron@yahoo.com>
To: "newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com" <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, 7 August 2012 5:15 AM
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Favourite Things

 
Hey all-
   Favorites?  Okay, let's do it again, here's mine-
 
 
Out and In, My Song, What Am I Doing Here?
   -The Moody Blues
 
Epitaph, The Devil's Triangle
   -King Crimson
 
Mysterious Semblance at the Strand of Nightmares
   -Tangerine Dream
 
2000 Light Years From Home
   -Rolling Stones
 
New World
   -Strawbs
 
The Fountain of Salmacis
   -Genesis
 
Witches Promise
   -Jethro Tull
 
Criminal
   -Fiona Apple   (a nod to the Chamberlin)
 
Mr. Bellows
   -John Mellencamp  (a personal favorite, as my 'tron was used on the track -before I owned it)
 
 
   -Bruce Daily
    #1221
 

 
From: Mark Pring <mellotronmadness@yahoo.com.au>
To: "newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com" <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 4, 2012 7:48 PM
Subject: [newmellotrongroup] Favourite Things

 
It's been a while since we've talked about favourite mellotron tracks and mine are quite different from a few years ago, in no particular order:

Moody Blues: Portrait of a mind, Candle of life
BJH: Mocking Bird and She Said from BJH Live and Dark now my sky from the BBC live concert ( I never liked the sound of the tron in the studio )
The Pretty Things: Baron Saturday
Camel: Never Let Go
Jethro Tull The Witch's Promise
The Strawbs: Grave New World
Genesis: Seven Stones
King Crimson: Epitaph ( still! although I have pretty much fallen out of love with most of their stuff )

I suppose Mocking Bird and She Said would still be my favourites, but if the BBC hadn't wiped the tape of BJH doing "The Poet" for John Peel with mellotron and recorder, I think that might be the one, it's over 40 years since I heard it, so can't be sure.


Mark