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Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Genesis Live 1973

From: Bruce Daily <pocotron@yahoo.com>
Date: 2012-11-19

Hi all-
   In listening to the "Watcher" intro, one can hear the brass/violins mix, but the brass sounds a bit like the "Brass B" recording to me.  Later on, in "Dancing with the Moonlight Knight", the violins are alone.  A choir can also be heard by itself elswhere (I forget where) in the concert.  I have to assume the frame was loaded with Brass B, 3 Violins (probably M400 Violins) and 8 Choir.
 
   -Bruce D.
  

From: gino wong <wonggster@gmail.com>
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2012 3:55 PM
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Genesis Live 1973
 
So they doubled the organ with the 400 strings ?  
I guess they had to do something when they went from many to three sounds.
On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 4:26 PM, <lsf5275@aol.com> wrote:
 
They began using the organ instead of the bass accordion .
 
In a message dated 11/18/2012 2:34:37 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, wonggster@gmail.com writes:
I think they were using an M 400 in the studio by the time of Selling England....  I do wonder how they accounted for the difference in sound between the Mk2 strings and the bass accordion for Watcher which was a big part of their show for a long time. Did they have special tapes or did they just roll with what was around.

Surely somebody knows.

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Gino Wong Birgelo
BSComm, BSEE,
ReRED Recording, Analog Sound Design
Audio Mastering, Recording & Restoration, Logistics