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Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Genesis Fireside Song

From: marabus <marabus@verizon.net>
Date: 2009-03-06

I guess anything is possible.

Chris Dale wrote:
> that's news to me! So maybe it's not strings then, (it's used
> for something else)
> or Greenslade is playing it - doing the string arrangement? It was a
> foreign release version I'm referring to that mentioned it - maybe
> dating from the 70's.
>
>
> It was common back then to list "string arrangements" and not
> Mellotron or Chamberlin when trying to avoid the squabbles with the
> musicians union
>
> Two examples are What's Going On (Marvin Gaye) and Nightwalker (Gino
> Vannelli) both mention string arrangements but have Chamberlin strings
> / other stuff mixed in as well.
>
>
> Trivial I guess!
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 1:55 AM, marabus <marabus@verizon.net
> <mailto:marabus@verizon.net>> wrote:
>
> Tony didn't use a Tron until Trepass.The string arrangements were
> actually done by Arthur Greenslade.
> Pete
>
>
>
> Chris Dale wrote:
> > An early issue of that album lists "mellotron" in the credits.
> So your
> > saved.
>
>