I talk to the wind on the swanee whistle?
--- In newmellotrongroup@ yahoogroups. com,Mike Dickson <mike.dickson@ ...> wrote:
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> Oh go on then...
>
> http://www.mikedick son.org.uk/ private/Moonchil d%20Reworked. mp3
>
> markpringnz wrote:
> >
> >
> > and Moonchild on the didgeridoo.
> >
> > --- In newmellotrongroup@ yahoogroups. com
> > <mailto:newmellotro ngroup%40yahoogr oups.com> ,Mike Dickson
> > <mike.dickson@ > wrote:
> > >
> > > ...and Schizoid Man on the tuba.
> > >
> > > http://www.mikedick son.org.uk/ private/Schizoid %20Reworked. mp3
> > <http://www.mikedick son.org.uk/ private/Schizoid %20Reworked. mp3>
> > >
> > > markpringnz wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > That is brilliant Mike even better than NIWS!
> > > >
> > > > --- In newmellotrongroup@ yahoogroups. com
> > <mailto:newmellotro ngroup%40yahoogr oups.com>
> > > > <mailto:newmellotro ngroup%40yahoogr oups.com> ,Mike Dickson
> > > > <mike.dickson@ > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > http://www.mikedick son.org.uk/ private/Epitaph- Reworked. mp3
> > <http://www.mikedick son.org.uk/ private/Epitaph- Reworked. mp3>
> > > > <http://www.mikedick son.org.uk/ private/Epitaph- Reworked. mp3
> > <http://www.mikedick son.org.uk/ private/Epitaph- Reworked. mp3>>
> > > > >
> > > > > markpringnz wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Apparently in the 50th anniversaryedition the mellotron will be
> > > > > > replaced with a kazoo.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --- In newmellotrongroup@ yahoogroups. com
> > <mailto:newmellotro ngroup%40yahoogr oups.com>
> > > > <mailto:newmellotro ngroup%40yahoogr oups.com>
> > > > > > <mailto:newmellotro ngroup%40yahoogr oups.com> ,Mike Dickson
> > > > > > <mike.dickson@ > wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > This may sound like heresy....
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Does anyone else have the new 40thanniversary edition of 'In
> > > > The Court
> > > > > > > of the Crimson King'? I do (as youmay expect) and believe
> > it or
> > > > not,
> > > > > > > what has been done to it in terms ofsonic quality is
> > > > astounding. It's
> > > > > > > even better than the 30thanniversary edition (which I
> > thought was
> > > > > > > outstanding) and comes with somereally good extras too.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > But.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > To me, the biggie on this album wasalways 'Epitaph'. It was
> > really
> > > > > > this
> > > > > > > track that showed me the way andpointed me at a style of music
> > > > I don't
> > > > > > > think anyone else in the genre hascome /close /to equalling.
> > > > And it
> > > > > > was
> > > > > > > always the Mellotron that did it.Everything else in the
> > track was
> > > > > > > great, but the piercing shreik ofthe Mellotron propelled it
> > > > from being
> > > > > > > a /fairly/ standard minor key tuneinto something really
> > magical.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Which begs the question: /what theshiny blue fuck has happened
> > > > > > here? /I
> > > > > > > was listening to the track againtoday having had a feeling
> > of loss
> > > > > > in a
> > > > > > > couple of previous listens, and havesuddenly found out
> > where it was
> > > > > > > coming from. Or not. At the close ofthe first chorus the
> > Mellotron
> > > > > > > climbs to the top E as well allknow...and never gets there. The
> > > > > > note is
> > > > > > > /not there/. One note. Big deal, youmay say, but it is a
> > /sublime
> > > > > > > /note. As Fripp himself has droned,you '/can play any note
> > they
> > > > like
> > > > > > > provided it's the right one/'. Andthis is the right one. It's
> > > > sweet
> > > > > > and
> > > > > > > perfect and rounds off the chorusperfectly. So why is it
> > > > omitted. It's
> > > > > > > even in tune!
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Worse is to come. /That pitch bend./My 14 year old jaw
> > dropped on
> > > > > > > hearing it for the first time. Ithink I destroyed my first
> > copy by
> > > > > > > dropping the needle onto at pointagain and again and again.
> > It is a
> > > > > > > fantastic, blood-curdlinghair-on-the- back-of-the- neck
> > > > experience. And
> > > > > > > on the 40th anniversary set it is/sludged out/. The crescendo
> > > > > > behind it
> > > > > > > absolutely overwhelms it to theextent that you can hear the
> > > > trick; one
> > > > > > > Mellotron plays a crescendo climbing'flat' to E-minor whilst
> > > > the other
> > > > > > > one bends up to it. Expert fading onthe original ensured
> > that the
> > > > > > > /effect /was heard but that thesqueak of strings ratcheted
> > up like
> > > > > > that
> > > > > > > /was not/. It's a superb moment. Andyou can barely hear it on
> > > > the new
> > > > > > > release.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Has anyone else noticed this or anyother weirdness/ It's
> > the only
> > > > > > track
> > > > > > > I have listened to in such detail sofar, which makes me a tad
> > > > scared
> > > > > > > for the rest now. Actually, I'mplaying it now and the clarity
> > > > of the
> > > > > > > piece now makes it sound like MikeGiles banging on timpani in a
> > > > > > studio,
> > > > > > > not the far-off and distant /soundof doom /that I know so
> > well.
> > > > Maybe
> > > > > > > less is nore. Perhaps Fripp has/tinkered beyond. /Perhaps I'll
> > > > ask him.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Musical choices aside, the soundquality is to be heard and
> > > > > > disbelieved.
> > > > > > > A friend with a good 5:1 system saysthat 21CSM is like having
> > > > the band
> > > > > > > play in your front room. It's thatgood.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > --
> > > > > > > Mike Dickson, Edinburgh
> > > > > > >
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> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > Mike Dickson, Edinburgh
> > > > >
> > > > > Free Music Project: http://www.mikedick son.org.uk/
> > <http://www.mikedick son.org.uk/>
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> > > --
> > > Mike Dickson, Edinburgh
> > >
> > > Free Music Project: http://www.mikedick son.org.uk/
> > <http://www.mikedick son.org.uk/>
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> Mike Dickson, Edinburgh
>
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