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Jack?!!

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dickson <mike.dickson@...> wrote:
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> This IS my new hobby.
>
> I used to murder prostitutes.
>
> fdoddy@... wrote:
> >
> >
> > dude, you need a dog or a different hobby or something. How about
> > some garden tools or new running shoes?
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mike Dickson mike.dickson@...
> > To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Sat, Oct 17, 2009 3:03 am
> > Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: Court
> >
> >
> > There is a market in this....
> >
> > http://www.mikedickson.org.uk/private/Court%20Reworked.mp3
> >
> > As interpreted on Tibetian Signing Bowls.
> >
> >
> > markpringnz wrote:
> >>
> >> That is brilliant Mike even better than NIWS!
> >>
> >> --- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
> >> <mailto:newmellotrongroup%40yahoogroups.com>, Mike Dickson
> >> mike.dickson@ wrote:
> >> >
> >> > http://www.mikedickson.org.uk/private/Epitaph-Reworked.mp3
> >> <http://www.mikedickson.org.uk/private/Epitaph-Reworked.mp3>
> >> >
> >> > markpringnz wrote:
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > > Apparently in the 50th anniversary edition the mellotron will be
> >> > > replaced with a kazoo.
> >> > >
> >> > > --- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
> >> <mailto:newmellotrongroup%40yahoogroups.com>
> >> > > <mailto:newmellotrongroup%40yahoogroups.com>, Mike Dickson
> >> > > <mike.dickson@> wrote:
> >> > > >
> >> > > > This may sound like heresy....
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Does anyone else have the new 40th anniversary edition of 'In
> >> The Court
> >> > > > of the Crimson King'? I do (as you may expect) and believe it
> >> or not,
> >> > > > what has been done to it in terms of sonic quality is
> >> astounding. It's
> >> > > > even better than the 30th anniversary edition (which I thought was
> >> > > > outstanding) and comes with some really good extras too.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > But.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > To me, the biggie on this album was always 'Epitaph'. It was
> >> really
> >> > > this
> >> > > > track that showed me the way and pointed me at a style of music
> >> I don't
> >> > > > think anyone else in the genre has come /close /to equalling.
> >> And it
> >> > > was
> >> > > > always the Mellotron that did it. Everything else in the track was
> >> > > > great, but the piercing shreik of the Mellotron propelled it
> >> from being
> >> > > > a /fairly/ standard minor key tune into something really magical.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Which begs the question: /what the shiny blue fuck has happened
> >> > > here? /I
> >> > > > was listening to the track again today having had a feeling of
> >> loss
> >> > > in a
> >> > > > couple of previous listens, and have suddenly found out where
> >> it was
> >> > > > coming from. Or not. At the close of the first chorus the Mellotron
> >> > > > climbs to the top E as well all know...and never gets there. The
> >> > > note is
> >> > > > /not there/. One note. Big deal, you may 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/'. And this is the right one. It's
> >> sweet
> >> > > and
> >> > > > perfect and rounds off the chorus perfectly. 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. I think I destroyed my first copy by
> >> > > > dropping the needle onto at point again and again and again. It
> >> is a
> >> > > > fantastic, blood-curdling hair-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 the extent 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 on the original ensured that the
> >> > > > /effect /was heard but that the squeak of strings ratcheted up
> >> like
> >> > > that
> >> > > > /was not/. It's a superb moment. And you can barely hear it on
> >> the new
> >> > > > release.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Has anyone else noticed this or any other weirdness/ It's the only
> >> > > track
> >> > > > I have listened to in such detail so far, which makes me a tad
> >> scared
> >> > > > for the rest now. Actually, I'm playing it now and the clarity
> >> of the
> >> > > > piece now makes it sound like Mike Giles banging on timpani in a
> >> > > studio,
> >> > > > not the far-off and distant /sound of doom /that I know so
> >> well. Maybe
> >> > > > less is nore. Perhaps Fripp has /tinkered beyond. /Perhaps I'll
> >> ask him.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Musical choices aside, the sound quality is to be heard and
> >> > > disbelieved.
> >> > > > A friend with a good 5:1 system says that 21CSM is like having
> >> the band
> >> > > > play in your front room. It's that good.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > --
> >> > > > Mike Dickson, Edinburgh
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Free Music Project: http://www.mikedickson.org.uk/
> >> <http://www.mikedickson.org.uk/>
> >> > > <http://www.mikedickson.org.uk/ <http://www.mikedickson.org.uk/>>
> >> > > > Or http://www.last.fm/music/Mike+Dickson
> >> <http://www.last.fm/music/Mike+Dickson>
> >> > > <http://www.last.fm/music/Mike+Dickson
> >> <http://www.last.fm/music/Mike+Dickson>>
> >> > > > Or http://soundcloud.com/mikedickson
> >> <http://soundcloud.com/mikedickson>
> >> <http://soundcloud.com/mikedickson <http://soundcloud.com/mikedickson>>
> >> > > > Or http://www.planetmellotron.com/revd4.htm#mikedickson
> >> <http://www.planetmellotron.com/revd4.htm#mikedickson>
> >> > > <http://www.planetmellotron.com/revd4.htm#mikedickson
> >> <http://www.planetmellotron.com/revd4.htm#mikedickson>>
> >> > > >
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Mike Dickson, Edinburgh
> >> >
> >> > Free Music Project: http://www.mikedickson.org.uk/
> >> <http://www.mikedickson.org.uk/>
> >> > Or http://www.last.fm/music/Mike+Dickson
> >> <http://www.last.fm/music/Mike+Dickson>
> >> > Or http://soundcloud.com/mikedickson
> >> <http://soundcloud.com/mikedickson>
> >> > Or http://www.planetmellotron.com/revd4.htm#mikedickson
> >> <http://www.planetmellotron.com/revd4.htm#mikedickson>
> >> >
> >>
> >
> > --
> >
> > Mike Dickson, Edinburgh
> >
> >
> >
> > Free Music Project: http://www.mikedickson.org.uk/
> >
> > Or http://www.last.fm/music/Mike+Dickson
> >
> > Or http://soundcloud.com/mikedickson
> >
> > Or http://www.planetmellotron.com/revd4.htm#mikedickson
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> --
> Mike Dickson, Edinburgh
>
> Free Music Project: http://www.mikedickson.org.uk/
> Or http://www.last.fm/music/Mike+Dickson
> Or http://soundcloud.com/mikedickson
> Or http://www.planetmellotron.com/revd4.htm#mikedickson
>