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newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, Rick Blechta <rick@...> wrote:
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> On Oct 20, 2009, at 7:57 PM, trawnajim wrote:
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> > On a similar note (pardon the pun), does anyone out there have the
> > mid-'70s German pressing of ItCotCK where they cut off the Schizoid
> > Man's organ?... Uh let me explain that better: The pressing in
> > question omits the harmonium sound at the beginning; it starts with
> > the full band.
>
> Jim, Jim... You don't understand how these things work. The calliope
> (cause that's what it was) intro cost $45 extra and they couldn't see
> the point of it, since they couldn't even identify the instrument.
> It's all financial.
I couldn't identify it either, until Ian fessed up at Tronto MKII. Forgot that it was actually a calliope but hey, it's one of those small organ thingies. They're all pretty much the same - except for Mike's... uh, so I'm told!
Jim Bailey