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Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] One to checkout.......

From: fdoddy@aol.com
Date: 2010-10-13

Very sad to hear of his death.  I enjoyed debating him on and off list.  My condolences go out to all who knew him


fritZ




-----Original Message-----
From: tronbros <tronbros@aol.com>
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:41 pm
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] One to checkout.......

 
I have just discovered this...

Jon E. Salley

  • BORN: March 10, 1954
  • DIED: May 14, 2010
  • LOCATION: KS

mellotronics.co.uk



On 12 Oct 2010, at 19:30, tronbros <tronbros@aol.com> wrote:

 
......Stackridge's God Speed the Plough.  Produced by George Martin, this is a favourite of mine with a big 'tron choir moment in the middle.  Grand stuff from the days of yawning chasms of reverb and fleshed out arrangements.  TriffiK me thinks.


On 12 Oct 2010, at 19:02, Rick Blechta <rick@rickblechta.com> wrote:

 
On Oct 12, 2010, at 1:32 PM, tronbros wrote:

>
> Apart from the typing error in my last post, I think Gino is making a valid point as everything seems to dissolve exchanges of ribald wit but without the wit or the ribaldry! There are many absent friends and it would be good to entice them back. I am sure some are watching.
>
> M

To my mind, we're here because we enjoy talking about mellotrons and things related. If some members don't wish to or cannot confine themselves to that, they really should leave.

Rick