Mellotronists

<< I've just had a friend ask me about Genesis' 'Stagnation', from 'Trespass',
and whether I think it's Mellotron mandolins on the intro and at about 6.11
into the song. I can't offhand think of any other definite use of the sound
to compare it with. Any ideas? >>

sherlock holmes here, visiting duncan for some drugs and a tour of the 
biggest private collection of tape recorders in north london. he reckons. 
andy, let's look at this tricky little question another way; if it *isn't* 
the mellotron mandolin sound, then what on earth is it? the big feller get a 
third neck on his rickenbacker? now, where's that bifter?


'scuse my houseguest. I promised I'd whittle a new bridge for his fiddle, and 
give it's truss-rod a bit of a tweak.  (I know, but this one's specially 
strengthened for some reason).
reminded me, this query, of the time that a certain german band's 'tron tapes 
were up for grabs and the boys had a list of sounds (in threes) to choose 
from. one of them was "nylon strung guitar".... wtf were they doing with a 
sound like that? we wondered..... but if you listen to "sorcerer", it's there 
on "grind". I guess if you have the noises around long enough, they'll all 
work their way into a track. we even used the oboe once..... damn near had 
the wallpaper off......

er.... how are we going to recognise each other (not us two, andy) at the 
hackett/glennie bash? I plan to sport a motorhead t-shirt, as I'm seated near 
the front and want to see how the artistes cope with this.

duncan/m400nr1098 (keep that damn pipe away from me!)