Mellotronists

In the 60's I had no idea that the Moodies used a Tron. I always thought
that it was an orchestra. 

 

It was when I saw King Crimson in 1969 at the West Palm Beach Rock festival
did I realize what this was all about. It was Crimson who turned me on to
the magic of the Tron..

 

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From: Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf Of The Franz Family
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Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] Sound used in Tuesday Afternoon was...?

 

Wow, it took me a while to decipher the Moody albums and I'm as big a fan as
most any, outside this list, of course.  OK, fess up, how many of you are
fans of the Mellotron because of the Moodies?

 

Jeff

 

PS Guilty as charged!

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Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 9:20 PM

Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] Sound used in Tuesday Afternoon was...?

 

In a message dated 3/13/2007 6:01:09 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
rick@rickblechta. <mailto:rick@...> com writes:

If memory and ears serves, that's a real oboe played by Mssr. Ray Thomas.
There was no mellotron oboe at that point, and in listening to the
recording, it sounds to me like the real deal. The percussive sound is "key
clack" because he must be squeezing the hell out of the poor thing. The
pinched quality of the tone also leads me to that conclusion.

 

Sorry, Rick, but I respectfully beg to differ, and I have an orchestral
background as well.  You are correct in that there was no Oboe sound for the
MkII at that time.  I think it's been long established that the "other"
Tuesday Afternoon sound is Tenor Sax (Station 2, Track 3 on Mike's standard
MkII tapes (although live recordings show that Mike only played 3 Violins
despite having identical tapes on both keyboards -- go figure).  Check it
out directly if you have both sounds in your SFX m/c.  I first heard this
sound alone playing Justin Mayer's MkII and was blown away at the discovery,
having originally thought that it was something like muted trumpet.  I later
recorded both sounds (the TA intro) when I got the Pinder CD-ROM and THAT
was the sound.  You can hear that it's the Tenor Sax sound more prominently
in later recordings (e.g., alternate takes, the MFSL disk).  The new Classic
Artists Moodies DVD and my interview with Tony Clarke confirm that Ray's
exposure to the oboe (bleeding lips and all) was not until ISOTLC, where he
dubbed them "the world's smallest orchestra".  Mike also used the Tenor Sax
sound on the break in "Evening (Time To Get Away)" on DOFP, and on "Lazy
Day" from OTTOAD.

 

Cheers,

Frank






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