----- Original Message -----From: Ms. Janet StraussSent: Sunday, August 05, 2007 6:04 PMSubject: RE: [Mellotronists] Re: Moodies?
I saw the Octave tour (78) and the LDV tour (80-something) and it didnt quite cut it for me either compared to the & EGBDF tour in 72 (w/Pinder).
But Ive seen some things on You Tube with Norda on flute that sound pretty damn good maybe Id see them again, if it wasnt too expensive or out of the way.
-----Original Message-----
From: Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Steve
Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2007 5:24 PM
To: Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Mellotronists] Re: Moodies?
the first tour after the hiatus was in 1978 (for the Octave album). i
saw the show (and the Long Distance Voyager show the following tour)
and it seemed to me that they were playing all the older stuff really
fast as if they wanted to get as many tunes into the setlist as
humanly possible. after those two performances, i never went to see
them again. and i LOVE the classic seven albums but live...they just
didn't cut it for me.
Steve
--- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, "Bernie" ..> wrote:
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> Wasn't it their first tour after quite a long hiatus? I saw them a
> couple of times after Red Rock and their vocals were right on. Maybe
> they were still warming up to performing live again?
>
> Bernie
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Re: [Mellotronists] Re: Moodies?
2007-08-05 by Rick Norris
Probably the best representation of
their better live performances is on the recently released BBC recordings.
On the second disc is a 7 song show from 1968 in front of an audience in
London. I believe that they were playing at lower volumes at that time and could
actually hear themselves think. Not like the mid 70's where they would not
have had enough monitor support. The Beatles were against ALL odds from '64
-'66 with NO monitors and the equivalent of a jet airliner making noise right
next to them. Their '63 performances were superb. The great thing about The
Moodies show on that BBC disc is the in your face Mellotron!!!
Get it!
Rick N.