Mellotronists

On Wed, 3 Oct 2007, guybrush03 wrote:

> (Sent yesterday .. for some reason this site defaults to replying to
> the individual only)


no comment :(


> I would've said Prophet 5 also, but found this on another site:
> "In the studio, Rolie tried a mellotron on the number and the
> instrument proved defective.  Co-producer Geoff Workman managed to
> correct the sound somewhat and, once doubled with Rolie's regular
> organ, the combination created a unique sound which, coupled with the
> stacked background vocals, gave the song a kind of celestial ring."
> (http://www.steveperryfanclub.homestead.com/Time3.html)


the instrument was probably just neglected.
they really don't like that.


> And it's listed on Planet Mellotron here:
> http://www.planetmellotron.com/revj2.htm#journey
>
> guybrush
>
> > I just learned (if playing anything that consists of four chords can
> be called learning) "Any Way You Want It" by Journey, and was struck
> by the 'tronnish quality of the string pad being used.  Not listed on
> Andy's site, anybody know what that was?  Prophet-5 patch, perhaps?


i used to plug a crappy farfisa into an electro-harmonix phaser and
flanger to obtain a "tronnish quality' before i actually owned one.
at the time it was quite 'effective' to my ears. i still have the
crappy farfisa - it has not been plugged in for years, and is probably
quite dead, or at least very ill.

...jeff