I had just sent Andy an e-mail to his website last week with the same observations:
definitely Mk II flute in "Mr. Kite"� - plays the opening line melody and turnaround�line over the Gm A Dm�figure.� The instrumentation there is Mk II flute, bass,�sounds like harmonium, and accordian (tron or real, anyone)?�I hear the Mk II strings in "Lovely Rita"�doubles the piano in the break at 1:12 to 1:22.� Very reverbed.� Is there any Mk II brass or mixed, or sax in "Good Morning, Good Morning"?
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>From: tonkev66@...
>To: Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] the (almost) complete list
>Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2003 09:21:16 EST
>
>In a message dated 17/02/03 10:48:10 GMT Standard Time,
>andy.thompson@... writes:
>
>
> > Well, as with 'Sgt.Pepper', it's rather hard to say. I've had mails from
> > loads of people saying they can hear 'Tron on this or that Beatles track,
> > and chances are, you're all correct! Bit of a bugger to hear in the mix,
> > unfortunately. Since Beatles stuff is easy to find on file-sharing
> > programs,
> > I'll listen to anything that anyone recommends - the aforementioned Pepper
> > is my next 'is it or isn't it?' listen.
> >
> > Andy T.
> > M400 #1145
>
>Ah yes, Pepper - even now I still struggle with working out whether or not
>any 'tron is on there - the only possible candidates I could think of would
>be the audience sounds on the title track and reprise (though I've heard
>somewhere that George Martin actually got those from recordings of 'Beyond
>The Fringe' a few years previously - anyone else know for certain about
>that?), and *maybe* the following tracks:
>
>the animal sound effects on 'Good Morning Good Morning'? - MKII flute buried
>somewhere on the tooty parts of 'Being For The Benefit of Mr Kite'? and
>another one, the main one I still can't work out - on the piano solo in
>'Lovely Rita' - it sounds like either the piano is heavily reverbed elsewhere
>in the mix, or just maybe, could be very heavily reverbed MKII violins
>playing (more or less) the same melody as the piano - it has a bit of 'that
>sound' about it (more so on my mono copy anyway). Again though, all guesses -
>anyone else shed any light on those?
>
>Tony Swettenham
>M400S # 581
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