Mellotronists

Saw the "Stormwatch" tour (with 3-piece version of UK as opening act). I
am quite sure (through the haze of time) the stage-left keyboardist -
David Palmer or John Evan? - had an M400....anyone else? The following
tour, in support of the 'A' album, was fantastic with Eddie Jobson on
keys and violin - but alas, no tron to be seen...

Vance

brian carney wrote:

>
>
>  Yeah, I never thought "Walrus" had any Tron...there was a discussion
> a long time ago in this group about cello on Crimso's "Fallen Angel",
> I think it was.  Was there ever resolution on that one (I was just
> listening to the record.  There's certainly Tron cello on "Red" and
> "Starless").  Has anyone else given "Mr. Kite" and "Lovely Rita" a
> listen for "Spot The Mellotron"?  I'd like to hear everyone's two
> cents!  There's always unlisted Mellotron in songs.  The first Herbie
> Hancock Headhunters album definitely has flute buried in there,
> unlisted.  Emerson always said he never played one, but "Diamondhard
> Apples on the Moon" has some wonderfully scratchy MkII strings. Did
> Jethro Tull only use Mellotron in the studio ("Witches' Promise,"
> "Cross-Eyed Mary")? Did they take one on the road during the Aqualung
> period (anyone here see Tull up close in the early 70's)?
>
> --Brian
>
> M400 #486
>   >From: mark kasian
> >To: chris.dale@..., Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, brian
> carney
> >Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] RE: the beatles, cheap trick and
> on.........
> >Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2003 17:16:46 -0800 (PST)
> >
> >It's Reginald KILBY.
> >
> >
> >--- chris.dale@... wrote:
> > > Well, I'm not really sure about this.
> > >
> > >
> > > An old friend and music director I worked with (Rick
> > > Blechta met him at my wedding) who was heavily into
> > > the Beatles and has pretty much every Beatle album,
> > > book, biography, bootleg, CD, cassette, 8 track,
> > > toy, apple record, video, film etc.,etc,etc, told me
> > > that Lennon cut up some reels of tape with recorded
> > > calliopes on them, threw them up in the air, and
> > > taped them back together again. The song is
> > > apparently based on an old circus poster
> > > advertisement, with some of the lyrics taken from
> > > the poster itself.
> > >
> > > I do agree about the sound effects in Back In The
> > > U.S.S.R. and throughout the White Album, but there
> > > is no tron in I Am The Walrus.
> > >
> > > There is a connection though - the player of the
> > > cellos in "Walrus" is Reginald Kirby - the same
> > > individual who recorded his cello for the M400 cello
> > > sound. So it's a pretty close guess anyway.
> > >
> > > Chris
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: brian carney
> > > To: Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com
> > > Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2003 12:15 AM
> > > Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] RE: the beatles,
> > > cheap trick and on.........
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I still swear there is Mellotron flute in "Mr.
> > > Kite." The opening and turnaround melody in the
> > > verse (right channel). You can hear the pop and
> > > keyclick. That is the only appearance, the rest of
> > > the song is all harmonium (real) and I believe
> > > accordian (real) holds down the bottom (and was the
> > > calliope an electric version)? Also, I remember
> > > Dave Kean saying that there is tron mixed with real
> > > strings in "I Am the Walrus." The jet on "Back in
> > > the USSR" is tron.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > >From: phlizmo@...
> > > >To: Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com
> > > >Subject: [Mellotronists] RE: the beatles, cheap
> > > trick and on.........
> > > >Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 04:01:39 -0500
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >--
> > > >derrick espino
> > > >phlizmo@... - email
> > > >(925) 695-2020 x7367 - voicemail/fax
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >Okay ,
> > > >the cool stringy reverb on the Lovley rita Piano
> > > break, as described by Geoff Emerick the first
> > > Engineer on the sessions, was a piece of sticky tape
> > > on the capstan of a tape machine to wobble the echo
> > > return. Thats what he says. having said that hearing
> > > your view on the 3 violins theory makes it click a
> > > bit more.. that is to me what that sounds like.. now
> > > i believe that according to the new Beatle gear
> > > book, or whatever its called, john did purchase his
> > > MK II in 1965.. If ANY tron appears on Tomorow Never
> > > Knows it is simply because all the loops that were
> > > used were made at HOME by each of the Beatles
> > > themselves... wanting to have something curious to
> > > add to the mix i am sure John used his Mellotron for
> > > some of it. basically in the studio , all the
> > > Beatles brought in were a bunch of 1/4 inch reels of
> > > various effects.. From every beatle source I have
> > > read, it has been maintained that NO mellotron was
> > > used anywhere on SGT. Peppers.. THe Harmonium in Mr.
> > > Kite is real Because George Martin Played it and
> > > said that after so many takes of pumping the organ
> > > he colapsed on the studio floor exhausted... There
> > > is a tooty/flute like organ that he also plays on
> > > the track which you can hear very clearly in the end
> > > of the song during the Psychedelic swirl, on the
> > > left channel I believe opposite of the FX(The
> > > Anthology version is much clearer.. )The Brass on
> > > goodmorning is definitley the real deal because
> > > Geoff has gone on record stating that the Beatles
> > > wanted a special sound so they put mikes right
> > > inside the Bells of the Saxes..As for he Mystery
> > > sounds of Strawberry Fields, the clicking on and off
> > > sound has stumped me forever.. when i got hold of
> > > the anthology version, I thought it was maybe
> > > someone flicking a toggle switch on their guitar..
> > > Maybe it is mellotron.. what i wanna know is, what
> > > are the Swoops being played with on the Anthology
> > > version???????? It sounds like a Elec guitar slide
> > > thing.. but After listening more it began to sound
> > > like a mellotron bit.. I think that there is some
> > > Mellotron on Glass Onion from the anthology.. During
> > > those "..place you can go-oo-whoah" sections..that
> > > swoopy string bit that was later replaced with a
> > > real string section after George Martin returned
> > > from holidy and heard "Johns MiX".. I really doubt
> > > any tron was used on Sgt peppers though i know folks
> > > believe that there is at least tron FX. As for cheap
> > > Trick, i know for a fact that they own a Mellotron
> > > so i am sure they used one somewhere. A few years
> > > back i was talkting with Jack Douglas who produced
> > > their frist album and Budokan, as well as Aerosmith,
> > > The Who, and of course John Lennon, and he said that
> > > they, (cheap Trick) had recently opened up their
> > > mellotron case and pulled out the instrument to
> > > investigate.. "Then this fell out" he told me as he,
> > > from his pocket, produced a pick from their 1978
> > > tour.. Of course Tron on Aerosmith "dream on".. but
> > > we all know that.As of last week Jack is still
> > > convinced that tron was used on Sgt Peppers.. when
> > > he saw my MK VI he asked, "do you have the
> > > chickens?"
> > > >Derrick Espino
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >\
> > >
> > >
> > >
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