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Re: [Mellotronists] ELO Tunes

2004-04-03 by Colin Crawford

On Thursday, April 1, 2004, at 09:47  pm, David wrote:

> If you listen carefully some ELO tracks like 'Laredo Tornado', 
> 'Tightrope', 'Shine A Little Love' or 'Train Of Gold', there are some 
> choir voices repeating over and over (oooh!). What do you think?. Do 
> they sound like Mellotron?. How does this sound is possible to get 
> with a tron?.

ELO used a Mellotron live and on rough mixes, but I think all final 
albums featured Louis Clark's Orchestra and some shite German choir 
stuffed into Musicland Munich to be murdered by Mack 'The Knife" at the 
helm of their SSL.

C

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