Hi Andy:
I thought that too, but there is Geoff Downes'
Novatron strings on Drama (1980) mixed with the synths. There's also mellotron
strings and flutes again on "I Would Have Waited Forever" from Union. If you're
inclined - listen for the strings in the build up of the middle 8 section, and
the flutes after the lyric "..For everything will come around " . Who
knows - maybe the "everything will come around" lyric is a reference to
the mellotron sound - an inside joke perhaps.
Again - listening with headphones in a quiet room
at night is almost mandatory to hear it. According to an interview in Keyboard
magazine, producer Jonathan Elias tried to goad Wakeman to play the part, and
when Wakeman refused, decided to play it himself.
As for the Moodies, you can hear Patrick Moraz
mellotron custom sound effects and strings on Long Distance Voyager. The synth
intro of "The Voice" is mellotron and it appears throughout other songs
which escape memory at the moment. In a 1984 interview, John Lodge admitted
that even though the mellotron technology is outdated, they still liked it very
much and were still using it. Apparently the last use of real
mellotron for the Moodies was "Keys To The Kingdom" on tracks that Moraz played
on.
Chris Dale
----- Original Message -----From: Andy ThompsonSent: Thursday, May 09, 2002 8:04 PMSubject: RE: [Mellotronists] YES & Rick-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Dale [mailto:chris.dale@...]
Sent: 09 May 2002 01:59
To: Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com; JS
Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] YES & RickChrisOne thing I do credit Yes with doing is keeping the mellotron flame alive for more than a decade. All the other well known prog bands (except maybe the Moodies) gave up on it during the 80's.I didn't think they used any tape-replay after Rick's Birotron in '78?Andy T.
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