Mellotronists

Uh, Chris, not wanting to pick nits here, but how does one "fade in"? If

anything could do it, though, it would be that wacky machine of yours...

Rick

Chris Dale wrote:

> Hi Andy:
>
> I recommend listening to this piece with headphones and no background

noise

> in order to discern what I'm saying below.
> The mellotron appears in the closing sequence at the end of the song.

It

> begins to surface with the 8 voice choir mixed with the loud organ
> crescendo. The attentive listener then hears a chord of the flutes as

a

> trail off and the entrance of Anderson singing "High vibration go on".

Then

> after the lyric "Here we can beeeee......" you hear the fade in of

mellotron

> strings. Then after the second lyric of ".... turned around and you

were

> standing close to me" the 8 voice choir fades in with a drum roll

alongside

> the strings. The piece closes with a gentle guitar solo over the 8

voice

> choir. The double tron is used in this particular piece. I'm not being

> biased in my assessment. I too, thought it was Birotron for the

longest

> time, but the characteristic warble in the flutes is a giveaway.

Wakeman

> used the double tron to record the album, and half way through the

tour,

> replaced it with two Birotrons. This is documented in the Yesyears

video,

> concert footage, and pictures of the Going for The One tour. The

sounds in

> the double tron are also inscribed (in Birotron lettering?) on the

control

> panel and are the above described sounds.
>
> Chris Dale