Mellotronists

In response to earlier posting on this subject:

LIVE CRIMSON _ LO-FI
Yes some of the earliest live Krimson recordings released are lo-fi.
But many of the gigs from the Wallace & Wetton eras have very good 
fidelity. I have many of the KC kCollectors Kclub releases. I highly 
recommend them.  

KC 1ST LINE UP RECORDINGS
Since the earliest Crimso was so long ago I heard rumor that T. 
Edison attended some of the first US gigs... hmm? Maybe a Detroit 
gig?  Perhaps Thomas Edison made some boot recordings of Crimso? 
Maybe Fripp got a hold of these original disks and used them for some 
of the 'Club releases ...  
... (haaa, what, huh, where am I? ohhh, what a strange dream).

EDISON DISCOTRON? (or CYLIDRICA-TRON?) (or WAX-CYLI-TRON)?
Wow, what a beast that would be. All those disks, styli, horns, etc. 
used as a "sampler/playback" instrument. It could even be powered 
with a small steam engine! Think of it! THE ULTIMATE ANALOG (or is 
that analouge?)instrument. No electronics needed! What a dream! If 
there was a power cut during a gig the 'Edi-Tron-ist' and drummer 
could keep playing happily along, improvising a "duo/solo" to keep 
the audience happy.
... ahh, but on stage there might be some technical issues with very 
low freq. vibrations from, for example, bassists of Wetton 
proportions or drummers with a Bonzo like bass drum foot. This could 
have all those styli hopping around like a crowd of punkers in a mosh 
pit.

OK, enuff. back to reality for me. 

;)


--- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, lsf5275@... wrote:
>
> In a message dated 3/11/2006 6:08:24 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
> jonesalley@... writes:
> 
> and the needle snaps  back to the start of the groove every time 
you lift the 
> key….hmmmmm……I guess you’d need 35 horns, too…….Can you 
imagine  the 
> sounds coming out of something like that?!?
> All attack and less than zero aftertouch.
>