Mellotronists

I agree with your comments about Mike Giles. I think that M. Giles 
drumming with Crimso is amazing. One of my favorite rock drummers of 
all time. :) Perhaps a drummer that has been overlooked...?


--- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, "David Jacques" <djacques@...> 
wrote:
>
> When you think about how those 1969 Crimson live tapes were 
recorded, it is
> amazing that any fidelity had survived. I believe that the Fillmore 
East
> tapes were from an ancient cassette deck held by someone in the 
audience. I
> had one of those when I was 13.
> 
> To hear the incredible drumming by Michael Giles, even in lo-fi, is 
just
> mind-boggling... Has anyone, besides Fripp, truly appreciated his 
genius?
>   -----Original Message-----
>   From: Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of mlcsixand78s
>   Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2006 2:14 AM
>   To: Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com
>   Subject: Fw: [Mellotronists] Re: Roxy M400 live 1974 (+ King 
Crimson
> Live!)
> 
> 
>   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.
>   >
> 
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