Mellotronists

Hi Martin,

This is a tough choice. If you decide to tune up the old sounds, 
will the original versions still be available for the "purists" 
among us?

Bernie

--- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, tronbros@... wrote:
>
> Now here's one for you and we'd welcome your  
comments...................
>  
> Just recently we have been asked to tune up original recordings.  
One  
> instance was the MKII Flute and the other was the MKII Brass.  
Both these  
> recordings are amongst the most popular ever in the Mellotron Song 
Book.  
>  
> As a policy we never mess as we hold to the opinion that all our  
favourite 
> albums were made with the sounds as they were originally  
recorded.  However, 
> the tuned up versions sounded fantastic and even  seasoned 
pedantic bastards 
> like us agreed that it was wonderful not to have to  find chord 
inversions to 
> avoid THAT NOTE!
>  
> Talking with Woolly Wolstenholme, he says that half his time was 
spent  
> trying to find smooth chordal progressions that kept in tune as 
best as possible  
> and he had favourite notes in the M300A violins that he tried to 
always  avoid.
>  
> There are so many dire notes amongst the recordings that you  
become over 
> aware of when making tapes and the temptation is to  fix the 
buggers. So what do 
> you think about altering history even if the end  result makes 
things a lot 
> easier to use?
>  
> Best,
>  
> Martin
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