Mellotronists

Rockfour.  I was just listening to a song of theirs called "Superman". Do any 
of you like this song or have any details about it? It has a haunting, 
mournful mellotron in the background used to excellent effect.

Jesse in California

<< This track comes from a CD entitled "Supermarket" which was released in 
Israel about three years ago.  It features a MKII mellotron throughout which 
previously belonged to Pink Floyd and before that, Judie Tzuke's dad.  The 
album is very retro and melodically strong - something that's missing more 
and more these days. >>

I remember banging on about this lot a few months ago; all but two of their 
albums are sung in their mother tongue (and the jewel boxes for the cd's are 
assembled in reverse....). 
in fact, some sort of repackaging of "supermarket" and the later title "one 
fantastic day" happened and resulted in "another beginning" (with almost 
identical artwork to "1fd") which is the title that's most widely available 
in the UK and US. there's less evidence of the mighty 'tron on the earlier 
titles, and a different style, with a female vocal here and there. can't read 
the sleevenotes...
(judie tzuke's dad? I have, prepare to be astonished, quite a few of judie's 
albums; she's one of those great voices....)

I asked their webmaster/online cd salesperson "why the low profile in UK?" 
and now I've got the older titles, I understand. must've been a wrench for 
them to switch to english, though I can't comment on how it's affected their 
lyrical quality. maybe I'll get paul kaye to have a listen.
the album /is/ quite retro, and very tuneful- it put me in mind of 69-70 
moodies, floyd of about the same period, xtc, vanilla fudge... jellyfish, 
even.

so. "another beginning" is the easiest one to find, and has the best bits of 
"supermarket" and "1fd" and some new material, 13 tracks + a hidden 
knockabout at the end (when oh when are bands going to grow out of this?). 
loads of 'tron and rickenbacker. rainbow quartz is the label. top notch.


duncan/m400nr1098

In a message dated 11/01/2002 2:45:17 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
TooClassy@... writes:


> Rockfour.  I was just listening to a song of theirs called "Superman". Do 
> any of you like this song or have any details about it? It has a haunting, 
> mournful mellotron in the background used to excellent effect. 
> 
> Jesse in California 
> 

And don't forget, we have a submission to the "Mellotron Project" CD from 
Zohar Cohen, playing this black, ex-Pink Floyd MKII (which he owns).  The 
tune "The Awakening" also features Noam Rapoport of Rockfour playing strings 
and flutes on the same MKII.

Here's a link to the area on my website where the tune can be heard 
(available in Real Audio and MP3 format).

<A HREF="http://www.tronsounds.com/projectsongs.htm#The Awakening">http://www.tronsounds.com/projectsongs.htm#The Awakening</A>

And for those who were wondering, yes, the project is still *on*, it's just 
in hibernation until I receive some more tunes.  In the meantime, you can 
listen to what's out there on the web site.

Now that I have Russian Choir, Half Speed Brass, Ian McDonald Flutes and Rick 
Blechta French Horns in my arsenal, I may be inspired to do something myself 
;-).

Ken M.
MKII #247 (help, I've got Rick Blechta French Horns in my arse(nal)! )