Mellotronists

I think Solsbury Hill is a real hill in Gloucestershire or Somerset or 
somewhere, nothing to do with the town of Salisbury. Not sure what 
the significance is though.
John


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From:           	"JS" <jonesalley@...>
Date sent:      	Fri, 23 Jan 2004 06:02:44 -0600
Subject:        	[Mellotronists] ASSISTANCE NEEDED!

All right, I need help. Andy, you or somebody here 
must be able to explain the (mis)spelling of 
"Salisbury" in "Solsbury Hill." What on earth is up 
with that? Seriously, I'm hip-deep in an argument 
over this, and I need INFORMATION!!!

Thanks y'all!
JS


JS wrote :
> 
> All right, I need help. Andy, you or somebody here must be able to explain the
> (mis)spelling of "Salisbury" in "Solsbury Hill."   What on earth is up with
> that? Seriously, I'm hip-deep in an argument over this, and I need
> INFORMATION!!!


Maybe these'll help:
<http://www.solsburyhill.org/bath4.html>
<http://www.tonyhowell.co.uk/photographsofbath.htm>

Cheers,
Fred (professional lurker) :-)


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----- Original Message -----

From: JS

To: Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 12:02 PM

Subject: [Mellotronists] ASSISTANCE NEEDED!

All right, I need help. Andy, you or somebody here must be able to explain the (mis)spelling of "Salisbury" in "Solsbury Hill." What on earth is up with that? Seriously, I'm hip-deep in an argument over this, and I need INFORMATION!!!

Thanks y'all!

JS

It's just outside the large town/small city of Bath, near Bristol - I believe Gabriel's Real World studio is nearby. On the pronunciation front, the first syllable of 'Salisbury' rhymes with 'all', and that of 'Solsbury' rhymes with 'bowl'. The 'city lights' in the song are, of course, Bath. Speaking of which, if you live anywhere much south of Birmingham, the 'a' in 'Bath' is as in 'car', and if you're in Birmingham or further north, with 'cat'. Correct, Martin/John?

Andy T.

On Friday, January 23, 2004, at 08:45  pm, Andy Thompson wrote:

The 'city lights' in the song are, of course, Bath. Speaking of which, 
if you live anywhere much south of Birmingham, the 'a' in 'Bath' is as 
in 'car', and if you're in Birmingham or further north, with 'cat'. 
Correct, Martin/John?

And if you LIVE anywhere near Bath, the "a" is pronounced "aaaaaa" -a 
bit like as in Saddam's Ba'ath.....
Probly.

Correct, Norm?!!

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