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going to see them in Bristol which should be cool , they are also playing the Royal Albert Hall in London as part of the tour . Not bad for a tribute band eh ?

Anybody going along as well as me

Regards

John

Is there a website with the UK tour schedule?

Clay, are you saying they had a real mellotron on stage?

Rob

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Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2002 8:48 PM
Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] Selling England show


> going to see them in Bristol which should be cool , they are also playing
the Royal Albert Hall in London as part of the tour . Not bad for a tribute
band eh ?
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> Anybody going along as well as me
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> Regards
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> John
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> Clay, are you saying they had a real mellotron on stage?
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> Rob

Francois had an ARP synthesizer, a Hammond spinet organ and a Roland
keyboard for piano sounds. The ARP was on top of a white keyboard
shaped like a 400. Pierre Veilleux will know what they are using.

Clay

-----Original Message-----
From: Clay Eccles [mailto:clay123@...]
Sent: 28 April 2002 14:47
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Subject: [Mellotronists] Selling England show

The Musical Box has a new member. Francois Richard replaces Eric Savard on keyboards.

Toronto - April 27th - Selling England show. Francois Richard played the keyboards flawlessly.

They were all brilliant. All sounds and visuals are authentic. I'm not sure how the 'tron sounds

were produced.... It looked like a 400.

It's a mock-up containing a sampler. There are evil rumours afoot of some miming to sequencers, but I'll give my considered verdict after seeing them in June. BTW, given that they're a tribute band, the ticket price was outrageous.

Andy T.
M400 #1145

http://freespace.virgin.net/andy.thompson/

Miming to sequencers... Andy? Most of the instruments are right
there in full view. Lots of people like me watching with binoculars.
It was dark at the start of Epping Forest...Perhaps the flutes were
done with a sequence. Nothing significant. Jimmy P. has seen them 4
times... What do you think?

Every time I've seen them...

3 times Selling England By The Pound
1 time Foxtrot
1 time The Lamb

they never had a Mellotron on stage-- always some "box" that resembles one
and a synthesizer with midi inputs hiding stealth-like in the cabinet. It
looked like the keyboard was playing the keyboard each time; so, I don't
think there was any sequenceing. Sounded like the Pinder CD to me.

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Miming to sequencers... Andy? Most of the instruments are right
there in full view. Lots of people like me watching with binoculars.
It was dark at the start of Epping Forest...Perhaps the flutes were
done with a sequence. Nothing significant. Jimmy P. has seen them 4
times... What do you think?



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All this talk of "pretend" mellotrons (I refer to the 400 "box" not the
samples) and sequencing has got me a bit worried now...

So are they really good or not? (Jimmy - I presume if you've seen them 4
times they must be ok!).

I've got 6 people lined up for the Sheffield gig, (total about £100.00!) and
I don't want to get lynched - for that money I think they'll be expecting
something fairly special. (I'm not suggesting we would be put off by the
samples)

BTW why do they credit Pierre on their website if they don't use the real
thing?
Was he involved in the Pinder CD?

Rob

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Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 10:00 PM
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> Every time I've seen them...
>
> 3 times Selling England By The Pound
> 1 time Foxtrot
> 1 time The Lamb
>
> they never had a Mellotron on stage-- always some "box" that resembles one
> and a synthesizer with midi inputs hiding stealth-like in the cabinet. It
> looked like the keyboard was playing the keyboard each time; so, I don't
> think there was any sequenceing. Sounded like the Pinder CD to me.
>
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> Miming to sequencers... Andy? Most of the instruments are right
> there in full view. Lots of people like me watching with binoculars.
> It was dark at the start of Epping Forest...Perhaps the flutes were
> done with a sequence. Nothing significant. Jimmy P. has seen them 4
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-----Original Message-----
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Sent: 28 April 2002 20:48
To: "Clay Eccles"; Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] Selling England show


Hi Jon


going to see them in Bristol which should be cool , they are also playing
the Royal Albert Hall in London as part of the tour . Not bad for a tribute
band eh ?


That's 'cos the tour's been set up by someone whose previous project lost
him a neat ten grand plus. :-) I hear a couple of the gigs have had to be
pulled, but I believe the RAH one's still on.


Anybody going along as well as me


I'm going, despite the ticket price (might not've, had I known before it was
bought on my behalf!) - I'll report back on how much of it I reckon is
actually being played. :-)

Andy T.
M400 #1145

http://freespace.virgin.net/andy.thompson/

-----Original Message-----
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Sent: 29 April 2002 21:37
To: Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Mellotronists] Re: Selling England show


Hi Clay


Miming to sequencers... Andy? Most of the instruments are right
there in full view.


I caused a bit on consternation on another group with this comment, I'm
afraid! Some people I know (musicians) went over to Canada to see their
'Lamb' show a while back, and came back muttering about the amount of miming
involved. They reckoned some of the keyboard solos weren't actually being
'played', per se, and the singer didn't even bother moving his fingers on
his flute! Saying that, I'm going to the London gig, so I may get a chance
to see for myself, depending on how far back I am.


Lots of people like me watching with binoculars.
It was dark at the start of Epping Forest...Perhaps the flutes were
done with a sequence. Nothing significant.


Chances are, if the rest of the 'Tron parts are actually being played (on a
sampler), so are the flutes - it was some of the Pro-Soloist parts that were
reportedly faked. Easy enough to do, with a volume pedal, but I really
should give them the benefit of the doubt until I've seen 'em. Either way,
I'm sure the actual show is fantastic, and that's what I'm going for - after
working for ReGenesis for the five or six years I did, I've seen almost all
the relevant music played excellently, anyway. I'm treating the TMB show as
more of a night at the theatre than a gig!

Andy T.
M400 #1145

http://freespace.virgin.net/andy.thompson/

Will be booking tickets for Sheffield tomorrow, there should be 7 of us
going.

Will post any comments after gig!

Thanks for the input,
Rob

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From: "ceccles_ca" <clay123@...>
To: "rahill" <rahill@...>
Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 3:24 AM
Subject: Re: Selling England show


>
> > All this talk of "pretend" mellotrons (I refer to the 400 "box" not
> the samples) and sequencing has got me a bit worried now...
>
> Just Rob:
> Toronto - April 27th - Selling England show. Francois Richard played
> the keyboards flawlessly. They were all brilliant. All sounds and
> visuals are authentic.
> Highly recommended.
>
> The guy talking about sequencers is talking nonsense.
>
> Clay
>