Mellotronists

The big Mellotron track for me was "The Dead Girls" from 1986's The 
Pacific Age. That one is scarey and thick with Mellotron. Strange--I 
never think of Orchestral Manouevres In The Dark as a *Mellotron* band 
per se, but associate them a bit more for the Kissing The Pink/Visage 
crowd using some darned interesting keyboards along the way. To hear 
them attempt Architecture & Morality would be worth a long drive off 
the snowy high chapparal through to the nearest city on their tour to 
see. I hope they will attempt Dazzle Ships as well.

Dazzle Ships is by far my fave OMD record, I must say...

Was "The Dead Girls" real tron? I thought by then they
were all in the realms of Fairlights and Emulators...

Strictly speaking, OMD were from the north-west of England
post-punk scene which included Joy Division, Echo & the Bunnymen
and Teardrop Explodes. 
They certainly wouldn't have been let into one of Steve Strange's
trendy London New Romantic clubs as they were never sufficiently
well dressed! 

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From: "mellotrongirl" <mellotrongirl@...>
To: <Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2005 12:05 AM
Subject: [Mellotronists] Re: Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark


> The big Mellotron track for me was "The Dead Girls" from 1986's The 
> Pacific Age. That one is scarey and thick with Mellotron. Strange--I 
> never think of Orchestral Manouevres In The Dark as a *Mellotron* band 
> per se, but associate them a bit more for the Kissing The Pink/Visage 
> crowd using some darned interesting keyboards along the way. To hear 
> them attempt Architecture & Morality would be worth a long drive off 
> the snowy high chapparal through to the nearest city on their tour to 
> see. I hope they will attempt Dazzle Ships as well.

On 31 Dec 2005, at 08:07, David Davis wrote:

> Dazzle Ships is by far my fave OMD record, I must say...
>
> Was "The Dead Girls" real tron? I thought by then they
> were all in the realms of Fairlights and Emulators...

I spoke to Paul and Andy during their Dazzle Ships tour. I asked if 
they were still using the 'Tron, and they said that they liked its 
unreliability and had fun sampling it with their Emulators.

How times change eh?


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In a message dated 31/12/2005 14:16:35 GMT Standard Time,  
g-colin.crawford@... writes:

I spoke  to Paul and Andy during their Dazzle Ships tour. I asked if 
they were  still using the 'Tron, and they said that they liked its 
unreliability and  had fun sampling it with their Emulators.

How times change  eh?



It was the irony that made me sample the Fairlight for the Streetly tapes,  
however they turned out far better than expected. Ho hum...
 
Norm (trying to reverse the trend)

Erhu (can be heard on Fritz's "The Lonely Path"), pipa, guzheng and 
yangqin.

Gesundheit!

-----Original Message-----
From: Bernie Kornowicz <kornowicz@...>
To: Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thu, 05 Jan 2006 02:34:12 -0000
Subject: [Mellotronists] Re: Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

   Erhu (can be heard on Fritz's "The Lonely Path"), pipa, guzheng and
yangqin.






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