Mellotronists

[yahoo groups AGAIN ended up in the spamcop blocklist a few days ago...
the list did seem eerily quiet...]

so... anyone know of mellotron appearances in this new dvd release?
seems like a couple possibilities, but too much stuff that does not
fit in my cup of tea to warrant a purchase...

see:
http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=24069

quite the odd mix of genres...

Here is a list of the performances-

1. Meet Me On The Corner - Lindisfarne
2. Oh You Pretty Things - David Bowie
3. Jamaica Say You Will - Jackson Browne
4. Born To Be Wild - Steppenwolf
5. I Get By - Stealers Wheel
6. Giving It All Away - Roger Daltrey
7. Black Coffee - Humble Pie
8. Brilliancy Medley - Fairport Convention
9. Boogie Funk - Freddie King
10. Surrender To The Rhythm - Brinsley Schwarz
11. A Little Bit Of Sympathy - Robin Trower
12. Dreamer - Supertramp
13. Jumping Jack Flash - Johnny Winter
14. A Heart Needs A Home - Richard and Linda Thompson
15. At Seventeen - Janis Ian
16. Year Of The Cat - Al Stewart
17. Couldn't Love You More - John Martyn & Danny Thompson
18. Fires Of Spring - Chris Rea
19. 'A' Bomb In Wardour Street - The Jam
20. When It All Comes Down/Hold On - BB King
21. I Don't Want To Be Nice - John Cooper Clarke
22. Sunday Papers - Joe Jackson
23. Chelsea Girl - Simple Minds
24. Frame By Frame - King Crimson
25. Rip It Up - Orange Juice
26. No-One Is To Blame - Howard Jones
27. Is It A Crime - Sade
28. In A Hole - The Jesus & Mary Chain
29. Sweet, Sweet Baby (I'm Falling) - Lone Justice
30. All I Want For Xmas Is A Dukla Prague Away Kit - Half Man Half Biscuit
31. Walk Like An Egyptian - Bangles

i just watched hal hartley's "fay grim".

i won't comment on the film here - not the appropriate place
for that, but i am pretty sure i heard mellotron strings in
the closing credits. i even played them back twice. there is
that odd sense, familiar to those of us that play them, of
the timing needed to keep from running out of sound. it is
one of the things that makes playing a mellotron so special.
[to return to the recent discussion on clones/sampling etc.]

hal hartley did the entire score himself, so he would have
needed access to a tron [or they could have been samples i
suppose - i can't say i am 100% it was a mellotron]. he has
moved to germany recently [a couple years ago - prior to the
start of shooting on "fay grim"] but i don't know anything
about him having his own recording studio or anything.
never noticed any mellotron in his earlier films, but now
i have to go and check up on this...

if you don't know who hal hartley is, or what he is about,
go rent "the unbelievable truth" or "simple men" before you
go any further, these are early examples of his style. the
wife hates his stuff, i kinda dig it... but it's not for
everyone and i understand what they don't like about him...
there i go off-topic...

well, if anyone else has seen "fay grim" and has heard the
closing credits, can they please confirm or deny the
mellotron strings? thanks!

...jeff

[and don't just gorent "fay grim" to hear it yourself, you
HAVE to watch "henry fool" BEFORE you watch "fay grim"!]