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Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: First use of choir?

2012-02-22 by gino wong

What is the origin of the choir ? This is interesting.

On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 8:50 AM, 'tronster <dan_miso@yahoo.com> wrote:


Hi Jim:

8 Choir used on Tangerine Dream 'Atem' LP recorded in 1972, I think.

Dan


--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, Jim Blair wrote:
>
> Interesting, I hadn't thought of that one. Six
> Wives and Selling England both came out in 73
> though, so I'm not sure which was first. I'm
> under the impression that Selling England was released late in the year.....
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jim
>
>
>
> At 09:36 AM 2/21/2012, you wrote:
> >
> >
> >Hi Jim,
> >
>; >I think Rick Wakeman beat Genesis by three years on Six Wives.
> >
> >M
> >
> ><http://mellotronics.co.uk>mellotronics.co.uk

> >
> >
> >
> >;On 21 Feb 2012, at 17:29, Jim Blair
> ><ceratos@...>ceratos@...> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >>Hey all,
> >>
> >>I was blasting the M4000D through the studio last night, and started
> >>wondering......was Dancing With the Moonlit Knight the first recorded
> >>use of 8v choir?
> >>
> >>Thanks,
> >>
> >>Jim
> >
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"All music is folk music; I ain't never heard no horse sing a song."
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Gino Wong Birgelo
BSComm, BSEE, CG, CSEC
Audio Production, Logistics, Analog Synthesizers, Sound Design




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