I second that, if I only had one mellotron album it would be BJH Live, Woolly's finest hour as a mellotron player.
They were a great band to see live up until the mid 70's and this album captures that. I think if they had duplicated that sound in their early albums thay would have enjoyed more success as a progressive rock band.
The early albums were produced by Norman Smith and I am normally a fan, S F Sorrow and Piper at the Gates of Dawn are two of my favourite pop albums. When I listen to most of BJH's studio work I can't understand how they were ever happy to release it.
Mark
From: "Andrew Goldstein starless74@yahoo.com [newmellotrongroup]" <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
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Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Woolly on m300 1974
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Sent: Wednesday, 7 January 2015 8:41 AM
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Woolly on m300 1974
BJH live is simply the best mellotron album EVER...yes he uses some moog and piano but the tron is so raw and beautiful and pretty much the LEAD instrument ...it's not mixed low as in so many other albums
my favorite ALBUM ever is IN THE COURT...I love my mellotron bands as well as a lot of metal/doom/electronic stuff etc....but I can listen to BJH live any time ...or all of the time
I can't recommend it highly enough
On Tuesday, January 6, 2015 1:35 PM, "Tom Doncourt tomdcour@amnh.org [newmellotrongroup]" <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
I remember really liking some of the solo instruments-esp.the clarinet-haven’t seen them available though
On Jan 6, 2015, at 2:07 PM, tron400@yahoo.com [newmellotrongroup] <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com> wrote: