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Re: [newmellotrongroup] Best mellotron playing ever?

2008-11-20 by Mike Dickson

Not sure 100% but it's probably McDonald or Fripp somewhere. Maybe the last minute and a half of 'Epitaph', or the coda to the otherwise appaling 'Prince Rupert' or the protesting strings behind the run down on 'The Sailors Tale'. I've also always loved the first Pavlov's Dog Album.

Incidentally, the PD story is told nicely at http://pavlovsdogband.tripod.com/pavlov32.html where you can read this: 'As Safron recalls: "David played his guitar in the audition and I was just about to show him the door when he asked if he could sing something. It was 'The Wizard' by T-Rex. I had just gotten my passport to tour Europe with Chuck Berry, but when I heard that thing come out of his mouth I just knew I had to stick with it.'

Mike

Mark Pring wrote:

Question: What track features the best mellotron playing ever?
Answer: She Said from Barclay James Harvest Live, Woolly playing M300a strings on an M300.

Anybody disagree?

Mark


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